Org Minecraft Server

[rajpoot]

Monkey's a her?!

I mean I thought there were no girls on the Internet

[TinCow]

Monkey's a her?!

I mean I thought there were no girls on the Internet

I'm pretty sure Monkey is a he. Scienter is the her.

[Csargo]

I finished my chicken farm tonight which I like very much. Tincow completed the railway from my house to the noob hotel. I built an enchantment table and enchanted my sword and pickaxe. It is really weird how they've done it since you pick from three random numbers and get a random attribute on the item you enchant. My sword's enchantment makes spiders, zombies, and skeletons easier to kill and using my pickaxe has a chance of not losing durability after a use.

Does anyone still get on the server? The only person who I have seen on the last few time is Tincow.

[TinCow]

I think many are still playing Skyrim. Despite putting in 70+ hours, I haven't even finished the main quest line. I intend to go back and finish it up eventually, but I'm more eager to play Minecraft each night. It's a pretty awesome situation when the choice about which game to play is between two superb open world games like these.

So, yeah, the first significant phase of development on the railroad is now complete. It needs a fair bit of polish: more signage at the noob hotel explaining the system for anyone new to the server, the rails in Csargo's station are a total mess, and the elevated areas need 'support' columns in many, many places as it looks weird just levitating everywhere. However, I am now done with this as my main project. I am happy to help anyone else who wants to be hooked up to the network, but I will not be building further extensions to other players' buildings on my own initiative. I have several projects I want to complete in my own house first.

[rajpoot]

Gah who changed the landscaping of the wheat farm!

[TinCow]

Ah, sorry, that was me. I didn't think that had been used for a long time and it was blocking the area I wanted to use for the noob hotel train station. I'll rebuild it for you nearby.

[rajpoot]

Ah, sorry, that was me. I didn't think that had been used for a long time and it was blocking the area I wanted to use for the noob hotel train station. I'll rebuild it for you nearby.

No no...no problem. I got enough wheat/seeds/bread stored away.
Just saw the station. Very nice job
Monkey gave me some iron a few days back but I don't require all of it right now. You're welcome to take some of that from my chest if you require it to extend the railway line.

[TinCow]

No, I'm fine. It doesn't take too long to get iron. I'll still happily take any slimeballs anyone doesn't want though. I am a sticky piston addict.

[rajpoot]

Three slimeballs at the noob hotel.
My old mine has quite a few monsters. More than I like actually....but I ran into a few large slimes in it.

[Vladimir]

Does anyone still get on the server? The only person who I have seen on the last few time is Tincow.

I will. Once I get back and figure out how to import my buildings to the map I'll spend more time there.

[TinCow]

I will. Once I get back and figure out how to import my buildings to the map I'll spend more time there.

I'm honestly not comfortable with importing anything into the game from another server. It seems to defeat the purpose of starting a server from scratch and building a world from nothing.

[Vladimir]

And that's what I did but wasn't about to spend hours on a project without having a copy.

[Divine Wind]

My PC died on Tuesday, so I'm currently trying to source the parts for a new one. Hopefully be back on the server next week.

And I most certainly not a lady!

[TinCow]

Some significant public works were done yesterday. First, we located a Nether Fortress and built a very basic road to it to guide other players. It can be accessed through either Tiaexz's portal or my own. Just follow the cobblestone to the fortress. Please do not destroy the Blaze spawners! Blazes do not spawn outside of Nether Fortresses, so that's our source of blaze rods. Also, be aware that the road is not safe, go at your own peril. We have also located a stronghold and built an above ground building with direct access to the End Portal inside the stronghold. Unfortunately it's not very easy to get to at the moment and we don't have enough eyes of ender to open the portal, but we will soon.

In addition, here's a map of the most of the 'settled' area of our world, thanks to Tiaexz. Once it's more filled in, I will annotate it.

[rajpoot]

The map is great.
Which program did Tiaexz use to get it?

[Beskar]

Journey Map

[rajpoot]

Right, thanks.

On a different note, does anyone know how the in-game maps work? I made one today and it was labeled map_4. It showed only a limited area (from Noob hotel to Tiaexz pyramid on one side) and when I went beyond that I went off the map.
So how does one make a map 'center' on a different point? Or is there some way to join separate maps...because I read the wiki and couldn't find much there.
Also can players exchange different maps and see the areas others have explored?

[TinCow]

The server has been updated to version 1.0.1. This is a server only upgrade which was released to fix the "invalid serial key" error so many of us have been experiencing. You do not need to update your client. Please let me know if anyone continues to experience that error from here on out.

[rajpoot]

Try Minecraft Classic. It's free, and you'll get a gist of what the game is about.

BTW, I had an incident with a creeper last night next to the glass spawning building near the noob hotel. I tried to repair it but for some reason I cannot fathom the area near about is all un-buildable-mineable.

[Csargo]

Redstone=

[rajpoot]

Redstone=

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(filler because my message is too short)

[Csargo]

I added another layer of pistons in my sugarcane farm and was having a lot of trouble getting them to all activate together. I finally got it to work though just have to finish the wiring. It was just a huge pain to figure out.

[TinCow]

Okay, this is driving me nuts. I've read every review, every thread, every post, and I still don't think I understand Minecraft. Is it just crafting gone mad, or is it an RPG? What the duece!? Hell, the player-run servers remind me of Neverwinter Nights.. had some fun times with those PWs.

If you guys had to break Minecraft down into a couple paragraphs, what would you say? Why is this so good? The level of popularity this game has been experiencing is more than enough to make me want to play it, but I want to make sure I'm not just jumping on a bandwagon here.

Minecraft is... unique, which makes it a bit difficult to describe as it doesn't really fit into of the normal gaming genres. I think the best thing to compare it to is actually Legos (the plastic blocks, not the Lego movie video games), but in first (or third) person mode and where you have to 'earn' every single piece you place and you can die. These 'blocks' you have to 'earn' include things which can help you survive, such as food, weapons, armor, potions, etc. The world is composed of basic natural resources, such as dirt, stone, trees, water, animals, etc. You dig, mine, chop down, kill, etc. these basic resources and can then combine them in certain manners to create other things. For example, the most basic starting system goes like this:

1) Spawn into a new world.
2) Punch a tree to get tree blocks.
3) Turn tree blocks into wood blocks.
4) Turn wood blocks into a crafting table.
5) Turn more wood blocks into sticks.
6) Turn a combination of wood blocks and sticks into a wooden pickaxe.
7) Use pickaxe to mine stone, producing cobblestone.
8) Use sticks and cobblestone to make a stone pickaxe (better than a wood one).
9) Mine coal.
10) Combine sticks and coal to produce torches, which provide light at night and in dark areas.

All of that can be done in about 3-5 minutes, faster if you can find coal quickly. There are an exceptionally large number of basic resources to mine/harvest/gather, and an even greater number of things to craft out of those resources, from doors to magic enchanting tables to jukeboxes to railroads to portals to other dimensions (there are 3 total 'dimensions'). There's even an extensive 'electricity' system (redstone) which allows you to make all kinds of automated mechanical devices. There are enemies to fight and an unbelievably large world (randomly generated) to explore, but there isn't any actual goal to the game. The point is basically to exist in a world where you can build anything that you can imagine, which is why I compare to Legos.

I agree with rajpoot, try the free version. It's an older version without as much stuff and you can't use multiplayer (which, IMHO, is a LOT more fun than SP), but it will get you used to the basic gameplay concepts. Be aware that there is no official manual, tutorial, or documentation of any kind. If you want to know how to do something, you should read the Minecraft Wiki, which is essentially the manual (or ask in here).

BTW, I had an incident with a creeper last night next to the glass spawning building near the noob hotel. I tried to repair it but for some reason I cannot fathom the area near about is all un-buildable-mineable.

Eh, don't worry about it. You can't fix it because only people with Ops can alter terrain within a certain radius of the server spawn point (30 squares, I think). I've been meaning to revamp that area anyway. Due to the whitelist we don't have random players logging on anymore, so it's far less important to have a whole lot of rule text there to greet them. The main thing is just making sure people spawn in safety.

I added another layer of pistons in my sugarcane farm and was having a lot of trouble getting them to all activate together. I finally got it to work though just have to finish the wiring. It was just a huge pain to figure out.

I think the biggest hurdle to overcome is understanding how the various switches, redstone dust, and redstone torches 'power' the blocks around them, depending on precisely which ones you use and how you position them. Once that starts to click into place, it gets easier.

[thefluffyone93]

I can haz joinage to the wonderful minecraft world?

[TinCow]

I can haz joinage to the wonderful minecraft world?

Certainly, but we need to know your account name so we can add you to the whitelist.

[thefluffyone93]

same as this one

[TinCow]

Ok, I'll add you to the whitelist when I get home (about 6 hours), or Tiaexz can do it if he's online before then.

[thefluffyone93]

HOORAY

[Csargo]

I think the biggest hurdle to overcome is understanding how the various switches, redstone dust, and redstone torches 'power' the blocks around them, depending on precisely which ones you use and how you position them. Once that starts to click into place, it gets easier.

Yeah it took me a really long time to figure out how the torches could work with redstone. I did not learn how to use them properly until after I had joined the server. For some reason the way I had the wiring for the pistons set up should have worked from what I understand about redstone, but it wouldn't. For the most part it did, except for the middle piston which would not activate. I still don't understand why it did not work, when it should have. I've changed the wiring dramatically from what it was originally and it should work now.

[TinCow]

If you want to recreate the original setup, I'd be happy to take a look at it and see if I can spot the error.