Today, we had the opportunity to take a look at the much-anticipated Aether Mod, led by kingbdogz, Shockah, KodaichiZero, Flan and _303. It certainly lives up to its prestigious reputation, adding a huge number of features to the game - so many that we almost don't have room to list them all here.
The crafting system has seen a lot of additional content, everything from new tools with special abillites (like doubling the number of blocks you mine with them) to more exotic crafting equipment, like the much-needed Incubator, for growing and training your own flying mounts; and an Enchanter, which can create and upgrade a wide variety of items; and entirely new items unique to the Aether, such as the dart shooter, which can fire a variety of special projectiles directly at a target.
The flora and fauna of the Aether is certainly uniquely its own, with flying pigs and colorful sheep roaming the landscape, poisonous plants, and the elusive Moas - flying bird-like creatures which drop very special eggs - and the massive Aerwhales, those gentle, drifting giants of the sky. Also included are a large variety of custom blocks, only found in the Aether. 3 blocks which really stand out are cold (and blue) clouds, which can cushion (or launch) a player on contact; and quicksoil, essentially the inversion of soulsand. Players walking on this will quickly gain momentum, reaching incredible speeds on a long stretch.
There is much, much more in Aether than what is listed here - enough features to keep anyone busy for a long time. Watch for Aether Mod's release, coming soon!
Damn, i wanna try that mod so bad!
PBat didn't make that video, I did. :happy.gif:
You better hope it doesn't have integrated graphics, lol. Unless you want to upgrade it. That's what I did.
HELL YEAH!
Cant wait!
It could become an "officially supported mod" if some sort of mod API was added to the game. It doesn't have to be either/or in terms of having it as something only found in the forums as opposed to something you can download from the "minecraft.net" page or perhaps an option within the game itself to simply download this mod if you feel so inclined.
For myself, that is how I would rather have such support for something of this nature. You could have the "ordinary" mincraft without or get one of several "enhancements" that are essentially a "best of..." the mods that also seem to mesh well with how Notch wants this game to progress. I'm sure everybody has a favorite mod they wouldn't mind being included "out of the box" with ordinary installations of Minecraft. There are also a whole bunch of mods that are just pure junk and I wouldn't ever consider. This "Aether" mod seems like one that deserves to be in the "best of" category, however.
Bring it on !!!
The entire mod is based off of GreyAcumen's suggestion thread, which was based off of an earlier suggestion thread. There'd be a loooong list of people who to credit for ideas. :tongue.gif: