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[Rhodan]

With 1.6 I started a new gargamel map and created a "small" house in the valley right near the spawn and while it rains a lot, I rarely get creature spawns (I think I've seen two skeletons and one cow) but when I go to sleep in my well lit house (10x10?) with the bed in the middle I always get a skeleton to spawn next to the bed.  I have not tried this in single player, only on the server on my Linux machine, with Windows client.

Don't use stair blocks as a roof without solid wood underneath.  They count as 'dark enough to spawn stuff' when the bed checks the surroundings.

[Andir]

With 1.6 I started a new gargamel map and created a "small" house in the valley right near the spawn and while it rains a lot, I rarely get creature spawns (I think I've seen two skeletons and one cow) but when I go to sleep in my well lit house (10x10?) with the bed in the middle I always get a skeleton to spawn next to the bed.  I have not tried this in single player, only on the server on my Linux machine, with Windows client.

Don't use stair blocks as a roof without solid wood underneath.  They count as 'dark enough to spawn stuff' when the bed checks the surroundings.

I did not use stairs for the roof, I used cobblestone blocks double stacked.  There is water flowing over that, but it seems I cannot replicate it now because resting as the only person now seems to work like it did in single player... which may be part of what Notch fixed.

[bluephoenix]

I wonder what the adventure update will include.

[Andir]

I wonder what the adventure update will include.

I can only hope for some truly awesome dynamic dungeons.

[breadbocks]

I wonder what the adventure update will include.

I can only hope for some truly awesome dynamic dungeons.
Many, many three week vacations.

[alway]

I wonder what the adventure update will include.

I can only hope for some truly awesome dynamic dungeons.
Many, many three week vacations.

"Wow, that 3 week trip to the Andes really gave me some awesome ideas to put into Minecraft when I return from the Bahamas at the end of July!"

[iceball3]

I wonder what the adventure update will include.

I can only hope for some truly awesome dynamic dungeons.
Many, many three week vacations.

"Wow, that 3 week trip to the Andes really gave me some awesome ideas to put into Minecraft when I return from the Bahamas at the end of July!"

Hey, at least it gives mods the time to procreate for 1.6_#. Seriously, IC is falling a little bit behind here.

[Duke 2.0]

 I has dependencies on Modloader and Modloader SMP, cut the guy some slack. He needs to wait for them to update.

[0x517A5D]

Many, many three week vacations.

"Wow, that 3 week trip to the Andes really gave me some awesome ideas to put into Minecraft when I return from the Bahamas at the end of July!"

I'm not exactly happy with the state of affairs either, but there's a couple of things to note:

• There is evidence indicating that Notch was in the habit of taking, let's call them “recharge vacations”, before Minecraft's sudden success.  Should he change that habit now that he has even more need to recharge?
• Notch never intended to ‘make Minecraft.’  He's always intended to ‘make games.’  He's been very clear about that.  Should he change direction because of Minecraft's success?
• Like me, you purchased Minecraft ‘as is.’  We are not legally owed updates.  The ethical situation is less clear, but I would argue that we are only owed bugfixes, not new content.  New content is bonus, omake.

[Soulwynd]

None of your logic states we cannot whine about it like little babymen.

[Fikes]

While we purchased Minecraft "As is", Notch has given his word many many times that it will continue to be developed. It is a little jarring to see how much the development process of Minecraft has changed since it became so successful. At first people were suprised when he went a couple weeks without an update because he was dealing with Valve and trade shows and setting up a business. Now people would be happy to get a regular update once a month.

It is silly to say "you bought it as is, you shouldn't expect anything extra" because extra is exactly what Notch told us we would get. At the same time, it is silly to be too upset because it was a $10 game. What more can you ask for?

Personally, I think Notch should take a step back. Make less blog postings (at least less non-minecraft related ones) and make larger, more spread out releases. Give the mods a chance to catch up and give the haters less ammunition. I am not sure if I get a vacation this year. I don't want to hear how many you have taken.

[Soulwynd]

He should make a mod API, not use his excuse that modders can mod as it is. Most long lived games that people continuously purchase are those with decent mod support. I rarely hear someone playing vanilla minecraft anymore.

[alfie275]

Um, isn't he releasing the source code? So a modding API wouldn't really be needed...

[Soulwynd]

That's the lazy way out. Even with the source code released, people will have to poke at the jar the same old fashioned way.

At the very least, he needs a small API to load mod jars, so users can go through a menu to pick which mods to use instead of having to mess with your .jar

Second problem is, with all the updates, no API means the modders will still have to update like crazy. With an API, you can maintain the API and only update it as necessary. So there's a whole level of backwards compatibility where modders only have to update the mods for minecraft versions -when needed- instead of every single version.

[Vertigon]

Whoever was asking about bonemeal's new use: If you use it on grass, it spawns tall grass on that block and occasionally flowers around it. So mildly useful, but once you have the first seeds from tall grass you never really need it again.