In real life, I am a very enthusiastic mountaineer. For example, I like to go canyoneering, hiking, rock climbing and so forth. I thought it would be very interesting if these concepts were put into Minecraft. I had a few ideas on how you could go about implementing these ideas into the game.
The Ice Climbing Pick.
One of my favorite parts of Minecraft is climbing mountains and looking over my world, because this game can occasionally have some really fantastic views. But normally, I like to challenge myself, and say that I can't remove or place any blocks to get to the top. This can sometimes be a real pain. And I also thought it would be really interesting if you could climb the side of a mountain(Again, without removing any blocks.). And this is where my idea comes in. I had the idea to make an Ice Climbing pick. This is how it would come into play. Let's pretend you are playing the game and looking up at an enormous cliff face. You take out your Ice Climbing pick, and right click 1-2 blocks above your head. You would now be attached to the stone. So even if the blocks underneath you were to be removed, you would still stay attached to the wall. Once the pick has made contact with the wall, it will stay there, and your characters left arm will appear onto the screen(I'm assuming you are in 1st person mode.). Then, you can use your left hand to grab anyone of the blocks surrounding the one block the ice pick has grabbed by clicking the left mouse button. And then, your right hand will be free again. You can continue this process until you have reached the top of the mountain. Then, once you have gotten to the edge, and want to climb up, you can use your free hand to grab over the edge of the block, and hold the button until you have pulled yourself over. All of the usual materials for tools can be used to craft it(ie. wood, stone, iron, gold and diamond). One of the down sides of this tool, is you could be halfway up a 200 hundred foot cliff, and then the pick breaks, sending you plummeting to your death. Another flaw, is not all the mountains in the game are large enough to do something like this. So you may one day find the perfect mountain, but it's miles away from your house.
PS: Sorry I don't have any pictures! I'm new to the forums and I don't know how to add them. :sad.gif:
Please if you have any ideas or flaws in the system, please message me! Thanks a bunch :smile.gif:
This is a nice idea :smile.gif: i'm attracted to it but i feel it needs more uses to push it past being quicker or w/e, Perhaps you could place it anywhere above you allowing you to scale overhangs, or uses like that :smile.gif:
I relay like it! I think you should find a moder to make this, but if 1 would you should probably make more thing to make mountaineering even easier, like rope bridges, or a safety harness so that if your pick dose break half way up a 200 foot cliff you wont die. Maybe you could also make a zip line to make getting back down easer!(these are just suggestions, I'm not trying to be a control freak or sum thing.)
I relay like it! I think you should find a moder to make this, but if 1 would you should probably make more thing to make mountaineering even easier, like rope bridges, or a safety harness so that if your pick dose break half way up a 200 foot cliff you wont die. Maybe you could also make a zip line to make getting back down easer!(these are just suggestions, I'm not trying to be a control freak or sum thing.)
I see where you're coming from, and I totally agree with the safety harness idea. Unfortunately I don't know any modders, but if you find one send him the link! I'd appreciate it :smile.gif:
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The Ice Climbing Pick.
One of my favorite parts of Minecraft is climbing mountains and looking over my world, because this game can occasionally have some really fantastic views. But normally, I like to challenge myself, and say that I can't remove or place any blocks to get to the top. This can sometimes be a real pain. And I also thought it would be really interesting if you could climb the side of a mountain(Again, without removing any blocks.). And this is where my idea comes in. I had the idea to make an Ice Climbing pick. This is how it would come into play. Let's pretend you are playing the game and looking up at an enormous cliff face. You take out your Ice Climbing pick, and right click 1-2 blocks above your head. You would now be attached to the stone. So even if the blocks underneath you were to be removed, you would still stay attached to the wall. Once the pick has made contact with the wall, it will stay there, and your characters left arm will appear onto the screen(I'm assuming you are in 1st person mode.). Then, you can use your left hand to grab anyone of the blocks surrounding the one block the ice pick has grabbed by clicking the left mouse button. And then, your right hand will be free again. You can continue this process until you have reached the top of the mountain. Then, once you have gotten to the edge, and want to climb up, you can use your free hand to grab over the edge of the block, and hold the button until you have pulled yourself over. All of the usual materials for tools can be used to craft it(ie. wood, stone, iron, gold and diamond). One of the down sides of this tool, is you could be halfway up a 200 hundred foot cliff, and then the pick breaks, sending you plummeting to your death. Another flaw, is not all the mountains in the game are large enough to do something like this. So you may one day find the perfect mountain, but it's miles away from your house.
PS: Sorry I don't have any pictures! I'm new to the forums and I don't know how to add them. :sad.gif:
Please if you have any ideas or flaws in the system, please message me! Thanks a bunch :smile.gif:
Yeah I agree, thanks for the idea! :biggrin.gif:
then we might need this...i think i saw a thread somewhere lying around, talking about these issues...now where did i leave it...hmm...lol
I see where you're coming from, and I totally agree with the safety harness idea. Unfortunately I don't know any modders, but if you find one send him the link! I'd appreciate it :smile.gif: