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    posted a message on [SURV] Pancake Survival 1.2
    Quote from Siddey10

    Dear god... 5th has done it again. Another hard, survival map. If not for the lack of crazy spawners, I could almost mistake you for Vechs. (almost)
    Now all we need is an air map kinda like skyblock but better and more updated *cough* (oceanblock style) and a firey based map (anti-oceanblock? Reverse the lava and water oceans?) and you'll have the four Western Elements covered. Earth, Water, Air and Fire. :D

    I just may quote you on the first post when I am not posting from my phone :)
    Quote from Keybounce

    ... What's in that starter chest?

    Very, very little :)


    Lava-Ocean Block Survival. Just you, some friends, and trees that will catch on fire. No water until you can get to the nether ...

    Remove the trees, go back to needing to make a cobblestone generator... Hmmmm I'm not sure but you may have something there. I'll think on it a bit.
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    posted a message on [SURV] Pancake Survival 1.2
    Quote from MegaTrain

    I hope you're proud of yourself, 5thHorseman. (Stern glare over the top of my glasses).


    I am! To be totally honest though, that was pretty much what I expect day 1 to look like for a lot of people.

    And now you know what I mean about "if you're clever you can even get some of the dirt." You can't simply break it and hope to get any reasonable amount back.

    Don't worry about spoiling the best surprises. There are plenty more in the Nether. Plenty more.
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    posted a message on [SURV] Pancake Survival 1.2
    Quote from Melusane

    Ghasts are a real pain before it is possible to make a shelter. I saw no other way than using peaceful mode for a while, sorry about that. I would gladly see how other people do. I was lucky with the blaze.
    I managed to get enough cobblestone to start some potions. Things should be easier now.

    I did not find any red mushroom. Maybe I overlooked something?


    If you're cool with going into peaceful mode, I'm cool with you going into peaceful mode. :)

    The only way to get a red mushroom is to spawn a mooshroom, on grass, in the mushroom biome.
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    posted a message on [SURV] OceanBlock Survival 4.1
    Quote from Keybounce

    While changing the title does change the url, it does not change the starting portion where the thread number is located. That is all that the forum software pays attention to.

    In other words: None of your old links will break. Go ahead.


    Thanks for the info! I've modified the thread title.
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    posted a message on Minecraft News - 1.5 Goings-On
    Quote from Skenya

    I got a question about Jungle tree saplings. When I cut down single stemmed jungle trees i usualy got about 2-3 saplings from ech tree before the update. But now I only get 1 sapling per 2-3 trees. Is it a bug fix or is it a new bug?


    Jungle trees have always dropped somewhere around 1 sapling per 40 leaf blocks, which is about half everybody else. I think up until now you've been lucky.
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    posted a message on [SURV] Pancake Survival 1.2
    Quote from MegaTrain

    Is that just a joke, since there is so much dirt on this map? Or did you intend to say something else here?


    I won't spoil it because you don't know what's under the dirt, but let me say you'll have to be clever to collect more than a tiny bit of it.

    And for better or for worse, there is a link to a Hardcore mode of the map. I do not suggest this for anybody.
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    posted a message on [SURV] OceanBlock Survival 4.1
    Quote from MegaTrain

    Are you going to update the title of this thread to 4.1?

    I'm afraid to! It changes the url and I have no idea if that'll screw anything up.

    It might be worthwhile to leave the 4.0 info somewhere hidden in a spoiler tag in the original post. Current players of 4.0 may still want to refer to the version of the challenge list they are [size=medium]used to, despite the fact that the 4.1 version has been improved. Any reason you can think of to leave the 4.0 download active, maybe if anybody chooses not to upgrade to Minecraft 1.5?

    I'm not super concerned about that. If you care that much, you should have the book :) Also, with extremely few exceptions the challenge list is actually the same, just better organized and with some extra challenges that are perfectly possible in 4.0.


    Wow, huge secondary biomes! That should give us lots of interesting options. I'll have to see how many minecraft days it takes me to spawn mooshrooms :) I guess the starting chest is fine, I didn't mind the items placed directly on the island, and I kinda thought the floating book on the bed was a unique touch.

    I won't lie, I did some thinking on that. In the end, what convinced me was that the "starter chest" is in vanilla Minecraft, so it's not at all a problem. I too liked the floating book on the bed, but 2 books is pushing it, and I really needed to fix that book.

    Interesting aside: I accidentally destroyed the book the first time I tossed it on the bed, because I accidentally hit the cactus. :)

    Thanks for the update!

    And you're welcome. Thanks for playing and for being such a big part of the update!
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    posted a message on [SURV] Pancake Survival 1.2
    Quote from Darkforce002



    Ok, thats cool, It's always nice to help someone :) (even without knowing that you did :ph34r: )

    Edit: now thinking about it, I should try ocean block as well... :huh:


    You should! People seem to like it and I'm pretty proud of it. It seems so simple until you try to do stuff. A lot like this map, at least a lot like this one hopefully is :)
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    posted a message on [SURV] Pancake Survival 1.2
    Quote from Darkforce002



    Thats what I thought, just wanted to make sure. Also since theres no hardcore mode version yet. If you want I could provide a direct media fire link to it.


    Thanks for the offer, but now that I know how (I googled NBTExplorer :) ) I'm going to do it myself, to both this and OceanBlock. Hopefully I'll have the Hardcore link up in a couple hours.

    I was GOING to start a new hardcore world and then paste all the stuff in with MCEdit, but this will be SOOOOO much easier!
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    posted a message on [SURV] Pancake Survival 1.2
    Quote from Darkforce002

    cool map, would using NBTExplorer to manually change it to hardcore count as cheating?


    Not at all! I'd hate to play this on Hardcore but by all means feel free! :)

    (I sound all strict in the rules but really, I just want people to enjoy my maps :) )
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    posted a message on [SURV] Pancake Survival 1.2
    [size=large][b]Pancake Survival 1.2 is here!
    This is bugfix release of the new minimal-survival map from the maker of [url="http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1536419-surv-oceanblock-survival-40/"]OceanBlock![/url][/b][/size]
    ([b]No, this is not about surviving on pancakes.[/b])

    [b] NOTE: This map will only work on Minecraft 1.5 or later![/b]

    [b]OceanBlock had too much of everything. Too many villagers. Too much water. Too much [i]CONTROL[/i].[/b]
    [b]So I took those away.[/b]
    [b]Now it's just you, some trees, and a single, solitary friend.[/b]

    CHANGELOG:
    [b]1.0 Initial release[/b]. You can pretty much make, breed, grow, spawn, or trade for everything in the game, eventually. If you're smart :)
    [b]1.1 Biome Bugfix[/b]. Added 4 biomes: Jungle, Mushroom, Swamp, and Taiga. Click the below spoiler to see how to upgrade your own map, or just download the new map when you screw up next :)
    [spoiler][list=1]
    [*]Make sure your lava block is uncovered. If you've moved your lava, build something so you can see where it was, if you were looking down on your world from below (Like, a big circle of wood centered on that spot)
    [*]Download and install [url=http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1119044-tool-biome-painter-10-edit-your-minecraft-worlds-biomes/]BiomePainter[/url]
    [*]Open it, and open your map. It should be in %appdata%\.minecraft\saves\Pancake_1.0\level.dat
    [*]You should be able to find the single square of lava, near the middle of your map. Or, you should be able to find the structure you made in step 1. Center it in the box and zoom in all the way (Magnification 10x)
    [*]On the right side, click the cirle selection brush, then set the diameter to 45. Center your mouse on the lava block and click. It should turn orange.
    [img]http://pulpaudio.com/mc/pc/1.png[/img]
    [*]Below the map area, below where it says "Edit Biomes in Selection," click the drop box and select "Jungle". Then click "Fill." Now, when you hover over the orange box, the tooltip will read "Jungle" instead of "Plains"
    [*]On the right hand side, click the white square under "Select." The orange circle will turn green.
    [*]Click the square under "Selection Brush," and lower "Brush Diameter" to about 35. Then click the map so that you highlight it as in the picture.
    [img]http://pulpaudio.com/mc/pc/2.png[/img]
    [*]Back in the bottom area where it says "Edit Biomes in Selection", set the right two drop boxes to "Jungle" and "Mushroom Island", respectively. Click "Replace" to their right.
    [*]Click that white square under "Select" and the upper left quadrant of your circle should turn a shade of blue.
    [img]http://pulpaudio.com/mc/pc/3.png[/img]
    [*]Click on the square Selection Brush again, and click the next (upper right) quadrant of the circle. Note you're going around the lava square like a pinwheel. Down below, change "Mushroom Island" to "Swampland" and click "Replace." Click the white square under "Select" and that quadrant should now be another drab shade of blue.
    [img]http://pulpaudio.com/mc/pc/4.png[/img]
    [*]Repeat the process for the lower-right quadrant. First click the area, then change "Swampland" to "Taiga," click "Replace" and then click the white square under "Select." It should be a dark greenish color.
    [img]http://pulpaudio.com/mc/pc/5.png[/img]
    [*]Hover over each quadrant of the circle. They should be (in clockwise order from the lower left) Jungle, Mushroom Island, Swampland, and Taiga. The lava block should be Jungle (bonus jungle square!)
    [*]Save and exit, and you've upgraded from Pancake 1.0 to Pancake 1.1!
    [/list]
    [/spoiler]
    [b]1.2 Diamond Bugfix[/b]. Fixed the strange behavior with the diamonds. If you want to upgrade manually, do this for each diamond you find that acts strangely:
    [spoiler][list=1]
    [*]Throw all of your diamonds into the lava
    [*]Make sure you have at least one open slot in your hotbar inventory (where you can wield stuff)
    [*]Hit ESC.
    [*]Click "Open To LAN"
    [*]Click "Allow Cheats: OFF" to turn it ON.
    [*]Click "Start LAN World"
    [*]Then hit "T" to open the terminal window.
    [*]Type /gamemode creative
    [*]Hit ESC to exit terminal mode
    [*]Hit "E" to go into inventory
    [*]Scroll down the list to find diamonds. You can also hit "T" here and then type "diamond" to filter
    [*]Drag one (or two, or however many you have lost) diamonds to your hotbar
    [*]Hit ESC to leave inventory
    [*]Hit "T" for the terminal again
    [*]Type /gamemode survival
    [*]You may also want to quit the map and reload it to turn off LAN mode.
    [/spoiler]
    Note: There are ONLY 3 diamonds in the map. Exploiting the bug (or the fix) for more diamonds (or anything else) is cheating.

    [b]Normal Mode:[/b]
    ADFLY LINK: [size=x-large][url="http://adf.ly/LXNsR"]Pancake 1.2[/url][/size]
    DIRECT LINK: [url="http://planetretcon.com/minecraft/pancake_1.2.zip"]Pancake 1.2[/url]

    [b]Hardcore Mode:[/b]
    ADFLY LINK: [size=x-large][url="http://adf.ly/LXOA0"]Pancake 1.2 Hardcore[/url][/size]
    DIRECT LINK: [url="http://planetretcon.com/minecraft/pancake_1.2_HC.zip"]Pancake 1.2 Hardcore[/url]
    (Note: This map is not really intended to be played in Hardcore mode. Normal mode is hard enough and it is very easy to be killed, so download this knowing that it is totally, completely unfair. I put this here because people wanted it, not because I thought it was a good idea myself!)

    Rules:
    [spoiler][list]
    [*]Do not kill yourself in ANY way for ANY purpose.
    [*]NO mods/hacks/cheats that give you an advantage. (Optifine is fine, but TMI is not)
    [*]Play on at least easy difficulty.
    [*]Have FUN!
    [/list]
    [/spoiler]

    Notes:
    [spoiler][list]
    [*]Yes, it's an infinite plane of dirt.
    [*]Even good machines will stutter a bit when you break a dirt block. It's part of the Minecraft lighting engine and I can't do anything about it.
    [*]When you start, there's no water, stone, ores, grass, or anything like that. You don't need them. Well, you do need them but not right away.
    [*]Anything that you need, that you don't see plainly in front of your face, is in the Nether.
    [*]There are 5 biomes in the world. Most of the world is a plains biome, but there is also a snow, a jungle, a swamp, and a mushroom biome nearby.
    [*]Read the spawning rules for slimes. There are 2 ways to spawn them and both are viable on this map. To be nice, I've placed that lava block on the intersection of 4 chunks, and all 4 of those chunks will generate slimes. There is also a decent sized swamp area. Enjoy!
    [*]Read the spawning rules for Mooshrooms. In particular, the height restriction! They'll never spawn on the plane you start on, you'll have to think vertically.
    [/list]
    [/spoiler]

    Challenges:
    [spoiler]
    MILESTONES:[list]
    [*]Secure your spawn area from mobs.
    [*]Go to the Nether.
    [*]Make a furnace.
    [*]Make a brewing stand.
    [*]Obtain a 2nd villager.
    [*]Activate the End Portal.
    [*]Get a Dragon egg.
    [/list]
    BUILDING:[list]
    [*]Giant red mushroom
    [*]Giant brown mushroom
    [*]A House for yourself
    [*]Mob farm
    [*]Cobblestone generator
    [*]Village (or breeding area)
    [/list]
    CRAFTING:[list]
    [*]Golden Apple
    [*]Other Golden Apple
    [*]Golden Carrot
    [*]Brewing Stand
    [*]16 Jack 'o' Lanterns
    [*]Anvil
    [*]Enchantment Table
    [*]Furnace
    [/list]
    GENERAL:[list]
    [*]Get a tool, weapon, or armor with at least 2 level-IV enchantments
    [*]Enchant something with 30 levels of experience
    [*]Cake and Pie (eat an entire cake and a pumpkin pie in one sitting, to fill your hunger bar from 0 to 10)
    [*]Make a jukebox and collect records for it
    [*]Automate something with pistons, hoppers, and/or dispensers
    [*]Hang a map and at least 1 painting in your house
    [*]Pot some plants for decoration
    [*]Tame a Wolf
    [*]Tame an Ocelot
    [*]A Full set of leather armor, each piece dyed
    [*]A Mismatched Set (One each of helmet, chestplate, leggings, and boots in iron, gold, diamond, and chainmail. No duplicates)
    [*]Use a carrot on a stick to ride a saddled pig
    [/list]
    COLLECTION:[list]
    [*]16 Blaze Rods.
    [*]64 Bonemeal
    [*]64 Arrows
    [*]A Bow
    [/list]
    FARMS:[list]
    [*]Mushroom (Min. 8x8 mycelium area)
    [*]Pumpkin (Min. 1 stalk)
    [*]Sugarcane (Min. 64)
    [*]Jungle tree (Min. 4 or a 2x2 square)
    [*]Birch tree (Min. 4)
    [*]Spruce tree (Min. 4)
    [*]Oak tree (Min. 4)
    [*]Wheat (Min 64)
    [*]Potato (Min. 8)
    [*]Carrot (Min. 8)
    [*]Melon (Min. 1 stalk)
    [*]Nether Wart (Min. 8)
    [*]Cactus (Min. 1)
    [*]Snow
    [*]Experience
    [*]Chicken
    [*]Cow
    [*]Sheep
    [*]Pig
    [*]Slime
    [*]Iron Golem
    [/list]
    WOOL (Min. 16 of each):[list]
    [*]Magenta
    [*]Light Gray
    [*]Orange
    [*]Cyan
    [*]Purple
    [*]Gray
    [*]Light Blue
    [*]Pink
    [*]Lime
    [*]Red
    [*]Yellow
    [*]Blue
    [*]Green
    [*]Black
    [*]White
    [*]Brown
    [/list]
    POTIONS (Min. 6 of each):[list]
    [*]Invisibility
    [*]Night Vision
    [*]Regeneration
    [*]Swiftness
    [*]Fire Resistance
    [*]Healing
    [*]Strength
    [*]Poison
    [*]Weakness
    [*]Slowness
    [*]Harming
    [/list]
    [/spoiler]

    [b]FAQ:[/b]
    [spoiler]
    [b]How do I get cobblestone? Where's the Water?[/b]
    Until you get to the Nether, there IS NONE.
    Anything you can do with cobblestone, you can do with wood, except maybe holding lava.
    And if you're clever, you can get the dirt too.
    [b]What about Iron?[/b]
    Iron is a renewable resource, and getting it is one of your goals. If you do the challenges in order you'll get iron eventually.
    [b]What about Whithers? I bet you didn't think about those.[/b]
    You can get Whithers in the Nether. I apologize right now for how hard a task that's going to be.
    [/spoiler]

    The Spawn
    [img]http://planetretcon.com/mc/Pancake_Earth.jpg[/img]

    The Nether
    [img]http://planetretcon.com/mc/Pancake_Nether.jpg[/img]

    I'd welcome any suggestions. If you make something awesome I'd also love to see screen shots or videos!
    List tags are malformed.
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    posted a message on [SURV] OceanBlock Survival 4.1
    I lied (well, not actually, I did say really early this morning but I meant more like 7-8am). OceanBlock 4.1 is available NOW!

    There are links to Adfly and direct download of the map in the first post, along with the all-new challenge list. enjoy!

    And Pancake Survival, my new map, is also LIVE. Check it out here:
    Pancake Survival 1.0
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    posted a message on [SURV] OceanBlock Survival 4.1
    Quote from MegaTrain


    Ack, you're killing me here. 1.5 has been out since early this morning, any news on those updated maps? :)

    All signs are pointing to an early morning Thursday release. I'm just doing some final checks. I'd be able to release tonight but my internet is very dodgy where I am right now. I'll have to wait until I'm home.

    In unrelated news, I ran into a couple of problems with the new mob hit boxes in 1.5.

    So I already knew in 1.5 that baby cows and sheep could fit through a 1-high block, so I was doing some testing to re-design a "farm-house" kind of structure, similar to the sheep farm design here.

    So testing on cows and sheep went ok, I just made sure to reduce the gap to a half-block thick.

    What I didn't anticipate was that baby pigs and chicken, since adults are only 1 block high, would be able to fit through a space only a HALF block high. (Kranky916, I was testing a variation of your hen house, all the chicks will leak out in 1.5).

    This means that designs that allow side access to pigs or chickens are not possible, except maybe by creating a smaller-than-half block gap using snow layers or something?

    I guess I'll just go back to a "big open pen" design or something, or use one of those "fully automated" ideas everyone seems to like.


    I think I'll do all my animal farms in rivers that end in a hopper, so I just feed, kill, and let the hopper take care of picking up the drops. Same with my mob farm.
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    posted a message on 1.5 Redstone Update Released!

    Why isn't there a texture packs button yet? Is that just a bug?


    Look in "Options"
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    posted a message on 1.5 Redstone Update Released!
    Quote from Trey0904

    once again the removed herobrine joke man this is annoying


    The only annoying part is all the replies where people say it's so annoying.

    Seriously, it's one line in the bug list. Chill out.
    Posted in: Minecraft News
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