Minecraft - £8 Very well spent
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Timberwolf said:
Re my diving board...
Apart from gravel and sand (which fall unless there's a block directly underneath) the blocks are something civil engineers can only dream of - they'll even float in the air if you mine away their neighbours, although you need a cantilever of some kind to get them there in the first place.
If you stand right on the edge of a block you can see the vertical face of it, just about. That's how I built the staircase; add a block to the edge, step back, then put another block on top of it. Jump up and repeat.
At first I was only building a suicide staircase to test my spawnpoint theories (hence it being made quickly out of dirt) but by the time I was high enough for reliable deaths I was close enough to the water that I could hit it with a running jump - and found out that if the water is deep enough, you'll decelerate before hitting the bottom and indeed survive the fall.
Apart from gravel and sand (which fall unless there's a block directly underneath) the blocks are something civil engineers can only dream of - they'll even float in the air if you mine away their neighbours, although you need a cantilever of some kind to get them there in the first place.
If you stand right on the edge of a block you can see the vertical face of it, just about. That's how I built the staircase; add a block to the edge, step back, then put another block on top of it. Jump up and repeat.
At first I was only building a suicide staircase to test my spawnpoint theories (hence it being made quickly out of dirt) but by the time I was high enough for reliable deaths I was close enough to the water that I could hit it with a running jump - and found out that if the water is deep enough, you'll decelerate before hitting the bottom and indeed survive the fall.
Water is really useful because of this property. I found another entrance to a mine of mine that was a naturally occurring mineshaft, it was huge and went down very far. In order to travel down it fast but safely, I throw a block of water down at top to create a waterfall and hey presto, I had a waterslide/lift 
Timberwolf said:
Apart from gravel and sand (which fall unless there's a block directly underneath)
BTW, this proved useful a couple of nights ago when I mined into a zombie spawn room. The zombies did their usual aimless milling around directly below me so it was impossible to place blocks and create a safe area. However dropping a few hundred kilos of gravel on their heads shoves them out of the way. I then mined down and opened a floor-level one-block opening to hack at their ankles 
didn't realise you could build without something underneath it? I will have to investigate later 
I like to go exploring, but I keep losing my home by getting lost. A compass would be fantastic.
Either way, tonight im thinking about starting fresh and sacrificing a good home location for a place on the coast where the sun rises.
Worth it? or is their a better way of locating your home without dying when lost.
Either way, tonight im thinking about starting fresh and sacrificing a good home location for a place on the coast where the sun rises.
Worth it? or is their a better way of locating your home without dying when lost.
Stu_VTS said:
I like to go exploring, but I keep losing my home by getting lost. A compass would be fantastic.
Either way, tonight im thinking about starting fresh and sacrificing a good home location for a place on the coast where the sun rises.
Worth it? or is their a better way of locating your home without dying when lost.
Build a massive fEither way, tonight im thinking about starting fresh and sacrificing a good home location for a place on the coast where the sun rises.
Worth it? or is their a better way of locating your home without dying when lost.
k off tower with torches all the way up it Stu_VTS said:
I like to go exploring, but I keep losing my home by getting lost. A compass would be fantastic.
Either way, tonight im thinking about starting fresh and sacrificing a good home location for a place on the coast where the sun rises.
Worth it? or is their a better way of locating your home without dying when lost.
Cobble stone is a useful marker, dig out the occasional dirt block and replace it with cobblestone. As it isn't naturally occurring (only in certain dungeons) then you know that it's something you've made. Wooden planks could also be used but they've got better uses IMO. When you find some cobblestone, follow the path home. Either way, tonight im thinking about starting fresh and sacrificing a good home location for a place on the coast where the sun rises.
Worth it? or is their a better way of locating your home without dying when lost.
ArtVandelay said:
Stu_VTS said:
I like to go exploring, but I keep losing my home by getting lost. A compass would be fantastic.
Either way, tonight im thinking about starting fresh and sacrificing a good home location for a place on the coast where the sun rises.
Worth it? or is their a better way of locating your home without dying when lost.
Cobble stone is a useful marker, dig out the occasional dirt block and replace it with cobblestone. As it isn't naturally occurring (only in certain dungeons) then you know that it's something you've made. Wooden planks could also be used but they've got better uses IMO. When you find some cobblestone, follow the path home. Either way, tonight im thinking about starting fresh and sacrificing a good home location for a place on the coast where the sun rises.
Worth it? or is their a better way of locating your home without dying when lost.
.Mini1275 said:
Norbury90 said:
I have a 3 year old Dell laptop, I hope it will work on mine! Was planning on getting it when I get back to uni.
Try the free classic one first!, i'm on a two-year old Dell laptop and the game runs really bad on it!.Gassing Station | Video Games | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff