What Minecraft Is Missing
Yahtzee offers a few suggestions to improve the Minecraft experience.
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Yahtzee offers a few suggestions to improve the Minecraft experience.
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What Minecraft Is Missing
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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Ya, a better way to control water and maybe lava would be nice. And make making traps easer.
Maybe suflur blocks too, so you can get dynamite with out messing with creepers. With charcoal in the game all we need saltpeter and we can get really blow the place up. So many good ideas.
Maybe suflur blocks too, so you can get dynamite with out messing with creepers. With charcoal in the game all we need saltpeter and we can get really blow the place up. So many good ideas.
I think Notch has been saying that he will start to have lapis lazuri drop more than 1 gem, like how redstone does. It would certainly be nice.
Could not agree more about trap doors. And as an extension of that, perhaps draw/rope bridges.hawk533 said:
Lapis Lazuli ore already drops 4-8 dye items [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Lapis_Lazuli_%28Ore%29]. Still it's quite rare.
What I've always wanted is some kind of Redstone beacon. You could use your compass on it to tune it so that it always points towards the beacon instead of your spawn.
What I've always wanted is some kind of Redstone beacon. You could use your compass on it to tune it so that it always points towards the beacon instead of your spawn.
There's a mod for everything, I'm sure this has to be high on someone else's list too.Yahtzee Croshaw said:
I think a tutorial actually removes a lot of the experience of the game. Figuring things out purely by experimentation is part of what makes the game so fun. Eventually I did break down and look at the crafting recipe list on the FAQ, but for the most part I figured everything out on my own, which was no easy task...
Ya know, I think there needs to be more game developers paying attention to Yahtzee. He brings up a lot of good points that game developers need to follow more often. Maybe we'd get to see better games because of this. Well, at least games that are trying to something fun! Minecraft sounds really cool though, guess I'll have to check it out sometime!
Good points. I would love trap doors as well.
I think Notch might be working on a tutorial, since he's making NPCs. There's supposedly a story, too. Not sure how that will work.
One point about the metal detector: When you get close to unexplored caves, you will hear sometimes hear moaning or screeching or roar sounds play. Now, caves usually have a lot of exposed minerals, which makes finding them a lot easier. So you could just find caves for the special minerals.
Of course, a metal detector would be convenient.
I can't comment on the lapis lazilipa since I've never found one.
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What about a sort of codex, that updates when you find a mineral? Say you pick up a block of wood. Then it updates to show you how to make planks. Then you make the planks and it updates to show you sticks and crafting tables. Then you pick up some coal. Now it also shows how to make torches. Etc.
I think Notch might be working on a tutorial, since he's making NPCs. There's supposedly a story, too. Not sure how that will work.
One point about the metal detector: When you get close to unexplored caves, you will hear sometimes hear moaning or screeching or roar sounds play. Now, caves usually have a lot of exposed minerals, which makes finding them a lot easier. So you could just find caves for the special minerals.
Of course, a metal detector would be convenient.
I can't comment on the lapis lazilipa since I've never found one.
Edit:
What about a sort of codex, that updates when you find a mineral? Say you pick up a block of wood. Then it updates to show you how to make planks. Then you make the planks and it updates to show you sticks and crafting tables. Then you pick up some coal. Now it also shows how to make torches. Etc.
You know what I want? A bloody trap door! My current method of harvesting creeps, which admittedly is rather satisfying in a "It puts the lotion on its skin" sort of way, but it takes up a lot of space on the map. A trapdoor would help me with that problem.
And something else I would love to see, no more bloody mobs atop my mountain fortress! They can't even get up there by jumping, which means they must spawn there. So, how about an algorithm change that prohibits mobs from spawning in fenced areas, cuz those sheep creep me out.
I'd also love to have a world map, even if it is one that can only be crated and will only fill in the areas you've already explored. All it has to show is the spawn point, the player's location and some areas you can enter manually (ie your fortress atop Mt. Doom).
And something else I would love to see, no more bloody mobs atop my mountain fortress! They can't even get up there by jumping, which means they must spawn there. So, how about an algorithm change that prohibits mobs from spawning in fenced areas, cuz those sheep creep me out.
I'd also love to have a world map, even if it is one that can only be crated and will only fill in the areas you've already explored. All it has to show is the spawn point, the player's location and some areas you can enter manually (ie your fortress atop Mt. Doom).
Yes and yes. Well nearly. You can make TNT and you can activate TNT with wire and you can have pressure plates.HankMan said:
P.S. Ore is less painful to find if you just wander around the underground caverns looking for ore in the walls. I'm not entirely sure its more efficient, and you get lost and die easy, but its better than mining out a nxnxn hole.
could you add to this list:
- pipes which transport water/lava in a 1*1 block depending what's at the end of the pipe
-floating blocks which are like sand but the other way up . maybe make them sink if a current hits them (for making lifts)
-a pony
-flying/swimming mobs that grab you and try and drown you/drop you from a great height. that would scare the fuck out of me (smacking the mob with enough damage would make it drop you)
-an onslaught mode, which can be set using the difficulty settings were it turns to night 24/7, and more and more mob come until you die. in this mode creepers also have a chance of exploding if near a block the user placed and it doesn't auto save so you dont loose you creation(you can manually save)
EDIT: i know its not very likely but have the world like the crafting box, so if you place set blocks in set places in the game world they become a single item
i want this now... please
- pipes which transport water/lava in a 1*1 block depending what's at the end of the pipe
-floating blocks which are like sand but the other way up . maybe make them sink if a current hits them (for making lifts)
-a pony
-flying/swimming mobs that grab you and try and drown you/drop you from a great height. that would scare the fuck out of me (smacking the mob with enough damage would make it drop you)
-an onslaught mode, which can be set using the difficulty settings were it turns to night 24/7, and more and more mob come until you die. in this mode creepers also have a chance of exploding if near a block the user placed and it doesn't auto save so you dont loose you creation(you can manually save)
EDIT: i know its not very likely but have the world like the crafting box, so if you place set blocks in set places in the game world they become a single item
i want this now... please
Good points, and completely agree with the trap-door idea that was also mentioned. How else am I meant to easily drop someone into my pit of lava and doom?
My number one suggestion for Minecraft though? STACKING FOOD. Jesus christ, one of my sturdy double chests can hold 3072 heavy cobblestones, but only 48 loaves of bread? And my character can lump around 2304 stones, but only 36 pork chops? Gets damn annoying after a while. At least let the food stack to 5 or something.
P.S. Creepers are dumb, see below!
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Jin's Creeper Slayin' Tutorial:
What you'll need;
- 4 dirt blocks
- 1 TNT
When the creeper is running directly towards you, quickly build a vertical square between you and him, out of the dirt.
[][] - Dirt
[][]
===== Ground
The creepers don't know the 'go AROUND the dirt' tactic of getting you, so said wall should keep him in place, pressing his face into your awesome mudshield in fury. Now, place the TNT on the ground on your side of the square, and back away in a straight line, keeping the middle of the dirt-square between you and the creeper at all times. As you back off, hit the TNT.
Collect your free sulphur.
But gods help you if there are two of them.
My number one suggestion for Minecraft though? STACKING FOOD. Jesus christ, one of my sturdy double chests can hold 3072 heavy cobblestones, but only 48 loaves of bread? And my character can lump around 2304 stones, but only 36 pork chops? Gets damn annoying after a while. At least let the food stack to 5 or something.
P.S. Creepers are dumb, see below!
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Jin's Creeper Slayin' Tutorial:
What you'll need;
- 4 dirt blocks
- 1 TNT
When the creeper is running directly towards you, quickly build a vertical square between you and him, out of the dirt.
[][] - Dirt
[][]
===== Ground
The creepers don't know the 'go AROUND the dirt' tactic of getting you, so said wall should keep him in place, pressing his face into your awesome mudshield in fury. Now, place the TNT on the ground on your side of the square, and back away in a straight line, keeping the middle of the dirt-square between you and the creeper at all times. As you back off, hit the TNT.
Collect your free sulphur.
But gods help you if there are two of them.
Nice suggestions and all, but what I really want is a crafting recipe for a bulldozer so I can mow down the hills I have around my own fort right now. It's taking forever now that I've got the dirt mostly gone and am down to the stone.
Powered Minecart + Shovel = Bulldozer, right?
Powered Minecart + Shovel = Bulldozer, right?