While I've been waiting for my PC repairs, I've been playing Minecraft VR on the GearVR headset. It's fantastic, exploring a Nether Fortress is simply amazing, already looking into adapting a version of Criswelvania to play. After we finish this one!
If you have a Samsung Galaxy S6/7, you can be playing Minecraft VR for under $150 (headset, controller, game). It's a no-brainer and a great entry into VR, which is no longer the future, it's here! Criswell Approved!!
e: BTW, workstation is fixed! Resuming final stages of map preparation!
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How is the progress coming along? Can't wait to see what you and Spook have come up with in the extra time!
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“Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.” ~ Robert Collier
How is the progress coming along? Can't wait to see what you and Spook have come up with in the extra time!
With the sudden and unexpected release of 1.10, we're able to fix a problem that came up with 1.9 regarding one of the main bosses. So that's awesome. Also, Criswell is well into working on recreating monsters for the map (since the spawners all broke with 1.9).
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So excited to hear it! Me and My Wife are patiently/not-so-patiently waiting for the new release to rock and roll through
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Hey guys! How comes the map? I finally got moved to a place where I can do a full recording with decent audio, and am excitedly waiting for the release so I can do a playthough to reinvigorate my channel and have something me and my wife can conquer together!
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hello? is someone there? how goes the map building and such? I was hoping we could get some form of update seeing it's been atleast 3 months since the previous post from you guys.
Getting back to it over the past couple weeks. There were some headaches, both in-game and IRL that had to be sorted. Still plugging away! Mostly dealing with technical matters, 99.9% of the building is done!
Getting back to it over the past couple weeks. There were some headaches, both in-game and IRL that had to be sorted. Still plugging away! Mostly dealing with technical matters, 99.9% of the building is done!
Oh nice! I was actually getting a bit worried there man! I understand the IRL headache thing, with most of my projects coming to a complete halt due to some health issues I've had recently. If you need a tester, let me know! I can find bugs with the best of em!
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“Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.” ~ Robert Collier
Hey! I've been replaying through the old MDK that was given out in 2014 recently, and I've noticed something: the chests (not all, but some) will refill after you quit the game and then load it back up again. Is this something with the game and will it do this in the next release? Thanks!
Golbolco, yes, this is an issue which is resolved if it is the one I am thinking of. Had to do with the villager merchants with some deprecated tag format somewhere in the nbt which prevented any chunk they were on from updating in the world files, only RAM. Weird bug, but we got it! You can confirm if there was always a villager somewhere sharing the chunk with the chests in question, other block updates would not save either.
Just a little sample of something I've been working on to help me with the review process, an accurate map of the playable areas. At some point I hope to include these collected in a 100% walkthrough guide, including all the new additions. You can easily see the breadcrumb paths and points of interest.
The full collection will contain massive spoilers, so it will be a separate download to complement the release of the new version. No timetable on that yet btw, besides "Soon™".
If anyone wants to help finish the map, drop me or Spooky a pm.
We currently need someone to assist with recreating the mob menagerie and many special items with updated nbt tags from their listed specifications, converted to a summon/give command and or spawners. Qualified applicant knows what I'm talking about and how to format the code correctly, including mobs with full equipment and special attributes. I know there are code generation tools and those are fine as a starting point (if 1.10 compliant), but you must be able to understand and edit the tags by hand as well. It's time consuming and there are a lot of them, but between more people it can go much faster. Please apply only if you have time to commit.
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Any update on this yet? Seems the project fell off the face of the world for a bit there.
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“Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.” ~ Robert Collier
Any update on this yet? Seems the project fell off the face of the world for a bit there.
It did, unfortunately. You're right. We're still thinking about it and it's absolutely still on our radar, but life and world events have put Minecraft on the backburner. Hopefully we'll be able to return to it sometime soon, but I can't say when. We'll let you know when we have more information.
Actually, we'd like to get back into it, but what we really need is someone who's well-versed in the technical side of Minecraft to help us. Someone who's very good with NBT and can help do a lot of behind-the-scenes coding sort of stuff. If we can get someone like that, we'll probably be able to finish this up to at least release what we have so far.
If anyone would like to volunteer, please feel free to send me a message here or an email at spookyhappyfun (at) gmail.com.
PSA: Criswelvania, the original metroidvania/soulslike for Minecraft is currently receiving a full 1.13 rework.
Most of the massive push this team had put into the previous intended release is still functional or reclaimable, although there have been several setbacks and complications since 1.9.
However we have continued to maintain this world which is now over 8 years old, and to develop many new adventures and surprises that we hope will see the light of day soon, having awaited a period of relative stability in the development of the Java-based Minecraft engine itself, due to the complexity of the map and the limitations of my own technical skill and time availability.
Please stay tuned. New thread forthcoming with more news soon!
We are making good progress. We invite you to visit our discord channel and check out what is going on, testers and contributors are welcome: https://discord.gg/uSN9xDf
While I've been waiting for my PC repairs, I've been playing Minecraft VR on the GearVR headset. It's fantastic, exploring a Nether Fortress is simply amazing, already looking into adapting a version of Criswelvania to play. After we finish this one!
If you have a Samsung Galaxy S6/7, you can be playing Minecraft VR for under $150 (headset, controller, game). It's a no-brainer and a great entry into VR, which is no longer the future, it's here! Criswell Approved!!
e: BTW, workstation is fixed! Resuming final stages of map preparation!
How is the progress coming along? Can't wait to see what you and Spook have come up with in the extra time!
With the sudden and unexpected release of 1.10, we're able to fix a problem that came up with 1.9 regarding one of the main bosses. So that's awesome. Also, Criswell is well into working on recreating monsters for the map (since the spawners all broke with 1.9).
We're getting there!
So excited to hear it! Me and My Wife are patiently/not-so-patiently waiting for the new release to rock and roll through
Hey guys! How comes the map? I finally got moved to a place where I can do a full recording with decent audio, and am excitedly waiting for the release so I can do a playthough to reinvigorate my channel and have something me and my wife can conquer together!
hello? is someone there? how goes the map building and such? I was hoping we could get some form of update seeing it's been atleast 3 months since the previous post from you guys.
Getting back to it over the past couple weeks. There were some headaches, both in-game and IRL that had to be sorted. Still plugging away! Mostly dealing with technical matters, 99.9% of the building is done!
thank you for the update, really looking forward to this map.
Oh nice! I was actually getting a bit worried there man! I understand the IRL headache thing, with most of my projects coming to a complete halt due to some health issues I've had recently. If you need a tester, let me know! I can find bugs with the best of em!
Hey! I've been replaying through the old MDK that was given out in 2014 recently, and I've noticed something: the chests (not all, but some) will refill after you quit the game and then load it back up again. Is this something with the game and will it do this in the next release? Thanks!
Golbolco, yes, this is an issue which is resolved if it is the one I am thinking of. Had to do with the villager merchants with some deprecated tag format somewhere in the nbt which prevented any chunk they were on from updating in the world files, only RAM. Weird bug, but we got it! You can confirm if there was always a villager somewhere sharing the chunk with the chests in question, other block updates would not save either.
Well that explains it! Thanks, Criswell, and good luck with the map!
Just a little sample of something I've been working on to help me with the review process, an accurate map of the playable areas. At some point I hope to include these collected in a 100% walkthrough guide, including all the new additions. You can easily see the breadcrumb paths and points of interest.
The full collection will contain massive spoilers, so it will be a separate download to complement the release of the new version. No timetable on that yet btw, besides "Soon™".
If anyone wants to help finish the map, drop me or Spooky a pm.
We currently need someone to assist with recreating the mob menagerie and many special items with updated nbt tags from their listed specifications, converted to a summon/give command and or spawners. Qualified applicant knows what I'm talking about and how to format the code correctly, including mobs with full equipment and special attributes. I know there are code generation tools and those are fine as a starting point (if 1.10 compliant), but you must be able to understand and edit the tags by hand as well. It's time consuming and there are a lot of them, but between more people it can go much faster. Please apply only if you have time to commit.
Any update on this yet? Seems the project fell off the face of the world for a bit there.
It did, unfortunately. You're right. We're still thinking about it and it's absolutely still on our radar, but life and world events have put Minecraft on the backburner. Hopefully we'll be able to return to it sometime soon, but I can't say when. We'll let you know when we have more information.
No new information for almost 6 months....not good, hope this project isn't dead
Anything new for Criswelvania in 2018?
Not dead, but yeah. Definitely on a severe hold.
Actually, we'd like to get back into it, but what we really need is someone who's well-versed in the technical side of Minecraft to help us. Someone who's very good with NBT and can help do a lot of behind-the-scenes coding sort of stuff. If we can get someone like that, we'll probably be able to finish this up to at least release what we have so far.
If anyone would like to volunteer, please feel free to send me a message here or an email at spookyhappyfun (at) gmail.com.
Thanks!
PSA: Criswelvania, the original metroidvania/soulslike for Minecraft is currently receiving a full 1.13 rework.
Most of the massive push this team had put into the previous intended release is still functional or reclaimable, although there have been several setbacks and complications since 1.9.
However we have continued to maintain this world which is now over 8 years old, and to develop many new adventures and surprises that we hope will see the light of day soon, having awaited a period of relative stability in the development of the Java-based Minecraft engine itself, due to the complexity of the map and the limitations of my own technical skill and time availability.
Please stay tuned. New thread forthcoming with more news soon!
We are making good progress. We invite you to visit our discord channel and check out what is going on, testers and contributors are welcome: https://discord.gg/uSN9xDf