Minecraft News and Discussion

[homeforsummer]

This next update will be good for the console versions.
Hopefully the wither is in it, not just the picture.

Excellent stuff. Really enjoy the console version as it is, but after watching MC vids on youtube there's certainly a few extra features I wouldn't mind having.

 

['85fierogt]

I havent been on much the past few weeks. I've been busy with college. Its good to see people using GTville!

I tried to get on yesterday but I kept getting io.nettyhandler errors. I might be able to play some this week so hopefully I'll see some of you on.

 

[GTvsForza]

I'm guessing you made the farm then. Is it cool if I take some food from it? I plant them back.

Also, I never knew there was a Tekkit server. Is it the newest one or Classic?

 

[Brutaka]

Me and my friend created a war game using an island seed. How it works is that one of us takes one of the two major islands, during the weekdays we build the materials we are going to use and then on the weekend we play in survival mode, attempting to conquer the other person.

 

['85fierogt]

I'm guessing you made the farm then. Is it cool if I take some food from it? I plant them back.

Also, I never knew there was a Tekkit server. Is it the newest one or Classic?

Yes you may use the farm including the animals. I think the barn is the only thing I put a claim on.

The tekkit server was deleted. I think it crashed and DQuaN couldn't get back in it.

I keep getting io.netty.handler timeout errors when i try to login in the library. Could it be the library's cloud crap is too slow?

 

[DQuaN]

I keep getting io.netty.handler timeout errors when i try to login in the library. Could it be the library's cloud crap is too slow?

The Library?

 

['85fierogt]

The Library?

Yeah, I was in the library at college. The computers there are on a cloud and it seems kinda slow.

 

[DQuaN]

Oh I see.

 

[GTvsForza]

I heard that for 1.8, there will be new 3D modeling for blocks. Watch CaptianSparklez's videos.

 

[ShaZZa]

Not long to go now console minecrafter's. The next update is going through cert testing (both PS3 and 360).
Must say this is an impressive update. Lots of nice and awesome stuff. This update is going to be unreal.

In the mean time here's the change list -

New items
· Emerald
· Emerald Ore
· Block of Emerald
· Ender Chest
· Tripwire Hook
· Enchanted Golden Apple
· Anvil
· Flower Pot
· Cobblestone Walls
· Mossy Cobblestone Walls
· Wither Painting
· Potato
· Baked Potato
· Poisonous Potato
· Carrot
· Golden Carrot
· Carrot on a Stick
· Pumpkin Pie
· Night Vision Potion
· Invisibility Potion
· Nether Quartz
· Nether Quartz Ore
· Block of Quartz
· Quartz Slab
· Quartz Stair
· Chiseled Quartz Block
· Pillar Quartz Block
· Enchanted Book
· Carpet

- Added new recipes for Smooth Sandstone and Chiseled Sandstone.
- Added new Mobs - Zombie Villagers.
- Added new terrain generation features - Desert Temples, Desert Villages, and Jungle Temples.
- Added Trading with villagers.
- Added Anvil interface.
- Added sideways log placement.
- Changed placement of half blocks and other blocks on half blocks.
- Changed placement of upside down stairs and slabs.
- Wooden Buttons and Wooden Pressure Plates can be activated with Arrows.
- Can dye leather armor.
- Can dye wolf collars.
- Can control riding a pig with a Carrot on a Stick.
- Added different villager professions.
- Villagers spawned from a spawn egg will have a random profession.
- Furnaces can use wooden tools as a fuel.
- Ice and Glass panes can be collected with silk touch enchanted tools.
- Nether mobs can spawn in the Overworld from Portals.
- Creepers and Spiders are aggressive towards the last player that hit them.
- Mobs in Creative mode become neutral again after a short period.
- Remove knockback when drowning.
- Doors being broken by zombies show damage.
- Ice melts in the Nether.
- Cauldrons fill up when out in the rain.
- Pistons take twice as long to update.
- Pig drops Saddle when killed (if has one).
- Sky color in The End changed.
- String can be placed (for Tripwires).
- Rain drips through leaves.
- Levers can be placed on the bottom of blocks.
- TNT does variable damage depending on difficulty setting.
- Book recipe changed.
- Boats break Lily Pads, instead of Lily Pads breaking Boats.
- Pigs drop more Porkchops.
- Slimes spawn less in Superflat worlds.
- Creeper damage variable based on difficulty setting, more knockback.
- Fixed Endermen not opening their jaws.
- Added new Host Options for flying, invisibility and invulnerability for remote players.
- Added teleporting of players (using the player menu in-game).
- Furnace will return an empty bucket when fueled by a bucket of lava.
- Updated Bonus Chest content with more items.
- Added new tutorials to the Tutorial World for new items and features.
- Updated the positions of the Music Disc Chests in the Tutorial World.
- Updated all texture packs and mash-up packs with new TU14 additions.
- Changed the gray wool texture for City Texture Pack to be more like a road surface.

 

[GTvsForza]

Hey DQ, is the server down? I can't get in.

 

[DQuaN]

Hey DQ, is the server down? I can't get in.

It should be ok now.

 

[GTvsForza]

It still says can't connect.

 

[DQuaN]

It still says can't connect.

FFS, my Virgin CrapHub decided to throw out its config. Try now.

 

[MHPALA]

*Buy's DQuaN a switch.

 

[paulmac2k9]

Not long to go now console minecrafter's. The next update is going through cert testing (both PS3 and 360).
Must say this is an impressive update. Lots of nice and awesome stuff. This update is going to be unreal.

In the mean time here's the change list -

New items
· Emerald
· Emerald Ore
· Block of Emerald
· Ender Chest
· Tripwire Hook
· Enchanted Golden Apple
· Anvil
· Flower Pot
· Cobblestone Walls
· Mossy Cobblestone Walls
· Wither Painting
· Potato
· Baked Potato
· Poisonous Potato
· Carrot
· Golden Carrot
· Carrot on a Stick
· Pumpkin Pie
· Night Vision Potion
· Invisibility Potion
· Nether Quartz
· Nether Quartz Ore
· Block of Quartz
· Quartz Slab
· Quartz Stair
· Chiseled Quartz Block
· Pillar Quartz Block
· Enchanted Book
· Carpet

- Added new recipes for Smooth Sandstone and Chiseled Sandstone.
- Added new Mobs - Zombie Villagers.
- Added new terrain generation features - Desert Temples, Desert Villages, and Jungle Temples.
- Added Trading with villagers.
- Added Anvil interface.
- Added sideways log placement.
- Changed placement of half blocks and other blocks on half blocks.
- Changed placement of upside down stairs and slabs.
- Wooden Buttons and Wooden Pressure Plates can be activated with Arrows.
- Can dye leather armor.
- Can dye wolf collars.
- Can control riding a pig with a Carrot on a Stick.
- Added different villager professions.
- Villagers spawned from a spawn egg will have a random profession.
- Furnaces can use wooden tools as a fuel.
- Ice and Glass panes can be collected with silk touch enchanted tools.
- Nether mobs can spawn in the Overworld from Portals.
- Creepers and Spiders are aggressive towards the last player that hit them.
- Mobs in Creative mode become neutral again after a short period.
- Remove knockback when drowning.
- Doors being broken by zombies show damage.
- Ice melts in the Nether.
- Cauldrons fill up when out in the rain.
- Pistons take twice as long to update.
- Pig drops Saddle when killed (if has one).
- Sky color in The End changed.
- String can be placed (for Tripwires).
- Rain drips through leaves.
- Levers can be placed on the bottom of blocks.
- TNT does variable damage depending on difficulty setting.
- Book recipe changed.
- Boats break Lily Pads, instead of Lily Pads breaking Boats.
- Pigs drop more Porkchops.
- Slimes spawn less in Superflat worlds.
- Creeper damage variable based on difficulty setting, more knockback.
- Fixed Endermen not opening their jaws.
- Added new Host Options for flying, invisibility and invulnerability for remote players.
- Added teleporting of players (using the player menu in-game).
- Furnace will return an empty bucket when fueled by a bucket of lava.
- Updated Bonus Chest content with more items.
- Added new tutorials to the Tutorial World for new items and features.
- Updated the positions of the Music Disc Chests in the Tutorial World.
- Updated all texture packs and mash-up packs with new TU14 additions.
- Changed the gray wool texture for City Texture Pack to be more like a road surface.

Can't wait! I only have the PS3 version right now and have been waiting for an update to get closer to the PC version . I would have the PC version if I had a decent computer.. (All I have is a useless laptop.. )

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Is the PS3 version worth getting? I've been debating on getting it or not.

 

[DQuaN]

Noooo!

I need you all on my server!

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Noooo!

I need you all on my server!

I don't have a computer capable of playing Minecraft. I'm hoping to build a computer next month-ish.

 

[DQuaN]

Any computer can play Minecraft!

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Any computer can play Minecraft!

Pfffffffft. My computer has 0.99 GB of RAM

 

[bluemoon_19]

Pfffffffft. My computer has 0.99 GB of RAM

In the latest (I think) version on vanilla MineCraft(1.7.5) it uses about 100~150MB or ram. in task manager it uses about 300MB of ram but I think if it is confined to the amount of ram you have it may be lower. As you can see by pressing F3 it shows I'm using 122MB standing amongst the small village a few friends made.

 

[homeforsummer]

Is the PS3 version worth getting? I've been debating on getting it or not.

It depends. Doesn't quite have the player base and doesn't have as many features, but I like it specifically because it's easy to pick up and play, and because it's not on the same computer that I already use 12 hours a day for work.

Also, I kinda like the relatively basic PS3 controls.

 

[paulmac2k9]

Yeah the PS3 version is very simplified in that you don't have to make the recipes yourself and what not, you just need the stuff it's made of. Also I think some stuff is easier to get than the PC version. For e.g books are paper and leather on PC but they are only paper on PS3. (Tell me if I am wrong here)

But yeah I watch alot of MC videos on youtube and we could do with a few more features to bring it closer to the PC version for sure. (I wouldn't mind more animals like horses etc.)

Also I'm not sure but I don't think we can make public servers/games on PS3, which sucks a little bit.

 

[homeforsummer]

Yeah, no servers to my knowledge, but at least you can still play online with others.

To be honest, the list posted above will go quite a long way to adding the stuff I've been waiting for in the game. I've not really exhausted my interest in building random stuff yet, so I expect there's plenty in the PS3 version for me yet.

 

[TJ13]

Some things for the PS3 Minecraft.
Will release tomorrow.

• Minecraft Skin Pack 1 ($1.99)
• Minecraft Plastic Texture Pack ($0.99)
• Minecraft Battle & Beast Skin Pack ($1.99)
• Minecraft City Texture Pack ($0.99)

 

['85fierogt]

You PS3 guys can get all that stuff for free on the PC. And PC has an awesome server you can play on. It would probably help if I had the time to get on the server regularly, lots of classes this semester.

 

[TJ13]

You PS3 guys can get all that stuff for free on the PC. And PC has an awesome server you can play on. It would probably help if I had the time to get on the server regularly, lots of classes this semester.

Some of us have both. I have PC and PS3. I play with mods on PC and just play vanilla on PS3 so I get both in one go.

 

[GTvsForza]

Well with the new launcher you can have different saves of versions. For example, I have a save for the current version and one with a modded 1.6.4.

 

[nascarfan1400]

Can you use a 1.2.5 on the new launcher? I haven't tried, but it had awesome mods.