instead of being placed as a block, it could create a gold block entity, which stacks with nearby entities. As an entity it has infinite health, too. Another idea would be that if it hit's a player it could damage them, this could make it a very useful material (as, say, iron ingots) for the purposes of cannons, or to use as explosion shrapnel.
Support. Imagine looking through a 1-block wide and high window in an obsidian wall and seeing the room stacked high with gold, iron or other valuable ingots. It would give you strong motivation to find a way in, especially if it was in an adventure map where you couldn't simply break in.
Even if you didn't want to fill the room with gold, you could put a stack of gold next to a chest to signify what the chest contains.
And besides, as the OP said, it's decorative and fun.
I suggest that this should be a new block known as a Gold Stack made from 4 gold ingots:
Visually, the block would look like 3 ingots in a pyramid stack, even though it's made with 4 ingots and returns all 4 ingots when broken.
It would be possible to make the Gold Stack visually tessellate by checking the orientation of the block and by checking what block is next to the Gold Stack block. If a Gold Stack block is next to another Gold Stack block with the same orientation, the gap between them could be automatically filled with another gold ingot visual, the same way fences automatically change when they are next to a solid block.
So instead of two Stack blocks appearing as two separate 3-block stacks, they would appear as one long 7-block stack.
If the stacking shape wasn't too important and you could live with cube rather than pyramid stacking, an alternative crafting recipe could be used:
This has the advantage of being craftable without using the crafting table.
When placed, the block should orient depending on the direction the player is facing, like a repeater.
The same crafting recipe and stacking rules could be used for iron ingots and clay bricks.
And... here's a wrinkle nobody else has suggested... make the stacks affected by gravity. Talk about being hit by a ton of bricks! ;-)
I agree with the stack being able to be broken by hand although I suggest it should take 5 seconds or more because ingots are heavy.
The one problem I see with the 2x2 recipe is that it will just make regular Brick blocks out of Clay. I personally like just placing them better than a crafting recipe, but I love the part about them being gravity blocks, although I could see why some people would not.
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The one problem I see with the 2x2 recipe is that it will just make regular Brick blocks out of Clay. I personally like just placing them better than a crafting recipe, but I love the part about them being gravity blocks, although I could see why some people would not.
I don't see much use for stacking bricks anyway. In fact, I don't see much use for bricks at all except as decoration if you want to make a brick wall or brick chimney for your house.
I'd be satisfied if this idea was only applied to ingots of gold and iron.
I don't see much use for stacking bricks anyway. In fact, I don't see much use for bricks at all except as decoration if you want to make a brick wall or brick chimney for your house.
I'd be satisfied if this idea was only applied to ingots of gold and iron.
As would I, it was just something I thought I would mention. But I still stand by simply placing Ingots rather than a crafting recipe.
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The reason I thought of crafting several ingots together is because players would know that a stack of gold made from single ingots would not have much real value compared to a chest full of stacks of gold ingots.
If each stack block was made from 4 ingots, this would give them a bit more real value.
The reason I thought of crafting several ingots together is because players would know that a stack of gold made from single ingots would not have much real value compared to a chest full of stacks of gold ingots.
If each stack block was made from 4 ingots, this would give them a bit more real value.
I was under the assumption that if you right clicked with one Gold Ingot it would place one, and then each time you right clicked that block with another Gold Ingot it added one (up to 6), like so:
With that method, you could store as many ingots as you like (up to 6 per block) and a full block would actually be worth more than the 4 ingot crafting recipe when crafted.
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I was under the assumption that if you right clicked with one Gold Ingot it would place one, and then each time you right clicked that block with another Gold Ingot it added one (up to 6), like so:
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With that method, you could store as many ingots as you like (up to 6 per block) and a full block would actually be worth more than the 4 ingot crafting recipe when crafted.
The problem with that method is that it requires adding not one, two or three but six new blocks, plus a seventh and perhaps an eighth if you want to fill in gaps between stacks.
Also it sounds like you're only thinking of putting down one layer of gold, when I'm sure that most people who want this will be stacking several layers. The 2x2 stack works better for that than the 1/2/3 stack.
I know the 1/2/3 stack looks much nicer, but I don't think it's reasonable to believe Mojang would program something so complicated just for decorative purposes.
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Curse PremiumBiggJohnn thats exatcly what I had in mind
Full Support and would really be a useful aesthetic thing or it could even have another use in the future too.
The point is purely aesthetic. Kind of like the bats in Minecraft (well, exactly the same, only difference is gold doesn't squeak).
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Tis TF2 reference... Long story, he's texan, and thats a quote of his that I like. He usually says it after he kills someone.
Also, here is an awesome suggestion I had: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1745550-biome-effects/
Look at BiggJohnn's picture in the above posts. That's what I had in mind
Also, here is an awesome suggestion I had: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1745550-biome-effects/
Even if you didn't want to fill the room with gold, you could put a stack of gold next to a chest to signify what the chest contains.
And besides, as the OP said, it's decorative and fun.
I suggest that this should be a new block known as a Gold Stack made from 4 gold ingots:
Visually, the block would look like 3 ingots in a pyramid stack, even though it's made with 4 ingots and returns all 4 ingots when broken.
It would be possible to make the Gold Stack visually tessellate by checking the orientation of the block and by checking what block is next to the Gold Stack block. If a Gold Stack block is next to another Gold Stack block with the same orientation, the gap between them could be automatically filled with another gold ingot visual, the same way fences automatically change when they are next to a solid block.
So instead of two Stack blocks appearing as two separate 3-block stacks, they would appear as one long 7-block stack.
If the stacking shape wasn't too important and you could live with cube rather than pyramid stacking, an alternative crafting recipe could be used:
This has the advantage of being craftable without using the crafting table.
When placed, the block should orient depending on the direction the player is facing, like a repeater.
The same crafting recipe and stacking rules could be used for iron ingots and clay bricks.
And... here's a wrinkle nobody else has suggested... make the stacks affected by gravity. Talk about being hit by a ton of bricks! ;-)
I agree with the stack being able to be broken by hand although I suggest it should take 5 seconds or more because ingots are heavy.
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ModeratorThe one problem I see with the 2x2 recipe is that it will just make regular Brick blocks out of Clay. I personally like just placing them better than a crafting recipe, but I love the part about them being gravity blocks, although I could see why some people would not.
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I don't see much use for stacking bricks anyway. In fact, I don't see much use for bricks at all except as decoration if you want to make a brick wall or brick chimney for your house.
I'd be satisfied if this idea was only applied to ingots of gold and iron.
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ModeratorAs would I, it was just something I thought I would mention. But I still stand by simply placing Ingots rather than a crafting recipe.
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If each stack block was made from 4 ingots, this would give them a bit more real value.
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ModeratorI was under the assumption that if you right clicked with one Gold Ingot it would place one, and then each time you right clicked that block with another Gold Ingot it added one (up to 6), like so:
With that method, you could store as many ingots as you like (up to 6 per block) and a full block would actually be worth more than the 4 ingot crafting recipe when crafted.
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The problem with that method is that it requires adding not one, two or three but six new blocks, plus a seventh and perhaps an eighth if you want to fill in gaps between stacks.
Also it sounds like you're only thinking of putting down one layer of gold, when I'm sure that most people who want this will be stacking several layers. The 2x2 stack works better for that than the 1/2/3 stack.
I know the 1/2/3 stack looks much nicer, but I don't think it's reasonable to believe Mojang would program something so complicated just for decorative purposes.
Thank you so much for posting that! It is exactly what I had in mind.