Used to be the initial structure for a massive building.
Any block can stick to it (similar to dirt sticking to anything), and it causes that block to become sticky itself.
If two I Beams lay on or next to each other, they reorient their display to look connected. Focusing on Vertical connections first Horizontals second.
Structurally stronger than an Iron Ore Block.
A broken I Beam will not return Iron, unlike an Iron Ore Block.
Er, I just dig out the dirt/soil block / I placed there as a placeholder or scaffolding and then replace it with whatever it is I wanted there that perhaps I had to do some work with crafting table and/or furnace ... or perhaps if it was the difficult to acquire, like say enough solid or for whatever it was I have in mind.
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But if you want your second floor to have, say cobblestone, it'd instead look like this:
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I have never seen in any of my current constructions, its a straw man argument. They look more like this if it is a work in progress (a side view cross section):
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Later, it may even look like this:
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As I take away stuff to replace it with what I am after.
Unless all blocks other than sand and gravel begin to fall, there is no need for this idea. In fact, if you have a 1 meter thick layer of just about any of the things we currently use for building suspended floors, IRL that would be one solid piece of construction. You know the floor joists in buildings? Just picture those as solid log beams laid beside each other, then dowelled, notched, grooved, and glued together into one solid piece ... and it is 1 meter thick. You don't need beams at that point. Granted, you don't see too much compacted earth structures as walls, floors, or ceilings anymore, but that stuff can be pretty solid depending on the composition of the soil ... but since gravel, sand, and clay are separate entities in Minecraft world, I have no problem believing it is some solid stuff at a meter thick/wide/long.
So yeah, I-beams? Seem kinda pointless in the resource rich world of Minecraft.
Just went and double checked, nope, no new update changing things to what you say. Dude, you trying to build suspended floors and having a bit of trouble placing the blocks? Press shift to crouch/sneak and hang your miners ass out over the side of your construction/cliff/whatever, and aim it at the side of the block you are standing on or aim it at a wall above your head, there should be a sort of dark outline indicating what block and its side you you are currently aiming at. Then place that block. Only gravel and sand currently fall when placed over a "air" block that I am aware of. Also, recheck that you don't have sand and gravel confused with all the other possible blocks.
"Added: Jan 11, 2010
Investigate floating blocks falling to the ground
Priority: 1 Medium
Note:
Perhaps all floating chunks of blocks should fall down, except for a special block (obsidian?) that can be used to make floating things. Floating islands would need obsidian veins to stay afloat."
If that is how it's implemented I'd probably have to change the recipe to:
built thusly:
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Generating 4 I Beams
Used to be the initial structure for a massive building.
Any block can stick to it (similar to dirt sticking to anything), and it causes that block to become sticky itself.
If two I Beams lay on or next to each other, they reorient their display to look connected. Focusing on Vertical connections first Horizontals second.
Structurally stronger than an Iron Ore Block.
A broken I Beam will not return Iron, unlike an Iron Ore Block.
base floor? I don't understand what you mean with this one. Pictures may help your suggestion.
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But if you want your second floor to have, say cobblestone, it'd instead look like this:
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With the I Beams it's look like this: ( = I Beam)
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Less space taken up by pointless Dirt blocks, meaning more possibility on your house's composition.
This image,
I have never seen in any of my current constructions, its a straw man argument. They look more like this if it is a work in progress (a side view cross section):
[] [] [] []
[] [] [] []
[] [] [] []
Later, it may even look like this:
[] [] [] []
[] [] [] []
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As I take away stuff to replace it with what I am after.
Unless all blocks other than sand and gravel begin to fall, there is no need for this idea. In fact, if you have a 1 meter thick layer of just about any of the things we currently use for building suspended floors, IRL that would be one solid piece of construction. You know the floor joists in buildings? Just picture those as solid log beams laid beside each other, then dowelled, notched, grooved, and glued together into one solid piece ... and it is 1 meter thick. You don't need beams at that point. Granted, you don't see too much compacted earth structures as walls, floors, or ceilings anymore, but that stuff can be pretty solid depending on the composition of the soil ... but since gravel, sand, and clay are separate entities in Minecraft world, I have no problem believing it is some solid stuff at a meter thick/wide/long.
So yeah, I-beams? Seem kinda pointless in the resource rich world of Minecraft.
That was the whole reason for the idea.
So no.
How can I get a lock on this?
http://www.toodledo.com/views/public.ph ... 9fbf9c05a0
"Added: Jan 11, 2010
Investigate floating blocks falling to the ground
Priority: 1 Medium
Note:
Perhaps all floating chunks of blocks should fall down, except for a special block (obsidian?) that can be used to make floating things. Floating islands would need obsidian veins to stay afloat."
If that is how it's implemented I'd probably have to change the recipe to:
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(or something similar)