Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[lemon10]

Yeah, thats because its going on and off.
I would reccomend that you attach the tin to a batbox, so you can store your energy when your not using your machines.

That said, just a regular generator generates a lot of energy, and is preferable to using a single solar generator.

[Tilla]

Yah, single solar is slooooow as crap. You're way better off building something better. optimally a solar flower should support a large number of simple machines. and ALWAYS use batboxes.

[Osmosis Jones]

So, to drag this thread screeching back to vanilla minecraft, what do you guys think of all the new changes?

Zombies smashing down doors!
Hot Squidward on Squidward action!
Super rare mob drops!

Spoiler: Engine Overhauls! (click to show/hide)

Hello!

Jon and I have been working on a new map format for Minecraft that we’ve dubbed “Anvil” (it’s just a name). The purpose of the new format is to prepare for modding, especially to allow for more block types, but also to improve other areas of the game (such as map height). The changes are:

    Maximum build height has been increased to 256 (was 128)
    Empty sections of the world are not loaded into memory
    Block ids have been increased to 4096 (was 256) by adding a 4 bit data layer (similar to how meta data is stored)
    Block ordering have been changed from x/z/y to y/z/x in order to improve compression
    Packets for sending chunks have been updated (a full 128-high chunk is smaller than the old format, and a chunk with lots of empty space is much smaller)
    Biomes are saved per x/z column, which means they can be altered by tools

The next snapshot, and Minecraft 1.2, will automatically convert worlds to the new format. The files of the current format (“McRegion”) will remain in your save folder, if you need to restore them for some reason.

I’ve prepared a converter (with source code) for tool makers that wants to be prepared. You do not need to use this to convert your maps! It’s only for reference!

Download the converter+source here

Some info:

    The 16x128x16 “Blocks”, “Data”, “SkyLight” and “BlockLight” tags are removed
    A “Sections” tag has been added with up to 16 compound tags
    Each section has 16x16x16 “Blocks”, “Data”, “SkyLight” and “BlockLight” tags
    Each section has a “Y” integer tag saying which section it is (note that some Y positions can be skipped). 0 is at the bottom of the world and 15 is the topmost section
    Each section also has a “AddBlocks” tag, which is a DataLayer byte array just like “Data”. The “AddBlocks” tag is not included in the converter since the old format never had block ids above 255. This extra tag is created whenever a block requires it, so the getTile() method needs to check if the array exists and then combine it with the default block data. In other words, blockId = (addBlock << 8 ) + baseId.
    Each chunk has a 16×16 byte array with biome ids called “Biomes”. If this array is missing it will be filled when the game starts. The converter doesn’t include any biome sources, though (it had too many dependencies to be included).
    Note that the old format is XZY and the new format is YZX (see the difference between DataLayer and OldDataLayer).
    The new format uses the extension “.mca” instead of “.mcr” (the old format is kept for safety, with the level.dat backed up as “level.dat_mcr”)

Finally, a shoutout to Robinton’s hard work on his mods: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/310298-100robintons-mods/

Cheers,

// jeb_

And so much more!

The next full release is gonna be a huge step up over the last

[LoSboccacc]

I like the zombie idea. dislike a bit the part about rare drops. I would have preferred trading items out of the thin air with villagers.

but with the exception of diamond, I've everything I need in exceeding quantities even in vanilla.

[Luke_Prowler]

Do zombies smash all doors down or just wooden ones?
Either way, stop copying Terraria.

[LoSboccacc]

Do zombies smash all doors down or just wooden ones?
Either way, stop copying Terraria.

nah, elitism isn't a good state of mind. it makes people sound silly, on their silly ideas like terraria having invented the entire trope of door smashing zombies.

[Luke_Prowler]

To be fair, I never liked the door destruction mechanic in Terraria anyway. It's awesome in Dwarf Fortress, but when you only got two directions it gets stupid
But Minecraft already has creepers to function as the door breaking mob, so why let zombies do it?

[LoSboccacc]

But Minecraft already has creepers to function as the door breaking mob, so why let zombies do it?

this is actually a very good point.

[cerapa]

Well, it seems it is indeed low current only, I guess it's an improvement....Now I won't have an absurd amount of tin anymore.....But the macerator sound has gotten even more annoying 

Actually you could run solar generators with any kind of wire. Only thing is, that the higher current ones are more lossy. I assume you just put the macerator too far away.

[bluephoenix]

But Minecraft already has creepers to function as the door breaking mob, so why let zombies do it?

Well, creepers don't really blow up doors on their own, you can be standing face to face with a creeper through a closed door and it wont blow up.

[Ivefan]

So.. with EE6, anyone know how to transmute stacks? before you could do shift+click but now i only get one at a time.

[ECrownofFire]

But Minecraft already has creepers to function as the door breaking mob, so why let zombies do it?

this is actually a very good point.

Because zombies don't have any kind of "special" ability going for them. Creepers explode, skeletons are ranged, spiders climb, and zombies just kind of walk at you slowly.

[LoSboccacc]

a fitting special ability for zombies would be to spawn en masse on a sort of halloween.

so you add creepers and enderman in the mix, and you have a complex setup from which to plan your defense. in the end, that's what matters: being an interesting game.

if they just want a special ability to trick players on harder modes, they could just add the buldozer mob.

[The Merchant Of Menace]

I don't mind zombies breaking doors down, the only time they could possibly be a threat is day 1, and you can just block your door off with dirt if that happens. By the time I hit day 2 I usually have a few stacks of iron and redstone already, so I can make iron doors.

[Briggsy16]

So.. with EE6, anyone know how to transmute stacks? before you could do shift+click but now i only get one at a time.

Don't really think you can anymore. Check out the getting started guide on the wiki, it explains the new mechanics.