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by jakerman999
Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:28 am
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Fighting the Wither
Replies: 16
Views: 2690

Re: Fighting the Wither

FlowerChild wrote:I guess the remake will do :\
Sorry. My blood's too young.
by jakerman999
Sun Jul 14, 2013 12:19 am
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Fighting the Wither
Replies: 16
Views: 2690

Re: Fighting the Wither

You want to kill the wither? Try the techniques here:




Also, dodge. Anything you can do to avoid taking damage in the first place.
by jakerman999
Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:16 am
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: It's like a whole new game :)
Replies: 30
Views: 3160

Re: It's like a whole new game :)

I've spent almost a minecraft week trying to get 3 oysters. I've only got one. Of all the resources that I'd have trouble collecting... Creepers are like shrub people right? Do oysters have better drop chances if I use sheers? I think they have better drop rates if killed with bow and arrow, but th...
by jakerman999
Sun Jun 23, 2013 4:07 am
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Incredibly useful early-game builds
Replies: 74
Views: 12013

Re: Incredibly useful early-game builds

I handle loops by treating it as a single dead end. If the loop is short enough to be recognized as such, no problems arise, and if it's longer then that threshold the torch method holds true. The only place left to get lost in is the mazes that are called mineshafts, and even then It works with onl...
by jakerman999
Sat Jun 22, 2013 11:04 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Incredibly useful early-game builds
Replies: 74
Views: 12013

Re: Incredibly useful early-game builds

Simple rule - place torches on the right hand-side of a wall as will lead you out of a cave and back towards "home" Right is the right way home and anybody with more braincells than testicles can follow that. :) Torch on the left; towards the depths. Torch on the right; towards the light.
by jakerman999
Sat Jun 22, 2013 5:44 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: What brightness do you play at?
Replies: 9
Views: 2143

Re: What brightness do you play at?

I'm a bit weird... I play on moody until I have a carrot farm. Then I max brightness...
by jakerman999
Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:25 am
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Let's Play with Flowerchild
Replies: 54
Views: 13601

Re: Let's Play with Flowerchild

Don't mind if I do...


But all jokes aside, this might be the first let's play I watch since Morv's.
by jakerman999
Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:15 pm
Forum: BTW Suggestions & Ideas
Topic: Team Mechanic for HC Spawn
Replies: 24
Views: 20332

Re: Team Mechanic for HC Spawn

Would the death of additional teammates extend that timer? Or would that be too gamey?
by jakerman999
Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:05 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Advice for a Newb?
Replies: 50
Views: 4788

Re: Advice for a Newb?

Better to make a small mobtrap for gathering those crucial mob drops than trying to fight. A water flow leading to a 22 deep drop leaves most of them alive with half a heart. With a little care could probably be done entirely with shovel and dirt. Later, when you get a saw, you can easily convert i...
by jakerman999
Fri May 31, 2013 6:20 am
Forum: BTW Suggestions & Ideas
Topic: No fear of heights
Replies: 9
Views: 2028

No fear of heights

I'm up fifty meters in the air, building a tower. Hanging on to walls with just my toes. I can't see the ground, and a fall from this height would surely kill me twice over. But it's all good, I'm safe. I'm holding shift. I will refrain from solution details, but the problem as I see it is thus: all...
by jakerman999
Fri May 24, 2013 11:33 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: New Release! (BTW V4.82) - NO SPOILERS!!!!
Replies: 42
Views: 13873

Re: New Release! (BTW V4.82) - NO SPOILERS!!!!

So, this system you've got in place is general purpose? Meaning that there's potentially more crafting recipes that will have multiple yields? Or is it just a special case? Also, side note: Every time I see the no spoilers tag I want to put something in that spoils the end of an old book or movie :P
by jakerman999
Sat May 18, 2013 9:55 am
Forum: BTW Suggestions & Ideas
Topic: Zombies "breaking" doors
Replies: 2
Views: 1435

Re: Zombies "breaking" doors

I've actually been beaten to death with my own door before(which was quite embarrassing but amusing nonetheless), so I think there should be at least some recognizable part of the door left.
by jakerman999
Thu May 16, 2013 9:40 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Better than Minecraft [Total Conversion] [BTW LP] [Ep.8!]
Replies: 15
Views: 3364

Re: Better than Minecraft [Total Conversion] [BTW LP]

Even playing without HCB enabled, try to act as if it was. You'd be surprised at how much more rewarding getting a waterwheel running is, and setting up working water transport.

Also, as far as aesthetics go, aqua-ducts have the potential to look amazing.
by jakerman999
Sun May 12, 2013 2:48 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Le side view Generator
Replies: 12
Views: 1870

Re: Le side view Generator

My name brought back "harsh".

My ign returned with "massacre".

A common alias I use gave me "brutal".

Last name translates into "narcotic".



So, anyone up for a weekend getaway?
by jakerman999
Wed May 08, 2013 2:34 am
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Flower's Dev Diary (Week of April 29th)
Replies: 156
Views: 33691

Re: Flower's Dev Diary (Week of April 29th)

I had read /loc in the release thread of whatever version hardcore info was introduced, but for some reason it didn't click that it could be used in single player. Thanks for the heads up.
by jakerman999
Tue May 07, 2013 5:39 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Flower's Dev Diary (Week of April 29th)
Replies: 156
Views: 33691

Re: Flower's Dev Diary (Week of April 29th)

Quote from balance thread: I'll likely put out a test release later today with this stuff in it, at which point you guys can see for yourself. I want to get some serious testing on this one before doing an "official" release to make sure it doesn't mess with people's worlds (like I wanted ...
by jakerman999
Tue May 07, 2013 4:43 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: 4.71 Gameplay Balance Discussion Thread (READ RULES OR BAN)
Replies: 85
Views: 8946

Re: 4.71 Gameplay Balance Discussion Thread (READ RULES OR B

Just had this small revelation: the longer one spends caving, and increasing the safety of the underground networks, the less places there are for monsters to spawn. This results in higher mobtrap outputs, once the player achieves that level. The more time spent labouring over iron, the faster the f...
by jakerman999
Tue May 07, 2013 2:43 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Creeper oyster chemistry. (release thread spoilers)
Replies: 39
Views: 9593

Re: Creeper oyster chemistry. (release thread spoilers)

You're letting the earthly concept of gender get in the way of your thinking here folks(somewhat of a ninja by The Phoenixian, you're not). What if creepers were some form of highly mobile plant life? Nitre could be something extra they suck out of the soil, or a byproduct of their form of photosynt...
by jakerman999
Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:41 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Flower's Dev Diary (Week of April 29th)
Replies: 156
Views: 33691

Re: Flower's Dev Diary (Week of April 29th)

What, not even a small teaser of foo this time?
by jakerman999
Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:39 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: 4.69 Gameplay Balance Discussion Thread
Replies: 67
Views: 14537

Re: 4.69 Gameplay Balance Discussion Thread

Abandoned mineshafts seem to make getting iron quite a lot easier. There also much safer than caves, assuming one is quick enough to block off cave spiders. That said, cave spiders are a much larger, near insurmountable threat if left to roam unchecked.
by jakerman999
Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:32 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: 4.68T Optimization Test
Replies: 56
Views: 8216

Re: 4.68T Optimization Test

The system I'm on is somewhat high end, but I've got virtual machine software installed for school. Would testing in those be of any benefit to you, or just be theoretical wankery?
by jakerman999
Thu Apr 25, 2013 9:28 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Anyone care if I rip out 3D anaglyph mode?
Replies: 36
Views: 6353

Re: Anyone care if I rip out 3D anaglyph mode?

I wouldn't go so far as to call it my default mode of play. I pop in and out of it, and I spend more time without the glasses than with. After a day or two of 3d, you don't notice the colour loss. It really helps if you don't change texture pack. I can live without it, if the 4% is really going to m...
by jakerman999
Thu Apr 25, 2013 6:28 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Anyone care if I rip out 3D anaglyph mode?
Replies: 36
Views: 6353

Re: Anyone care if I rip out 3D anaglyph mode?

I'm really the only person who plays in 3d? I feel so alone...

How big of a difference does it make performance wise, ripping it out vs. not touching it at all?
by jakerman999
Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:35 pm
Forum: BTW Suggestions & Ideas
Topic: What mods are people still using with BTW?
Replies: 38
Views: 7829

Re: What mods are people still using with BTW?

With the slower cook times introduced, I've now unistalled treecapitator. Which feels weird, as it was the one mod I always used, even before BTW. I would be using pfaeffs mods(the allocator and such) but blockid config wouldn't stay the same long enough for me to have a world, so I dropped it too. ...
by jakerman999
Thu Apr 18, 2013 1:16 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: New Release! (BTW V4.66) [*** NO SPOILERS ***]
Replies: 76
Views: 13556

Re: New Release! (BTW V4.66) [*** NO SPOILERS ***]

Perhaps I'm a little late, but:
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Even these aren't acceptable here. Take it to the spoiler thread.