i heard there is going to be rivers and i found natural lava pool near sea
What does that have to do with infinite lava? The reason we don't want infinite lava is because it'd be too good. That's like asking for diamonds to be as common as coal or asking for fewer monster spawns, sure it'd make the game easier, but it'd take away from the challenge and the fun.
An a second note, infinite lava would also mean infinite obsidian, and that's simply a problem.
Lava is super common. A typical lava lake at level 12 can fill 50-200 buckets worth of lava. Rather not have it infinite for times where I want to be rid of it too...
Lava as fuel may sound good but it wastes the bucket too.
We do have infinite lava. Better suit up, get some armor, and go to the nether.
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I am the bone of my sword
Steel is my body, and fire is my blood
I have created over a thousand blades
Unknown to death, Nor known to life
Have withstood pain to create many weapons
Yet, those hands will never hold anything
So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works
Uh, ever heard of the Nether? Just fill your inventory w/ a load of buckets and you're in business. All the lava you'll ever need and more...right through that portal to the Nether.
Isn't lava in the Nether finite though, common as it is there? Would people quit bringing this up if notch enabled infinite lava there? I'd think that'd be enough to waylay any "infinite obsidian" issues, though bear in mind I don't think infinite obsidian is a great issue as, like people have mentioned, it can be a hassle to mine and get usable blocks out of it.
Isn't lava in the Nether finite though, common as it is there? Would people quit bringing this up if notch enabled infinite lava there? I'd think that'd be enough to waylay any "infinite obsidian" issues, though bear in mind I don't think infinite obsidian is a great issue as, like people have mentioned, it can be a hassle to mine and get usable blocks out of it.
Thats why you don't mine it, you cast it. And infinite lava would make casting obbsidian 100x easier. Instead of havign to journey from the lava pool to your construction site, you make a lava generator nearby, and can easily spread lava all over everything. It also becomes trivial to cover large areas with lava source blocks, using only 2 buckets.
constructing obsidian buildings without infinite lava:
method 1: pour water over lava pool, harvest obsidian for 5 seconds per block, return with a full load of obsidian
method 2: fill inventory with buckets, fill buckets with lava. Create a mold for your project, fill with lava, pour water on it. Repeat trips until finished.
constructing obsidian buildigns with infintie lava:
grab 2 buckets of lava. build mold. place 2 lava sources 1 space from each other. Harvest the new center block, and place it 2 sqaures away. Repeat until you have a layer of lava, then dump water on it. This actually is more practical for large-scale building than cobble is. You need a decent supply of dirt for the mold(trivial), and the lava is produced as you build, contrasted with cobble which you have to go and harvest. In fact, if you want a large flat area, this is even easier again, since you only need to place 1/2 the square root of the area lava blocks.
Notch made lava finite for a reason. Unles there arises a compelling reason it should be infinite, he is not goign to make it so.
Thats why you don't mine it, you cast it. And infinite lava would make casting obbsidian 100x easier. Instead of havign to journey from the lava pool to your construction site, you make a lava generator nearby, and can easily spread lava all over everything. It also becomes trivial to cover large areas with lava source blocks, using only 2 buckets.
constructing obsidian buildings without infinite lava:
method 1: pour water over lava pool, harvest obsidian for 5 seconds per block, return with a full load of obsidian
method 2: fill inventory with buckets, fill buckets with lava. Create a mold for your project, fill with lava, pour water on it. Repeat trips until finished.
constructing obsidian buildigns with infintie lava:
grab 2 buckets of lava. build mold. place 2 lava sources 1 space from each other. Harvest the new center block, and place it 2 sqaures away. Repeat until you have a layer of lava, then dump water on it. This actually is more practical for large-scale building than cobble is. You need a decent supply of dirt for the mold(trivial), and the lava is produced as you build, contrasted with cobble which you have to go and harvest. In fact, if you want a large flat area, this is even easier again, since you only need to place 1/2 the square root of the area lava blocks.
Notch made lava finite for a reason. Unles there arises a compelling reason it should be infinite, he is not goign to make it so.
Well, so long as water is dissallowed in the Nether, lava could still be infinite in there and avoid this... though like people already mention, it's pretty common in the Nether as is so maybe making it infinite in the Nether is a low priority (if Mojang were inclined to reverse this in any case). I'm still having an issue seeing the problem with infinite obsidian though, but this hardly ruins the game experience for me (it's barely a blip on my radar, I'm bored at work which is the only reason I'm even discussing this in the first place).
STEP1: Get buckets and find some lava.
STEP2: Use the buckets on the lava
STEP3: Make a 3x3 hole and fill that with lava
STEP4: Take from the middle.. KABOOM! You got infinite lava.
STEP1: Get buckets and find some lava.
STEP2: Use the buckets on the lava
STEP3: Make a 3x3 hole and fill that with lava
STEP4: Take from the middle.. KABOOM! You got infinite lava.
Haha... why would you need infinite lava in the first place? Even if it was just for furnace use it would consume the iron too + the fact that you would also get infinite obsidian. <--- Nether
Haha... why would you need infinite lava in the first place? Even if it was just for furnace use it would consume the iron too + the fact that you would also get infinite obsidian. <--- Nether
Can we change tracks a bit? I was hoping someone could articulate why infinite obsidian is an issue? Inifinite cobblestone isn't. Was notch afraid of a bazillion portals or something? Did he think people would abandon more common 'stone blocks as building materials? Even when people cheat infinite supplies in they still don't use all that much obsidian.
i know there is a mod :dry.gif:
i heard there is going to be rivers and i found natural lava pool near sea
What does that have to do with infinite lava? The reason we don't want infinite lava is because it'd be too good. That's like asking for diamonds to be as common as coal or asking for fewer monster spawns, sure it'd make the game easier, but it'd take away from the challenge and the fun.
An a second note, infinite lava would also mean infinite obsidian, and that's simply a problem.
So? that doesnt mean it will be infinite.
Lava as fuel may sound good but it wastes the bucket too.
Trololol?
OT: I doubt it.
Yeah. because its really fun having to go on a mile long trip to get a bucket of water for your epic waterslide. :dry.gif:
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Want the sens fortress experience? pay someone to throw rocks at you as you tightrope across two buildings.
Want the anor londo experience? pay someone to throw rocks at you as you tightrope across two buildings.
I am the bone of my sword
Steel is my body, and fire is my blood
I have created over a thousand blades
Unknown to death, Nor known to life
Have withstood pain to create many weapons
Yet, those hands will never hold anything
So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works
Isn't lava in the Nether finite though, common as it is there? Would people quit bringing this up if notch enabled infinite lava there? I'd think that'd be enough to waylay any "infinite obsidian" issues, though bear in mind I don't think infinite obsidian is a great issue as, like people have mentioned, it can be a hassle to mine and get usable blocks out of it.
Thats why you don't mine it, you cast it. And infinite lava would make casting obbsidian 100x easier. Instead of havign to journey from the lava pool to your construction site, you make a lava generator nearby, and can easily spread lava all over everything. It also becomes trivial to cover large areas with lava source blocks, using only 2 buckets.
constructing obsidian buildings without infinite lava:
method 1: pour water over lava pool, harvest obsidian for 5 seconds per block, return with a full load of obsidian
method 2: fill inventory with buckets, fill buckets with lava. Create a mold for your project, fill with lava, pour water on it. Repeat trips until finished.
constructing obsidian buildigns with infintie lava:
grab 2 buckets of lava. build mold. place 2 lava sources 1 space from each other. Harvest the new center block, and place it 2 sqaures away. Repeat until you have a layer of lava, then dump water on it. This actually is more practical for large-scale building than cobble is. You need a decent supply of dirt for the mold(trivial), and the lava is produced as you build, contrasted with cobble which you have to go and harvest. In fact, if you want a large flat area, this is even easier again, since you only need to place 1/2 the square root of the area lava blocks.
Notch made lava finite for a reason. Unles there arises a compelling reason it should be infinite, he is not goign to make it so.
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Well, so long as water is dissallowed in the Nether, lava could still be infinite in there and avoid this... though like people already mention, it's pretty common in the Nether as is so maybe making it infinite in the Nether is a low priority (if Mojang were inclined to reverse this in any case). I'm still having an issue seeing the problem with infinite obsidian though, but this hardly ruins the game experience for me (it's barely a blip on my radar, I'm bored at work which is the only reason I'm even discussing this in the first place).
STEP2: Use the buckets on the lava
STEP3: Make a 3x3 hole and fill that with lava
STEP4: Take from the middle.. KABOOM! You got infinite lava.
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Lol. It's not like water. Lava doesn't duplicate.
Can we change tracks a bit? I was hoping someone could articulate why infinite obsidian is an issue? Inifinite cobblestone isn't. Was notch afraid of a bazillion portals or something? Did he think people would abandon more common 'stone blocks as building materials? Even when people cheat infinite supplies in they still don't use all that much obsidian.