Minecraft! (single player dwarf fortress)

Sir_Digby · 2011-10-14T12:02:13.000Z

I’m really not digging (hur hur hur) this new system of releasing pre-release versions and letting everyone beta test them for awhile and then sitting on them… I was hoping I could get 1.9 with the fixed biomes and get some custom packs running before the big release but it seems I’ll just have to wait for November sigh .

DeepT · 2011-10-14T12:51:24.000Z

Fugitive:

There is no config file by default, so just drop it in the .minecraft folder, under the name BTWConfig.txt

Thanks, Ill try it when I get home.

Fugitive · 2011-10-17T09:58:52.000Z

Minecraft In SPAAAAACE!

Zylon · 2011-10-17T11:36:49.000Z

Ever have one of those nights where, after hours of epic exploration of distant caverns, infested mines, and treacherous ravines, you find yourself loaded down with coal, iron, gold, redstone, lapiz lazuli, and diamond, and as you prepare for the long ascent to the surface and trek home you decide to check out one more little cavern and FALL OVER A LEDGE AND GET GANGBANGED BY FUCKING CREEPERS AND DIE?

I hate when that happens.

Fozzle · 2011-10-17T11:37:59.000Z

Zylon:

Ever have one of those nights where, after hours of epic exploration of distant caverns, infested mines, and treacherous ravines, you find yourself loaded down with coal, iron, gold, redstone, lapiz lazuli, and diamond, and as you prepare for the long ascent to the surface and trek home you decide to check out one more little cavern and FALL OVER A LEDGE AND GET GANGBANGED BY FUCKING CREEPERS AND DIE?

I hate when that happens.

could be worse… you coulda chopped one more gold block beneath your feet, and have it open to a river of lava…

Creole_Ned · 2011-10-17T11:43:47.000Z

I had a friend accidentally dig out the stone under me, which dropped me into a previously unseen lake of lava. I bobbed and simmered helplessly for a bit then it got very quiet.

I’ve also had a friend accidentally bump me over an edge into a deep chasm while exploring a giant cavern.

But my favorite, which I cannot blame a ‘friend’ on was building a bridge near the max height of the world without realizing the shift key keeps you from falling off ledges. It was a long way down…

Pogo · 2011-10-17T11:53:03.000Z

The shift key function was probably the greatest single invention in Minecraft.

RobotPants · 2011-10-17T12:44:04.000Z

Too bad it doesn’t work on stairs and half blocks, as I’ve discovered more than a few times.

Kryten · 2011-10-17T13:26:45.000Z

I think this is Mac only, but you can rebind the sneak key to Caps Lock and it’ll act as a toggle.

I’m having the worst luck finding diamond despite spending a lot of time down at 12.6, which everyone tells me is the magic level. I think I’ve seen a single diamond block in the 2 months I’ve played the game (and had a stone pickaxe at the time!).

DeepT · 2011-10-19T07:26:57.000Z

I have a question about wolves. Does anyone know about the rules of when / where they spawn? I am playing with the Better Than Wolves mod and you need actual wolves for some things. When I first entered my world there were some wolves in one area. Since then they have despawned and I have been all over the place and can’t find any friking wolves anywhere.

Fugitive · 2011-10-19T07:37:54.000Z

Wolves just seem to be a lot rarer now that animal spawn are tied to the biome type. Try looking mainly in the heavily wooded areas; that’s where I remember seeing them recently.

inactive_user · 2011-10-19T09:02:22.000Z

Have the 1.9 prereleases fixed animal spawning yet?

Mr_Popov · 2011-10-19T14:21:42.000Z

Why is minecraft the only modding community I’ve seen that uses adf.ly (and their own custom ad site adraft.co) links behind their mod downloads?

I mean it’s gotten as bad as people posting screenshots behind adf.ly links.

RobotPants · 2011-10-19T14:35:29.000Z

Yeah, it’s pretty annoying. I don’t mind if I’m downloading their mod or texture pack, but let me view your fucking screenshots without having to mess with ads.

Fugitive · 2011-10-19T14:49:07.000Z

It’s really annoying with some of the mods where they’ve split it up into various components, client and server versions of each, and then put every dinky little 80kB file behind an adf.ly link. Downloading all of RedPower takes you through 14 interstitial ads. Whoops, a major bug needed to be fixed? 14 more ads…

There have also been reports of adf.ly serving up malware, though that’s hearsay.

DocLazy · 2011-10-19T15:25:22.000Z

DeepT:

I have a question about wolves. Does anyone know about the rules of when / where they spawn? I am playing with the Better Than Wolves mod and you need actual wolves for some things. When I first entered my world there were some wolves in one area. Since then they have despawned and I have been all over the place and can’t find any friking wolves anywhere.

You can use wood to tan leather in the latest version, it is quite expensive though.

chequers · 2011-10-19T15:26:27.000Z

Everyone wants their piece of the pie, even if it’s $7.50 a month.

Mr_Popov · 2011-10-19T15:37:28.000Z

It’s strange that it’s so prevalent on minecraftforums.net, but at dev.bukkit.org which is mainly for server mods (craftbukkit and its plugins) all URL shortening is banned. Both sites are part of the curse.com network.

Royal_Fool · 2011-10-19T15:57:37.000Z

Fugitive:

It’s really annoying with some of the mods where they’ve split it up into various components, client and server versions of each, and then put every dinky little 80kB file behind an adf.ly link. Downloading all of RedPower takes you through 14 interstitial ads. Whoops, a major bug needed to be fixed? 14 more ads…

That does sound pretty shitty.

GuildBoss · 2011-10-19T17:07:17.000Z

Adam B:

Have the 1.9 prereleases fixed animal spawning yet?

Animal spawning is wonky now. It seems that mobs are persistent to specific chunks and don’t respawn or despawn. You can clear entire areas of all mobs and they will not spawn back. This does not apply to wolves and squids.

There’s a rather formidable thread on the subject on the Minecraft forums.