Man Builds a Computer Inside Minecraft

[Pandora92]

Didn't someone do something similar in Garrys Mod?

I was thinking that. There's the PC mod which allows you to create a laptop/desktop which functions similar to Windows, and you can set up speakers and play music, write note documents etc, but I've been on some servers where people actually create a PC using wire mod. I imagine you'd have to use expression gates and stuff like that though, which is stupidly hard. The most complicated thing I can build is a hologram using wire, but even that's difficult for me and I don't even touch the expression gates.

The difference is though (as far as I'm aware) is that unlike GMOD, Minecraft has no logic functions, so while in GMOD it might be hard to set up each component to perform properly and communicate properly, here he actually had to build the entire logic processing function from scratch within the Minecraft "physics", it's basically like taking a giant semi-conductor and then physically building an early CPU architecture onto it, only within a game...

Which just makes it even more impressive. O_O

 

[orangecharger]

Somebody's been reading xkcd

Win! They are kindred spirits, only the one guy just though about it. The other one is trying to build it in Minecraft. MINECRAFT!!!!

 

[Funkysandwich]

As long as he doesn't try to create never-ending fire inside his ALU.

 

[Pandora92]

As long as he doesn't try to create never-ending fire inside his ALU.

ROFL!

"Shit, I burned down my computer..."

 

[Wolfram23]

Wow that is intense. I wonder how many hours that took...?

 

[tzimize]

Hehe. I approve. This is some cool stuff. Also the comic was great

 

[joshuaayt]

Wait... The laws of robotics are, as we know, cast-iron. But... What about the robotic laws of robotics? THIS COMPUTER WILL HAVE NO LAWS!
We have to stop the creation of this evil thing, and fast.

 

[Sneaky-Pie]

Impressive.

I'm waiting for a genius like this to come over to the Escapist server.

 

[Pandora92]

Wow...That guy likes computers. He likes comuters so much he built a computer in his computer so he can work in bainary in binary. Xibit would approve.

I wonder if you had long enough you could simulate a computer with a minecraft computer. That would be intense.

 

[Pandora92]

This guy and the Chipophone guy should get together.

 

[Tattaglia]

Eh, it was done in Dwarf Fortress a while ago. Regardless it's still extremely impressive.

 

[Wolfram23]

Eh, it was done in Dwarf Fortress a while ago. Regardless it's still extremely impressive.

What?? Isn't that a text based game?? How is that possible?

 

[Tattaglia]

Eh, it was done in Dwarf Fortress a while ago. Regardless it's still extremely impressive.

What?? Isn't that a text based game?? How is that possible?

It's not actually text, it's pretty much ASCII and you can get graphical tile-sets to replace it with something that doesn't make your head explode.

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=49641.0

There's a picture of the entire thing somewhere on that thread.

 

[Nolanp01]

Right so in the video there's red crap everywhere.

What is the cpu powered by the BLOOD OF ORPHANS?!

 

[GrinningManiac]

Very impressive, and yet so worrying.

Where and why did he find the time for this? A hobby's a hobby, and I'm not to call anyone "sad" or "pathetic", but this seems a little too involved to be a hobby

 

[sooperman]

I think it's only a matter of time now before MineCraft becomes self-aware. This guy's computer is sweet for just 16 bits, and I bet it's going to be "hack"-compatible and more sophisticated pretty soon, seeing how much time this guy must have on his hands >_> Sentience is drawing nearer...

Which would be cool, if you think about it. Imagine if someone used blocks to build an AI, and the AI was given an infinite number of blocks to build with. What would it build? Another AI? A separate virtual existence in which to build it's own universe?

I need to go sit down, this is blowing my mind.

 

[JaysonM]

It's pretty cool how people can do this kind of stuff, however in reality, it's not that overly complex and it's actually not that amazing. The guy is obviously very patient, but once you have gotten the jist of how a computer actually works, it just requires hundreds of hours of labor.

People have made very basic computers in other computer games and with even woodblocks before (it's somewhere there on youtube). But at the end of the day, make a game in which you can add an indefinite amount of chain switches and it is plausible.

I am however impressed by the amount of hours which would of gone into the project though..

 

[gigastrike]

Huh...so that's what computers looked like before CPUs were invented.

 

[RobCoxxy]

"Somebody needs to get laid."

 

[JaysonM]

I think it's only a matter of time now before MineCraft becomes self-aware. This guy's computer is sweet for just 16 bits, and I bet it's going to be "hack"-compatible and more sophisticated pretty soon, seeing how much time this guy must have on his hands >_> Sentience is drawing nearer...

Which would be cool, if you think about it. Imagine if someone used blocks to build an AI, and the AI was given an infinite number of blocks to build with. What would it build? Another AI? A separate virtual existence in which to build it's own universe?

I need to go sit down, this is blowing my mind.

And yeah, that wouldn't be possible, just as in real life what you see from a computer is limited to a computer screen, as in minecraft the data is limited to torches..