Whenever I approach any of the new mobs (crabs specifically...) I get one hit. Am I just a wimpy ass mofo? Or is this a glitch?
Without preparation a good portion of the added mobs will demolish you. This isn't a mod that you can jump tiers without considerable skill or luck. Take it in chunks and don't try to engage anything without considerable thought into how it will go.
Before I begin, I want to say, big fan of the mod. In terms of pure content, it's one of the biggest i have seen, and it seems like you have a good mix of basic equipment and end game materials, which is always a plus. Anyway, on to my questions:
I am not sure if this is an intended design aspect, but whenever I craft any of your added storage blocks, (coal blocks, redstone blocks, realmite blocks) I cannot reverse craft these into 9 of the respective material. I understand with Redstone blocks, as this would return two different items (Or maybe just 9 dust and the stick would be lost) but it defeats the purpose of having storage blocks when the recipes cannot be reversed to regain your raw materials for use.
I assume this is just an oversight, because I don't imagine many will be using coal or realmite blocks for decoration. I installed craft guide and verified that the recipes for flipping back to raw ingredients are definitely just missing.
My second question is probably one you receive all too often: Is there SMP support planned? Me and my friend are very interested in starting a server running this mod, and were simply curious if we could expect it in the pipes, maybe during the 1.4 MC release period? If not, it makes sense, and I will continue to enjoy it in SSP.
Thanks for your time!
-Wammyflammy
Edit: I neglected to mention I am running 1.1.3. If reverse crafting was added in 1.1.4, then my apologies, I haven't yet upgraded.
Reverse crafting will be added in the next update (1.2). While this may be an inconvenience, it is not a game breaking bug and henceforth we will not have people re-update for the recipes. The SMP version is still in development and we are still working out bugs and play testing it. It should be released in the near future however. If you would like to help bug test SMP you can join the official server we have up. (link in the main post)
Thanks, i assume that a regular bow wouldn't be appropriate, so what's the best bow i can get from the overworld, considering i cant really survive in the nether too long (sorry for all the questions but i really appreciate the help)
A normal with with a power enchantment is effective versus most overworld and nether mobs. A lot of fighting them is using terrain and trying to keep far enough away from them. Personally I use tunnels to move around instead of fighting them. But that is dependent on play style.
thanks, but once i got some inferno armor (spawned it in ) I still couldnt beat the spiders, i think there is something wrong with the inferno armor because after a little bit the fire gets through and kills me anyway
Fighting them head on is not a recommended tactic vs these mobs. They will only attack if you are within 16 blocks. So using a bow at range is an effective strategy versus these mobs. Open areas also leave you very vulnerable for attack from different directions in the nether.
Hum, the Mysterious Clock doesn't seem to work. I don't know if I just click it where I want the boss to spawn or if there is any thing else I need to do to make it work.
But let me guess it works like that, and try to analyze the task of summoning the first boss:
We need a clock (four gold ingots and a redstone, no big deal here) and EIGHT Hellstone Ingot. Each ingot is made a Netherite chunk - that is crafted with five netherite ingots - and of Two Shadow Ingots, who are made of one rupee ingot and one arlemite ingot - and both are as rare as hell. So, to make a Mysterious Clock, we need 8 Rupees, 8 Arlemites, 40 Netherites and a Clock. Taking that the boss drops ONE divine essence that, crafted with one stone, gives ONE divine block. Let us remember that a portal frame takes at least 10 blocks to be made (not counting the corners), so we need 10 divine essences to make the portal.
In resume, to finally reach the first dimension of this mod, all you have to do is find 80 Rupees, 80 Arlemites, 400 Netherites, make 10 clocks to make 10 Mysterious Clocks, summon and survive 10 boss battles to finally build the frame - ignoring possibilities like falling or dropping items in Tar or something. That, ladies and gentlemen, is a collosal task.
I see the logic here, I really do. The grind of XP for levels is what gives importance to the progress made in an RPG, but must be fine tuned - too easy to gain levels, and the game easy bores the player and it is fast finished; too hard, and the players fell that they are not playing, but executing a choir, and may abandon the game. Since levels in Minecraft doesn't work like a normal level at all, you transfered the grind to the crafting task, and it is a brilliant idea. But lets presume that I guessed right with above observation: it takes a very huge ammount of time to find the first boss, and even more to enter the first realm of the mod.
Again, not saying it is a bad thing or a good thing. I like people who think different, and I like this mod. A lot. I just want it to be sucessful.
The boss actually drops 1-5 divine shards on death, so it can take as few as two kills to get to our new dimension. On another note, The Watcher also drops divine shards and although he is more difficult than the ancient entity he also drops the bluefire stones used in some advanced weapons and armors.
hey, congrats on this mod. its really amazing. i just have 1 question: is realmite the only ore i can find in the overworld? because I installed the mod in an old map, and used mcedit to repop the chunks, and its the only one ive found so far
Rupees and Arlemite are also found in the overworld. However, they are very rare.
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Crabs are very vicious. (Also the beach mobs are deeper into the mod than say, the undead miner.)
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Without preparation a good portion of the added mobs will demolish you. This isn't a mod that you can jump tiers without considerable skill or luck. Take it in chunks and don't try to engage anything without considerable thought into how it will go.
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Reverse crafting will be added in the next update (1.2). While this may be an inconvenience, it is not a game breaking bug and henceforth we will not have people re-update for the recipes. The SMP version is still in development and we are still working out bugs and play testing it. It should be released in the near future however. If you would like to help bug test SMP you can join the official server we have up. (link in the main post)
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A normal with with a power enchantment is effective versus most overworld and nether mobs. A lot of fighting them is using terrain and trying to keep far enough away from them. Personally I use tunnels to move around instead of fighting them. But that is dependent on play style.
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Fighting them head on is not a recommended tactic vs these mobs. They will only attack if you are within 16 blocks. So using a bow at range is an effective strategy versus these mobs. Open areas also leave you very vulnerable for attack from different directions in the nether.
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The boss actually drops 1-5 divine shards on death, so it can take as few as two kills to get to our new dimension. On another note, The Watcher also drops divine shards and although he is more difficult than the ancient entity he also drops the bluefire stones used in some advanced weapons and armors.
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The server crashed. Both blued00r and Xolova are sleeping to fix it. I do not know why it crashed.
Also as a sidenote, keep server-related posts to the server thread.
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Was very close.
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This same post, is being updated right now.
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Thanks for that, many people were having problems with installing optifine after the mod.
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Go ahead!
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Rupees and Arlemite are also found in the overworld. However, they are very rare.