The Minecraft Thread

Going on a Quest: to find the only biome I've never actually seen in the game, the mushroom.

Ok, I have technically seen it—a single block in one of my first worlds back before villages were introduced. I was sailing around and saw a mooshroom on a tiny island, further investigation revealed a single discolored grass block.

It's time to go back to that world and get that block, because I've never seen it anywhere else.

I am sure this has been asked before but what is a good way to make Minecraft fun again? I feel like I burned myself out on it. I once played it for 2+ hours daily and now I go to play it and just can't get into it like before, even after the recent updates.

Have you tried mods? I swear by 'em.

Yeah, mods and modpacks are what makes the game nowadays. If you don't feel confidant in modding yourself, you can always download mod launchers like Feed the Beast or Technic.

Or if you really just want one or a couple specific mods, you can try Curse. (but honestly you'd be better off installing your mods manually at that point)

edited 6th Feb '17 6:16:28 AM by valozzy

I've seen you in the Pokemon threads, so I guess you'll probably like the Pixelmon mod. Right now, they're working on fixing bugs all over the place, and adding more pokemon, making new models for already implemented pokemon, gyms, and a berry growing mechanic.

Just a necro:

Patch 1.12: The Color update

Parrots, colored beds, achievments redesigned

Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition; $30 with the Mario pack pre-installed; local multiplayer with multiple Switches, and splitscreen, digitally May 11th, physical later this year.

New feature includes text-to-speech for the chat feature...

Dear God.

So... how long has Minecraft been $26.45?

Man I put off buying this game for too long and now it's coming back to bite me.

All I see is a big black square.

It's the launch video for Minecraft on the Switch.

Wow. Seeing the advancements that are being planned for the new version, I'm already feeling discouraged from trying to complete them all, something I'd never felt with the old achievements. Some of them feel more like That One Achievement than any of the achievements ever felt, and I'm including "On a Rail".

"How Did We Get Here?", in particular, I'm not even sure if it's legitimately possible to earn it, considering it requires having Mining Fatigue and Levitation at the same time. Those two status effects are only inflicted by a mob who only lives at the bottom of the ocean and a mob who only lives in a floating island in the middle of nowhere, respectively. And then you'd have to be inflicted with Wither at the same time, which requires a mob which is found nowhere near the two aforementioned mobs, or another mob who is summonable but destroy everything close, including those two aforementioned mobs. Yeah.

And there's also "Serious Dedication", which would be more a Goddamned Achievement if that trope existed, but anyway. You must waste two diamonds on something you would never think of crafting if it wasn't because of the achievements. And that's not the end: you must use it until it runs out of durability, which will require a lot of time (it has 1562 uses) unless you till every single dirt block you see or use it to hit mobs.

Seriously, when 1.12 comes, I'm not even bothering with the advancements.

...You might also want to turn the toaster notifications off.

So, I'm kind of confused—is there a separate Windows 10 version of the game now? Because supposed the game was patched for the mobile and Win 10 versions, the "Discovery Update", with...features we already have minus a cash shop.

Is the original PC version no longer being developed for? Or is there some difference between PC and Windows 10 versions?

The Windows 10 version is just Pocket Edition on computer with support for Xbox Live, Hololens, and Oculus Rift. More details here. Regular PC version still exists and is getting an update soon.

Nice, the new version is out. I don't think I need to make a new world.

Herobrine has been removed. That's a relief.

So, i love the glazed terracotta blocks, how 'bout you?

Fantastic flooring. Strange walls.

Double POSTU!

I need to figure out what to build by this stronghold. I don't yet have a major project for the plains biome. The Wandering Castle goes in the normal forest, Betrayal Manor goes in the roofed forest, my tower goes on the coast, the Egyptian city in the desert, and the future new castle in the mountains.

I wonder what to build here. Maybe the old canal city I've worked on/aborted a few times. Or maybe import that old Krikbride asylum I was building.

Or maybe that should go in a creepy birch forest.

https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/all-news-e3

Minecraft news from E3.

Better Together Update includes Cross-Play between Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Pocket, VR, and Windows 10 editions. No Playstation 4 as Sony refused.

All of these editions will be considered Minecraft, while the standard PC version will be considered Minecraft: Java Edition.

Independent servers will be added to Minecraft (console, mobile, VR).

Super Duper Graphics pack, boosts to 4k, better lighting, better graphics in general, coming in the Better Together Update.

So cross-platform play for all versions except for PC. And PC is now old Minecraft rather than just...Minecraft. Ok, I guess.

So, the original game is now in some second-class, scraps-from-the-important-versions ghetto? When they say "this is coming to Minecraft in that news post, they mean "this is coming to every version of the new "True Minecraft" but not "Minecraft Java"?

edited 11th Jun '17 11:35:12 PM by Rotpar

I don't think the PC version's in a ghetto. It still gets updates before the console versions.

Cross-platform play with everyone except, Java edition and PS 4 edition.

It has, yes, but will it from now on? It's not Minecraft, the game available to the masses on console(and Win 10?), it's now Java Minecraft. Like I said, do any of the news points on that page apply to Java Minecraft when it says Minecraft?

[Starting with the "Better Together" update, Minecraft for consoles and mobile will be using Xbox Live to connect everything.