Minecraft's Deadly New Ghasts Will Burn You
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On an old map: No. I gather the torch ID number is being given over to lanterns so they autoconvert.Magnalian said:
On a new map: I guess so! Unless there another way to make lanterns. (Or unless the lanterns don't require Hell material at all. That's just a guess at this point.) This could be either good or bad depending on the details like burnout time, if the burned-out torches still have SOME glow, frequency of diamond....
Spent today mining like mad (grabbing all the coal I could - if my plan works I should have about four large chests of lanterns post-transition) and bringing some lava up for obsidian farming. I also built two entry gates (bit of a gamble there, since I'm assuming the preliminary info is accurate) at the ends of my current long horizontal run. I'm going to try activating both gates before passing through, to see if both gates get dropped into Hell properly. Gonna back up my map first though! Gotta be a good alpha tester and try breaking the thing, right?:>)
One thing for the farmers out there who intend to build an obsidian gate: If you know where the gate is going (as in the entry gate), farm the obsidian in the shape of the gate in place. Save you having to use a pick on it. (I did a 4x5 solid block and then picked out the 2x3 centre area for use on a gate I can't farm in place.)
Oh, that's funny. On the MP3 player right now, Pet Shop Boys, "Closer to Heaven". (It contains the lines "Never been closer to heaven / Never been further away".)
To see one man be so successful at such a fun game, I can't wait to see where it heads. Glad I brought it while its in Alpha for $15. 
Looking forward to this, but I've only found ->1<- diamond this whole time in my world... I could just make the gate free standing, but I'm more worried about the tools I'll need down there...
EDIT: Let's try with a POST this time, shall we?Calderon0311 said:
I caught a diamond-poor world my first time, though not that bad! I doubt that Hell will require anything special at least for the normal blocks. And I doubt that many of the specials will need much more than iron tools.
And really, flaming obsidian is an awesome way to travel anywhere. Ooh ooh, and can you fling yourself through Hell portals?
F-f-f-fling yourself? Apparently minecarts can't traverse the portal, but I don't know if that's a track issue or a momentum stopping issue or just a minecart thing. If momentum, then you'd lose your speed the second you passed through.subject_87 said:
With a strong enough Booster system, you can technicly push a cart far enough to go over un-tracked ground. Granted, you my hit the South/east Bug once you're off the track though...Formica Archonis said:
So, get 73 TNT blocks and a minecart and set it up RIGHT in front of the gate....Calderon0311 said:
I love every single aspect of this... except for the word "Ghast". It's a combination of a really bad pun and a really good typo.
Scared to fuck of those things, but I'm psyched about Hell. Even if it is more dangerous, I could definitely use a hyperspace system to navigate. Right now I use underground tunnels and a stone skyway to get from one of my bases to another, and it easily takes minutes to get between them.
Ghast=Ghost? Mind=Blown Im freakin' out man! Id really like to get this game if my laptop could handle it.
It's the formula to do something [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeV0XB-w_yM&feature=player_embedded], that's for sure.Calderon0311 said:
Here's the result [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSaGG0CmEfQ&feature=related] of the 73 launching someone.jonnosferatu said:
That would be... positively terrifying. As it is, I'm still scared of whatever things go bump in the night in the real world: I'm still a minecraft noob and I'm trying not too look everything up online and survive by word of mouth.Vanguard1219 said:
Man, this sounds like what the Oblivion gates should have been (not that that wasn't an awesome game in it's own right).
Hence my wondering about the effects of more TNT.Formica Archonis said:
It's possible the game stopped him manually, but still.
Okay. Don't build a Hell portal, then.ranger19 said:
From what I heard: Mobs can't pass through (so you won't find pigs roaming about Hell I guess) but a Hell portal DOES allow for Hell critters to spawn in the area around the normal-world portal. Whether they have to obey normal-world spawn rules or Hell spawn rules (which are different) I have no idea.He probably hit the ceiling.jonnosferatu said: