Minecraft - f13 Server is: chugging along... again (Read OP)

[Xanthippe]

Now that they have the base game done for the Xbox C++ conversion, it will be much easer to move foward bringing it upto the same feature set as the PC version. That is, unless it will upset any XBL restrictions on games, content, and patching. That seems to happen a lot.

Moving on:

In the new snapshot, this was added:


That how it should be IMO! Sadly, its a setting when creating the world initially.

What am I looking at? A map? What is a setting when creating the world initially?

[Mrbloodworth]

Yes. That's an in game map created using the new snapshot set to "Large biomes".

Im not sure what the server config setting is right now, but single/multiplayer ( because the PC versions now support local multiplayer worlds, like the 360 version ) setting is right in the world creation settings under world type. ( Normal, flat, Large biomes ).

[Mrbloodworth]

Xbox:

That's right, Mojang and 4J Studios' Xbox 360 edition of indie hit Minecraft has already sold more than one million units worldwide on XBLA since its release on Wednesday, May 9th! MCX360 sells for 1600 MS Points, or $20; in short, the title generated more than $20 million in less than a week. Notch tweeted the day afterwards that the game had become profitable (saw more money gained in sales than spent in creating it) within the first full day of sales.

Microsoft Studios, while initially non-specific about the sales numbers after launch day, confirmed that MCX360 broke all previous sales records on Live Arcade, beating out the previous fastest-selling game on the platform, Trials Evolution, which sold over 100,000 copies in a day, by over four times the numbers.

PC:

In the last 24 hours, 127,468 people registered, and 13,375 people bought the game. On average, this means that a little over thirteen thousand people buy a new copy of Minecraft every single day, and that number keeps growing!

[Yegolev]

I can safely say that I've lost eight Twitter followers so far.

[Mrbloodworth]

WIP.

[Mrbloodworth]

Ender chest. Any item placed in it, can be taken out of another Ender chest. Downside is, its server wide ( Not personal ).

Time for a new snapshot! One big difference this time is that you don’t need the server jar to play single-player. Also,

    Villagers will trade items (they are cheap bastards, though!)
    Added a “currency item”
    A few minor terrain changes
    A new useful block/item (requires obsidian)
    Added a /seed command for showing the map seed
    Added sandstone stairs
    A lot of smaller changes and fixes

Undocumented:
Sandstone Villages.
Pyramids, booby-trapped crypts.
Villagers sell Chain mail gear.
"Golden apple" got buffed.
Emeralds added ( Its the currency )
Jungle Villages
Gravel retexture

[Sky]

I love this game, it's so great the development continues despite them not having to do so at all.

I just did a decent project on our server laying some new nether rail and supporting structures. REALLY happy to see new sandstone because I was thinking of a sandstone castle for my next project.

New chest looks cool, but needs to bind to account.

[Mrbloodworth]

They still average 13,000 new buys a day.

Today's stats:

29,818,181 registered users, of which 5,993,297 (20.10%) have bought the game.

In the last 24 hours, 80,962 people registered, and 8,630 people bought the game.

[Fordel]

Ender Chests are going to make my frontier bunkers resupply routes a lot easier. 

[koro]

Welp.

[Fordel]

Bucket of water down next time!

[koro]

Okay.

[Sky]

Nothing fulfills the sense of exploration like a day 1 spoiler. Thanks!

[koro]

There. I apologize.

[Sky]

Well...thanks, but you could've just spoiler tagged the previous post. The earlier was well spoilered. 

[Mrbloodworth]

I Have no idea whats going on right now.

[Fordel]

Koro was like : OMG look PYRAMIDS WOOO! *WITH PICTURES*

Sky was like : QQ SPOILERS

Koro went : FINE 



You're caught up!

[Xanthippe]

Those snapshots look intriguing.

Right now though Minecraft is on the back burner due to Diablo 3 love.

[Khaldun]

Basically almost every 5th grader in my kid's school now plays it. (She was one of the evangelists who sold it to her classmates; I vouched to the parents). What's interesting is that some of the kids are learning how do some server maintenance etc. through Minecraft, not just how to play. I think this is going to end up one of the defining computing experiences of a whole generation.

[Fordel]

I might even go one step further and say Minecraft will end up as ubiquitous as Monopoly, Lego or Checkers.


-edit- In other news, the Yogscast is playing through a 'Hunger Games' map. They have a bunch of people and cameras from each teams PoV



Lewis and Simon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxIQiCAvnko

Duncan and Hannah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9ZbN8hGFBw

Sjin and Minty: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNx-paVsbhY

Rythian and Mexxy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bEkjju4LGM

Martyn and Toby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-TKjFOIrMQ

DaveChaos and Nipde: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vqP29Niv7c

Panda and Nilesy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdKTaHB0P3g

Turps and Sparkles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toRBCHWYNpQ

[Xanthippe]

Basically almost every 5th grader in my kid's school now plays it. (She was one of the evangelists who sold it to her classmates; I vouched to the parents). What's interesting is that some of the kids are learning how do some server maintenance etc. through Minecraft, not just how to play. I think this is going to end up one of the defining computing experiences of a whole generation.

I second this. It's very very popular amongst the tweens, including running servers and so on.

[Sky]

Wish you could run redstone wire on all sides of a block. Totally lost on how to wire my current project without making it look like shit.

[Xanthippe]

What do you mean? I haven't worked with redstone much at all, but I'm familiar with circuits.

[Sky]

I want to string some lights but it would look like crap if I built a bunch of horizontal supports to run the wire.

I could probably kludge something together, but it would take about 500 smooth sandstone and more punitively, double the amount of redstone lamps. Harvesting glowstone is a bitch. And it would still look like crap compared to just being able to stick the redstone to the side/bottom of the existing structure.

I'll probably just leave that and learn how to use pistons for another project.

[Xanthippe]

Glowstone isn't that hard with some fire protection potions.

There's a lot of unexplored nether out there!

Don't forget to bank your nice diamond gears first.

[Mrbloodworth]

Snapshot 12w23b

Enchantment levels are slightly exponential again.
    It now takes 825 Experience to reach level 30.
    Added Ender Portal frame to creative inventory.
    Half slabs are placeable on walls
    Tripwire is now activated by all entities, including arrows.
    The max distance has been increased to 40 blocks.
    Boats can accelerate to faster than previous speeds.
    Boats are now easier to control.
    Wooden Pressure Plates detect arrows.
    String placed down has a smaller black frame unless on TNT, leaves or pistons.
    A lot of smaller changes and fixes.
    Texture Packs that are in folders and not in a zip file are recognized as a texture pack.
    Texture Packs image is displayed for folder based texture packs.
    The player can now see the cracking effect on blocks when other players mine blocks in multiplayer.

    Bug Fixes:

    Pressing F no longer reloads chunks.
    Fixed a bug when pistons pushed a wire.
    NPC Villagers procreate again.
    Mining a ore give now 3 times less experience orbs.
    Weathers transitions are back.
    Slime and Magma Cube jumping animations have been fixed.
    Armor and Tool enchantments now show on multiplayer.
    The search function in the creative inventory now only activates within the search tab, meaning that the inventory key now allows you to exit the creative menu once again.

Minecraft + Mojang News: Jungle Temples, Tripwires + MORE!

[Sky]

Glowstone isn't that hard with some fire protection potions.

I did run across a magma cube the last time I was down there.

[Xanthippe]

I was thinking more of ghasts blowing you off a one-tower into lava.

[Mrbloodworth]

@jeb_ Changed Ender Chests to be per player, but also made you lose the Eye of Ender if you knock the chest down (so no free carrying around)

[Xanthippe]

Minecraft + Mojang News: Jungle Temples, Tripwires + MORE!

Wow. There is so much going into this next patch - it's going to be huge. Any idea on when it's coming?

[Mrbloodworth]

It reads as if they are in Feature freeze, so, its all polish and bug squashing until release at this point.

[Xanthippe]

Is this going to require a server reset?

[Mrbloodworth]

Not that I can see, but it will be "new stuff that spawns, will only spawn in undiscovered areas" situation. Like the new ore.

[Sky]

Where's my boat?

 

[Sky]

Is there some setting for SMP that allows us to dig out 5 blocks instead of the 4 blocks of SSP? Can that setting be applied to SSP?