Does that also mean there are no neutral/tamed mobs? No sheep?
"Tame" mobs are on, including wolves. Be warned, though, that if provoked, wolves turn hostile.
I will likely turn hostile mobs on sometime soon so we can get bone and string, which can be used for cool things. Now that it is permanent day, mobs won't be able to spawn topside. But they could spawn underground in the pitch black.
Jason, can you update the isometric map of the server?
It's easy to get infinite obsidian. Take the portal to hell with a bucket of water. Create a waterfall in the sulfur that flows into a giant lava pool.
I here by offer my services to anyone who needs shit done, as I'm kinda in a slump. If you see me in the server, give me a shout, I'll teleport to your location and help out, I provide my own tools. I only ask for dental, 401K and weekends off.
It's easy to get infinite obsidian. Take the portal to hell with a bucket of water. Create a waterfall in the sulfur that flows into a giant lava pool.
Doesn't water evaporate in hell?
Yes. Also, the Nether doesn't work in SMP. I tried installing a mod that would change that, and those ghasts artifacted into the main world. They weren't real. They were just... hanging there.
The water would turn the lava into obsidian, so you would have a layer of obsidian on top of a layer of lava, with a layer of water on top of that. For example:--------But if you mine the O, this happens:--------And if you mine that bottom O, this happens: WWWWW----------------------------WWWWW----------------------------------WWWWW OOOOOO-----------------------------OOWOOO-----------------------------------OOWOOO LLLLLLLL-----------------------------LLOLLLL------------------------------------LLDLLLLL The D is for "Death By Lava" There is probably a way to make an obsidian generator, but you'll have to find it on the youtubes.
The water would turn the lava into obsidian, so you would have a layer of obsidian on top of a layer of lava, with a layer of water on top of that.
That is exactly what I planned on doing. It just won't be infinite; I'll eventually turn all the lava into obsidian.
Unless I keep a lava source block as-is, or maybe make a reserve. Then, when I run out of lava, I could just pour buckets of lava back into an earthen pool and repeat the process.
Also, when you mine the obsidian, you need to be on the same level as it shift walking into it, otherwise, if there is lava under there, you lose the obsidian.
Also, you can only pick up lava from "spring" blocks, not from "flow" blocks. So there is no way to make an infinite obsidian generator.
Right, I know that. I guess the question is what kind of blocks make up the pool? If there are multiple "spring" blocks, I can preserve a spring block, fill up multiple buckets, and basically make a bunch of lava springs.
Hm. Apparently, there is a way to farm obsidian using redstone as the non-renewable source.
Also consider that the ground is very deep, and you could conceivably build the entire tower underground in a massive cavern. Or even better, have it spire out of a giant hole and rise into the sky, essentially going from bedrock to the upper sky limit.
I was definitely going to dig the tower into that island a good bit, if it can support it. I like the idea of a tower rising out of a hole, though.
I don't know if I can pull it off, but it might be cool to make the entire tower look like a forearm and clenched fist rising out of the water. Then I could make the fortress facade look like a face. Like a trapped titan or something. With lots of gold, obsidian, and lava.
Pete and George are whitelisted. Get working, buddy boys.
I have lots of other things to do, but I will strike out at some point tonight and build an igloo. And get mining. And stay up till 1:30 AM because OH MY GOD MY OUTER WALL ISN'T PERFECTLY ALIGNED THIS CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO STAND.
Pete, if you need obsidian: take the portal near spawn to Earthheart Cathedral, for it provides easy access to the fiery depths of the earth.
Thanks. I want to work with my own lava pool first, though. I'll hit that up when I need more lava. Mmmmm. Delicious lava.
Pete and George are whitelisted. Get working, buddy boys.
I have lots of other things to do, but I will strike out at some point tonight and build an igloo. And get mining. And stay up till 1:30 AM because OH MY GOD MY OUTER WALL ISN'T PERFECTLY ALIGNED THIS CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO STAND.
EDIT: Actually, what I really do is a build a rough framework, and then refine it once I've gotten somewhere. I often put down a bunch of blocks, build a room, and then tear down a wall and rebuild it slightly differently. Then I wind up redoing the roof, or maybe moving that window, or...
Pfft. You should have seen my sky palace on Secondus. My suggestion is as follows: 1. Dig the hole. I can help you make it look au naturale if you want, or you can do a sort of inverted ziggurrat (sp) thing. 2. Make a base wider than you want the tower to be, you'll need the room for the fist. 3. Build ever upwards. 4. Add stairs, floors, and windows as you build upwards. 5. Build a cube or dirt at the top that is probably one order of magnitude larger than how large you want the fist to be. 6. Carve fist out of dirt. 7. Replace outer layer of dirt with obsidian, gold, and whatnot. 8. LAVA.
The reason you want to carve out of something like dirt initially is because placing an obsidian block in the wrong place is stupidly time consuming, since you then have to remove it.
Incidentally, I recommend building out of multiple materials, since the color changes are usually very aesthetically pleasing. For example: gold bracelet, ring, fingernails on the fist. Different stone colors around windows and doorways. Redstone torches for different lighting. Also:
The reason you want to carve out of something like dirt initially is because placing an obsidian block in the wrong place is stupidly time consuming, since you then have to remove it.
Yes, this is how I actually build things, except that I do replacement.
Hardmode: I want the lava to pour out from between clenched fingers, down the back side of the fist. So I'll need to make the fist massive and fill it with passages so I can move in between fingers.
Hardmode: I want the lava to pour out from between clenched fingers, down the back side of the fist. So I'll need to make the fist massive and fill it with passages so I can move in between fingers.
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I will likely turn hostile mobs on sometime soon so we can get bone and string, which can be used for cool things. Now that it is permanent day, mobs won't be able to spawn topside. But they could spawn underground in the pitch black. When I get home.
For example:--------But if you mine the O, this happens:--------And if you mine that bottom O, this happens:
WWWWW----------------------------WWWWW----------------------------------WWWWW
OOOOOO-----------------------------OOWOOO-----------------------------------OOWOOO
LLLLLLLL-----------------------------LLOLLLL------------------------------------LLDLLLLL
The D is for "Death By Lava"
There is probably a way to make an obsidian generator, but you'll have to find it on the youtubes.
Unless I keep a lava source block as-is, or maybe make a reserve. Then, when I run out of lava, I could just pour buckets of lava back into an earthen pool and repeat the process.
Also, you can only pick up lava from "spring" blocks, not from "flow" blocks. So there is no way to make an infinite obsidian generator.
Hm. Apparently, there is a way to farm obsidian using redstone as the non-renewable source.
I don't know if I can pull it off, but it might be cool to make the entire tower look like a forearm and clenched fist rising out of the water. Then I could make the fortress facade look like a face. Like a trapped titan or something. With lots of gold, obsidian, and lava.
You see what this game does to me?
Rym, you really should join us. ONE OF US. ONE OF US. ONE OF US.
EDIT: Actually, what I really do is a build a rough framework, and then refine it once I've gotten somewhere. I often put down a bunch of blocks, build a room, and then tear down a wall and rebuild it slightly differently. Then I wind up redoing the roof, or maybe moving that window, or...
Fuck this game.
My suggestion is as follows:
1. Dig the hole. I can help you make it look au naturale if you want, or you can do a sort of inverted ziggurrat (sp) thing.
2. Make a base wider than you want the tower to be, you'll need the room for the fist.
3. Build ever upwards.
4. Add stairs, floors, and windows as you build upwards.
5. Build a cube or dirt at the top that is probably one order of magnitude larger than how large you want the fist to be.
6. Carve fist out of dirt.
7. Replace outer layer of dirt with obsidian, gold, and whatnot.
8. LAVA.
The reason you want to carve out of something like dirt initially is because placing an obsidian block in the wrong place is stupidly time consuming, since you then have to remove it.
Incidentally, I recommend building out of multiple materials, since the color changes are usually very aesthetically pleasing. For example: gold bracelet, ring, fingernails on the fist. Different stone colors around windows and doorways. Redstone torches for different lighting.
Also:
Hardmode: I want the lava to pour out from between clenched fingers, down the back side of the fist. So I'll need to make the fist massive and fill it with passages so I can move in between fingers.