Just commenting on the signature. "Coward From Creepers In Style" I believe (Not sure about the actual words). It should be "Cower From Creepers In Style" But other than that great idea, a quick wikipedia search shows that hot air balloons have been around since around the 2nd century CE (Though the first manned/untethered flight was in 1783) which is far earlier than most suggestions on here.
.......Notch ought to implement this. We have vehicular sea travel and land travel, now we need air travel! Or, at least, we really really want it. :tongue.gif:
Well..... We DO have air "travel," but piggychutes aren't that effective. >_>
Yeah, I like this, it's basic, but awesome.
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Of course not! I already implemented wind today, so the balloon now drifts north. Ain't that fancy?
Although I don't have too much time this week, I'll probably make a new release on Saturday, with two balloons: the Propelled one, and the loose standard hot air balloon, Wind, and maybe a better looking balloon. :biggrin.gif:
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Does it also make you go slower when traveling south?
To the guy making this a mod, can you make the wind change every so often, i would hate drifting in one direction. I'd suggest something like wind going to the sea during the night and away from it during the day, but that sounded to complex
To the guy making this a mod, can you make the wind change every so often, i would hate drifting in one direction. I'd suggest something like wind going to the sea during the night and away from it during the day, but that sounded to complex
I was actually already thinking of something like this. I might make it change like every 3 minutes to a random direction, and put some kind of indicator on top of it, so you can see which way it will drift to.
On the other hand, though, if you really want to travel somewhere, you should just make a propelled balloon by adding the two iron ingots, which is not that hard and probably much more effective.
What should I do?
I like the idea of always having the wind blow north. It makes the direction north unique from the other 3 directions, much like sunrise and sunset does. It's much minecraftier that way as well.
I like the idea of always having the wind blow north. It makes the direction north unique from the other 3 directions, much like sunrise and sunset does. It's much minecraftier that way as well.
Exactly, and it's kind of weird to have clouds going north, while you balloon drifts south. :tongue.gif:
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Or you could change the cloud direction. Changing wind would give it the randomness of hot air ballooning in real life. P.S. Does the wind affect anything other than HABs
Or you could change the cloud direction. Changing wind would give it the randomness of hot air ballooning in real life. P.S. Does the wind affect anything other than HABs
I can't change the cloud direction. Well, I could, but that would make the game more incompatible with other mods, and that isn't quite worth it I guess.
And yes, as there are no items in the game which are affected by 'wind', HAB wind is simply generated by applying a constant north-pointing force to the balloon, which makes them the only objects affected by 'wind'.
The clouds work just the same. :smile.gif:
Thats what i figured. Thats pretty much what real wind is though, a force on an object. The only difference is that HAB wind only affects HABs
So when is this coming out again? :tongue.gif: I could use it to scout out a nice aesthetic spot for my next base (I settle down based on aesthetic, not surrounding material), assuming I can land at will and not be one of those freaks lost in a balloon (which would be pretty funny to just see randomly float by xD)
We must make this suggestion the bees knees.
the op should ad the mod to the original post.
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... but it gets damaged against ceilings....
useful, but I prefer my fall damage to be... nonexistent.
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That should be a good addition.
Yeah, I like this, it's basic, but awesome.
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Does it also make you go slower when traveling south?
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I like the idea of always having the wind blow north. It makes the direction north unique from the other 3 directions, much like sunrise and sunset does. It's much minecraftier that way as well.
Or you could change the cloud direction. Changing wind would give it the randomness of hot air ballooning in real life. P.S. Does the wind affect anything other than HABs
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Thats what i figured. Thats pretty much what real wind is though, a force on an object. The only difference is that HAB wind only affects HABs
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