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I only play in single player and ive heard now the game has switched over to some kind of multiplayer only basis that single player mode has lag when fighting monsters?? If this is true do you realise how annoying this is going to be for people who like to play single playerr player?
The lag has increased some, but not as much as you'd think and it's a temporary setback. Just my observation as someone that plays on a netbook and has actually tried the snapshots. So far it's just been villagers that have been giving me particularly noteworthy lag, not so much the other mobs, they're at about the same lag they usually give me. Personally I like the new system overall, and if this is also a step to increasing overall performance and killing lag long-term that's even better.
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Edit: *technical biome is what mountain ranges should be, so that other biomes will run up the slopes to a certain height, then the rocky snow capped peaks pop up. Definitely not a repeat of EH or X-H where mountains are small, bland, and biome restricted, but different from the hills and mountains made by adding height variation across most biomes. It'll be like: plains and swamps (flat terrain) most other biomes (varied terrain) and mountain ranges (extreme height rugged terrain.) Something for everybody, yeah? I don't think this could have been done with an old generator, if anything, I think it can show the potential strengths of the current one.
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My full opinion (is a bit long:)
It didn't take me long to have a problem with the 1.8 generator. I was painfully bored just 10 minutes into the first new world I created with 1.8 and probably one of the first people to be rudely told to a)downgrade or b)use a mod (which didn't exist at the time) if I didn't like it. I didn't downgrade because I liked everything else but ultimately, I pretty much stopped playing. The few sporadic times I have played in the year since were short-lived and mostly spent underground, mining. Something I didn't realize until I saw this thread (note above) I almost never did before the change. I used to spend almost everyday above ground and couldn't be assed to keep just one permanent base. In fact, as I recall, I got into minecraft by watching my cousin play nomad-style through the kick ass terrain. And I also recall, that it didn't matter where he spawned or where he went or after I started playing, where I spawned or went, it was always kick ass terrain.
I don't think I can even comment on eternal caves because I just don't recall spending any more time underground than absolutely necessary before 1.8.
I thought biomes were the problem. Nasty, horrible biomes that put you to sleep! Well, I've realized I was wrong. I like everything about post 1.8 minecraft except the terrain. Even biomes, I've come to realize, as a concept though not as terrain. They're so big and far too repetitive, but if you applied the concept backwards as Redyoshi101 suggests to 1.7-esque terrain? That's just what 1.7 gen was missing. I think a little evening out will be just fine as well, sometimes it was hard to find a suitable building spot with pre-1.8. And that, in sum, is basically what this is suggesting, correct? Somewhat less extreme than 1.7 terrain generation with biomes (call it height variation if you want, same thing to me.)
I don't know why this suggestion hasn't already been implemented. Especially if current custom world gens large biomes and superflat are kept as is, I don't know what anyone could complain about.
Btw, whoever thinks the current gen is "realistic" must live in a really, really boring place, terrain wise. Where I live the terrain is much more like, well, this suggestion, and people travel from all over the world to see this terrain. Even I appreciate it and I'm no hiker or scenery lover. To me, this suggestion would be truly realistic, yet pleasantly so. Adventurously so.
Basically, let's do it!
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#4thGen all the way
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Idk, really. What do you like, what do you need? I have a similar problem (birthday 3 weeks after Christmas, lot of money this year) except in my case I have to spend it, and that's not really a problem for me because I love shopping and there's software and media I've been waiting to buy for years.
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So dude, chillax, learn to take the jokes, handle the criticism, ignore the zealots, and put the idiots in their place.
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Edit for new options: add sex & money.
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