Okay this has been bugging me, i've been researching for days. There appears to be no clear way of finding direction like north east south west. some say the L is on the north of the cobble block, but if that were true F coordinate 0 would be south, and the sun would rise to the north and fall to the south, which conflicts with the wiki saying the sun rises east falls west or something, then some people say you can just open up the coordinate debug window and find direction 1, thats north. and then the wiki says its direction 2
oh and the compass is just useless. lol
So how might a little turtle find north? :smile.gif:
Clouds always go north, so you just watch at the clouds, and you can tell... If you are above ground. With the cobble, I believe the L shape has to be on your top left corner with the L being turned 90 degrees clockwise.
Using a minimap is one of the best ways to do this. As long as the minimap doesnt change the direction of north it will be fine because you will still be able to get around. For instance:
You start walking north on rei's minimap.
You want to go back, you go south
TADA! Youve done it... Now if the directions moved...
You walk north on rei's minimap.
You want to go back... **** the directinos changed...
I don't think that there is anywhere in the coding that says which direction is which. Therefore things like the direction the sun travels and certain other rules like the rule with the minecarts on rails are used to determine which way is north etc.
oh and the compass is just useless. lol
So how might a little turtle find north? :smile.gif:
EDIT: uk wht this is contradictory, as maps don't even face true north.
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EDIT: The compass points to your spawn.
yeah i do, but i'm not even sure if rei knows for sure which way is which...
The sunrise and sunset never lies though. It's the easiest way of telling.
It doesn't matter which way you pick, just pick one and stick to it.
You start walking north on rei's minimap.
You want to go back, you go south
TADA! Youve done it... Now if the directions moved...
You walk north on rei's minimap.
You want to go back... **** the directinos changed...
That got changed in one of the 1.9 pre's.
It gets a result.
ok :smile.gif: north = f coordinate "1"
Thanks :biggrin.gif:
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