Mods is a separate thing though. I don't think modding a game to be what you want it to be is the same as playing a well-rounded, cohesive, balanced thing. Also we'd all disagree as to what mods to use.

(which we do already anyway)

(yes indeed)

Jake plays Terraria a fair bit, but I always thought it looked a lot like 2D minecraft (though he swears it's not) - maybe sometime

Aye, it's superficially like MC but in fact not at all. S'worth jimming to give it a try for sure.

I'm pretty sure I was crying about that before. They add things that are stupid instead of the things that will actually make people keep playing.

Aye, exactly.

Like the need to fucking eat. :C

 

What's that got to do with building /anything/?

Have you tried to build anything without eating?

With a decent API it just takes someone with the right vision to create a single mod to expand the original game in a cohesive way.

"just" (nod)

I think I built a Lego petrol station once while hungry.

 

Does that count?

It's up again upgraded again. Sorry it took so long.

yay,


wish I could think of something to build ...

Jungles are awesome.

So, Minecraft 1.2 will be out tomorrow.

Not a huge amount new for buildery freaks:
* Slabs and stairs can be placed from underneath to be upside-down.
* New Redstone lamps - glowstone that can be turned on/off.
* Torches (both types) can be placed on top of glass.
* Double doors now work correctly.

There's a new world format, which is more efficient and doubles the max height to 256 (extra 128 of sky - sea level remains at 64; existing worlds are auto converted, and the terrain generator doesn't yet take advantage of it).

There's a new jungle biome, which is a lot of fun to run about in, and all the mobs have got updated AI, which makes things more interesting in general.

There's also a whole bunch of village-related updates, including aggressive zombies and an iron golem defender.

There have been relatively few updates to the enchantment/potion stuff, which is hopefully a sign that Jeb isn't wasting time on that nonsense.

Oh, and Notch has done the sensible thing and hired the Bukkit team - they're now Mojang staff, and (after completing Bukkit 1.2) will be producing the official Minecraft API.

So yeah, probably none of you still play the thing, but figured this was interesting enough to mention in case anyone has been thinking of getting back into it.

Meh.

There were three people online earlier, it was practically bustling.

I'm still interested

especially ~



I may finally get to complete my dome
(wonder if I can remember what I was doing)

That's what I'd like too.

 

Did anyone notice the server was down for a few days the other day? :$

 

I'm surprised it's still enough up to date for people to login :D

I'm still interested and would like to get back into it, but haven't had much time of late. Plus I'd pretty much have to start over, I can barely remember how to craft a wooden pickaxe.