Areas with a specific geographic climate/design. Like, you might have a big stretch of desert, or a mountain area, or a snow area, etc. It won't be the same on the entire map.

OpticalShot

Canada6330 Posts

October 05 2010 17:26 GMT

#862

I just got into this yesterday! Amazing game!
Reached bedrock + lava + diamond ores this morning woohoooooOOO!

+ I really hate those exploding mobs.

wozjflwnl

Canada344 Posts

October 06 2010 03:14 GMT

#863

I decided to get back into minecraft a bit and I think I got lucky on the land I generated. 24 Iron in a huge chunk near a wall.

Vortok

United States830 Posts

October 06 2010 06:20 GMT

#864

Torches going out and lanterns being added are an interesting change. As long as lanterns aren't a pain in the ass to make it shouldn't be too bad, though I have a feeling they'll involve either glass, iron, or both, which'll be annoying as iron is relatively scarce compared to the number of light sources needed... or simply if you plan to use your iron for large minecart systems. If glass is used, after awhile you'll have to travel pretty far to gather enough sand. Maybe it'll just use cobblestone instead of iron. Guess we'll find out! Also, it will be interesting to find out how long the torch timer is. Short like 10-20 minutes or longer like an hour or so?

I hope to see some hilarious videos from the poor fellows that built a house out of wood planks, though. "Use flint to relight my torches? No prob- OMG MISCLICK, MY HOUSE IS BURNING!! FUUUU"

Fortunately I built my base into the side of a mountain with water in front of it. So I just have to worry about a shit ton of monsters spawning inside while I relight it, heh.

A clock/watch will be wonderful to have, given how often much time you can spend underground while playing Minecraft. I've walked outside multiple times in hopes of hunting some creepers for gunpowder only to find it was early morning.

Funyyunz

United States2 Posts

October 06 2010 17:21 GMT

#865

Hey, I posted in this thread a few days ago before the current server was setup with interest in a TL server. After the server was created I logged into it and strolled around a bit on my lunch hour. However, now I try to connect and it says the server is whitelisted.

Could I get onto the whitelist, please? My ingame name is Funyyunz. Thanks in advance!

Pobearo

United States351 Posts

October 06 2010 17:50 GMT

#866

On October 06 2010 15:20 Vortok wrote:
Torches going out and lanterns being added are an interesting change. As long as lanterns aren't a pain in the ass to make it shouldn't be too bad, though I have a feeling they'll involve either glass, iron, or both, which'll be annoying as iron is relatively scarce compared to the number of light sources needed... or simply if you plan to use your iron for large minecart systems. If glass is used, after awhile you'll have to travel pretty far to gather enough sand. Maybe it'll just use cobblestone instead of iron. Guess we'll find out! Also, it will be interesting to find out how long the torch timer is. Short like 10-20 minutes or longer like an hour or so?

I hope to see some hilarious videos from the poor fellows that built a house out of wood planks, though. "Use flint to relight my torches? No prob- OMG MISCLICK, MY HOUSE IS BURNING!! FUUUU"

Fortunately I built my base into the side of a mountain with water in front of it. So I just have to worry about a shit ton of monsters spawning inside while I relight it, heh.

A clock/watch will be wonderful to have, given how often much time you can spend underground while playing Minecraft. I've walked outside multiple times in hopes of hunting some creepers for gunpowder only to find it was early morning.

where are you getting this info?

Vortok

United States830 Posts

October 06 2010 19:17 GMT

#867

On October 07 2010 02:50 Pobearo wrote:

Show nested quote +

where are you getting this info?

The giant picture on the previous page? It's taken from Notch's blog, which is linked to directly from minecraft.net. His development blog is here --> http://notch.tumblr.com/

Obviously I'm speculating about what lanterns will be made out of.

Edit: Poked around the minecraft forums, apparently notch posted on his twitter (that I don't read) that existing, placed torches will automatically be turned into lanterns so no need to relight your base. Or rather some distraught fanboy begged for that to happen and got a simple "yes" from Notch.

Dullahx

France62 Posts

October 06 2010 19:53 GMT

#868

i would like to be added to the whitelist : Dullah

thanks

MidKnight

Lithuania884 Posts

October 06 2010 20:48 GMT

#869

New enemies should be so much phuuuuuun.
Also, as far as I understood, Notch is hiring an actual team to work on the game now right?

SCC-Faust

United States3736 Posts

October 06 2010 20:49 GMT

#870

Seriously how can you guys play alone?

I only enjoy SMP but there are barely any features in SMP.
Playing alone just makes me want to crawl up in a ball and cry.

Vortok

United States830 Posts

October 07 2010 00:02 GMT

#871

On October 07 2010 05:49 SCC-Faust wrote:
Seriously how can you guys play alone?

I only enjoy SMP but there are barely any features in SMP.
Playing alone just makes me want to crawl up in a ball and cry.

I'm not a very artistic person/builder, and building random shit is basically all you can do in SMP right now. With no enemies to fight and being unable to take damage... there's no challenge. So single player can be used to test ideas for when they're available in multiplayer (like making sure you can build a proper monster trap instead of a ton of trial and error in multiplayer). Once more stuff gets implemented in multiplayer its allure will be stronger.

Divinek

Canada4045 Posts

October 07 2010 00:06 GMT

#872

imagination and a sense of exploration????

FiWiFaKi

Canada9859 Posts

October 07 2010 02:54 GMT

#873

Does the server ever go offline, I mean just like minecraft in general? Since it's not letting me log in for some reason, and it was just fine a couple hours ago. :/

Disarray

United States1164 Posts

October 07 2010 04:22 GMT

#874

On October 07 2010 11:54 Skillz_Man wrote:
Does the server ever go offline, I mean just like minecraft in general? Since it's not letting me log in for some reason, and it was just fine a couple hours ago. :/

if the main www.minecraft.net site is down, then you will be unable to login