[Minecraft] General Dig-scussion Thread 2

[Isoraqathedh]

This is an interesting thing. I have known for a while that Sengir for whatever reason doesn't like Technic, but there you go.

Apparently, the former norm is that you complain when you aren't in a mod-agglut, because you were there considered not "worthy" enough. I remember someone on the Technic Forums (which is an important thing to note) that adf.ly changed all that. In other word, of course, money becomes the divisive force, stronger than 4 kN but less than 5. (I'm pretty sure Sengir did link to adf.ly though).

The administration of Technic encourages people to donate to the Three (albeit with a "2" rather than with a "to", which is off-putting but there you go. (Incidentally, I now operate on a would-if-I-could basis, which is to say once 2019 rolls around I will probably do so)). Sengir has had been offered these donations, which, apparently, were refused, despite being several orders of magnitude (2, to be precise) larger -- again, take with a pinch of salt, but it was claimed that "keep your dirty money" was thrown into the air.

Note: you earn approximately 1 to 3.5 mils for every click through adf.ly. Mils, if you don't remember, are a unit of currency equal to one milli-dollar (0.1¢, $0.001). Donations go up to hectodollar levels, so I have heard.

[Inconspicularity]

I find adf.ly stupid since I use adblocker anyway so they don't even get any revenue.

[curiousTerminal]

I just find it annoying when every single goddamn link has a ad on it. I've stopped getting mods simply because seeing the "please wait while I shill myself out for money" screen every time I click something got on my nerves.

[Inconspicularity]

Also putting mods behind adf.ly is directly breaking quite a few copyright laws. Redistributing copyrighted code with you getting profit is directly in the red zone, while just redistributing is in the grey zone.

Donations for personal profit is technically not related to the mods themselves so those are legally green.

[Karhs12]

Mod developers can't, according to the minecraft license or whatever, redistribute copyrighted code ever anyways.
A mod is always comprised entirely of original coding, and it's just added into the existing .jars.

[Inconspicularity]

Mod developers can't, according to the minecraft license or whatever, redistribute copyrighted code ever anyways.
A mod is always comprised entirely of original coding, and it's just added into the existing .jars.

All mods require existing code to even be integrated into the .jar. Why do you think it replaces .class files? It always needs some existing code to latch onto.

[Portalboat]

Notch doesn't even care about the license, he said that he just wrote that to make his lawyers happy.

[Inconspicularity]

Snapshot 12w15a

Changelog:

• Censored
• Censored
• Censored
• Some improvements

I'll update this post once minecraftwiki gets to business and digs everything out of the code.

[Isoraqathedh]

Well, they certainly aren't very well-versed in the Power of Redaction.

[Reecer6]

They did it wrong! It needs to be like this.

• [REDACTED] now spawns every █ blocks
• [REDACTED]
• Only ██████ are allowed to [REDACTED]
• Creepers were taken out

[Quirk]

They did it wrong! It needs to be like this.

• [REDACTED] now spawns every █ blocks
• [REDACTED]
• Only ██████ are allowed to [REDACTED]
• Creepers were taken out

SCP update?

[nixshadow]

They did it wrong! It needs to be like this.

• [REDACTED] now spawns every █ blocks
• [REDACTED]
• Only ██████ are allowed to [REDACTED]
• Creepers were taken out

No that's wrong too, if you're gonna release a changelog, release a fucking changelog.
This redacted shit is overdone and not funny. Instead they could go "WELP WE UPDATED THIS SHIT, GO FIND OUT ON YOUR OWN BECAUSE SOMEONE SAID WE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT OUR GAAAAME"

/rant

[Inconspicularity]

This is what minecraftwiki found so far:

• Unknown (Censored and Some Improvements)
• Stackable items now stack outside inventory when thrown to the ground individually.
• "Pick Block" button now gives the correct block when used; when clicking on a mob, it gives the appropriate spawn egg.
• Shift+clicking can be used to wear Armor.
• Spawn Eggs now spawn baby mobs.
• Brewing stand allows use of shift clicking to put items in it.
• Dispensers will deploy boats on water, and minecarts on rails. Powered minecarts and storage minecarts are also deployed similar to minecarts.
• Right clicking a powered minecart in creative mode will act as if you would give it coal.
  Notable Bugs:
• Several entities and blocks are currently unsupported by Pick Block and cause the player to crash if they attempt to Pick Block them. These include extended pistons, Ender Dragons, and other players.
• Pressing the Pick Block button on redstone dust gives you a Redstone Dust Block (as opposed to the item)
• Baby mobs spawned in the above way will follow any adult of their mob type.
• Floating sand destroyed may crash Minecraft.
• Cacti may spawn inside sand blocks causing the player to get stuck and lose health.
• Changing the GUI scale will cause the game to crash.
• When Spawn Eggs are stacked outside the inventory, they will all become one type. If for example the player places eggs for squid, zombie, slime, and blaze on the ground and they stack, they may get 4 squid eggs back. The same bug occurs when multiple colours of wool blocks are stacked outside the inventory, causing them all to change to one colour.

[Reecer6]

Someone messed up damage values! :O And floating blocks of sand aren't so innocent! ALSO SHIFT+CLICKING IS BETTER! I DON'T USE IT EVer but some people do.

[Quirk]

We can all go home now, everyone.



Minecraft has been beaten.

[Portalboat]

So, I have an amusing story to tell you guys:

>I'm a mineshaft, trying to find my way back up with the help of a minimap, doin' a bit of exploring as well
>I see a chest, I open it and grab the stuff in it
>I also see a dungeon, clear that and grab IT'S stuff
>See another mineshaft chest, almost next to the first one
>Inside of it...
>PICKAXE OF THE CORE

AW YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEA

[Drillgorg]

Guys, would doing a Lets Play Technic Pack Hardcore Blind Run be amusing/possible?

[Inconspicularity]

Tekkit lets plays are very rare. You could try one of those.

Just need to find people to play with.

[Isoraqathedh]

Be aware that Technic and Tekkit are going to remove Forestry the next few patches or so due to a recent influx in malicious code and drama llamas, so unless you are willing to patch out the poorly-written DRM avoid using it.

[Drillgorg]

Hmm, well I'm willing to do an LP and I'm looking for something interesting to do.

[-Benedict]

Oh, jeez, maybe? I dunno about Hardcore, though, since Technic has a dramatic abundance of insane overpowered daytime mobs- doing anything interesting will likely kill you at least once and wipe your world. Those little pygmy archers, the pirates, the armored skeletons, the ogres, that crazy-ass flying sparkle gem that sets you on eternal flame, the dungeons with rapid-fire splash harm traps... it's pretty mean.
but yeah totes lp technic, just don't stick any extra restrictions on yerself there

[Portalboat]

I use most of the mods from the pack, and most of those mobs aren't dangerous if you know what do to:
First off, what the heck do you mean by 'pygmy archers'? Are you talking about goblins? In which case, they're pretty easy to stay away from. if you see any vines/jack-o-lanterns underground, turn around.
Armored Skeletons: They're not any powerful than zombies, if you have armor.
Ogres: Quick-Fix - DON'T INSTALL MO' CREATURES.
Flying Sparkle Gem: Those are called wisps, and they don't attack you if you don't attack them. They're pretty hard to hit, anyways.
Dungeons can be difficult, yeah. (I cleared a 'vanilla' one (vanilla spawners in rooms connected by 1x2 hallways) with only iron armor and sword) But that's why you wait until you get DM armor. Also don't forget your fire resistance potions!

[Drillgorg]

but yeah totes lp technic, just don't stick any extra restrictions on yerself there

Ok, I think I'll still do it blind though.

[Portalboat]

Guude says that there's going to be a Mindcrack public server.....

The host claims that it can host 1000 people without lag, and it's going to be unveiled tomorrow, 12 AM EST, on Pause's livestream.

[-Benedict]

I use most of the mods from the pack, and most of those mobs aren't dangerous if you know what do to:
First off, what the heck do you mean by 'pygmy archers'? Are you talking about goblins? In which case, they're pretty easy to stay away from. if you see any vines/jack-o-lanterns underground, turn around.
Armored Skeletons: They're not any powerful than zombies, if you have armor.
Ogres: Quick-Fix - DON'T INSTALL MO' CREATURES.
Flying Sparkle Gem: Those are called wisps, and they don't attack you if you don't attack them. They're pretty hard to hit, anyways.
Dungeons can be difficult, yeah. (I cleared a 'vanilla' one (vanilla spawners in rooms connected by 1x2 hallways) with only iron armor and sword) But that's why you wait until you get DM armor. Also don't forget your fire resistance potions!

Pygmy archers as in tiny little Steve?s in chainmail that run around and oneshot you without armor. "If you have armor" is an important caveat, and the deal is that in the beginning of the game these things are just running around in broad daylight making it hell to set up. Wisps shoot fireballs of death at night, and turn hostile as soon as the crickets chirp- before it really gets dark. Mo' Creatures is pretty sweet, although my solution was to just switch off the ogre spawn settings.

but yeah all that shit's pretty evil see, all sorts of daytime dangers if you install the whole pack