Hi there Minecraft Forums! Today I will teach you how to make a resource-efficient, zero effort, 100% effective smooth stone generator!
As most of you know by now, if lava and water meet they create cobblestone. But did you know it's also possible to make smooth stone? This happens when lava hits water from the block above it.
Q: But why would you ever make a smooth stone generator? Isn't it easier to just make a simple cobblestone generator by digging a hole in the ground and adding lava and water to each end? Besides, you're getting cobblestone anyways, why bother with smooth stone?
A: Well, my dear friend, the standard simple cobblestone generator is very inefficient and even dangerous if you don't take the right precautions! Because of the way that blocks have a tendency to jump straight into the lava from whence they were birthed, you can end up losing a significant amount of cobblestone due to something you cannot control. The reason why you should make a smooth stone generator is because smooth stone actually breaks faster than cobblestone, which can save you quite a bit of time if you plan on using it for a while. Another reason is that the positioning of the lava and water prevent and leaks and malfunctions.
Let's get to it, shall we?
Bam! Isn't that a beauty?
The generator as seen from the back to show off the wiring.
The same thing, but using glass instead of stone bricks wherever possible.
Q: So how do I build one of these smooth stone generators?
A: That's easy! Just follow these simple steps and illustrations! Note that the wool pillar is only there as a height reference and is in no way part of the build.
Step 1: Dig 1 block down. After you have made your hole, put a 3 block tall pillar on the block to the left of the hole. Then, put 2 blocks in a line forward and to the right of that hole. To the right of the top block of the pillar will be the lava source and above the block on the right will be the water source.
Step 2: Cover up the areas that will hold the water and lava sources so that they don't leak.
Step 3: Place a piston on the block, which you placed earlier, that is right in front of the hole so that the piston is facing you. Place a lever on the bottom block of the pillar to the right of the hole.
Step 4: Copy the redstone design shown in the picture below. 4 of the repeaters are set on full delay and 1 is set on 3 tick delay (right click it twice). Remember to dig down on block where the glass is so that the redstone that attaches to the piston does not get unattached to the piston.
Step 5: Place the lava and water sources in the appropriate spots.
Flick the switch on an off to make the machine start working. This will push out the smooth stone as it's created. Any shorter delay on the repeaters will cause the piston to sometimes push out before the smooth stone forms.
The piston will keep on pushing the smooth stone out until it gets to this point:
After that, the piston will not push it farther unless you destroy any of the smooth stone blocks.
To turn this off, flick the switch on again and wait for the repeater clock to stop cycling. Flip the switch off and destroy one piece of redstone that connects the two lines of repeaters.
That's it for now! See you later, Minecraft forums!
Absolutely nothing! I hate jungles! Though, it is mostly because I once had to clear an jungle island AND flatten it to be one block above sea level. Can you imagine how difficult that was, especially because jungles ALWAYS have huge hills? The only good thing about them is the cocoa beans. That's it.
This, this is why Minecraft needs creatures in the water that are actually dangerous, not the annoying magic flying squids that float around everywhere. Besides that, I've always wondered how an underwater city in MC would work and how it would start/expand. I do like how both of those are self-sufficient, no need for dangerous trip to the surface!
Since I often play on SMP PvP servers with a group of people, I always try to make storage rooms simple and to the point so that there's little mix up of items and people don't have to go through every chest to find one item.
Recreation in Creative
One Side
The other side
Inside the "Wood" Chest
"Seeds, meat, food, hoes" Chest
"weapons/Tools" Chest
"Armor" Chest
"Ores, Ingots, Precious Materials" Chest
"Random Items and Blocks" Chest Basically anything that needs to be sorted.
"Redstone" Chest
"Building Materials" Chest
The beauty of this design is that you can expand as needed, be it expand the hallway or just add more layers of chests. This is not what my storage rooms always look like because it varies from server to server and I'm usually not the only one working on them. This is not a complete storage room, obviously, so some useful chests, like an alchemy one, may be missing along with things like workbenches and furnaces.
It's good, I'll give you that, but it didn't really accomplish its goal as a "tear jerker". Sure, it was sad, but it wasn't the kind of sad that would make cry, more of the "oohh, I'm sorry for ya, mate." sad. Also, you put "hear" instead of "here" twice.
Here:
"The miner absent-mindedly poked his belly, the fat had been lost during the first few starving weeks of his existence hear and never came back thanks to the relentless exercise that came with survival."
And here:
"He had been hear for what must have been months, was his family still looking for him?"
Quick Intro before we get to the story: This is my third submitting of original writing to this forum. Sadly, the other two were abandoned and actually deleted when the forum updated into its current form. I currently have the first 2 parts of this story down, a project I have delayed for quite a while. If you find any errors in this story , grammatical an/or spelling, just tell me and I will correct it. I hope you enjoy reading this and leave a fair review after reading this.
The Proving of a Man
By weatherdog
Chapter 1: Callidian Stone
“These walls are impenetrable!” Exclaimed Lord Callidus. “After all these years I will finally have the most secure place of all, even better than the very King’s palace!” Lord Jeremiah Callidus has spent over 30 years trying to build the strongest wall that has existed, hiring the world’s most talented scholars, builders, and architects to work on his massive project. Creating this wall would be a grand feat; if it were to work Lord Callidus, and everyone involved, would be awarded greatly, along with receiving hundreds of bids from rich men and even royalty from around the world for this wonderful material.
It took about 20 years to create this amazing new substance, dubbed Callidian Stone, and 10 more years to erect the giant wall around his estate and the surrounding settlement. He lived there for the rest of his life, turning down all the bids for his secret material.
Sadly, that did not last. Lord Callidus died of old age, 63 years, and gave all his possessions to his only family, his nephew Jonathan Carmon. Jonathan Carmon, now Lord Carmon, was not a smart and humble man like his uncle, he was greedy, arrogant, and selfish. At the first chance he got, he sold large amounts of Callidian Stone at ridiculous prices to numerous noblemen around the world, becoming one of the richest men alive.
He expanded upon his uncle’s lands and turned a manor overlooking a small village into a ginormous fortress with a vast private army to protect it, the secret to making the Stone, a grand treasure-trove of riches, and Lord Carmon himself. He thought he was safe, living in a giant shell with his massive wealth thinking the world was all at the tips of his fingers, as if he were some sort of puppet master who could pull the strings of life with his money and get everything he wanted. He thought he was invincible.
Chapter 2: Michael the Clever
At an age of 22, Michael the Clever was viewed as being too young and inexperienced to be an ideal leader for his people, a small nation of people viewed as barbarians by the neighboring empire, in which Lord Carmon resided. The only reason why his title was “the Clever” was because of his father, the previous leader, who regarded him to be a clever boy who never tried to apply his knowledge into practice.
Now that his father was gone and the nation left to him, he either had to win over the favor of his people, or face a painful death in a revolt. For months, he has been planning to commit a miracle, to awe his people and the larger empires that have been bullying them around for centuries, to prove that he actually deserves the title of Michael the Clever.
His day finally came when he found out about Lord Carmon’s great citadel. He knew of the rumors that implied the walls were impenetrable, the soldiers highly trained and numerous, and the riches hidden away in a secret and secure vault. But Michael knew that if the walls really were impenetrable, the soldiers would be lazy, lulled into a false sense of protection from the supposedly indestructible walls.
There were many attempts made at the walls by raiders, bandits, and other noblemen with men and money to spare, but all of them were futile. Mining through the walls took too long and the picks would always break, explosives didn't leave as much as a blast mark, and scaling the walls with ladders would be impossible; they were too high and the guards were too many.
I could try and sneak them in, Michael thought, no, that would take too long and they’d all stand out like a sore thumb. He turned away from his desk, which was cluttered with maps, charts, letters, and crumpled papers, and walked to his bedside window. He looked outside into the cool night and followed the smooth bends of the river with his eyes, the rippling water reflecting moonlight back in his eyes.
To leave an impression I will have to destroy that wall, but how? The question has haunted his for week, he has been agonizing over this to no avail, all his plans were too difficult to put onto action, or too expensive, or just plain stupid. What will be strong enough to destroy that wall? Our explosives are too weak to even tickle the surface of that thing. His eyes darted up to the moon, a big, and pale square in the sky, looking down at everyone and everything with no worry whatsoever.
Then it struck him, Michael smiled, revealing his slightly yellowing and crooked teeth. He let out a small chuckle and turned his back to the window. “Tomorrow I make preparations,” He stated. “Tomorrow I will prove myself worthy.”
Jeez... Sounds like everything just went downhill when you got rid of me. It had nothing to do with me, of course, just the timing seems almost impeccable. This is really a shame, though. I was just wondering if there were any decent clans left besides the one I helped found, and now there isn't even that.
I guess it's just as well, since I've more or less given up being a soldier and gone back to my true strength in architecture. Perhaps I'll build a monument for you guys, if you don't mind, though maybe it would be more of a memorial now. I wish our falling out had not been as it was, as I would've liked to keep in contact with most of you guys. Perhaps one day I'll have the honor of the presence of at least one of you in the halls of my constructions. Until that day, may OIN rest in peace, and may all her former members continue to prove that their strength was just as powerful as reputation told. Semper fi.
Milansies, this thread has been DEAD for WEEKS. At least, it feels like weeks.
Ouch, does this mean that OIN is dying, or just... pausing?
I mean, it seems there is a load of great clans that are just falling over themselves, mostly due to inactivity.
We've had a bit of trouble (well, a lot of trouble) finding a good server, and when we tried to make our own it didn't last because of lack of donations. We also had some people kicked/leave the clan. General inactivity due to not having a server and unrest in our chain of command. This is pretty much what happened last time with this clan.
I think that the term Farlanders is much better than Endermen. Endermen is just some crazy name that's based off of a myth on the internet, while Farlanders can relate to the game, since the Far Lands is an actual place in Minecraft. Notch could even add a back story for them if they were named Farlanders, saying something like they came from the Far Lands at the time of the 1.8 update.
-Snip-
idk, after thinking that enderman is a better name, i think that they should bew called farlanders because of notch's tweet. I mean really, maybe they will have a story that says that they came from (beyond) the farlands? who knows, i voted farlanders.
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As most of you know by now, if lava and water meet they create cobblestone. But did you know it's also possible to make smooth stone? This happens when lava hits water from the block above it.
Q: But why would you ever make a smooth stone generator? Isn't it easier to just make a simple cobblestone generator by digging a hole in the ground and adding lava and water to each end? Besides, you're getting cobblestone anyways, why bother with smooth stone?
A: Well, my dear friend, the standard simple cobblestone generator is very inefficient and even dangerous if you don't take the right precautions! Because of the way that blocks have a tendency to jump straight into the lava from whence they were birthed, you can end up losing a significant amount of cobblestone due to something you cannot control. The reason why you should make a smooth stone generator is because smooth stone actually breaks faster than cobblestone, which can save you quite a bit of time if you plan on using it for a while. Another reason is that the positioning of the lava and water prevent and leaks and malfunctions.
Let's get to it, shall we?
Bam! Isn't that a beauty?
The generator as seen from the back to show off the wiring.
The same thing, but using glass instead of stone bricks wherever possible.
Q: So how do I build one of these smooth stone generators?
A: That's easy! Just follow these simple steps and illustrations! Note that the wool pillar is only there as a height reference and is in no way part of the build.
Step 1: Dig 1 block down. After you have made your hole, put a 3 block tall pillar on the block to the left of the hole. Then, put 2 blocks in a line forward and to the right of that hole. To the right of the top block of the pillar will be the lava source and above the block on the right will be the water source.
Step 2: Cover up the areas that will hold the water and lava sources so that they don't leak.
Step 3: Place a piston on the block, which you placed earlier, that is right in front of the hole so that the piston is facing you. Place a lever on the bottom block of the pillar to the right of the hole.
Step 4: Copy the redstone design shown in the picture below. 4 of the repeaters are set on full delay and 1 is set on 3 tick delay (right click it twice). Remember to dig down on block where the glass is so that the redstone that attaches to the piston does not get unattached to the piston.
Step 5: Place the lava and water sources in the appropriate spots.
Flick the switch on an off to make the machine start working. This will push out the smooth stone as it's created. Any shorter delay on the repeaters will cause the piston to sometimes push out before the smooth stone forms.
The piston will keep on pushing the smooth stone out until it gets to this point:
After that, the piston will not push it farther unless you destroy any of the smooth stone blocks.
To turn this off, flick the switch on again and wait for the repeater clock to stop cycling. Flip the switch off and destroy one piece of redstone that connects the two lines of repeaters.
That's it for now! See you later, Minecraft forums!
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Hey there, nice to have old members back!
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Infinite respawns, bro.
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Recreation in Creative
One Side
The other side
Inside the "Wood" Chest
"Seeds, meat, food, hoes" Chest
"weapons/Tools" Chest
"Armor" Chest
"Ores, Ingots, Precious Materials" Chest
"Random Items and Blocks" Chest Basically anything that needs to be sorted.
"Redstone" Chest
"Building Materials" Chest
The beauty of this design is that you can expand as needed, be it expand the hallway or just add more layers of chests. This is not what my storage rooms always look like because it varies from server to server and I'm usually not the only one working on them. This is not a complete storage room, obviously, so some useful chests, like an alchemy one, may be missing along with things like workbenches and furnaces.
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Also considering that this clan has "respawned" multiple time already.
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Here:
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Thanks! Unlike the last two, I actually have a plan as of how this story will unfold. That was the killing flaw with my last two stories.
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Chapter 1: Callidian Stone
It took about 20 years to create this amazing new substance, dubbed Callidian Stone, and 10 more years to erect the giant wall around his estate and the surrounding settlement. He lived there for the rest of his life, turning down all the bids for his secret material.
Sadly, that did not last. Lord Callidus died of old age, 63 years, and gave all his possessions to his only family, his nephew Jonathan Carmon. Jonathan Carmon, now Lord Carmon, was not a smart and humble man like his uncle, he was greedy, arrogant, and selfish. At the first chance he got, he sold large amounts of Callidian Stone at ridiculous prices to numerous noblemen around the world, becoming one of the richest men alive.
He expanded upon his uncle’s lands and turned a manor overlooking a small village into a ginormous fortress with a vast private army to protect it, the secret to making the Stone, a grand treasure-trove of riches, and Lord Carmon himself. He thought he was safe, living in a giant shell with his massive wealth thinking the world was all at the tips of his fingers, as if he were some sort of puppet master who could pull the strings of life with his money and get everything he wanted. He thought he was invincible.
Chapter 2: Michael the Clever
Now that his father was gone and the nation left to him, he either had to win over the favor of his people, or face a painful death in a revolt. For months, he has been planning to commit a miracle, to awe his people and the larger empires that have been bullying them around for centuries, to prove that he actually deserves the title of Michael the Clever.
His day finally came when he found out about Lord Carmon’s great citadel. He knew of the rumors that implied the walls were impenetrable, the soldiers highly trained and numerous, and the riches hidden away in a secret and secure vault. But Michael knew that if the walls really were impenetrable, the soldiers would be lazy, lulled into a false sense of protection from the supposedly indestructible walls.
There were many attempts made at the walls by raiders, bandits, and other noblemen with men and money to spare, but all of them were futile. Mining through the walls took too long and the picks would always break, explosives didn't leave as much as a blast mark, and scaling the walls with ladders would be impossible; they were too high and the guards were too many.
I could try and sneak them in, Michael thought, no, that would take too long and they’d all stand out like a sore thumb. He turned away from his desk, which was cluttered with maps, charts, letters, and crumpled papers, and walked to his bedside window. He looked outside into the cool night and followed the smooth bends of the river with his eyes, the rippling water reflecting moonlight back in his eyes.
To leave an impression I will have to destroy that wall, but how? The question has haunted his for week, he has been agonizing over this to no avail, all his plans were too difficult to put onto action, or too expensive, or just plain stupid. What will be strong enough to destroy that wall? Our explosives are too weak to even tickle the surface of that thing. His eyes darted up to the moon, a big, and pale square in the sky, looking down at everyone and everything with no worry whatsoever.
Then it struck him, Michael smiled, revealing his slightly yellowing and crooked teeth. He let out a small chuckle and turned his back to the window. “Tomorrow I make preparations,” He stated. “Tomorrow I will prove myself worthy.”
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I called you that for a while.
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Milansies, this thread has been DEAD for WEEKS. At least, it feels like weeks.
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We've had a bit of trouble (well, a lot of trouble) finding a good server, and when we tried to make our own it didn't last because of lack of donations. We also had some people kicked/leave the clan. General inactivity due to not having a server and unrest in our chain of command. This is pretty much what happened last time with this clan.
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Yep, I agree completely.
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2: It's called ambiance, here's the wiki article on it: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Ambiance