Unofficial Minecraft Discussion XXIII : Othor Games

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:14 pm

I didn't even know there WAS a secret entrance. Or was that the entrance we went into when I installed the CC? That is the only time I've been to your place. You should also check to see if you've placed torches in hidden areas, torchlight can be seen as it leaks through the blocks. That method will also allow people to see hidden areas when the map is loading.

Yeah, the entrance you went into is the one I'm referring to. I seal it up every time I enter or exit so I at least attempt to make it secret. As for the torches, there are no torches anywhere that can be seen leaking through the surface, though I have seen my own tunnel many many times when first logging in, so I'm familiar with the loading glitch. I don't know of any way to get around it except wander around in complete darkness, which wouldn't really be a problem if mobs weren't active. You can see lava and torches with the loading glitch, and i assume you can also see redstone torches and lightstone.

EDIT: My friend Mrtankjump is now an admin. He is going to help me clean up this place as the others are somewhat busy. I will also be pushing for new admins so that we can have 24hour coverage of the server.

Hopefully by "clean up" you mean "try to get rid of the griefers."

Edit: You do, that's good.

» Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:14 am

Edit: You do, that's good.

Indeed. As a warning to would be rulebreakers. Admins will now be tp'ing on to players for random checkups. If you are doing anything suspicious. Ban. No questions asked. The Iron Curtain has arrived.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:43 pm

Hopefully by "clean up" you mean "try to get rid of the griefers."

Edit: You do, that's good.

I wouldn't mind some actual cleaning. Spawn is pretty messy, what with all the creeper holes, and sometimes people spawn inside the lavafall.

As you guys may or may not knowhttp://notch.tumblr.com/post/2175441966/minecraft-beta-december-20-2010

And the next game update (with server-side inventory) is coming next week, before Beta

So what exactly does this mean?

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:14 pm

I wouldn't mind some actual cleaning. Spawn is pretty messy, what with all the creeper holes, and sometimes people spawn inside the lavafall.

As you guys may or may not knowhttp://notch.tumblr.com/post/2175441966/minecraft-beta-december-20-2010

So what exactly does this mean?

I think it means an end to duping and infinite health tools. the reason for both of those is because the inventory was client side when with the player and when dropped in the world in was server side. So when a player dropped a tool the server would just detect the idref of the item and not the health, as if the item had been spawned.

Duping works the same way. When switching from player to world the server couldn't keep up with the id's changing. With server-side inventory, this will probably be fixed.

» Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:39 am

Anyone else just loose conection ?
Alos I didnt notice who blew up the place by the bridge, it must have took a long time though.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:56 pm

I think it means an end to duping and infinite health tools. the reason for both of those is because the inventory was client side when with the player and when dropped in the world in was server side. So when a player dropped a tool the server would just detect the idref of the item and not the health, as if the item had been spawned.

Duping works the same way. When switching from player to world the server couldn't keep up with the id's changing. With server-side inventory, this will probably be fixed.

That svcks. I like only ever needing one set of tools. -_-

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:57 pm

Meanwhile, I still can't find your damn Mordor... curses.

Here's a hint: One does not simply walk into Mordor....

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:33 am

Damn, I'm lost. I have no idea where I am (or where I was, I got killed by a damn zombie). I was about to go find a nice piece of land and then I fell right next to a zombie (which killed me almost immediately).
I hope Notch adds some kind of world map in beta. It would really prove useful.

And I'm having problems with the Java client. It just suddenly turns dark and I can't play.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:14 am

I got to the bottom of the crater... Only to find the lava had no source black and was slowly dissapearing... I lost a load of steel items for that, and now have to find my house again due to setting mine at the crater... Yay.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:58 am

After some consideration I've come to a conclusion that I want to be a green zone...

btw, the guy who stole my stuff, you will pay with your blood! well... if I wasn't going to become a green zone...

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:40 pm

Awesome concept!

I need to make something similar.

Just wait until you see the http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q235/Lomoru/nothingbutsandhere.jpg :ninja:

Edit: Aww, they got rid of the good ninja emoticon.

» Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:12 am

When is that ancient map going to be updated?

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:47 pm

When is that ancient map going to be updated?

As soon as cartographer is working again. We think someone went outside the grid a little too much and now the map is too big.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:44 am

http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww283/xuerebx/wollsmoth.jpg!

I want to see our castle from above!

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:52 pm

http://www.minecraft.net/skin/skin.jsp?user=FishyFLCL My new avatar!.
Anyhow I think I may start messing with red dust now since I have like 200+ units of it.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:26 pm

A reminder:

If you see someone say (admit to)/do anything that is illegal, take a screenshot of it, upload it and PM it to the mods/admins.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:57 pm

my territory is peaceful

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:26 pm

I don't know if Wamp explained it or not but look on the map and you will see some zones are green and some are red. Green zones are protected zones where doing anything out of the ordinary such as stealing, griefing and pking are tempbans of 4-7 days. Red Zones are unprotected areas.

Stealing is ONLY legal in Red Zones.

People that live in Green Zones are NOT allowed to steal from Red Zones. Doing so is unfair.

Laying traps as in Ant's case, even though it is a Red Zone, is illegal as he is not currently at war. If anyone has a beef with Ant then make a war declaration in the thread. Otherwise, knock it off.

Griefing in ANY case is illegal unless the areas are current war zones and only the parties at war who have agreed to griefing terms can actually do the griefing and only when both parties are on at the same time.

I have my doubts about every green person following those rules of yours to be honest. <_<

Anyway, I've said this before, so I'll say it again here. For the moment, Mordor is a green (peaceful zone). Maybe once I finish building it I'll go red again but for the moment no warring or stealing please. (Although asking people not to will do bugger all)

» Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:39 am

I thought it was an offense to steal in somebody's territory regardless of whether it is green or red. Now I'd hope that none of the server's regulars would decide to steal from me because I would certainly never steal from them, so just to make my stance on this official, I would like to declare my land a green zone.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:30 pm

I have my doubts about every green person following those rules of yours to be honest. <_<

Anyway, I've said this before, so I'll say it again here. For the moment, Mordor is a green (peaceful zone). Maybe once I finish building it I'll go red again but for the moment no warring or stealing please. (Although asking people not to will do bugger all)

Which is why if they are caught, not only will they be temp banned for 4-7days but their zone will permanently be changed to red. Why? Because they obviously can't follow the rules of a Green Zone.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:59 pm

Some of you may have seen me harping on and on about a monument.

It's completed. You'll have to make a pilgrimage to Shadowvia to lay eyes upon it.

Indications of how I got it to look so perfect will be made upon questioning.

» Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:16 am

As soon as cartographer is working again. We think someone went outside the grid a little too much and now the map is too big.

Is there any hope at all of getting it to work again?

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:15 pm

So popcorn, I labeled a few areas that we planned out, placed a lava roof above the glass area and built a hallway to the mass storage. Its pretty lame now but we could definitely build a park/ expand from it. Also we need a farm soon, I'll show you there area I was thinking for it next time we are both on.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 2:49 pm

Seriously who the hell [censored] up the crater ? No torches at bottom, none on top, and glass is mising, so zombies and fall damage/death yay.

» Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:12 pm

Is cartographer the only mapping program for minecraft?