I don't know if this is common, but there have been a few instances where I've died suddenly without warning from a mob that snuck up on me while mining. Since I save frequently so I don't lose anything good, I simply reload my last save when this occurs. Normally, everything is fine, and I carry on. But once in a great while, there's some kind of "spawn error". Instead of returning to the place where I made the save, I suddenly find myself somewhere else.
The first time this happened, I was in sheer panic mode. I was in a dark cavern without any light. Luckily I had my entire inventory, and always carry a few stacks of torches obv.
After the shock of "what the heck just happened?", I had to go into a REAL suvival mode and figure my way out. And instead of anger or panic, I got a big smile on my face. Now I had to figure out what to do and where to go. I came up with a plan - to just start digging. But which direction? Where was I?
Since I was near bedrock doing my deep branch mining when this happened, I hoped I didn't spawn too far away. I decided I needed a reference point, and began to dig a set of stairs downward. Mainly, I just wanted to get to bedrock and then I could go from there.
Long story short, I eventually dug right into one of my branches. I had spawned about 15-20 blocks above where I had saved my game. The "survival" adventure was over. But despite the intital concern, I enjoyed it.
Since then, this had occurred a few times. Once I ended up on the surface, at night, with zombies and skeletons and creepers around me. I died a few times right away, and kept reloading my saved game and kept returning to that same unknown spot. Eventually I got away by running (well, walking) and stumbled around until I found one of my home bases.
What I've learned from these incidents is that the game basically seems to teleport you straight vertical, upward, until it finds the first open area to spawn in. Something must happen at the original save spot where the game can't spawn you there... so it must look for an alternative. If there's no cavern to spawn in, it plops you down in the overworld on the surface.
Of course, this is a lot different from when you die and lose all your stuff and have to race back to the death point to collect it all back. That's a real panic, and one I soon learned I hated. I save so often that I never have to deal with that. But these spawn errors are the most fun I've had in the game when they happen. It's a puzzle to be solved, and I like that.
Has this happened to you? How do you deal with it?
I think this happened to me once. I left when I was in the middle of the bottom of my diamond mine and when I came back I was in a new cave with the glow of lava in the background. I thought mabey I just wondered off the path while daydreaming before I saved (daydreaming while playing a game, short attention span much :P).
Solution: Dig a spiral staircase stright up and climb my way out. Get sidetracked from mineing. Go make a lave/glass roof across my entire house. forget to save and redo the next day.
So, it's like a logoutivator, just unintentional. This hasn't ever happened to me, but at least now I know to watch out. Although, if you keep losing your bearings when this happens, maybe you should press F3 more often, or carry a compass or a map.
So, it's like a logoutivator, just unintentional. This hasn't ever happened to me, but at least now I know to watch out. Although, if you keep losing your bearings when this happens, maybe you should press F3 more often, or carry a compass or a map.
The first time this happened, I was in sheer panic mode. I was in a dark cavern without any light. Luckily I had my entire inventory, and always carry a few stacks of torches obv.
After the shock of "what the heck just happened?", I had to go into a REAL suvival mode and figure my way out. And instead of anger or panic, I got a big smile on my face.
Since I was near bedrock doing my deep branch mining when this happened, I hoped I didn't spawn too far away. I decided I needed a reference point, and began to dig a set of stairs downward. Mainly, I just wanted to get to bedrock and then I could go from there.
Long story short, I eventually dug right into one of my branches. I had spawned about 15-20 blocks above where I had saved my game. The "survival" adventure was over. But despite the intital concern, I enjoyed it.
Since then, this had occurred a few times. Once I ended up on the surface, at night, with zombies and skeletons and creepers around me. I died a few times right away, and kept reloading my saved game and kept returning to that same unknown spot. Eventually I got away by running (well, walking) and stumbled around until I found one of my home bases.
What I've learned from these incidents is that the game basically seems to teleport you straight vertical, upward, until it finds the first open area to spawn in. Something must happen at the original save spot where the game can't spawn you there... so it must look for an alternative. If there's no cavern to spawn in, it plops you down in the overworld on the surface.
Of course, this is a lot different from when you die and lose all your stuff and have to race back to the death point to collect it all back. That's a real panic, and one I soon learned I hated. I save so often that I never have to deal with that. But these spawn errors are the most fun I've had in the game when they happen. It's a puzzle to be solved, and I like that.
Has this happened to you? How do you deal with it?
Solution: Dig a spiral staircase stright up and climb my way out. Get sidetracked from mineing. Go make a lave/glass roof across my entire house. forget to save and redo the next day.
There is no f3. Remember what section you are in?
Oh, oops. Wasn't paying attention there. Sorry about that.