I wonder about netherrack, since rain won't put it out. Will a lightning strike ignite it? After the storm if it was still burning it would spread to an adjacent flammable block. So if you, for whatever crazy reason, used netherrack for decorative purposes on the exterior of a structure that would make it a fire hazard. If indeed lightning lit it, that is. Personally, I say too bad, the game could use such a thing that would keep you on your toes.
To state the obvious, its a good thing rain immediately puts out all fires otherwise after a while there'd be hardly any trees left in the areas where the player spends the most time. But it would be kind of fun if lightning could do something dangerous, aside from spawning pigmen of course.
Well, for lighting to hit the underside of a tree, the lightning would actually have to curve, and it doesn't do that.
I respectfully disagree. Check out this video at 1:30 for a tree being burnt from underneath by lightning, . The narrator is using a mod that increases the frequency of lightning to demonstrate. But the point is, on a long enough timespan, you can expect lightning to burn down trees and wooden structures with overhangs.
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Whether it has the potential to burn down my house or not, lightning is just one more reason why you should always make back-ups of your worlds on a daily basis ;P
Good to know, I've had enough problems with fire since I started playing. One my first day I set the whole world on fire in apocolyptic proportions while experimenting with Flint and Tinder, Smokey was not amused.
To state the obvious, its a good thing rain immediately puts out all fires otherwise after a while there'd be hardly any trees left in the areas where the player spends the most time. But it would be kind of fun if lightning could do something dangerous, aside from spawning pigmen of course.
I respectfully disagree. Check out this video at 1:30 for a tree being burnt from underneath by lightning, . The narrator is using a mod that increases the frequency of lightning to demonstrate. But the point is, on a long enough timespan, you can expect lightning to burn down trees and wooden structures with overhangs.
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