I think the game pretty obviously runs better with a mouse.

I can only imagine the nightmare of trying to play it on an iphone.

6/6/2011 7:17:57 PM

Quote :

"For some reason using a 360 controller for Minecraft sounds silly."

I have the xbox PC controller thingy, and when I play Minecraft at home, it's on a 50" plasma with the xbox 360 controller.

It works pretty damn well. The only shitty part is moving inventory around from chest to chest. But the normal game mechanics translate really nicely. And the Analog sticks are pretty awesome compared to ASWD for movement

6/6/2011 8:44:06 PM

[do want]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/25/xperia-play-first-in-line-for-mobile-minecraft-port/

6/6/2011 8:59:38 PM

I have less than zero interest in playing Minecraft on a tiny ass cellphone screen.

And negative eleventy billion percent interest in the Experia Play. I've yet to see Sony/Sony Ericsson actually deliver a decent content distribution platform OR fast, modern smart phone. And layering it all on Android after Sony's recent total clusterfuck of linux security and understanding makes me even more weary.

6/6/2011 9:07:40 PM

Quote :

"And the Analog sticks are pretty awesome compared to ASWD for movement"

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

Absolutely never true. Ever.

[Edited on June 6, 2011 at 9:16 PM. Reason : never has been, never will be]

6/6/2011 9:16:01 PM

Quote :

"I have the xbox PC controller thingy, and when I play Minecraft at home, it's on a 50" plasma with the xbox 360 controller."

Haha that must look horrible. I've been using 360/PS style controllers on HDTVs with HTPCs for years and there's certain games where it works and certain games where it doesn't. Any first person game is always better with a mouse/keyboard. When I see console gamers playing FPSs they look drunk because the movement is so jerky.

^Agreed.

6/6/2011 9:22:52 PM

Let me get this straight

Noen is vehemently opposed to the Sony and Android implementations, but is shouting from rooftops the joys of playing on a Microsoft device

Who would've guessed

6/6/2011 9:23:09 PM

^I think he just means a 360 controller.

6/6/2011 9:24:17 PM

Quote :

"Haha that must look horrible. I've been using 360/PS style controllers on HDTVs with HTPCs for years and there's certain games where it works and certain games where it doesn't. Any first person game is always better with a mouse/keyboard. When I see console gamers playing FPSs they look drunk because the movement is so jerky."

Big difference between "style" and a real 360 controller on the pc.

And we don't have an office in our house. Without a desk Keyboard+Mouse makes no sense. On a couch it sucks.

Minecraft is not a FPS. It's a casual sandbox building game. I could count on one hand the number of times the precision of K+M was a real advantage. Yes I like K+M better when at a desk, but I only have a desk at work, where I don't spend much time outside of actually working.

Quote :

"Noen is vehemently opposed to the Sony and Android implementations, but is shouting from rooftops the joys of playing on a Microsoft device"

Not at all. I'm opposed to the Form Factor. I think it Minecraft would play really well (potentially) on a tablet, whether Android or iOS. I think it would make a really good ChromeOS game too. Just not on the phone (any phone for that matter).

And I'm not shouting from the rafters about the joys of anything. I was replying to someone saying playing Minecraft with a 360 controller is silly. It's not, it works pretty well on the PC. So it's not a far stretch to think an xbox port of the game would have really good controls.

Hopefully the 360 port will also finally included Xbox Live! driven multiplayer, instead of just pointing to custom servers (god I hope it's not just a singeplayer game).

6/7/2011 12:28:40 AM

Edit this title as "Minecraft (PC)"

so we can make a Minecraft (Everything Else) so we don't have let the MASTER PC RACE mix with the lesser peoples.

6/7/2011 12:32:10 AM

amen

6/7/2011 8:53:44 AM

Quote :

"Big difference between "style" and a real 360 controller on the pc."

Sorry to clarify here. I use actual wireless 360 controllers on my HTPC. It's Microsoft. All the accessories (controllers, guitars, etc) work on both 360 and PC.

Quote :

"And I'm not shouting from the rafters about the joys of anything. I was replying to someone saying playing Minecraft with a 360 controller is silly. It's not, it works pretty well on the PC. So it's not a far stretch to think an xbox port of the game would have really good controls."

I haven't actually tried it yet. I'll give it a shot before I pass more judgement.

6/7/2011 8:56:10 AM

Download MineControl if you want to try it out http://javadocs.wordpress.com/2011/04/10/minecontrol-for-minecraft-1-1-0-released/

6/7/2011 2:40:32 PM

Sweet thanks!

6/7/2011 2:41:19 PM

Notch says:

Quote :

"Minecraft is coming to XBox 360. It will be a new version of the game, designed specifically for console play. We haven’t decided on a name yet. "

Thanks, but no thanks

6/10/2011 12:28:28 PM

Pistons look awesome. The sticky pistons have a lot of possibilities.

6/15/2011 11:04:29 AM

I would totes play it on xbox. My crappy computers can barely run the game.

6/15/2011 11:32:22 AM

Pretty neato.

6/23/2011 7:58:40 PM

post fail

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/06/minecraft-zelda-adventure/

6/23/2011 8:29:21 PM

ah crap. sorry folks long day.

6/23/2011 8:34:18 PM

http://notch.tumblr.com/post/6969771554/back-in-the-office-and-some-words-on-1-7-and-1-8

Quote :

"That means 1.7 will be released soon, containing only pistons and probably a couple of bug fixes. The adventure update will take however long it takes, and will be released as 1.8. It might be a long wait, but it will be worth it!"

6/27/2011 7:50:58 AM

Movecraft is fucking insane. I just built this (and yes, it flies):

7/23/2011 3:00:54 PM

Googled, found answers, nvm.

[Edited on July 23, 2011 at 4:53 PM. Reason : google]

7/23/2011 4:47:28 PM

I'm using it in SMP. The two big caveats:

1. Indeed, it does not move smoothly. But how could it? The vehicles are made out of blocks which need to be in discrete locations.
2. It's a very resource hungry plugin.

Neither of these bother me much. I have been dreaming about building giant vehicles since day one, but didn't want a terminal case of blue balls after finding that they were stationary. The movement is kind of ugly, but functionally it's fine. I haven't had any problems with it not pulling me. And it worked fine last night with another person riding along.

It automatically detects your vehicle based on the allowed block types (which are configurable). So for example, I'll dock on dirt. If I were to dock on wood, it would assume that wood is part of the vehicle itself. It even lets you remotely control a vehicle AND I just found out you can rotate vehicles too.

The only other issue is that really large vehicles are a lot slower (that one above is ~1100 blocks).

[Edited on July 23, 2011 at 5:02 PM. Reason : you may have google answers but I'll provide for the next person]

7/23/2011 5:00:18 PM

Thanks for the answers - glad to hear it's not as terrible as I originally thought. I may have to check it out sometime!

7/23/2011 5:29:46 PM

I've been trying to set up a slime farm. It's a little annoying that slimes only spawn in certain chunks. Anyway, I've been excavating 16x16x5 volumes for slime spawning chunks starting at the level just above where adminimum spawns. I got the first chunk set up without a problem, but it seems like the second chunk is just one big lava pool. Getting rid of large volumes of lava is a real pain in the ass.

7/26/2011 2:25:35 PM

http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8208212863/the-psychology-of-the-reticle-and-the-feeling-of

This looks pretty creepy from the read - I'm curious to see how it goes in gameplay!

7/30/2011 2:53:56 PM

http://www.cubeecraft.com/cubee/creeper

8/7/2011 3:40:21 PM

heehee

8/7/2011 5:59:15 PM

awww that's adhssssssssss *BOOM* FUCK!

8/8/2011 8:20:46 AM

We need to start sharing buildings via MCEdit Schematic files. I'll have to put a few up when I get home.

8/16/2011 4:53:05 PM

i think if someone were to go to MineCon with a bunch of cheap teal shirts with "Score: &e0" printed on them in the minecraft font, they'd make a killing

8/16/2011 5:52:10 PM

My newest project: build, to-scale, the continent in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, from the Spine of the World eastward.

8/31/2011 5:13:06 PM

That's not too hard with the right software. I can't say it's very practical however.

8/31/2011 10:27:20 PM

It seems to me it's getting way too complicated, too many mods, too many special recipes, etc. Probably very intimidating to a newb. I think I'd prefer it if it was a simpler survival game. And as I've said before, the monsters are just goofy. Would be better if they were some sort of animal-like creatures that really triggered those animal instincts and fear in people.

8/31/2011 10:40:06 PM

Apparently the endermen are supposed to be quite creepy. Also, the game is what you make of it. For me it's basically a big digital Lego set.

9/1/2011 1:12:15 PM

^^Attack a pack of wild wolves and get back to me.

9/1/2011 1:20:48 PM

Quote :

"It seems to me it's getting way too complicated, too many mods, too many special recipes, etc. Probably very intimidating to a newb. I think I'd prefer it if it was a simpler survival game. And as I've said before, the monsters are just goofy. Would be better if they were some sort of animal-like creatures that really triggered those animal instincts and fear in people."

This. I was big into it when we all first started, but basically once I got to red dust and circuitry - I was lost I am afraid that I am so far behind that it will take to much effort to figure everything out now... Which is sad because I could dig for hours straight just to make an impressive cavern (this was before TNT even) - but that is not a big deal anymore

9/1/2011 2:32:18 PM

Quote :

"It seems to me it's getting way too complicated, too many mods, too many special recipes, etc. Probably very intimidating to a newb. I think I'd prefer it if it was a simpler survival game. And as I've said before, the monsters are just goofy. Would be better if they were some sort of animal-like creatures that really triggered those animal instincts and fear in people."

At first, I was like WHOA SOMEBODY HAS A CONCERN. LET'S TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.

Then I realized it was smc who has been trolling this thread since page 3.

Anyway, I don't see how mods/updates take away from the game. You can still dig caves 24/7 if that's what you enjoy doing.

9/1/2011 4:59:54 PM

Nobody will be impressed with my big whole after they fly their battleship across the map to see it with their torches from the netherealm ablaze and shit

9/1/2011 6:06:32 PM

They never would have been impressed though. By the time any of us started playing the game, people were already building fucking computers in minecraft.

9/1/2011 7:29:52 PM

9/1/2011 8:48:35 PM

How to win at minecraft:
1) Build somthing awesome
2) Save it as a MCEdit Schematic File
3) Share it with the world... and TWW

9/1/2011 9:09:17 PM

1.8 on sept 8th supposedly

9/4/2011 2:28:16 PM

I like the airship mod. Is there a submarine one?

Nvmd, asked and answered:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb43Fqy4LfM&feature=channel_video_title

Or even better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXxDnx_UE6I&feature=relmfu

[Edited on September 4, 2011 at 2:57 PM. Reason : .]

9/4/2011 2:40:25 PM

1.8 leaked, story and link:

http://www.geekosystem.com/minecraft-1-8-has-been-leaked/

9/9/2011 7:08:24 PM

The endermen are terrifying. Just what I was asking for. I froze like a rabbit when it looked at me. Then it ate me.

9/9/2011 8:53:50 PM

The silverfish are also terrifying. When you see one...you'll know.

It's as if Notch is listening to me personally. He even improved the graphics!

Sunrises are nice too.

The land generator is screwed, though. Floating islands or endless oceans.

It even says gay things like "Achievement Unlocked." You fanbois are going to hate this.

[Edited on September 10, 2011 at 12:08 AM. Reason : .]

9/10/2011 12:03:20 AM

With the 1.8 leak I just have to chuckle at the idea of a beta for a beta.

9/10/2011 2:16:55 AM

Quote :

"Version 1.8 introduces watermelon, fried chicken, and tall black guys who run fast, steal things and whoop your ass for looking at them."

Also, this is fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAN4K6ljlnk

[Edited on September 10, 2011 at 1:18 PM. Reason : .]

9/10/2011 1:08:28 PM