SO... telescopes :mellow.gif:
I thought it would be interesting to have an item which aids in viewing far off distances. I personally would use it for traveling (scouting for anything interesting) and seeing if the area ahead has hostile mobs. (Of course this would probably only be useful above ground and across vast areas)
Crafting it
As for the crafting materials, I haven't really gotten a concrete blueprint yet. This item is more optional then other items and you don't really NEED it to accomplish other goals so I was wondering whether to make this low tier or higher tier stuff.
There's also the glass component of the telescope. Should there be a formula to craft glass and glass panes into special refracting glass or should glass be re-fired in furnaces to produce that special glass.
basic blue print for now
It can also be crafted into a stationary place-able item. (think video camera on tripod)
It would turn 360 degrees in the x-axis direction unless you, the character, bumps into a wall or something solid.
As for the y-axis it would probably be in the 70 degrees and less range. stationary telescope telescope
So guys, thoughts? Do you want this implemented? :sad.gif:
Makes no sense if your Render Distance is on far and you're building an epic base...
ha ha, but no really. It seems a bit... Pointless. Render Distance on far makes almost everything visible, and everything you can't see you can usually distinguish because of it's shape and/or features (What's this? AN ENDERPIG?)
I thought it would be interesting to have an item which aids in viewing far off distances. I personally would use it for traveling (scouting for anything interesting) and seeing if the area ahead has hostile mobs. (Of course this would probably only be useful above ground and across vast areas)
Crafting it
As for the crafting materials, I haven't really gotten a concrete blueprint yet. This item is more optional then other items and you don't really NEED it to accomplish other goals so I was wondering whether to make this low tier or higher tier stuff.
There's also the glass component of the telescope. Should there be a formula to craft glass and glass panes into special refracting glass or should glass be re-fired in furnaces to produce that special glass.
basic blue print for now
It can also be crafted into a stationary place-able item. (think video camera on tripod)
It would turn 360 degrees in the x-axis direction unless you, the character, bumps into a wall or something solid.
As for the y-axis it would probably be in the 70 degrees and less range.
stationary telescope
So guys, thoughts? Do you want this implemented? :sad.gif:
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ha ha, but no really. It seems a bit... Pointless. Render Distance on far makes almost everything visible, and everything you can't see you can usually distinguish because of it's shape and/or features (What's this? AN ENDERPIG?)
/This only works in beta 1.9 prerelease 5