Minecraft

[dapianoplay3r]

that's very useful. Last night I found a pool of lava so ive got heaps of obsidian once I get a diamond....

[Majsju]

I found a fairly safe way for longterm Nether expeditions. Take your deepest mine, and build your portal at the bottom. Entering the Nether, you should find your portal underground. Then you can carefully tunnel your way upwards, until you find a place to construct your nether-fortress. And since you spend very little time out in the open, there is little need to worry about ghasts attacking you, until you finally do start with your fortress. But, when you do that, you always have your tunnel to retreat into when they start getting to friendly, just remember to reinforce the opening with stone.

 

You are quite safe, and more important, your portal is completely safe (a very good thing, which I learned when I forgot to bring my "lighter", forgot to bring planks to build a chest, and then a ghast attacked my portal, causing it to go out. Fortunatly I had not brought any diamond equipemtn, but it was till a pain having to commit suicide just to get out.

[SinisterDeath]

You can build dispensers (if i haven't already said how) by basically same method as a furnace, 9 cobble stone, but on the bottom middle you need a redstone, and in the middle, middle you need a bow. The dispenser, will shoot out an arrow like how a bow does it. Everything except arrows/eggs, plop out like you dropping items from your inventory into the world. (not placing)

 

You can build some interesting mob traps this way.

[ineedfourberfs]

Something to aspire to (Fire arrow wall of death I mentioned previously)

 

[dapianoplay3r]

wow

that was epic

[Veranza]

Holy wow. That was epic. Because of all the talk of making things from the WoT world, I have decided on a project that will most likely take me the rest of 2011. I am making a 1:4 scale model of Tar Valon. I know it is worthless and will take me forever, but I figured it would be something fun to do. I have decided that 1600 blocks is 1 miles (technically 1610 since each block is 1 square meter, but the math is horrible at that point) IRL so everything is cut down to 400 per mile. 2 weeks in and I am a quarter way done the south port....lol.

[ineedfourberfs]

Will the height limit be prohibitive of your project, Veranza?

 

You can't build above a certain point, I forget what that point is currently though.

[Veranza]

I am not sure. Right now, I am just working on the basic outline of the city itself. That is why I am trying to get the dock done, because I can then put the main road through town towards the White Tower and then up to the North Dock. Luckily, it seems like everything is broken up nicely into 1/8 miles sections.

[SinisterDeath]

Well, just remember, if you can't go up, you can go down. ;)

[ineedfourberfs]

Again, dynamite proving ever so useful!

[Veranza]

Guess that means I have to take it off of peaceful for a few nights...lol.

[Krakalakachkn]

So as I begin to play this I find myself hopelessly lost. How in the world did you guys figure everything out? I don't have any idea what to combine to make stuff. Did you guys just play around or did you just look at tutorials? I survived my first night but now I got nothing to do!

[Veranza]

There is a minecraft wiki that you can go to the is really helpful.

 

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecraft_Wiki

 

That has helped me out during some tough times. Also, just pick something you want to do. We all have our plans and how we play, so we can all give you some sort of advice.

[ineedfourberfs]

Yeah it does all depend on what you need/want to do.

 

I -still- have no idea about redstone and the 'electronic' side of things. I tend to wiki stuff, after having a bit of a play.

 

Whats your PLAN anyway? To quote microsoft circa 1997, Where do you want to go today?

[Majsju]

There are also a couple of guides on youtube.

[A. Pseudonym]

[MOD] Mo' Creatures - v2.7 with GUI Api! MC Beta1.2_02 - needs to be updated.

 

[1.3_01] Battle Towers

 

MikeCraft (32x32 Compilation)(b1.3) v3.5 - Feb 23 (Textures)

 

INVedit

 

[1.3_01]Miner's helmets(with lamps)![v3.2]

 

I don't play without 'em.

 

I haven't played in ages though. I was trying to make a skytrap like in this video:

.... but the amount of cobblestone required (thousands) necessitates a lot of branch mining which I got bored of. It's almost finished; the spawning chamber is done and just needs a roof and walls to keep the mobs in.

[ineedfourberfs]

...If you have INVedit, surely branch mining is redundant? :P

[Veranza]

I wish there was a mod (which there probably is) for clearing away sections at a time. I know I have a task ahead of me but there are areas in which I wish I could just go , POOF! gone!

[dapianoplay3r]

I wish there was one to make grass grow. Ive got a tree house with a garden on top and im waiting for the grass to head up a make shift ladder to reach my garden. Its above the clouds....

Im getting sick of waiting

[A. Pseudonym]

  On 3/3/2011 at 10:22 PM, ineedfourberfs said:

...If you have INVedit, surely branch mining is redundant? :P

 

Yeah, but it seems like cheating. I only used it to get pumpkins for horses. Couldn't find any in my world.

[dapianoplay3r]

So I spent 3 hours searching for diamonds. I ran out of torches but I kept going. I finally found some and I was so happy. I mined it and realised it was the blue dye rock. I am so gutted. I hate mining in the dark

[Majsju]

Remember that diamonds most of the time are found fairly close to lava. Whenever I come across lava, I dig it out completely (and encase it in glass, provides a bit of light which saves torches).

[SinisterDeath]

Get some Netherack from the Nether (Make 2x3 hole 'archway' made out of obsidian use some flint and steel on it to get there) Netherack is plentiful, and can be used as an infinite torch.

[dapianoplay3r]

I always look around the lava.

I need diamond pick axes to get obsidian and that's where I'm stuck.

I also found a glitch. A random corner just had full light but there was nothing there other than rock.

[Krakalakachkn]

How deep do you have to go to find lava?

 

I've been digging forever and still can't find any!