Minecraft! (single player dwarf fortress)

Teiman · 2010-11-23T11:44:25.000Z

jeffd:

is this a known issue? Did I screw something up? I thought that opening two portals in the “real” world should open two corresponding portals in the Nether…

Portals are “smart” and search the first open area where can spawn. So you can get funny results. People normally fix these problems rebuilding the portals, but I don’t know the exact “science” of it, or what is the recipe to help you.

Black_Isis · 2010-11-23T11:56:21.000Z

I believe the way it works is that the first portal you create will make a portal in the nether. Subsequent portals in the “real world” will just go to the closest Nether portal. So if you want to put in a portal to somewhere else from the Nether, you need to build it in the Nether.

jeffd · 2010-11-23T11:57:40.000Z

Ahh, I see. I didn’t realize that you could build a portal out from the Nether!

Black_Isis · 2010-11-23T12:01:28.000Z

jeffd:

Ahh, I see. I didn’t realize that you could build a portal out from the Nether!

You can, but you’ll need to bring your own obsidian with you. And I haven’t really messed with the Nether much myself, but from what I’ve gathered from RPGnet, the Minecraft forums, and here, that is pretty close to how it works. Keep in mind if you create a portal in the Nether and then go through it, it determines the exit kind of arbitrarily, I believe. You could end up in a cave underground.

Zylon · 2010-11-23T12:43:47.000Z

Black Isis:

You could end up in a cave underground.

Happened to me. A tiny cave with no exit. And me with no picks.

There was much cursing of Notch’s name that day as I clawed my way to the surface.

Volbard · 2010-11-23T13:48:52.000Z

Yeah, I’m curious how it picks the exit height when several options are available. I think it may try to get as close to the connecting portal’s height as possible, but that can get messed up pretty fast in the nether.

Pogo · 2010-11-23T14:23:52.000Z

Eh, it checks for some flat land. That’s what it wants most.

Fugitive · 2010-12-03T09:42:44.000Z

Today’s update is mainly more multiplayer fixes, but it does include one change to world generation that affects single-player: pools of still water and lava can occur at any elevation now.

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Lava is supposed to be fairly rare at the surface level. Small pools of water are fairly common though, and possible in any biome.

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shaharyar · 2010-12-03T10:02:56.000Z

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Delta · 2010-12-03T10:04:35.000Z

REPORTED

Pogo · 2010-12-03T11:03:04.000Z

And those occur at elevations other than sea level? Because that’s awesome, and should make some very interesting mountaintop lakes, which could then more easily be turned into epic waterfalls and rivers.

I still haven’t updated in over a month. I’m gonna wait possibly another month or so so I can load up the game and be hit with all the new stuff at once.

Fugitive · 2010-12-03T11:09:17.000Z

I’m not sure if there’s an upper limit on it, but that second pic in the snow biome was definitely a good 10-20 blocks or so above sea level.

Teiman · 2010-12-03T11:28:05.000Z

Is a change in the right direction to make the mapgen more interesting.

Zylon · 2010-12-03T11:59:12.000Z

Teiman:

Is a change in the right direction to make the mapgen more interesting.

Ummm… yes?

Bad_Neighbor · 2010-12-03T12:01:08.000Z

Teiman’s ESL, dude. Just run with it, it’s cool.

BobJustBob · 2010-12-03T12:04:03.000Z

Please don’t quote the illiterate troll.

barstein · 2010-12-03T14:00:26.000Z

Can’t tell if Bob’s being serious, but FWIW I think people here are mostly cool with Teiman’s posts.

Anyway, I’ve been giving Minecraft a bit of a break to let enthusiasm build back up, and am just starting to feel the itch again. The lava update reminds me of the surface lava I once encountered while exploring. Totally wasn’t expecting to encounter a forest fire in the wilderness, strangest thing I’ve ever come across. Guess that will become commonplace now.

Zylon · 2010-12-03T14:44:51.000Z

I demand spice blows in the desert biomes.

Bad_Neighbor · 2010-12-04T08:41:02.000Z

Minecraft needs sandworms.

Fugitive · 2010-12-08T13:01:55.000Z

Notch now appears to be working on…musical blocks?

And about the pool elevations, it looks like they can appear pretty high. While fooling around with some new worlds, I found this one just below cloud level:

They’re just really rare at high elevations since they probably need a certain minimum of mostly-flat area, which becomes less and less likely the higher you go.

(Edit: And I am so keeping that world and building my lair into the side of that mountain.)