Spheres in Vanilla?
Cubes have been a part of Minecraft since it was first created, with other shapes - spheres in particular - long thought to be both impossible, and out of place. However, the recent Snapshot revealed a curious quirk in game mechanics that would let you create spheres, rings, and other similar shapes using a trick of redstone, as demonstrated by Logdotzip. Give it a look, and see what you can come up with yourself!
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I think as long as it's low-poly (think Nintendo 64), it's fine. Cubes are preferred, though.
(P.S. I'm sorta in you guys' camp, although this will make for some cool adventure maps.)
Caught in a laaaandsliiiiide
Did anyone that's posted in this thread actually WATCH the video that explains it, before posting?
They didn't "add spheres" to Minecraft. Someone just figured out how to horribly abuse game mechanics to be able to create things that LOOK like spheres, using a large number of mine-carts and command blocks. The shapes aren't solid, and aren't even stable. They disintegrate after a few minutes. They are incredibly lag-inducing. In short, interesting to see, but nothing to get your underwear in a bunch over. I'm sure Mojang never even dreamed of someone doing this with mine-carts and command blocks.
EDIT: Ninja'd by mere seconds...
The world has just been shattered...
No...
NO...
NO.....
More like WITCHCRAFT!
Will be interested to see if this is used in other maps, perhaps by the creator of the Code. The final destruction sphere shown in this video showed obvious similarity to Code III's ending,
>Probably just fantasy.
>Caught in a laaaandsliiiiide
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Look at these spheres... What happened to steak and sheeeaaars?
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