Minecraft Thread

Yes, it is on the server, but no, that is not Mt James in the background.

Looks like the development team is building up to a big, spooky 1.4, which they are calling the "Pretty Scary Update." What have we got so far? (upbeat music plays!)

Withers, skeletons, witches, and bats!
Bunches of dyes to color your hats!
Potions to brew, two of 'em are new,
and brand new veggies for harvest vats!

Piggies with saddles go at high speeds,
but only with tools to make them steeds!
Let's deck the halls with frames on our walls,
there's decorations for all your needs!

Don't let the zombies munch on our friends!
Kill them instead for their odds and ends!
With the Beacon's glow, we ought to know,
we'll all have the power that defends!

This is the Pretty Scary Update,
and the harvest moon fills the night sky!
This is the Pretty Scary Update,
and we are all quite likely to die!
This is the Pretty Scary Update,
but don't be afraid, 'cause you know why!
This is the Pretty Scary Update,
and I'm making lots of Pumpkin Pie!

Happy not-quite-Halloween, everyone!

@NeoSpade: There are still two outlines! Can't quite figure which is which - derp;

ALSO! Community: Is there any way we could get like a flickr usergroup or something to act as a large photo album? I'd lovely to post pictures of interesting things I find, without completely clogging up the boards. Any thoughts?

There should be one slightly wider than the other, go with that one/I'll look at it properly on Wednesday (sorry, got lots of stuff to do this week/weekend) and outline the real one with wool or wood or something (or raise it up to 4 blocks/remove the ambiguous extra one).

I finally made it back home!

After my explorations, I discovered a mushroom biome, a new continent, and a new desert town called Farington. I also earned six whole Emeralds, wow!

I've installed many new nether portals, leading to Oxford and NJ (starting from the spawn swamp portal) and leading to three portals at the MegaCastle (starting from the Gray Station). So sick of walking between those! Woz and I are also constructing a 3km long nether rail leading to his Nether Palace, which is coming along.

I should never have repaired my desktop :(

@BaconLabs

For some reason I could only imagine the Zelda Rap kids singing that song, to the exact same beat.

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SUPAH SEED TIME

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Know what I love about the random generator? Well, next to nothing in modern times, as I seem to be dropped off in all of the biomes I don't like anymore. Can't I just spawn on a beach like in olden times?!

Anywho, the random generator was kind and merciful today, as it popped me into the edge of a desert and jungle. I loves me some both of those. Some short exploration later, I find a swamp! I loves me swamp. Also, since this is in the 12w40a snapshot, slimes now spawn in overworld swamps!...sadly, only during the day. Yes, I want a weak hostile mob that can spawn during the day, sadly they won't give it to me.

Now, on my second trip to the swamp and back, I noticed something rather....delicious. A jungle temple. On the outskirts of the jungle, literally around the corner near spawn. Not surprising I missed it, as all I've really been doing so far is chopping down a single tree.

So yar, I can't wait to discover what all this world has to offer, but if this is just the start of it, I'm sure there's a lot more to come.

Since I haven't really done anything yet (aka, not much more than a few feet from spawn), I haven't found the new Witch Hut that have come into existence, but I may just have to post some screens of it when I do find one.

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Which hut?

Our server already has a "hill witch" hut in New Jerusalem. I remember that around the same time I built that one, James suggested erecting a Baba Yaga-style hut, and now here it is, on the list of randomly generated structures.

I wonder if witch spawning is based on the seed-based location of the hut, or on the actual shape. If you build your own witch hut according to the generated plan, does it spawn witches?

By the way the wiki describes it, the witches may just naturally spawn in the swamps period.

Also, the wiki lies about slimes spawning in swamps at night. They actually seem to appear anywhere near water at night. As evidenced by a slime spawning in a pool of water in the desert, and a slime spawning right outside my jungle temple.

I like slimes.

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Dinnerbone has officially identified himself as a "featurecreeper."

I don't get it.

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"Featurecreep" as in he keeps coming up with new ideas for features and trying to slip them into the game. He's been trying to restrain himself so that we can get a stable 1.4 release by Halloween.

Seed time.

Toco : Start off in jungle biome, a jungle temple is literally a few blocks in front of you.
That is all that I know, as that's all that I've found, as I've barely played it, but if you're looking for some blazingly fast loot, and an already set up first base type of place, and a jungle biome, this one's for you.

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