Minecraft! (single player dwarf fortress)

Marcin · 2010-09-22T10:50:08.000Z

Teiman:

Heres some information about efficient mining:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=28299

This image make all clear:

Oh wow, I was beginning to suspect this about the iron, but this certainly cements it. Thanks!

Charles:

My tower is above the cloud layer.

You mean there are people whose towers aren’t above the cloud layer? :)

jeffd · 2010-09-22T11:04:09.000Z

Why does my game suddenly have no sound? Is this because minecraft.net is down and I’m playing offline?

caesarbear · 2010-09-22T11:12:08.000Z

Notch:

I haven’t been able to move the resources (sounds and music yet) because those used a rather ridiculous auto updating scheme that was different from the rest of the game. I will fix this today.

1234, er, random pic!

jeffd · 2010-09-22T11:16:45.000Z

Marcin:

You mean there are people whose towers aren’t above the cloud layer? :)

My entire skyway is above the cloud layer.

This game is like DF in reverse. The higher up you go, the safer you are!

Charles · 2010-09-22T11:20:12.000Z

In survival mode? It seems most people that go crazy building do so in the other modes, or with peaceful turned on. I don’t spawn anything.

HumanTon · 2010-09-22T11:26:31.000Z

Charles:

In survival mode?

Hell yeah. All that cobblestone you pick up from spelunking has to go somewhere!

jeffd · 2010-09-22T11:34:44.000Z

Charles:

In survival mode? It seems most people that go crazy building do so in the other modes, or with peaceful turned on. I don’t spawn anything.

Bah, that’s no fun.

I go crazy building stuff, during the day when it’s safe. At night I cower in my fortress. Either that or I go caving.

I actually really like how inconsistent the monster spawning is. Sometimes I’ll enter a cave and it’s virtually empty. Then I stumble upon a pssage and it’s wtf like 4 zombies, 5 skeletons, and a few creepers just for kicks. I actually like those, the skeletons shoot the zombies and then it’s like old school Doom!

DrCrypt · 2010-09-22T11:51:21.000Z

I’m not going to go back and see if this has already been posted, but this tutorial on how to create a fireplace had me in absolute stitches:

http://poetv.com/video.php?vid=84395

Wendelius · 2010-09-22T11:57:17.000Z

jeffd:

I bet he’s got something unexplored. I had that recently in a cave - I was CERTAIN that I had explored everything but I kept getting incoming skeletons. Turns out if I looked up in one of the huge chambers where was a passageway they were falling out from.

Yes, that sound likely to me.

Wendelius

roBurky · 2010-09-22T12:00:07.000Z

Tony M:

In a game that allows terraforming on a massive scale, I find myself attracted to an “elven” ethos of living in harmony with my surroundings. I can’t bring myself to cut down any large, multibranch trees, even when I needed all that lumber for my palisade.

And its only because I have the option to terraform that my decision to leave it mostly natural has any meaning. Its like RPGs where I always-always play the good guy, but it only feels “good” because I have the option to do evil.

This is kind of how I feel. Making some kind of structure from scratch feels boring. Adapting the contours of the natural landscape into something inspired by it feels much more rewarding.

Charles · 2010-09-22T12:07:06.000Z

I’ve been lighting trees on fire to get them out of my way.

mok · 2010-09-22T12:43:46.000Z

jeffd:

Why does my game suddenly have no sound? Is this because minecraft.net is down and I’m playing offline?

Same here, after the update no sound.

Wendelius · 2010-09-22T13:05:06.000Z

Marcin:

You mean there are people whose towers aren’t above the cloud layer? :)

A fair point. In fact, my tower starts above the cloud layer.

I was looking for a high place to build it at.

With a decent view…

Unfortunately, it seems I have reached the top of the world. No stone can be placed above the parapet.

So this is my tower above the clouds, limited to 3 floors:

And even all the way up in the mountain, I find skeletons and, worse, creepers, at my door every day. So the rising sun invariably unveils either a few new arrows or the damage caused by explosions around my tower.

Wendelius

Marcin · 2010-09-22T13:44:57.000Z

Charles:

In survival mode? It seems most people that go crazy building do so in the other modes, or with peaceful turned on. I don’t spawn anything.

Absolutely in survival mode. Summoning is … a different sort of game that I don’t enjoy as much.

Height is the beginning of many gravity powered shenanigans. It’s virtually a must.

Edit: yeah, I thought my skyway is above the cloud layer, too, but it’s ~4 or so (descending to ~15 or so on the other side) below, looks like.

barstein · 2010-09-22T13:57:45.000Z

jeffd:

Why does my game suddenly have no sound? Is this because minecraft.net is down and I’m playing offline?

mok:

Same here, after the update no sound.

Two or three pages back:

barstein:

In case anyone else has sound issues:

http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=38203
http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=38298

Sound packs are missing from latest update. If you have a previous backup of the game, then copy the contents from the old Resources folder to the new one. By default, your current folder is C:\users%username%\AppData\Roaming.minecraft

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10687888/resources.rar

Charles · 2010-09-22T13:59:12.000Z

That tower, sir, looks like it took no more than a half hour to build.

Wendelius · 2010-09-22T14:08:56.000Z

Charles:

That tower, sir, looks like it took no more than a half hour to build.

Hehe. It looks nicer on the inside than out, with carved stairs and wooden floors. But, alas, you are nearly right. Apart from a long trip down the mountain to get more stone, hitting the ceiling prematurely cut short my endeavours. I was planning another 3 or 4 levels.

And as it occupies pretty much the whole vertiginous plateau, I can’t really extending it into a fort without spoiling the look of the summit…

You do get a beatiful view of sunrise and the zombies bursting into flames though.

Also, big mountain = lots of big caverns to explore. I’ve got my playgrounds at my doorstep.

Wendelius

benloran · 2010-09-22T16:19:31.000Z

barstein:

Two or three pages back:
[links for no sound issue]

This appears to be a new no-sound issue with today’s update. From what I understand, it has to do with the client trying to reach www(dot)minecraft(dot)net/resources, which no longer exists, and so, not being able to find it, disables sound. Even if you have the resources installed on your computer.

JM1 · 2010-09-22T16:23:23.000Z

Charles:

Huh. Almost all my digging has been above water level. I guess that’s why. And since my world is islands… not a lot of room for coal either. I guess that explains it. Time to go much deeper.

Quickest way to Delve Deep™ is to build yourself a ton of ladders, a ton of torches, then just dig the stone out from under your feet and keep going. You’ll only need one ladder every other space thanks to how the physics work. If you hear anything, stop. Hell, go 40 down and make a little space, maybe build a little room just for storage, then go down further.

There’s just something absolutely awesome about a mineshaft that descends 60 blocks into the bowels of the earth. It’s even more awesome when you break through into a natural one!

It’s worth noting that not having monsters makes this harder. So often the cue for digging is the sound of zombie, skeleton, or slime. And the slimes sound absolutely bloody evil when you’re that deep.

barstein · 2010-09-22T16:28:40.000Z

benloran:

This appears to be a new no-sound issue with today’s update. From what I understand, it has to do with the client trying to reach www(dot)minecraft(dot)net/resources, which no longer exists, and so, not being able to find it, disables sound. Even if you have the resources installed on your computer.

Ah, that sounds a lot worse. Guess playing offline is the only option for those who haven’t updated yet. Wonder if he’ll offer another free weekend.