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This does NOT WORK! Your command:
/give @p minecraft:written_book 1 0 {pages:["{text:\"Hello there\",color:blue}"]}

does not work, even though you posted this as the correct command (and showed examples of wrong commands for comparison). Your command that should work does not work. Inside the book it says "Invalid book tag" when I try to view the book. Would you PLEASE fix your command. By the way I'm using the latest snapshot of MC so Mojang may have changed the proper syntax in preparation for MC version 1.8. Could you please research this matter, and come up with a CORRECT command for creating written books.

How long does it take a Zombie Pigman group to stop being angry (as measured in number of minutes since they first became enraged)? I got all diamond armor and diamond sword and managed to kill quite a few of them. Unfortunately, when they came for me I was so outnumbered that my diamond armor did me no good, and I was quickly slaughtered, losing EVERYTHING invntory, and all 18 levels of EXP points that I had manged to get.

For future reference, how long do I need to wait before going back to try to get my stuff? I found a safe place in the nether to hide (I hear that hiding out in the overworld doesn't calm them down). And I want to know how long I need to wait before I can go back and try to gather all the items I dropped, without them attacking me again as soon as they see me (so far I've been taken out 10 times in a row as I have tried to go back and get my stuff, so I've decided to wait, but I need to know for how long).

It is mentioned in the Minecraft wiki that it is possible to enable cheats and switch to creative. It did not mention whether this is a bug in the game, or if Mojang did this on purpose, to give people a way to try out creative mode in the demo version (even though you can't generate a world in creative mode in the demo version).

By the way, there is no cheat code to allow you to change the generator's seed. Also there is no cheat code to enable you to connect to a Minecraft server for multiplayer.

When a witch hits you with enough magic attacks it says you were killed by magic. You just got owned by a witch mob.

I'm not sure if capability was intentionally left in the game's code, but it is possible to use cheats, and even play Creative Mode, in the demo version of the game. Just press the ESC key when the game is running, and click "Open to LAN". Next, turn "Allow Cheats" on. Then click "Start LAN World". You can now use all cheats including this very important one:
/gamemode 1

This will put you into Creative Mode. To get back to survival mode you use the cheat:
/gamemode 0

I always thought that the ability to cheat, and the ability to play the game in Creative Mode was part of what you payed for when you bought the game. So either this is Mojang trying to give people the ability to try out Creative Mode, even in the demo version (hoping that this will get more customers, who would love to buy the game just for Creative Mode), or this is a glitch in the game that allows people to bypass some of the demo version's restrictions.

It wouldn't be super powerful in all directions, just one direction. The purpose of this would be as a weapon in a Minecraft war, and it's quite difficult to craft, as gold (one of the ingredients) is quite difficult to get. Of course this is just a suggestion. Maybe using even more rare materials to make it (and thus harder for players to craft it) would make it more fair? Maybe it should have some emerald, diamond, or lapis somewhere in there? The idea is if there was a Minecraft war going on, and someone built an obsidian bunker, and you were lucky enough to get your hands on one of these weapons, that guy hiding in his bunker would be about to have his luck run out.

If crafting it makes it to cheap/easy to use, how about have it only be able to be generated by the administrator with a Give command, or in the creative menu (no crafting allowed). This would allow an administrator who wanted to allow it to be used, to place one or more in a treasure chest in some hidden area, so that whoever managed to find this rare weapon, would have an advantage over those he was fighting against, but it would take some to get it, because he'd have to explore a lot to find the hidden area.

Use this command with a command block. Have it activate from a pressure plate, and then it will shoot a very highspeed fireball that will hit its target almost instantly even at a fairly large distance from it, when someone steps on this trap.
/summon Fireball ~ ~1 ~ {ExplosionPower:2,direction:[5.0,0.0,0.0],Motion:[5.0,0.0,0.0]}

Change which axis the velocity numbers numbers are on to aim it (make sure the Motion and direction have the same values). Increase these numbers for even greater speed. At about 10.0 the thing is like a laser (which is what you were wanting). Increase the ExplosionPower for the shot to cause even more damage from the explosion that happens upon the fireball striking its target (and gives it a larger blast radius as well).

Use ender chest. It teleports items.

This would have all the properties of TNT, but much more powerful in one specific direction. In the direction it is pointing, over a very narrow range of angles (maybe no more than 10 degrees), the explosion damage calculation rays would be many times stronger than all the other rays. They wouldn't extend any longer, but they would cut through everything, for the length that they were. The only thing they would NOT cut through would be bedrock. If you had a thick wall of obsidian, who's thickness equaled to the normal length of a TNT explosion calculation ray, and the Shaped Charge was facing this obsidian wall, it would punch a hole clear through the wall. This would be a great bunker-buster weapon to be used against those who made obsidian bunkers. And because it is just as powerful as regular TNT in every other direction, it still will cause normal damage to everything (and everyone) that's too close to it in any direction.

How to set the direction? It will face one of the 6 main directions (-x, +x, -y, +y, -z, or +z) depending on what way you are facing when you place it. If your character is facing at some intermediate angle, it will see which of these 6 main directions is closest to the one you are facing, and place the charge's aim in that direction. It can be triggered in any of the ways that normal TNT can be triggered. But doesn't primed/triggered TNT fall down? Yes it does, but primed Shaped Charge will not fall down when triggered. A primed Shaped Charge will start flashing, but remain exactly where it was placed, and continue facing in the exact same direction as when it was placed, so you can place them strategically and set them off without gravity messing up your placement when they have been triggered.

You can use them directly in the Minecraft client, even when playing single player mode. Press the T key on your keyboard to open chat, and then type or paste any of these commands in (including the initial slash character) and press enter. Alternately, press the slash key, which will open chat and put in a slash, then type or paste the command (not including the slash) after the slash in the chat line, and press enter. If you are on someone else's server though, and they've disabled cheating, you will not be able to use these commands (only the person who started the server, and anybody that they've made a server operator, will be able to use these commands then).

Here are some useful commands for Minecraft. Many of these are intended to make stuff that blows up.
I found these myself by trying out different ones to see which were most useful.



SUMMON COMMANDS:

Create Ghast Fireball that can be launched with a punch (Increasing ExplosionPower causes a bigger explosion on impact with target.)
/summon Fireball ~ ~1 ~ {ExplosionPower:1,direction:[0.0,0.0,0.0],Motion:[0.0,0.0,0.0]}

Create Ghast Fireball that instantly launches downward from one block below your feet (great for aerial bombardment of targets while flying in creative mode, and again larger values of ExplosionPower create bigger explosions)
/summon Fireball ~ ~-1 ~ {ExplosionPower:5,direction:[0.0,-4.0,0.0],Motion:[0.0,-4.0,0.0]}

Create Ender Crystal (hit with anything to cause it to explode)
/summon EnderCrystal ~ ~1 ~

Create Primed TNT (will explode instantly, and is good for making traps if command is used from a redstone signal powered Command Block)
/summon PrimedTnt ~ ~ ~

Create Primed TNT with short delay (2 seconds until explosion)
/summon PrimedTnt ~ ~ ~ {Fuse:40}

Create Primed TNT with normal delay (4 seconds until explosion)
/summon PrimedTnt ~ ~ ~ {Fuse:80}

Create Primed TNT with normal delay (6 seconds until explosion)
/summon PrimedTnt ~ ~ ~ {Fuse:120}

Note that the Ghast Fireball's normal ExplosionPower in the game is 1 (if 0 is used, it will damage any mob it hits, but there will be no damage to a block if it hits a block nor will any fires be started). At 2 or 3 it is approximately as powerful as a TNT explosion. At 5 or 6 it is approximately as powerful as an Ender Crystal explosion. At 10 it's equivalent to a standard high explosive airplane-dropped bomb. At 20 it's equivalent to a Daisy Cutter, but be careful as the target must be very far away, or you'll be killed by the explosion. At 50 or more it's equivalent to a nuclear weapon. Watch out when using it at 50+, as if you can see the target, you'll be killed by the explosion (unless you set your view distance to maximum in the game options, and aim at a target right near the edge of what can be seen, and set the ExplosionPower to no more than about 100).
Also as a general warning for using the Ghast Fireball, step back after spawning it, before you hit it to launch it, or it will start in the same place you are standing, and it will see that as impacting you! It must be in front of you before you launch it, or it will blow up immediately and kill you. Also watch out for grass in the way, as if it hits grass it will blow up as if it hit a solid object, and at higher ExplosionPower levels, this mistake could cost you your life.
The safest way to use it is to be invincible by being in creative mode when launching it.

Note that Primed TNT cannot have its Fuse value set to any number larger than 127. If it is 128 or larger, it will behave as if the fuse was set at 0 (the default), meaning an instant explosion.



FILL COMMANDS:

Create "nuke sized" cube of TNT just below your feet (When detonated it will create a huge crater, especially if you dug down into the ground a few blocks before placing it, and can easilly be ignited with flint&steel or firecharge or redstone signal, but you better be able to run VERY fast if you light it close up)
/fill ~-5 ~-1 ~-5 ~5 ~-11 ~5 tnt

Create "nuke sized" cube of TNT 10 spaces above your feet (or 9 spaces above your head, which is useful for remotely detonating with a Ghast Fireball projectile, and causes widespread surface damage)
/fill ~-5 ~10 ~-5 ~5 ~20 ~5 tnt

Create Obsidian "bunker" just below your feet (It can only be penetrated with Diamond Pickaxe, and you'll need to do so to make a doorway to get into it, unless you are in creative mode.)
/fill ~-3 ~-1 ~-3 ~3 ~-7 ~3 obsidian 0 hollow

Create Obsidian "bunker" that you start inside (It can only be penetrated with Diamond Pickaxe, and you'll need to do so to make a doorway to get out of it, unless you are in creative mode.)
/fill ~-3 ~-1 ~-3 ~3 ~5 ~3 obsidian 0 hollow

Create Bedrock "bunker" just below your feet (This is completely invincible, and you will need to be in creative mode to create a doorway to get into it.)
/fill ~-3 ~-1 ~-3 ~3 ~-7 ~3 bedrock 0 hollow

Create Bedrock "bunker" that you start inside (This is completely invincible, and you will need to be in creative mode to create a doorway to get out of it.)
/fill ~-3 ~-1 ~-3 ~3 ~5 ~3 bedrock 0 hollow

Keep in mind that these bunkers can also have a hole knocked into them with an explosion from a Ghast Fireball who's ExplosionPower set to at least 278. If it's 500, the entire bunker will be destroyed if the explosion occurs inside. If it's 1000 and the Ghast Fireball explodes inside the bunker, there will be some damage to the nearby area around the bunker as well from the explosion penetrating the Obsidian walls.



GIVE COMMANDS:

Get a Diamond Pickaxe
/give @p diamond_pickaxe

Get a Diamond Shovel
/give @p diamond_shovel

Get a Diamond Axe
/give @p diamond_axe

Get a Diamond Sword
/give @p diamond_sword

Get a Diamond Helmet
/give @p diamond_helmet

Get a Diamond Chestplate
/give @p diamond_chestplate

Get Diamond Leggings
/give @p diamond_leggins

Get Diamond Boots
/give @p diamond_boots

Get maxed out TNT
/give @p tnt 64

Get maxed out Obsidian
/give @p obsidian 64

Get maxed out Bedrock
/give @p bedrock 64

Get a Command Block (Command Blocks allow you to automate these commands, and many others, by causing the command to be called when powered by a Redstone signal. Primed TNT can be spawned with these, rather then simply having redstone light regular TNT, thus making a reusable booby trap.)
/give @p command_block





The ultimate mining code! (destroys an 11x11x11 section of blocks just below your feet, and converts them into pick-up-able items)
/fill ~-5 ~-1 ~-5 ~5 ~-11 ~5 air 0 destroy

Thanks, but how do I set that to the default editor for me? Most forum websites that have multiple editor types have a way to set the default, usually under the user control panel. Your old forum had such even, if I remember correctly.

I got a warning for a thread I made back in the old version of these forums. Now after the forum upgrade, I'm getting a notification of that warning, and there is a button that says "acknowledge". However when I click the button, it doesn't go away. Furthermore, there is an X button in the upper right corner of the warning's window. Clicking it doesn't make it go away. However refreshing the page seems to. But then the notification keeps coming back every so often during the time I'm browsing the forum. How do I make it go away permanently?

It's switched to some new editor, that seems like a WYSIWYG type of editor. How do I go back to using the standard editor (you need to click "preview" to see what the post will look like)?

Can someone sticky this please thread, so that the Mojang employees can find it?