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Minecraft Update thread (1.8 Discussion)

  • 31-03-2011 4:47pm
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    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,129 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    1.8 Discussion Thread, shamelessly stolen from the official Minecraft forum:

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    Confirmed:

    - Wearing a pumpkin will protect you from endermen in ways.

    - A new glass-like block. It's very thin. [Picture]

    - A very scary, dark mob named "Enderman". It's purpose is unknown, but it's holding a block. [Picture] [Reddit]

    - Hunger bar. (Look to the right of the health meter.) [Twitter]

    - Cooked chicken; raw chicken. [Twitter]

    - Farmable melons and pumpkins. [Interview]

    - New achievement for shooting a skeleton from 50 meters away. [Twitter]

    - Iron reeds. (Name unofficial.) [Picture]

    - New bricks. (Name unofficial.(Stone, mossy, and cracked.)) [Picture]

    - Chargeable bows.

    - Critical hits.

    - NPC villages. [Tumblr] [Picture]

    - A new mob. (A very "scary" one! (A boss, possibly? Maybe the silverfish?))[Tumblr]

    - Different style dungeons. [Picture]

    - More complex combat. [Tumblr]

    - More unique farming.

    - New mossy cobblestone texture.

    - A moderator on a survival server can play as if they were in creative. [Twitter] (1.9?)

    - New lighting. [Picture] [Tumblr]

    - More unique and interesting world generation. [Tumblr]

    - Gamma slider. [Twitter]

    - Big mushrooms. [Picture] [Picture2]

    - Underground ravines. [Picture]


    Likely Features:

    - Mystery bar. {Stamina? Armor? Fear? Experience? Oxygen?} (Right above item slots.) [Twitter]

    - Server list GUI.

    - A way to win. [Interview]

    - Moon shooting achievement. [Twitter]

    - Mini-Quests. [Interview]

    - Small animals. (Baby wolves.)

    - Poison.

    - A block that stops fall damage.

    - Silverfish boss.

    - Sprinting.

    - New launcher. [Twitter]

    - Food in buckets / stacked food. [Twitter]

    - Secret stuff. [Picture]

    - Experience orb. (Possibly part of the "potions" ordeal) [Picture]

    - Sheep will regenerate wool. (1.9?)


    Speculations/Pending:

    - Crystalline caves. [getSatisfaction]

    - Nettherack spreads around portals in the overworld. [Twitter]

    - Sky dimension. (.class file still remains in code.)

    - Platinum tools. [Twitter]

    - Modders will be able to change the map height in a .class file.

    - Naturally generated torches. [Picture]

    - Dragons.

    - Biome-complient water. [Picture in 1.7 files]

    - Fence gates. [Twitter]

    - Moss spread.

    - Default hi-res texture support. [Twitter]

    - Interactive mobs. Farm animals, for example.

    - Terraria features. [Twitter]

    - New SFX in caves and nether.

    - More nether things.

    - Spikes. [Twitter]

    - Natural cobwebs.

    Unconfirmed:

    - More things to do with maps. (Zoom in, set waypoints, etc.)

    - Dragons.

    - Apple trees.

    - Sponges.

    - Modding API.

    - 3rd person front view. (Opposite of F5.)

    - More underwater content.

    Release Date:

    - September. (Only likely.) [Google+]


    There's also been some sound tweaking:

    - Less annoying rain.
    - New water splashing sound.
    - New swimming sounds.
    - Moving minecart sound.
    - New, "more horrifying", skeleton sound.
    - Skeleton walking sounds.
    - Unique sound for big slimes.
    - Spider walking sound.
    - Zombie walking sound.
    - Chicken walking sound.
    - Cow walking sounds.
    - Wolf walking sound.
    - Sheep walking sound.
    - Pig walking sound.
    - Shearing sheep sound.
    - New grass walk sound.
    - New gravel walk sound.
    - New sand walk sound.
    - New stone walk sound.
    - Ladder climbing sound.


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Comments

  • Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭JohnR1024


    Suppose it'll give me a chance to make my wolf army..
    Any idea about when I'll be able to access the servers?
    And does anyone know how to make cookies?
    So many questions... :confused:


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,129 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Server will be back up as soon as the mod coders have the chance to redo their code so its in line with the new 1.4 code. Until then there's not much you can do but feck around in single player and enjoy the new features :D


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,129 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    So there's Cocoa Beans and Brown Sheep now :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,569 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    I love these updates :(


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,975 ✭✭✭nkay1985


    So if you're rolling back, how far back will that be?

    Did a load of tunnelling and mining today so would hate to lose that!


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  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,129 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Rolled back to about an hour or so ago


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,147 ✭✭✭ondafly


    can people attach the 1.3 .jar file to the thread ? so others can roll back to that version ?

    I'm looking at you Conor_MR2:pac:


  • Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭JohnR1024


    Managed to tame two wolves (140 and 142).
    Sadly 140 passed away in combat this morning, leaving 142 as pack leader:( he is buried in a golden grave :).
    Tamed 254123 and working on converting an abandoned project into wolves HQ.
    I frickin love this update :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,975 ✭✭✭nkay1985


    Rolled back to about an hour or so ago

    Cool should be ok so. Thanks Cherry.

    Is the event still likely to go ahead?


  • Registered Users Posts: 841 ✭✭✭BlandKitten


    The update is out? I better stay connected then!
    Also, please backup the server again before you put it to 1.4, I've got a lot of stuff done :P

    Edit: Check this out!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 66 ✭✭JohnR1024


    If you've had the fortune to have found cocoa beans, cookies are...
    (top row blank)
    wheat-cocoa beans-wheat
    (bottom row blank)
    Makes 8, each 1 heals half a heart.:p


  • Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭NeosDex


    Yea Cocoa Beans are found in dungeon chests though... hopefully in 1.5 they'll add a cocoa plant :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭Promac


    Can we not just play vanilla for a while?


  • Registered Users Posts: 841 ✭✭✭BlandKitten


    Promac wrote: »
    Can we not just play vanilla for a while?
    Chests wouldn't be locked and there'd be no safe zones. The place would be in havoc from looting and creepers.

    Best kept offline for a while.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,137 ✭✭✭Balfie


    how many bones do ya have to give them stupid wolves? I'm after givin one of them 3 bones an about 10 porkchops an he just walked off...


  • Registered Users Posts: 841 ✭✭✭BlandKitten


    Balfie wrote: »
    how many bones do ya have to give them stupid wolves? I'm after givin one of them 3 bones an about 10 porkchops an he just walked off...
    Random I'm afraid. Not sure of what the highest number is though, might be on the wiki.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 193 ✭✭fitzeyboy.


    Why not make a backup and then update the server to 1.4. Leave us all go nuts for a few days and then revert to the backup when server mods are working again? This has worked fine on other servers Ive been on. Plus a few days of pure anarchy might be good for everyone


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,059 ✭✭✭AirBiscuit


    So does this mean there'll be wolfies on the server?


  • Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭NeosDex


    fitzeyboy. wrote: »
    Why not make a backup and then update the server to 1.4. Leave us all go nuts for a few days and then revert to the backup when server mods are working again? This has worked fine on other servers Ive been on. Plus a few days of pure anarchy might be good for everyone

    I think thats what Cherry is doing, he said its going to be rolled back to earlier today when the server is updated.


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,129 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    NeosDex wrote: »
    I think thats what Cherry is doing, he said its going to be rolled back to earlier today when the server is updated.

    That's whats been done for the Boards.ie and Tallon's server. It's the best option. So nyeh... go nuts this weekend, it won't make a difference :pac:


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  • Registered Users Posts: 6,975 ✭✭✭nkay1985


    That's whats been done for the Boards.ie and Tallon's server. It's the best option. So nyeh... go nuts this weekend, it won't make a difference :pac:

    So does that mean that anything that's done for the next few days doesn't matter at all? It'll all roll back to Thursday evening at some stage? And does that mean that people with 1.4 are able to connect?

    I'm a bit confused! :P


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,129 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    Good news everyone!

    The Craftbukkit mod has been updated to 1.4, and the plugin updates are starting to roll in! We could be back up and running as early as tonight/tomorrow morning :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,855 ✭✭✭Grim.


    thank ****


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,975 ✭✭✭nkay1985


    Great stuff Cherry. Better make sure we're not back up before I go destroying stuff! :D

    And am I the only one who read "Good news everyone" in Professor Farnsworth's voice? :P. Intentional perhaps?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Stokolan


    nkay1985 wrote: »
    And am I the only one who read "Good news everyone" in Professor Farnsworth's voice? :P. Intentional perhaps?

    Yes you were until I saw your post and then went back and looked at cherrys and read it in his voice :o


  • Registered Users Posts: 533 ✭✭✭DevilsBreath


    nkay1985 wrote: »
    Great stuff Cherry. Better make sure we're not back up before I go destroying stuff! :D

    And am I the only one who read "Good news everyone" in Professor Farnsworth's voice? :P. Intentional perhaps?

    That's how i read it :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭Cossax


    Notch has just said they're adding rain and snow to the 1.5 update, sweet!


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,992 ✭✭✭Korvanica


    So rain will water crops... cool, makes farming a bit easier anyway.

    As for snow... meh...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,752 ✭✭✭pablomakaveli


    Dont like the snow thing tbh. Snowballs are a pain in the arse when you're digging in a snowy area because theres only 16 in a stack and they clog up the inventory pretty quick.


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  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,129 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    The old alpha runs had snow in it. Was an FPS killer and if it was a snow world, it snowed constantly. It'd be good if the snow and rain fell in biome'd areas, instead of completely randomly anywhere. Like the idea of the rain though, I'm guessing he might make things grow at a slower rate because of this


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