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You can't please them all. There will be haters, those who have their reasonings, and those who just want to inject anger and hatred into the people they are complaining to.
You're better off ignoring them, don't give them the attention they want, and don't even try to prove them wrong when they are so obviously wrong.
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Red chilly powder, which they use in food.
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Where do I find said magical option? Such a thing would be the bees knees.
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It reminds me of this person in my class at school. He almost has some form of snack food that he eats in the afternoon. Every day, he complains about it in some form. Yet he eats it. The one time a teacher took it, he complained until the person the teacher gave it to(who liked the snack) had thrown away the bag. Some people just like to complain.
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Hackers
I just quit the match. I won't even bother fighting with them. Seriously
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I love the past versions, as that was the minecraft I started with (1.5.2 specifically; I started in August 2013). But at the same time I love 1.7 and 1.8, aka the New Minecraft.
You should probably add a "I love all minecraft versions" option to the poll.
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Is it C# or C++? I think using C# would be the far better language to make the translation. If it is just C, you will never see everything implemented, and I am surprised redstone would exist due to regular C not supporting signed integers. The stack overflows themselves are what make redstone possible in the first place, things like item sorters are a direct translation of stack overflow.
Sorry, C++ (I guess it's what iOS uses, EDIT: or at least what they can use for a bulk of the code on both iOS/Android). I wasn't sure, but I looked it up and changed it before you made your post.
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"Will they ever block Linux?"
Mojang has stated multiple times that they do not intend to drop Linux or OS X support. Example:
https://twitter.com/_tomcc/status/617464527593021440
"Linux people complaining we’re going to drop linux support: we are not. Whoever said that in the first place?"
https://twitter.com/dinnerbone/status/625965518902685696
"We aren't dropping support for Mac/Linux. Mac is getting its own native launcher very soon too! (Hopefully in about a month)"
"Do they have the authority to do so now?"
They probably could, they own Mojang... but that would cause anger and possibly lawsuits. Overall a bad business decision.
"Will Microsoft eventually roll all the features into the "Windows 10 Edition"?"
Feature convergence seems to be something they want, so they'll probably try.
"About how long until we see a 1.8 or 1.9 equivalent for the "Windows 10 Edition"?"
Win10 version is basically Pocket Edition, so it's going to be really far off before that ever becomes possible. I don't think it'll be caught up any time soon (probably 5+ years). I believe PE so far is the equivalent to the Beta version of the Java game, save for a few newer features they sprinkled in early. I believe they just added redstone (not sure if they finished/released it yet, though).
"Basically I want to know is, how much power does Microsoft have over the development of the core vanilla game?"
Not much actually. So far they have said they won't step in, and it seems they haven't. I'm assuming they are 2 separate teams, except for Jeb who occasionally seems to step over to PE.
I don't think you should worry, there are 2 scenarios I see:
It might be possible that they implement things in such a way that features from the C++ version (PE/10) can be ported to the Java version easily, or that most of the system (like blocks, mobs, certain features, etc.) can be abstracted to a 3rd language script system (like Python) that will make the game more modular and thus equal. That way much of the content is cross-platform on its own (this would basically be the plugin API).
Hope this helps.
"Don't jump ship until it's on fire!"
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This entire off-topic argument about Linux has been deleted. Please do not restart it.
The OP is asking some pretty basic questions. If you wish to answer the questions, you can post. If you want to argue about Linux, please leave.
- sunperp
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Anyway, if minecraft can only run on windows, just install a microsoft windows OS on your Linux or mac or some others
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Interesting or not, it should be entirely optional, not forced. Let the server owner, or the player in single player enforce the rules. Don't force them on us. This is very user hostile and very unwelcome. I feel that if these new additions were optional instead of forced, it would be a far better experience for the player.
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1.7.10 is by far the last version of Minecraft that I would ever consider playing as a true version of Minecraft. After that it seems it's just mod packs being added as "vanilla" without technically adding anything I would consider Minecraft. I began in 1.4, got really into it in 1.6.4, and loved 1.7. After that things just got too crazy for me, and more != better imho.
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I am the abuser. I make builds that specifically abuse game mechanics to take advantage of them. Like mob spawners which drop mobs down and kill them, with item sorters at the bottom so I don't have to work for them. I make experience farms which drop mobs that hurt them so all I have to do is stand and punch once gaining the experience. I make cobblestone generator/auto miner machines which generate cobblestone, mine it, collect it into hoppers, and store it into a silo of cobblestone. Zombie pigman farms above the nether for all... that... gold... @_@ I build Iron Golem farms which kill those harmless giants that protect villagers, and put villagers in tiny prisons, forcing them to mate, and live in the perpetual prison, watching their precious protectors die in lava just so I can have the iron that used to be their body... and laugh maniacally while doing it... ok well maybe not that far sorry got carried away with the drama :-P I build trade farms, forcing villagers to mate, send their grown kids off so I can trade with them, and if I don't like what they offer, I send them to a firery grave muahahahahaha ok I'll stop now...
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Alright I will change that tone. I can see how it can be construed as intrusive, but people in general is too blanket of a statement, so I will be more specific from now on. It is an alliteration, pointing, the user to see things from that perspective. If it isn't directed at you specifically, then move along in your mind track, etc.
Sidenote, you are going to go far in life, if you keep this positive attitude, and propensity for life. I am 31, and have always been like this. I can tell you, that if you apply yourself, and go through college, you will find that your career choice to be very rewarding over those who simply want to be heard. You get what takes some people years to learn, those are the people who are filling the gas tank of that BMW you worked so very hard to obtain. Just promise me that you will treat the Janitor, the gas tank filler, etc with this same type of positivism that you give to your superiors. You can always tell the worth of a man (or woman) by how (s)he treats their inferiors.
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You are not limited to playing the latest versions. You can pick the version in the launcher, and there are servers dedicated to what you want as well. I like 1.8 quite a bit, resources packs and graphics mods are way easier to implement. That being said, 1.7.10 feels like old Minecraft to me, and 1.8 is where the schism begins. I think and feel that 1.7.10 was the last version of version 1.0 and 1.8 should have been Minecraft 2.0. 1.8 was such a massive update to the graphics engine, the game doesn't even feel the same. I began in 1.4 I believe. From 1.4-1.7.10 the game felt the same overall. 1.8 and the new 1.9 snapshots feel like a completely different but same game, as in a new version. I get that people for some reason love 1.6.4, and 1.7.2 added a lot of changes, but the additions didn't change too much to really affect the game in such a massive way as 1.8 does. 1.8 changed everything, and I know that it was said 1.7.2 "changed" everything, but it didn't. Let me explain.
From the beginning of 1.2, snapshots of 1.7.2 were being developed, everything lead up to that release, and even Notch said that every version before 1.7.2 was just leading up to that release, and he felt that was the completed version of the game. And it shows. Now 1.8 released and everything was simply watered down mod packs, and even the Aether was planned, or "sky world" or "dream world" as you entered there when you slept in a bed at random, and to get out all you did was fall off an island. Such a thing felt far to gimmicky and was scrapped. The new VBO and graphics engine changes things far too much for it to don the version 1 manacle.
I believe a lot of the angst was stemmed from them saying "the update that changes the world" being far too dramatic and people expected something the lines of 1.8 and therefore confuse it as being "new Minecraft". Even chickens and eggs came from a mod idea, where a user said publically that he would eat his USB thumb drive if notch added eggs, well a beta got released and he went public on YouTube eating his thumb drive, and later in 1.6.4 eggs being able to be thrown and spawn chickens became a thing. Nothing I think past 1.2 was Mojang or Noth's original ideas, everything is in some form a public request that became popular or a popular mod that everyone added, and was added to vanilla to make things easier.
This isn't a bad thing, and I think it is what we owe the success of Minecraft to, a game that caters to the players wants without going over the top.
I am looking forward to 1.9. I hope they fix the broken controls in time for release.
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If you don't like Minecraft don't play the game. If you don't enjoy seeing the videos on YouTube, it has this option to flag the video as "this does not interest me" and you can go in and put in your disinterest box, "Minecraft" and you will never see another Minecraft video again. It really is that simple. Why come here and complain? Why join public servers and complain until you get kicked? Why spread your hatred and bile? What is the point? Go away with your negativity.
Just as much as you hate the game, we hate your negative energy bringing everyone else down. Your opinion doesn't matter if you dislike the game. We don't want to hear it, which means we don't want you hanging out with us. I dare you to go into a bar and complain about alcohol. You'll get kicked out or worse. Go to a church and complain about God, you will probably get kicked out. Same applies here. If you dislike it, here is a thought, leave, go find something else to do. Clean your house, get a job, get a girlfriend/boyfriend, play another video game (there are a ton of FREE decent games out there), rob a bank and go to prison, ie anything BUT complaining about Minecraft.
NEWSFLASH: We love the game!!! That's it, pure and simple. For us it is fun. If you can't see how we love it, well the game just isn't for you...
P.S. I am 31 years of age and it still amazes me that adults, grown ups, not just children, go places and complain about the place they are in instead of going elsewhere... It makes no sense to me...
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Me and a friend came to the same conclusion, left click should do left hand commands and right click should do right hand options. The way the latest snapshot handles it, it is switched. While I understand that as far back as Minecraft goes the control scheme was the same, but the dual wield changes things in such a massive way, I think you should at least include an option in the options to turn on this new control scheme.
My friend Scott and I have been playing Minecraft forever. Everyone I know who has tried the new snapshot says the same thing. It is confusing that the controls are switched around the way they are. I mean leave in the current control scheme as "default mode" or "classic mouse controls" but allow me the ability to change it over so that when I have something in my left hand, left click does that command, such as blocking with a shield, placing torches etc, and right click mines with the pickaxe, places blocks that are in that hand etc...
I would like your input on this issue. I understand that some of you like things the way they are which, sure leave the swapped mouse buttons as default for classic control scheme, and allow those of us who want a more sane control scheme to be put in place. I think you could even make middle click like the scroll wheel do something as I don't even think they sell mouses without a scroll wheel that clicks anymore.
tl;dr include an option that left click should do left handed or shield slot things, and right click should do normal commands for everything else now.
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Minecraft is technically a very hard game to run in what you want it to do. There are better engines more well equipped to handle the class IDs and limited strings you want to impliment. Java and the fuzzy logic Minecraft uses really limits what you are trying to accomplish. Most of your ideas are class:define"race"|"human" etc... which would be better handled by a different game engine.
There are just too many variables and tables in place that would make limiting Minecraft to this system too big of a job. I am not trying to discourage your idea, and it is a noble one at that. I think you have a fantastic idea. I think it would in and of itself be a great game.
I think you need to start by learning a simple programming language, the core graphics engine can be one of many like unreal engine that does 99% of the heavy lifting for you, then you can use an outlier like ruby, java, or python to handle all of the communication stuff, then use mysql to define everything you want to do.
While you can make a mod to make Minecraft talk to mysql, there are other projects dedicated to your very idea. Atavism comes to mind, and it uses Unity 3D engine, and a very simple SQL database. Torque is another one, but the 3D engine hasn't been updated in ages, great if your computer is ancient. Realmcrafter is a fantastic tool, but again where it falls short is it's muddy looking 3D engine. Hero Engine/Hero Cloud is cute and very simplistic. If you want a 2D MMORPG there is XtremeWorlds.
If you want a more 1 player style there is RPG Maker VX Ace, and RPG Creator. These are both 2d engines, both powerful in their own ways. RPG Maker uses Ruby but Ruby is extremely limited as far as multiplayer goes. RPG Creator uses HTML5, again quite limiting as far as multiplayer goes, but allows for more operating systems for your end games like Android, iOS, Linux, etc...
As far as Minecraft goes, it is a nice sandbox, and I think even Notch said that he tried what you are attempting to do, and found it to be far to limiting. He released the game as a sandbox and updates happened to surround the community etc. I think once storymode gets implimented in the 1.9 lifetime your vision might come to pass. I think a lot of people want story mode, as you can limit the size of your world to like 4000x4000 and make a story inside a smaller world, which would be fantastic. I think the create-your-own story mode in Minecraft will be a very cute idea, but implementing all of this would require static text to be displayed on screen. Minecraft's text is hard to read, and I think for the likes of an RPG you would want an engine more driven to your needs.
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I tried the Windows 10 update, but it's missing so much of the core game. In my tests it runs better, smoother, and works overall better on Linux than on Windows. I sincerely dualboot Linux now just for Minecraft. I was able to test out the latest 1.9 snapshot on Linux and it's great. So here are my noob questions:
Will they ever block Linux?
Do they have the authority to do so now?
Will Microsoft eventually roll all the features into the "Windows 10 Edition"?
About how long until we see a 1.8 or 1.9 equivalent for the "Windows 10 Edition"?
Basically I want to know is, how much power does Microsoft have over the development of the core vanilla game?
I have been playing Minecraft since the early days and love it for what it is, and I know I can probably google all of these things but it's easier to make a post, go to work, have answers when I come home. I just have a lot of concerns I want to hear from reputable sources on. Not just some blog post spreading some lie, or hearsay, but real facts. The Internet is full of blogs full of lies and sorting through them all is a hassle.