Lava in real life is extremely hot, and I think that it would make a nice addition to the game for you to be weary of lava when you get near it. Say, in a 3 block radius of lava, the closer you get, the faster you lose hearts.
= Extreme heat
= high heat
= hot
In the yellow area, you take 1/2 heart damage every 3 seconds
in the orange area, you take 1 heart damage every 3 seconds
in the red area, you take 2 heart damage every 3 seconds
in the lava, you take 1 heart damage every second.
This would actually make lava more dangerous then when you just touch it, because the air is kind of like a hidden danger, so just more reason to be cautious while working with lava.
Also, perhaps a specific heat retardant armor that eliminates all heat damage?
It doesn't really ruin gameplay, its just that lava as of now is pretty useful as a moat, or making obsidian. It just makes sense to make it harder to get then less useful materials. Obsidian is extremely strong, and it should be hard to get.
And yes, the middle block is a lava spring, or just lava stream.
I would only support this if there was a system for being too hot or too cold, and being in either extreme just made you perform actions slower (if cold) or made your thirst go up faster (if hot). Simply being damaged by heat from any distance from a heat source would not be fun or even completely realistic.
I've been to Hawaii and have gotten pretty close to real lava flows without being burned simply from the radiant heat it gives off. It's enough that it can melt your shoes if you're not careful, and it is pretty uncomfortable to be around (like being outside on a really hot day or spending some time in a steel foundry) but it's not lethal.
Many people, Including me, Use lava for lights underground when you run out of torches,
Basically, I carve out a hole like this in the wall
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And using this idea, Would make lava REALLY complicated,And I mean complicated FOR US, entirely because, Well, Your mining a vein of diamonds, Lava floods in from the wall, You would die entirely because of the heat, And before , we could run, Take mild damage, and have paranoia from mining walls.
Honestly, It would ruin gameplay for me, and I'm sure ALOT of other people, as we could never mine near lava, And I'd be scared just to get it in a bucket,
All lava is hot so I don't see why it would make a difference. If this was added I don't think that having water touch lava would be necessary then, because large bodies of water would cool lava simply by absorbing heat around it.
Taking the OP
= Water
= Lava
= Extreme heat
= high heat
= hot
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Water's effect on heat:
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Water would cool all air by it by one (including diagonals, overcourse you can say otherwise if you wish) and when air around the lava was cooled, the lava would cool.
Edit: I would only see extreme heat doing damage, and slowly, where as the others would create a visual effect on the screen to show you are in a hot spot. (When I started this post it would have been post number 4...)
Simply being damaged by heat from any distance from a heat source would not be fun or even completely realistic.
Not realistic? Do you have any idea how hot lava flows are? Lava flows can easily reach temperatures exceeding 1000 C, it's not hard to imagine that the air around a lava flow can have a temperature that's a few hundred C. That is, of course, above the boiling point of water and, seeing as you're composed primarily of water, having it boil would be very damaging.
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= Extreme heat
= high heat
= hot
In the yellow area, you take 1/2 heart damage every 3 seconds
in the orange area, you take 1 heart damage every 3 seconds
in the red area, you take 2 heart damage every 3 seconds
in the lava, you take 1 heart damage every second.
This would actually make lava more dangerous then when you just touch it, because the air is kind of like a hidden danger, so just more reason to be cautious while working with lava.
Also, perhaps a specific heat retardant armor that eliminates all heat damage?
What do you think?
And yes, the middle block is a lava spring, or just lava stream.
I've been to Hawaii and have gotten pretty close to real lava flows without being burned simply from the radiant heat it gives off. It's enough that it can melt your shoes if you're not careful, and it is pretty uncomfortable to be around (like being outside on a really hot day or spending some time in a steel foundry) but it's not lethal.
Basically, I carve out a hole like this in the wall
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And using this idea, Would make lava REALLY complicated,And I mean complicated FOR US, entirely because, Well, Your mining a vein of diamonds, Lava floods in from the wall, You would die entirely because of the heat, And before , we could run, Take mild damage, and have paranoia from mining walls.
Honestly, It would ruin gameplay for me, and I'm sure ALOT of other people, as we could never mine near lava, And I'd be scared just to get it in a bucket,
Whats next, Lava in bucket melts through it?
they dont only melt through but when they are in it it hurts you because of heat
All lava is hot so I don't see why it would make a difference. If this was added I don't think that having water touch lava would be necessary then, because large bodies of water would cool lava simply by absorbing heat around it.
Taking the OP
= Water
= Lava
= Extreme heat
= high heat
= hot
Normal:
Water's effect on heat:
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Water would cool all air by it by one (including diagonals, overcourse you can say otherwise if you wish) and when air around the lava was cooled, the lava would cool.
Edit: I would only see extreme heat doing damage, and slowly, where as the others would create a visual effect on the screen to show you are in a hot spot. (When I started this post it would have been post number 4...)
sorta like that
Not realistic? Do you have any idea how hot lava flows are? Lava flows can easily reach temperatures exceeding 1000 C, it's not hard to imagine that the air around a lava flow can have a temperature that's a few hundred C. That is, of course, above the boiling point of water and, seeing as you're composed primarily of water, having it boil would be very damaging.