Notch Reveals Charming Map System for Minecraft
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Depends a bit on the building requirements for the 'map'. Might be it takes a lot longer to get the resources for a map than a compass.Tdc2182 said:
Though to be honest, I suspect map will just be like, ink + leather or something.
Yay for custom Books and Paintings in the near-distant Future of Minecraft! Just Think about the Possibilities for SMP and SP-custom-adventure-maps!
Just build gigantic landmark towers with signs on them to tell you where you are! Those always work and you can see them from 100 square blocks anywhere 
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I imagine it will be like this.TStormer said:
Lewis: Simon, where's the map?
Simon: The what?
Lewis: The map -character here- gave us.
Simon: Oh that. I don't have it.
Meh, I can't imitate them that well.
Haven't been interested in Minecraft for a couple months now - didn't feel like there was any progress to make. Exploration's one of the things I like most, but running around through chunks just doesn't feel satisfying on its own. Being able to track it, map out the world as I go? Definitely worth at least a trial run.
Sounds awkward as hell as map systems go, but then, that's Minecraft in a nutshell, isn't it.
Sounds awkward as hell as map systems go, but then, that's Minecraft in a nutshell, isn't it.
Can you mount the maps on the wall and use them as decoration? because i really want to be able to do that, it'd make scene, if you do a lot of exploring then you could build map stations and whenever you come to one it'd be easier to just walk in and look at the wall rather than dig around in a chest.
Or craft a few small maps out of paper and call it a day. If you want to explore it can be a pain to build land marks every few hundred meters. Sure there are already plenty of solutions to many of the problems we have. Keep falling while building sky scrapers? Be more careful. Or now you can hold shift to not fall off (most of the time). Hell, i used to use a bucket of water like a rope, swimming in it while building up high. Sure it's a challenging technique, but you have a lifeline if you fall.Mackinator said:Just build gigantic landmark towers with signs on them to tell you where you are! Those always work and you can see them from 100 square blocks anywhere
That's not completely obsolete though, you can still swim in the stream to build down from a high place. But that doesn't mean that i don't want to be able to craft a harness with some leather and combine that with a fishing pole, then mount that to the ground and use that as a safety rope. (maybe use scroll or something to give more or less rope so you can adjust your altitude)
