Minecraft

[Phylum]

This answers most questions.

Diprik posted a video of the Yogscast exploring one at the top of the page, too. That's almost interesting.

[Dynamithix]

Is 1.8 out yet?

[enchilado]

They're very large, complex dungeons, pretty much.

EDIT: I'm a slow fuck. And no, it's not.

Also apparently there will be no limit to the number of strongholds in 1.9. Why there will be in 1.8 I don't know.

[T-nex]

Can anyone please explain to me what a stronghold is?

And if you tell me to Google it, I'll negrep you 200 points.

Go Yahoo it!

[Phylum]

Also apparently there will be no limit to the number of strongholds in 1.9. Why there will be in 1.8 I don't know.

My first guess is that they're still working on the biome code.

[Splat]

Only 200? Pfft, Nate, you're such an amateur.

[Wil]

EDIT: Didn't see the new page.

Look it up on the Minecraft Wiki:

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Stronghold

Or watch this delightful video:



They actually enter at three minutes in.

[Scraby]

an update came to the prerelease its quite nice now,but as for this stronghold video,it is...AWESOME,also i like that ravine splitting the stronghold making it look even more ruined and creepy,and adventury

EDIT:i found an abandoned mine with a combo of an stronghold,its huge,but its flooded
2EDIT: lol i cant believe it i got lost in the stronghold alongside with these mineshafts,its quite wicked,i also noticed some trees in different stiles.

[Crashpunk]

I've found quite a few abandoned mines so far. Maybe its just luck but I find them everywhere, I want them to be less common. I like the good old faschion caves where its just endless, dark and filled will Ores

[Scraby]

these strongholds are a quite nice addition,i stumbled upon a stronghold that seems endless and its filled with these abandoned flooded mines,but its still awesome
also i like those ravines going trough strongholds,it reminds me of somekind of ruined bridges...
edit:also those rails that are floating in mid air are cool,also i found my first village,lots of houses are empty :/

[E'l Scrabino]

Notch tweeted, "We just uploaded Minecraft 1.8, but minecraft.net isn't up right now because of web ops stuff."

Totally superlative-of-good stuff right here I'm hoping that the bugs from the pre-release have all been fixed so we can enjoy some good ol' fashioned bashing the shit out of everything. Oh, and building things. Yes.

[Scraby]

yaaaaay! 1.8 is up just downloaded it im gonna go for a round before school XD

[Dynamithix]

So it is available now? Cool. Perfect timing since I'm sick anyways now.

[T-nex]

Well this sucks... I just got around to installing OptiFine and it really improved my framerate.. but now it isnt compatible anymore... x_x lol.

[Munch's Master]

Okay I have a weird graphical bug. Some of my paintings and all of my chests have become a very dark brown colour. Strangest of all, if I make a new chest it looks fine. It's just the old chests that are coloured wrong.

[Dynamithix]

Ugh, never mind, I haven't played Minecraft in ages and with all the new updates, it lags quite badly. Might try it again some time, back to Deus Ex.

[AlexFili]

If you have any 1.8 questions, PM me.
Also here's a little video I made demonstrating the features of 1.8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK6cCy2RbyI

[Scraby]

this version is filled with bugs
oh did anyone grow any huge mushrooms btw i grew 3 now mushroom farming is easy

[Havoc]

I can't say I experience much bugs. Endermen seem a bit glitched during my encounter with them and I absolutely hate how they can move any block. Other than that it's peachy.

[Scraby]

yeah,i agree with that,they made 2 holes on my home,i came out and killed them but... a creeper hugged me :/ the good thing is that the ender pearls allow you to come closer without them noticing you

[STM]

Ah I love 1.8, Endermen post only the smallest threat right now and I have seen a small ravine. I have yet to properly explore the new biomes and such though, once I find a river I'll follow it to the source and start some sort of riverside community.

[Scraby]

i have found the ancient library in the stronghold,its creepy as hell,and all of those wanderings trough the stronghold to find it... its good that the stronghold is quite good,it takes time to explore it especially if it is mixed with ravines abandoned mines and caves just as mine is...i have a tunnel in the library and near its entrance a ghostly floating torch

[STM]

I haven't found a stronghold yet =( I hope too soon though.

[Crashpunk]

I'm having problems connecting to servers. The forums server is apparently now 1.8 but i can't connect to it and other servers as well.

[STM]

The server hosts need to fix everything up I think.

[Phylum]

I'm having problems connecting to servers. The forums server is apparently now 1.8 but i can't connect to it and other servers as well.

What happens when you try to connect?

[DarkHoodness]

About passive mobs - Apparently they now spawn with generated world chunks. If you kill them, they'll never re-spawn (with the exception of chickens I think). This is something which will be fixed in 1.9 with animal breeding. So be careful what you kill.

(Oh and did I tell you how much I hate Endermen for leaving holes in all my damned structures??)

[Scraby]

ok im no longer building diamond structures,those black ender@$$es just obliterated my diamond home,and when i killed them they dont drop the resource,damn them!!!!







EDIT:today this was...AWESOME,we took an area in our server and blasted it with thousands of tnt,resulting in a huge crater XD











and the crater that left

[AlexFili]

Looks fun

[STM]

Ah Scraby I missed it, but is the server active again? I hope so.