Minecraft! (single player dwarf fortress)

Hansey · 2011-10-07T09:52:21.000Z

Shellfishguy:

For my server, I run and play on my machine and the kids join up through the net. Never had any performance issues running both.

We do the same. My husband runs our Minecraft server on his PC, and I connect to it locally, but we also give the address out to a few trusted friends who connect to it over the internet. Never had a problem, even if he’s using his PC to play something else while others are connected to the server.

GuildBoss · 2011-10-07T10:02:55.000Z

Shellfishguy:

Bah sorry GuildBoss, I always mess that up =P

You were closer than most! :P

@SirDigby, yup, it’s Portuguese.

Re: server. I run my family Minecraft server on a dedicated old Dell 4600 desktop with Windows 2003 Server and 2GB ram. I have multiple folders for different maps and experiments that we do and each folder is mapped to a distinct Port number (set in the server.cfg file). On the desktop I have shortcuts to the separate .JAR files…I only run one server at a time.

Creole_Ned · 2011-10-07T10:54:05.000Z

Thanks for the answers, guys. The usual mp server our gang* uses is having connection issues, so we’re considering an alternate host in the interim.

gang in the lovable “Our Gang” sense, not the scary Warriors “Come out and play!” sense

Theodore_Rex_DX · 2011-10-07T12:12:28.000Z

yay dragons!

Eric_Majkut · 2011-10-07T13:15:40.000Z

Theodore Rex DX:

yay dragons!

Thanks for the link/quote/etc.

Pogo · 2011-10-07T13:24:45.000Z

Not sure what his goal is with a sky world. The Nether is too uninteresting at this point and really needs something to compel people to go there. A sky world should just be set as a world generation option, not as a place to go, because the sky is so disconnected from the general world.

The lack of interesting weaponry is part of the problem. I love the change to the bow, I think it’s great, but give me a fire arrow or some way of lighting up an area from a distance. This will help make awesome underground caves even more epic if I can shoot a real time lighting arrow through a corridor to see what I’m getting into.

Theodore_Rex_DX · 2011-10-07T13:26:26.000Z

Posted on notch’s twitter.

Eric_Majkut · 2011-10-07T13:27:05.000Z

DORGONS. Shit.

Kryten · 2011-10-07T13:27:08.000Z

Dragon! http://i.imgur.com/2DtYw.jpg

I’ve been playing around with 1.9 in single player - just about pooped myself when I visited a village and there were NPC’s inside the first door I opened.

Theodore_Rex_DX · 2011-10-07T13:32:13.000Z

Pogo:

Not sure what his goal is with a sky world. The Nether is too uninteresting at this point and really needs something to compel people to go there. A sky world should just be set as a world generation option, not as a place to go, because the sky is so disconnected from the general world.

The lack of interesting weaponry is part of the problem. I love the change to the bow, I think it’s great, but give me a fire arrow or some way of lighting up an area from a distance. This will help make awesome underground caves even more epic if I can shoot a real time lighting arrow through a corridor to see what I’m getting into.

I think he thought they just made the Nether more interesting. Haven’t played the ‘leaked’ updates, but I’m not convinced by what I’ve seen. Still, if they keep updating the game at the rate they have lately, there’ll be stuff eventually.
More weapons/buffs are inevitable. I fully expect fire arrows and tnt arrows etc.

Zylon · 2011-10-07T13:34:18.000Z

Kryten:

Dragon! http://i.imgur.com/2DtYw.jpg

That’s an awful lot of moving parts for a Minecraft critter. Guess he wanted to make sure it didn’t get dubbed Yorgle.

Fugitive · 2011-10-07T13:38:57.000Z

The Nether is at least a bit more useful now that you have to go there for certain potion ingredients. The new architecture is nice, but not really compelling in an “ooh I can’t wait to get to the Nether and ____” sense. What it really needs is a reason you’d want to explore it further and not just pop in, farm a bit of stuff, and leave.

John_Many_Jars · 2011-10-07T17:18:35.000Z

Available now from Newegg.

Wendelius · 2011-10-08T14:39:45.000Z

After a delay of a week, the Pocket Edition finally came out.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Z9oKTzzrM

Search for Minecraft Pocket Edition (or simply Minecraft will do): https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe . It used to be XPeria Play only, but not it appears on the market for my Nexus and my Transformer.

Run really well on the Transformer. However, be aware that it is only the creative mode. You can join Minecraft PE servers and be creative with others (your game can be set to be a visible server). But there are no monsters and there is no need to gather resources. It’s all there in your inventory. So mostly of interest if you want to play with the building part only on the move. There is a free trial version here: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe.demo

Wendelius

pg1 · 2011-10-08T17:51:08.000Z

Pogo:

Not sure what his goal is with a sky world.

To make a crappy half done version of the Aether mod?

Pogo · 2011-10-08T18:19:01.000Z

That’s a little cynical. The Aether Mod spent a lot of its energy on re-making the basic gameplay elements all over again. It was a waste of time.

That’s why I’m saying it just needs to be an option at world gen, because anything interesting about a sky world can be modded in.

Becoming · 2011-10-08T18:48:53.000Z

Pocket edition is neat, but with small worlds, no crafting and no real exploring (or reason to) I’ll pass.

To bad, it was pretty badass having Minecraft on my phone.

SlainteMhath · 2011-10-11T14:06:15.000Z

Thanks all for the Minecraft Server setup assistance. I was able to get it up and running on my internal network (port forwarding with the Belkin Router was a #@$%&!) and my son and I can now play in a shared world. It’s a lot of fun playing together. We lucked out and found a village within minutes on our new co-op server, so we’ve got premade housing and a ton of stuff nearby that we can use to survive and make more cool things together.

Eric_Majkut · 2011-10-11T14:21:30.000Z

Becoming:

Pocket edition is neat, but with small worlds, no crafting and no real exploring (or reason to) I’ll pass.

To bad, it was pretty badass having Minecraft on my phone.

This.

I agree that it’s kinda cool to see Minecraft running on a phone, but once that novelty wears off what exactly is left? They’ve stripped out most/all of the gameplay from what I can tell. The things that make Minecraft fun and exciting are not present in the mobile version.

Pogo · 2011-10-11T14:24:21.000Z

Slainte Mhath:

Thanks all for the Minecraft Server setup assistance. I was able to get it up and running on my internal network (port forwarding with the Belkin Router was a #@$%&!) and my son and I can now play in a shared world. It’s a lot of fun playing together. We lucked out and found a village within minutes on our new co-op server, so we’ve got premade housing and a ton of stuff nearby that we can use to survive and make more cool things together.

Cool man, glad you got it running. It’s a great shared gameplay experience.