Minecraft Videos

rgdaxter

Starting this new series here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsnEbKa5ULQ

SeantheMan

Good luck

Personally, I don't get it...at all....

Nehaxak

It looks like a game made specifically to cater for people with Auspergers syndrome - doing the same thing over and over and over, nothing changes, mine mine mine mine mine...ZZzzzz

PogMoThoin

Don't knock it just because its not for You, My young fella(11) plays lots of this and is admin on a server. Its actually very artistic and creative and just as educational as G-Mod or the HL2 build servers which has taken his time before this. They start with a blank map and end up with amazing works of art created everywhere

VenomIreland

Love this game

@Nehxak Don't make fun of the Autistic.

cherryghost

holy crap that's awesome. And yes, Minecraft is addictive. Very addictive.

Sisko

Just heard of this recently , interesting, prob not something I'd play now but would have loved years ago. It'd look great with cell shaded graphics imo.

cherryghost

Sisko wrote: »

Just heard of this recently , interesting, prob not something I'd play now but would have loved years ago. It'd look great with cell shaded graphics imo.

Why wouldn't you play it now?

TheChrisD

Nehaxak wrote: »

It looks like a game made specifically to cater for people with Auspergers syndrome - doing the same thing over and over and over, nothing changes, mine mine mine mine mine...ZZzzzz

And yet, the ironic thing about that statement is that I'm an Aspie and yet I find the game to be relatively boring in comparison to everything else in my game library. :pac:

KilOit

I could see a real modern version of this in few years time with amazing graphics with same concept, the crappy graphics are a huge turn off for me unfortunately,
as previous poster said i probably would of played it as a kid when i was mad into lego and meccano, pity the same desire to build amazing stuff from nothing didn't continue into adulthood

johnny_ultimate

Noting the giant Mario in the above pic, I always am bemused at why the first thing people seem to do when they have the ability to create content is just recreate other people's content :pac: And it's always Mario!

I like the look of this game, but seems like it takes more time than I'm willing to invest. LBP2 is looking like my heavy time commitment instead. The concept of a virtual lego box is fascinating though, and do indeed look forward to viewing some of this stuff.

Also,

I saw a trailer somewhere that suggests enemies show up after a looonnnnggg time? Anyone know how that works?

VenomIreland

Enemies spawn in the dark and at night

cherryghost

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Noting the giant Mario in the above pic, I always am bemused at why the first thing people seem to do when they have the ability to create content is just recreate other people's content :pac: And it's always Mario!

I like the look of this game, but seems like it takes more time than I'm willing to invest. LBP2 is looking like my heavy time commitment instead. The concept of a virtual lego box is fascinating though, and do indeed look forward to viewing some of this stuff.

Also,

I saw a trailer somewhere that suggests enemies show up after a looonnnnggg time? Anyone know how that works?

The concept of the game is to survive.

At night enemies spawn in dark areas and can kill you, so the objective on day one, for example, is to make a shelter and get yourself some light. You can make a workbench and build axes, tiles, windows etc etc, depending on the resource you buy. And little by little you can reshape the world in whatever way you want then.

VenomIreland

cherryghost wrote: »

The concept of the game is to survive.

At night enemies spawn in dark areas and can kill you, so the objective on day one, for example, is to make a shelter and get yourself some light. You can make a workbench and build axes, tiles, windows etc etc, depending on the resource you buy. And little by little you can reshape the world in whatever way you want then.

The objective of Alpha right now is Survival, Notch has mentioned other game modes.

Fanny Cradock

Any idea of the min specs required? I've heard there has been FPS issues and my crappy comp might not be able to handle it.

VenomIreland

List your specs and I'll help you out

cherryghost

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

Any idea of the min specs required? I've heard there has been FPS issues and my crappy comp might not be able to handle it.

Well I have no issues on a P4 2.8ghz, 1GB RAM and an Intel GMA 950 so....

Fanny Cradock

XP, 3700+, 7600GT and 1GB RAM.

Also I assume that buying into the Alpha version it entitles you to free future updates?

VenomIreland

Maybe, my laptop can run it so your PC should (1.86 gHz Core Duo (NOT core 2) that constantly downclocks to 800mHz when it overheats, resulting in lag when at max temp, but it quickly shoots back up).

SeantheMan

cherryghost wrote: »

The concept of the game is to survive.

At night enemies spawn in dark areas and can kill you, so the objective on day one, for example, is to make a shelter and get yourself some light. You can make a workbench and build axes, tiles, windows etc etc, depending on the resource you buy. And little by little you can reshape the world in whatever way you want then.

But whats the end goal ? ...when do you stop ?
Can you have 20 ppl running around building on the same level...

e.g. Could I go onto that server with mario..and not that I would...build something on his head or change him around ?

VenomIreland

There is no end goal, you make your own goals.
Might be able to, haven't been on an SMP (survival multi player) server yet.

Fanny Cradock

SeantheMan wrote: »

e.g. Could I go onto that server with mario..and not that I would...build something on his head or change him around ?

I suspect that they wouldn't allow just anyone onto that map. Could you imagine the ensuing destruction! Anyway, I was reading a little bit on the website and apparently the designer plans to incorporate some type of meta-goal beyond survival in a later edition of the game.

You'll get an idea of what is about if you look at some of the tutorials on youtube.

PogMoThoin

SeantheMan wrote: »

But whats the end goal ? ...when do you stop ?
Can you have 20 ppl running around building on the same level...

e.g. Could I go onto that server with mario..and not that I would...build something on his head or change him around ?

Most servers have public and private maps, those that grieve or annoy others stay on public, those who behave get invited to the private maps. Its bad manners to alter something someone else has created, there's lots of space to create and maps get wiped every so often. There's some very talented people on the private servers, I've been given tours of the maps by the Young Fella looking at some of the stuff created, amazing stuff, people often work together or even in teams creating castles, sculptures etc, very creative

Magill

Love the video pal, minecraft lets plays are great. Subbed.

Kersmash

likewise! subbed. i must get my hands on this game. it looks like one i'd get so addicted to and love forever.

cherryghost

Subbed also, a lot better than most other Minecraft vids!

Nehaxak

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

Any idea of the min specs required?

Sinclair Spectrum 48k minimum requirements, going by the state of the graphics.

Gonzovision

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

Any idea of the min specs required? I've heard there has been FPS issues and my crappy comp might not be able to handle it.

These are from the forums and not a definitive list but should be a good guideline

Minimum Requirements:
CPU: 1.5+ GHz multi-core processor, 2.0+ GHz single-core processor
RAM/Memory: 1.0+ GB for Xp, 1.5+ GB for Windows 7-32 bit, 2.0+ GB for Vista/Mac OS, 3.0+ GB for Windows 7-64 bit
Graphic card: Must support OpenGL 1.4 or better (if the computer is a laptop and uses an Intel Graphic Processor, check here, otherwise if it is from Nvidia/Ati, you should be fine)there is another variable in this that affects gameplay so no additional info until then
Hard Drive Space: 80+ MB of free space (might need more as Notch might add more stuff later on)

Recommended Requirements: (game should be running at least 60 fps, or 30 fps when it is loading chunks)
CPU: 2.0+ GHz multi-core processor, 2.5+ GHz single-core processor
RAM/Memory: 2.0+ GB for Xp, 3.0+ GB for Vista/Win 7/Mac OS, 4.0+ GB for all 64-bit Operating Systems
Graphic Card: ATI/Nvidia independent card that support OpenGL 2.0 with 128+ MB of dedicated G-RAM
Hard Drive Space: 256+ MB of free space

Sinclair Spectrum 48k minimum requirements, going by the state of the graphics.

Ye we get it, you don't like/get it :rolleyes:

Rev Hellfire

Nehaxak wrote: »

Sinclair Spectrum 48k minimum requirements, going by the state of the graphics.

The 'sparse' graphics add something to the charm of the game.

PogMoThoin

Rev Hellfire wrote: »

The 'sparse' graphics add something to the charm of the game.

Means anyone can play it, not just pc enthusiasts, widens the market

quarryman

I love the game but it runs like a complete dog on my not-so-old laptop. For something that looks so basic I can't understand how it performs so bad.

addictive as hell though.

Canis Lupus

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Means anyone can play it, not just pc enthusiasts, widens the market

It's heavy enough requirements for a game that looks like an iphone app (and a bad one at that).

I've looked at the vid, I'm mildly intrigued by the concept but I haven't an artistic bone in my body. Would prefer more of a Dungeon Keeper or Evil Genius slant to the building.

dreamers75

Got this for the kids the other day, when i stop playing it i will ask him what he thinks of it

brianon

Looks different but 'good' different. Is there much planned for the future of this game ?

This looks cool.

Overheal

I mistakenly heard about this game when it was on the tf2 blog and the site had crashed down to a plaintext version with no description. Actually understanding the premise of the game it seems way more interesting

quarryman

anyone else find the game a total RAM hog? I think there might be a link. Mine regularly gets up to 900MB usage and just gets very slooooooowww.

witnessmenow

Guys dont let the block graphics throw you, this wont run properly on all machines.

My work laptop, which isnt awful, struggles big time with it. Integrated graphics, 1.83Ghz intel core 2 duo and 2gbs of ram. EDIT: let me clarify, its playable on my laptop, but not great by any stretch of the imagination

I guess it needs to store alot of info as the maps are quite large and also remember that this is a real 3d map, you can go down too!

Stercus Accidit

Looks fun, I'm on your second video now.

Stercus Accidit

T7100 @ 1.8 GHz, 2.49 GB ram, integrated graphics, would it work on this?

Intel 965 Express Chipset

BattlingCheese

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2-d5a3r94

aww turns out he didn't build it just managed to import the cross sections
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=996192&site_id=1#import

witnessmenow

Stercus Accidit wrote: »

T7100 @ 1.8 GHz, 2.49 GB ram, integrated graphics, would it work on this?

Intel 965 Express Chipset

Similar spec to my laptop, it will play it but not great (maybe you can mess around with graphics a bit)

witnessmenow

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Don't knock it just because its not for You, My young fella(11) plays lots of this and is admin on a server. Its actually very artistic and creative and just as educational as G-Mod or the HL2 build servers which has taken his time before this. They start with a blank map and end up with amazing works of art created everywhere


https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/72738/128936.jpg

Its images like this that make me not want to play this game.... when i think of the time i've sunk into making my crappy house (that i was a little bit proud of up to this)

Stercus Accidit

witnessmenow wrote: »

Similar spec to my laptop, it will play it but not great (maybe you can mess around with graphics a bit)

The graphics driver or the game settings?

Might I reccomend a program called gamebooster, it freezes all unnesesary processes and frees up cpu thinking gubbins and ram.

I found it helped me play stalker on those specs, woefull as it was fps and graphically, I cleared the game and enjoyed it regardless.

VenomIreland

Stercus Accidit wrote: »

T7100 @ 1.8 GHz, 2.49 GB ram, integrated graphics, would it work on this?

Intel 965 Express Chipset

If that proc doesn't overheat regularly, then you should be relatively lag-free.

Stercus Accidit

How can I monitor its temperature and performance? ctrl alt delete is all well and good, but if they down clock at a certain temp I need to be able to watch for that threshold and improve my cooling as I often leave the laptop on the bed and it gets very hot.

VenomIreland

Use HWMonitor, start it up before you enter the game, play around with it for a bit, then exit and it'll have recorded your max temp.

Stercus Accidit

VenomIreland wrote: »

Use HWMonitor, start it up before you enter the game, play around with it for a bit, then exit and it'll have recorded your max temp.

Can you see the clock speed?

VenomIreland

Stercus Accidit wrote: »

Can you see the clock speed?

Use CPU-z for that.

Stercus Accidit

My Intel 965 mobile express chipset driver doesn't do hardware accelerated openGL so I cant play this game, and the Intel download centre is giving me a 404 on a driver which should be openGL compatible.

Varik

Got the video to beat all videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGkkyKZVzug

quarryman

Holy ****.