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the game is what you make of it. if you consider it cheating, than dont do it. but its up to you and your views.

i would consider that cheaty.

it is a pretty rare error with chunk corruption and stuff. sometimes random unnatural blocks will be thrown in there, such as jukeboxes.

no, this will not happen if you try his seed.

Quote from Toxicswagger1

I know this is going to sound nerdy but the human eye can only see like 34 frames per second so 30 is as really good to the human eye. For example if you are watching a YouTube video with 35 frames then watch another video with 200 frames the only difference you can see or hear is the annoying person bragging about his fps. :tongue.gif:

false. the human eye is very complex and doesnt see motion in fps, so narrowing it down to one number is ridiculous and there is no evidence to support that number. and the eye can easily percieve images that are flashed at 100 fps and higher, so that number is far too low if you were just trying to estimate.
there are other issues with lower framerates, such as unsynchronized rates with the monitor, where a higher fps is beneficial because the rates will match up more often.
stop trying to compensate for your bad framerate by saying its the same difference. it isnt.

and dont ask others what is bad. if you dont mind that framerate than it is just fine and dandy. if you cant stand under 50 than 30 would suck. its all subjective. however comparatively that is pretty average for a mid-range computer, especially if you arent running programs like gamebooster or using mods like optifog.

i think mountain ranges with similar generation to rivers could be cool.

make a glass shader!

Quote from ForR33l

I believe you are missing something. :smile.gif:

Please note we are trying to find a solution.

so whining about the current problems and how they should be fixed when you dont have a solution? thats productive.

all these unions are counter-productive when there are no rewards at sake.

and you mentioned above that all the tools now are the same, yet you have a portable minecraft tool. and you think it brings something different to the table. now that is fair, although i havent tried your tool im sure it does. but everybody else thinks theirs brings something new to the table. and providing a goal to work for is counter productive. the goal of having an elite group to join is counter-productive. the goal should be to make the best tool possible, not be accepted by other progammers.
the forum needs to be moderated better, yes. but this is not the solution. more moderation in the same format is the solution.

the same thing is happening in the texture pack forum. people are sick and tired because they have had theirs longer and the new people dont deserve the spotlight because their product is inferior.

the spotlight is everybodys, this is a forum, people post what they make and if it is within the rules they have a right to post it and they have a right to have the same chance as being noticed as someone who has been here a long time.

put deposits of ores randomly out there so we have some sort of other goal! and floating dungeons and stuff.
but this is a super fun map. i love it. ive seen stuff just like it before, but this is the best by far.
make a version with a birch tree! i like birch trees.
lol at the failed cobble makers.
if we had pistons i would make a sand generator :tongue.gif: i like having glass, so missing that kinda sucks. i only got one sapling! lol.

Quote from Superboop

Endermen aren't really as annoying as creepers.
Endermen take blocks one by one, while Creepers just blow things up.

Personally, though, I've never seen an Endermen take any of my stuff, so I don't know.
The only problem I've heard of was when Endermen took chests, where the stuff contained would be deleted.

you can stop creepers. you cant stop enderman.
its not bad for a house you are living in, but if you happen to leave a house and build another one not too far away, than the enderman who can still spawn there will grief you
and sometimes moats look silly if you dont have a castle.

cool story bro.

Quote from TheMirror

You should call it EffortCraft

you should get the **** over the fact that people less talented then you are going to post things that arent as high quality artistically, and that this person probably put some effort in, and that even though you think all simple texture packs are made by the devil that some people might think that this texture pack has value. this person is probably just starting and being an asshole because you think it is taking up space on the first page instead of your own precious pack isnt going to make it go away. its going to motivate people to not look at your texture pack, and dislike it. so next time you see a pack you dislike... wait for it... cause this **** is about to blow your mind.

get the **** over it

on-topic-
i actually kind of like it. its pretty simple, but it has a nice feel from what i have seen.

MCDungeon will create a procedurally generated dungeon in a preexisting minecraft map. It is not yet feature complete, but can already generate dungeons with quite a bit of variety. It is written in Python and makes use of code from Paul Hodge's minetown project and codewarrior's pymclevel.I primarily use this for SMP and multiworld via Craftbukkit and MultiVerse. But it works just fine in single player too.Thanks to the following for their interest, inspiration, and great ideas! (in no particular order)BeeTLe BeTHLeHeM, codewarrior, Link1999, SoNick, Commander Keen,Yelik, NoiGren, whoiscraig, ChocolateySyrup, Sevminer, AnderZ EL,SuddenLee, Silre, NuclearDemon, bking1138, BarthVader, koredozo,janxious, compgurusteve, and JiFish.

http://mcdungeon.bubblemod.org

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Current Features

• Automatically finds a good location on a map based on range, size, and depth parameters. Can detect player structures and try not to overwrite them.
• Dungeons can be removed from a map later and the landscape allowed to regenerate.
• Dungeons can be regenerated in place with a new layout, mobs, and treasure.
• Can generate multiple of dungeons in a map, or try to fill the map with as many dungeons as possible.
• Generates room layouts based on a random weighted selection of rooms. Rooms are filled with ranomd hallways, floors, room features, and ruins on the surface, all of which are configurable.
• The density and placement of doors, portcullises, and torches are configurable. Option to place fewer torches as levels go down. Less light == more danger!
• A "hard mode" that will attempt to fill in nearby natural caves in an attempt to concentrate random monster spawns inside the dungeon.
• Places stairwells between levels, and a tower entrance with a spiraling staircase. The tower height is configurable so it can be seen for many chunks.
• Optionally places an exit portal at the bottom of the dungeon to teleport players out to the surface. (requires command blocks)
• Places chests with loot around the dungeon in (probably) hard to reach places. An arbitrary number of loot tables can be configured to provide variety. The density of chests is configurable.
• Places mob spawners throughout the dungeon. These will likely be near chests, but not always. Mob types are configurable. The density of spawners is configurable. Some 'non-standard' mobs are available.
• Random placement of secret traps.
• Output floor maps to a terminal with color on ANSI systems.
• Output entire dungeon maps to HTML.
• Other things I've left out to avoid spoilers.

This tool will write data to your minecraft maps and may destroy them! MCDungeon will attempt to avoid player structures, but there is no guarantee. NEVER run this against a map that is currently loaded into Minecraft! Make Backups! Work with copies! I'm not responsible if it destroys your 120+ hour Justin Bieber pixel art!

Support Tips

When asking for help, you'll get the best response if you are sure to include the following:

• A clear description of the problem you are seeing.
• Include your OS version, MCDungeon version, Minecraft version, and any Minecraft mods you are running.
• If running from the command line, include the command exactly as you typed it.
• Use pastebin to post the complete console output from MCDungeon.
• pastebin your .cfg file if you have modified it.

Downloads and Usage

Download the latest version from the official MCDungeon site.

Alright this is simple. Go to the volume control on your windows desktop and turn that up to 100%. If you are using plug-in speakers or a headset, turn the volume all the way down. Play minecraft and turn up the volume on the Headset or plug-in speakers slowly. If you are using built-in speakers when you play minecraft turn down the volume in minecraft to control the volume. This works because you are giving a larger input volume so the speakers/ headset don't have to artificially amplify the sound, which causes static.

Having a skin like this:

Possibly the best texture pack available.

Is it just me or does the biosphere mod not show up in other world options? I'm positive i put all the .class files in correctly

Please be more specific, are your structures made out of dirt and/or smooth stone? Because minecraft sometimes likes to mistake human made dirt and stone structures for clean world. Which would then authorize the new generator to generate new land on top of it, known as "overriding" something. Hope this helped!

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Minecraft Difficulty Overhaul

As some of you may already know, I've made several posts referring to the difficulty level of Minecraft and how it was...well... lacking. After talking, and debating with several members and friends here on the forums, I've refined my idea as much as possible to present you with the best explanation of the issue.

Goal

The goal of this petition is to inform Mojang that the game has become too easy, and provides little to no challenge anymore. Thus resulting in a "weak" game-play feeling. However, it should be noted that this petition is NOT to have these exact changes implemented, but rather this post be used as a base for ideas to work off of. Jeb can feel free to use to leave out anything here. At the most basic level, this petition calls for the following...

1. The addition of "Very Hard" and "Impossible" difficulties.
2. The reduction of the number of generated caves, by 1/2.
3. The introduction of stronger mobs, of some sort.
4. A more dynamic, and less "click click dead" combat system.

Why?

You may wonder, why would you want to make minecraft harder? Well... the reason is... Challenge.

Let me explain.


Why do we play a game in the first place? Not just video games, but any kind of game. Board game, Sports game, Card games, Driving Games ect. Why do we, as people play them? Do you know the answer? If not... I'll tell you. Challenge.

A challenge, is something that stands between YOU and VICTORY.

Let's pretend you and a friend are playing baseball, you are pitting your skills and cunning against that of others in order to try to win. This struggle, provides challenge, thus resulting in fun. After a long game with friends, if you find your self the winner...the feeling of "I won" will fill you with joy and satisfaction...Plus it'll make you feel bad-ass.

Now take that same baseball game, and let's say your 18 years old, and all the players on the other team are 5 years old...Typically speaking, it be a walk in the park for you. There would be no challenge, thus resulting in the victory feeling...stale and forgettable.

This is how minecraft currently plays. In the early days of alpha, while mobs were by no means perfect, they were a huge threat to your life as a player. We all played, and learned from our experiences, we make defenses to protect out homes and traps to stop them... Now however, this is almost pointless because once you get a full set of iron armor (which I've been told it can be easily gotten in an hour) the current mobs are nothing to worry about.

Minecraft, is a sandbox survival. But the survival part isn't anything to get worried over, it's a push over. And as the game becomes easier and easier, the "victory" feeling, loses it's power and becomes forgettable.

The goal of this petition is for Mojang, Or Jeb really, to understand the game is much too easy, and provides no challenge and strong satisfaction.

So...how?

The current system of the game, works like such.

      12| 
      11|          /How strong the player is near end game
      10|         /
       9|        /
       8|       /
       7|      /
       6|     /
       5|    /
       4|-------------------------------------------------------Mob difficulty
       3|  /
       2| /
       1|/Start of game 
       _________________________________________________________
                            Gameplay time

While at the start, the mobs do provide a decent threat... They quickly become weak as the player progresses through the game.

If some how we could implement the following

      12| 
      11|          /How strong the player is near end game
      10|         /
       9|        /
       8|-------------------------------------------------------Strong mobs *
       7|      /
       6|     /
       5|    /   
       4|-------------------------------------------------------Normal Mobs
       3|  /
       2| /
       1|/Start of game 
       _________________________________________________________
                            Gameplay time

That way, when you start, it's difficult, but as you grow stronger there are stronger mobs to challenge you.

* Strong Mobs, are NOT just health buffed normal mobs, they would be unique variations of our current foes. Such as...but not limited to the following ideas posted from fellow members

• Armored Skeletons
• Fire Spider
• Fast Zombies
• Jumping Spider

While these mobs would have higher health levels, their main power would come from things such as smarter AI tweaking, increased sight range, better aim and range for the skeletons. Other unique abilities could also be thought of, but again, they are not to be extreme.

Perhaps slimes could be turned into stronger mobs?

-They always spit, instead of only when being punched.
-They are not hurt by arrows, and stay stuck in them. When defeated, they slime will drop the players arrows.
-They try to encircle the player, so they slimes will come from every side.
-4 mini slimes(The ones what don't do any damage) may reform to an bigger slime

Now with Strong mobs in mind...what about enchantments? As of now, they are, as the achievement system calls them. Overkill. But what if they were necessary? And not just silly?

      16|               / Max player strength by enchantments 
      15|------------------------------------------------------- Super dangerous mobs *
      14|             /
      13|            /
      12|           /
      11|          /Max player strength normally.
      10|         /
       9|        /
       8|------------------------------------------------------- Strong mobs *
       7|      /
       6|     /
       5|    /   
       4|------------------------------------------------------- Normal Mobs
       3|  /
       2| /
       1|/Start of game 
       _________________________________________________________
                            Gameplay time

Make enchantments worth while.

What would a Super Dangerous Mob be? They'd be fewer in numbers, but incredibly strong in terms of health, attack power, and AI. They can see you from far distances (if that applies, and have incredible path finding, or aim (if applies)

The ideas for Super Dangerous mobs are, and not limited too... (Nothing too extreme mind you)
Elder Enderman - Perhaps a ancient warrior type?
Obsidian Skeleton - Nuff said

Difficult Changes?

So how would these new changes work with difficulty settings? Something like so



Easy Difficulty

      16|               / Max player strength by enchantments 
      15|              /
      14|             /
      13|            /           
      12|------------------------------------------------------- Super dangerous mobs *             
      11|          /Max player strength normally.
      10|         /
       9|        /
       8|       /
       7|------------------------------------------------------- Strong mobs *      
       6|     /
       5|    /   
       4|   /
       3|------------------------------------------------------- Normal Mobs
       2| /
       1|/Start of game 
       _________________________________________________________
                            Gameplay time

Normal Difficulty

      16|               / Max player strength by enchantments 
      15|              /
      14|             /
      13|------------------------------------------------------- Super dangerous mobs *            
      12|           /
      11|          /Max player strength normally.
      10|         /
       9|        /
       8|------------------------------------------------------- Strong mobs *
       7|      /
       6|     /
       5|    /   
       4|------------------------------------------------------- Normal Mobs
       3|  /
       2| /
       1|/Start of game 
       _________________________________________________________
                            Gameplay time

Hard

      16|               / Max player strength by enchantments 
      15|              /
      14|------------------------------------------------------- Super dangerous mobs *            
      13|            /
      12|           /
      11|          /Max player strength normally.
      10|         /
       9|------------------------------------------------------- Strong mobs *        
       8|       /
       7|      /
       6|     /
       5|------------------------------------------------------- Normal Mobs       
       4|   /
       3|  /
       2| /
       1|/Start of game 
       _________________________________________________________
                            Gameplay time

Very Hard

      16|               / Max player strength by enchantments 
      15|------------------------------------------------------- Super dangerous mobs *  
      14|             /  
      13|            /
      12|           /
      11|          /Max player strength normally.
      10|------------------------------------------------------- Strong mobs *           
       9|        /   
       8|       /
       7|      /
       6|------------------------------------------------------- Normal Mobs        
       5|    / 
       4|   /
       3|  /
       2| /
       1|/Start of game 
       _________________________________________________________
                            Gameplay time

Impossible

      16|Max Player +En /--------------------------------------- Super dangerous mobs *  
      15|              /
      14|             /  
      13|            /
      12|------------------------------------------------------- Strong mobs *   
      11|          /  Max Player Strength        
      10|         /   
       9|        /   
       8|       /
       7|------------------------------------------------------- Normal Mobs   
       6|     /
       5|    / 
       4|   /
       3|  /
       2| /
       1|/Start of game 
       _________________________________________________________
                            Gameplay time

By the way, Max Player Strength, means, Full Diamond Everything.

Impossible Difficulty...should be just what it says. Completely ridiculous impossible. Note...that doesn't mean it should be stupid. No instal kill arrows or 100 mph zombies. The game should (in a balanced way) punish the hell out of you.

Mob Spawning

The surface world will always have normal mobs, with a rare chance of spawning Strong Mobs. As you go deeper into the ground, the chance for strong mobs to spawn goes up. Therefor, the deeper you go, the harder it gets. Making diamonds actually "hard to get", and not just "difficult" by being time consuming.

Depth and Strong Mobs

Depth 60 Blocks (Surface) - 95% chance of normal mobs, 5% chance of strong mobs
Depth 1 Block (bedrock)   - 5% chance of normal mobs, 95% chance of strong mobs

Or in graph form, since you all seem to like these.
Normal mobs

  Lots   |\      
         |    \        
         |        \     
         |            \  
         |                \
  Mob    |                    \
 Spawn   |                        \
  Rate   |                            \
         |                                \
  Few    |                                    \
         __________________________________________
         Surface         Deeper -->         Bedrock

Strong mobs

  Lots   |                                    / 
         |                                /
         |                            /
         |                        /
         |                    /
  Mob    |                /
 Spawn   |            /           
  Rate   |        /                 
         |    /                        
  Few    |/
         __________________________________________
         Surface         Deeper -->         Bedrock

Increased difficulty as you go deeper, makes mining for diamonds legitimately hard, and not just more time consuming.

Super Dangerous Mobs

Super Dangerous Mobs, can only spawn after you have created and started your first nether gate. (Kind of like you released evil into the world). The first time you open one, a super dangerous mob will come out, followed by some strong mobs. (armored zombie pigmen?) This will be your first major "battle" to keep on progressing through the game.

After the creation of your first gate, and the battle. Super Dangerous Mobs will have a small chance to spawn anywhere.

Small Changes

These are some smaller, yet important changes I feel will also add to the difficulty aspect.
As difficulty goes up past Normal...

• The rate of fire of skeletons goes up slightly
• Zombies move faster
• A Creeper's "fuse" is slightly shorter
• The Auto regeneration at full food bar, slows down slightly

Wrap Up

Hopefully...you've read this far. If you have, I hope you have enjoyed thinking about the possibilities of new dangers in minecraft, what challenge would await you? Perhaps you and some friends online could try the game on "Very Hard" or "Impossible" and work together to push back the hoards and survive! Or perhaps you will put the game on "Normal" to run an RP server. Or maybe your a bad ass and want to legit solo "Impossible" mode, so your hoard of treasure feels even more rewarding than before.

Now...remember that the point of the petition is not to have these same 100% exact ideas, brought into the game. I implore jeb to pick over them, OR to come up with something he feels would be best for minecraft.

Support?

If you would like to sign this petition, please post, or send me a private message to let me know.

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Quote from Durracel

very nice
i normally fill the top 4 levels with grass and then below that cobblestone
but i do like that idea

Based on your sig, you also like hitchhiker's guide, don't you?

And to say something on topic: I just cover it and put hidden piston drop systems for my "friends". Tee-Hee!