Releasing a game like Minecraft (on any platform) is more complicated than a normal game. Most games have developement cycles of years. Beta testing is done on a more stable version way after it has been in developement for those years. Often for console games beta testing is entirely in-house. Minecraft was released in an alpha version and has had consistent updates through a beta version and then a release version. Most games release one or two major updates or patches and then the life expectancy of the title is 4-5 years at best.
Minecraft is more like an MMO when it comes to how it gets released. It's a constantly changing, growing game. Having a beta version works when you can have a separate stable version of a game on a system, but then you have to release and update two different versions at a time. That doesn't work over Live because those updates come from Micro$oft and they charge game companies lots of money to release updates. I consider the bugfix updates to be the release version of a patch.
That sounds about right... it is not wonder i have them underground and difficultly set on peaceful on my primary old map....lol
I place a 3 wide wooden platform down and place my rails on the center block, then come back and put fences down both sides. It's effective but the cost in wood is pretty high. It does look nice though.
Thats from the wiki page on brewing. http://www.minecraft...et/wiki/Brewing
Please note that thats from the PC version and we can't make some of those potions yet.
I've never had any issues collecting lava in the nether. Strange.
PurpleMushroomz above is correct. You can only collect lava source blocks (still lava, not flowing). The flowing lava can take forever to disappear after collecting the source when it's just one block.
Is there any response from 4J to all these (good) suggestions written down for month now?
If not, I think this topic is fruitless.
Obviously they can't even make new texture packs happen since I heard nothing about it for month.
How could they realize any of these suggestions then?
They're still working on bringing the game up to version 1.2.3. After that we will more than likely start getting texture packs and custom features. I know it's hard for people to wait months but games and software programs have a developement cycle that can't be rushed. Thousands of people and over 30 years of developement have brought our game/software developement cycles to where they are today. If you think you can improve upon that then by all means join the field.
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Minecraft is more like an MMO when it comes to how it gets released. It's a constantly changing, growing game. Having a beta version works when you can have a separate stable version of a game on a system, but then you have to release and update two different versions at a time. That doesn't work over Live because those updates come from Micro$oft and they charge game companies lots of money to release updates. I consider the bugfix updates to be the release version of a patch.
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I place a 3 wide wooden platform down and place my rails on the center block, then come back and put fences down both sides. It's effective but the cost in wood is pretty high. It does look nice though.
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Thats from the wiki page on brewing. http://www.minecraft...et/wiki/Brewing
Please note that thats from the PC version and we can't make some of those potions yet.
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PurpleMushroomz above is correct. You can only collect lava source blocks (still lava, not flowing). The flowing lava can take forever to disappear after collecting the source when it's just one block.
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They're still working on bringing the game up to version 1.2.3. After that we will more than likely start getting texture packs and custom features. I know it's hard for people to wait months but games and software programs have a developement cycle that can't be rushed. Thousands of people and over 30 years of developement have brought our game/software developement cycles to where they are today. If you think you can improve upon that then by all means join the field.
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You'll have better results posting there.