Minecraft General Discussion

[thatguy]

When you run out of air, your health begins to deplete - REALLY really quickly

[removeduser_487563287433]

I started a new island because I am a perfectionist when it comes to construction games and my tunnels were far too chaotic.

So building again. Minecraft is a lonely, lonely game. I feel a strange urge to build a Church. It's half completed (the dirt on the left is my scaffolding). It faces towards the East and is aligned to meet the rising sun.

[iamme]

Thats good stuff Ferrets. I wouldn't even know how to begin to make something as epic as that.

[Hambone]

What will be the god of your new church?

[removeduser_487563287433]

That's a good question. Probably a sun god, seeing how reliant I am on daylight to keep the monsters away. Perhaps a long term project will be to build a temple facing west on the other side of the island for the moon.

[Tankfriend]

If you're lucky that will ease the monster burden at night a bit.
An idea: Why not make that church for a dual deity of light and dark, like a deity that has two aspects - one benevolent and one malevolent?
Or a church that is devoted to two different deities at the same time (one for light, one for dark), maybe because they are "married" or otherwhise related - quite a common topic in mythology.
Oh... the Dwarf Fortress fever is apparently getting the better of me, again. All those ideas...
In any case, nice find.

[removeduser_487563287433]

Come on guys, let's see your stuff getting posted!

I've pretty much completed the Acropolis of my fortress.

Hall exterior...



And interior...



The Hall is where I have my stores, currently.

Church exterior...



and interior...



I'm really happy with how the church came out. It answers the sun rise perfectly.

Beneath these two buildings is the basement, and staircase leading down to a fortified underground central room, which leads off down to the green house and to the mines deep, deep underground.



This is the east face of the fortress. On the top of the hill you can see the acropolis, mid way down is a room that leads off from the central underground strong-point, and below that is the greenhouse. The fort is not very close to water, so in the bottom you can see the irrigation canal I built for the greenhouse.



The south face shows the fort gate and the tower - the strong point of the acropolis, accessible only by a narrow stair case. The battlements overhang so that arrows cannot hit me.



And finally the north face shows where I intend to build a bridge over the gorge into the basement of the acropolis.

Future expansion plans: a curtain wall making a perimeter on the hill. A guarded staircase leading to this. Inside; a dining hall, a throne room, a forge, worshop, stores and armoury.

[thatguy]

Hey ferrets, could I bug your for some tips?
Current tools I got are wood/stone: Shovel, Sword, Hoe, Pickaxe, axe.
Any tips on how to make more?
Can I make anything from sheep wool?
How did you make glass?
The tones with black dots, coal, but what are the stones with tan dots?
Thanks, and help like that would be awesome!
And I'll have to put screenies up later of my floating sea fortress.

[removeduser_487563287433]

Tools:

If you have a stone pickaxe then you will be able to mine stone and metal ore. Metal ore is the stone block with brown dashes.

Mine this ore. You will find it in cliff faces or if you mine, mine, mine. Smelt the ore in a furnace (power it with wood or coal, coal is best) and out will come metal bars. Use the metal bars to make a metal pickaxe... with this tool you will be able to mine gold and th exceptionally rare but also extremely tough diamond.

Cloth is purely decorative. At some point dyes will be added to survival mode so you can spruce up your constructions.

Glass is made by smelting down sand.

Tan dots are metal. Get the ore out with a stone (not wood) pickaxe.

Looking forward to seeing the pics.

[thatguy]

Apreciated my man.
one more, how do I make said Furnace?

[removeduser_487563287433]

Apreciated my man.
one more, how do I make said Furnace?

Here for all your crafting needs:

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Crafting

In this case you need to get eight pieces of stone into a crafting bench.

I run three furnaces in the new forge I have built. Constantly burning down cobble stone (to make smooth stone for building projects), metals and sand.

Will post updated pictures tonight. I've finished my dining hall, forge and workshop and I've opened up a new mine.

Oh - cloth is used in the production of one thing - paintings!

[thatguy]

Thanks dude.
See, we definately need multiplayer for this survival.

[removeduser_487563287433]

Thanks dude.
See, we definately need multiplayer for this survival.

It would be good to have a TWC server or team if we can get enough people interested.

[removeduser_487563287433]

I started a new island again. I have finished my capital, which I will post later on. But check this out. I am building a new town, a port:



I've damned off the harbour to allow for construction. On the far side is the wharf, on the right is the viewing gallery.

[DimondLight]

How long do days last? I've been playing for a long time and I haven't gotten night yet..

[removeduser_487563287433]

How long do days last? I've been playing for a long time and I haven't gotten night yet..

If you are on the free version there is no day and night cycle.

[Timefool]

And this is alpha version right? That is why the graphics are rudimentary?

[removeduser_487563287433]

It is alpha, but the graphics won't improve. It's an indie game. If you want realistic explosions then there are plenty of published games for that.

[thatguy]

If you want a game with better graphics and more complexity theres one called Wurm.
Aparently it was partly made by the creator of Minecraft, though A friend has told me its rediculously complex and takes too long to build anything.

[Yoda Twin]

When fully released will it still be web based?