TheGatesofLogic wrote:most of us know how to install mods (I HOPE!) so why do we need a patcher? is there any reason you aren't just distributing the mod files?

As both this and BTW modify world gen, I'm pretty sure the patcher is to allow BoP files to be combined with BTW files so FC's code isn't redistributed.

There's a slight glimmer of hope for the terrain generation. Jeb recently tweeted this:

Was testing level generator stuff, when @notch asked me to keep this as an option: http://i.imgur.com/DtYeEDO.jpg Really resource heavy, though!

Source.

Hope this helps: Link

Edit: Also, the old launcher is still available under the download page on minecraft.net, way at the bottom if you prefer installing the old way.

Bio_Logisch wrote:

Any Clue? Could this be related to some wrong config?

Did you accidentally copy the MINECRAFT-JAR in your server.jar instead of the MINECRAFT_SERVER-JAR?

I had it happen to me as well, and I made sure I copied the server version over. Same log and everything.

craniak716 wrote:They're programmers whose lack of creativity is depressing.

I wouldn't go this far. They've implemented what the community has been screaming for (the part of the community that isn't here with BTW), but that doesn't mean they lack creativity.

From what the wiki is saying, the cherry trees will have their leaf color change every four days for a few minutes. Also, it seems that you can now bind your sprint key to a new button. Wiki is also saying there was a rewrite to some of the option screens. Link to wiki page. Edit: Also, it seems the...

If you're going to be playing around with space planes and looking for more parts designed specifically for them, I'd recommend the B9 Aerospace Pack. I've been playing around with it for a bit and have had a lot of fun so far. The pack adds internal cargo bays, VTOL engines, some new cockpits, wing...

Voted for both of your designs. Good luck with the contest, both of those are amazing!

I wish you all luck on this, and I'll be following this closely to see how it goes.

When this happens to me in SSP it'll happen right when I log on, or rarely when returning from the Nether. Also in SMP, I've noticed it happens when someone gets on the server after a restart, or after a period of time when nobody was on. In both SSP and SMP, I have seen it happen when returning to ...

Kezza, your texture changes are absolutely amazing! Keep up the great work, I can't wait to see what else you'll surprise us with.

Your direct download link in the OP is down. It's currently listed as "http://http//bit.ly/157QXyd" rather than "http://bit.ly/157QXyd". But thank you for updating this. I've been working on my own update for awhile now and I was really starting to fall behind. Good luck with fin...

KittenToaster wrote:Yep, a ocelot jumped into my cow farm and did this ....

That video made my morning; I haven't laughed that hard in a long time, thanks for posting that!

Wither, I haven't taken on yet, but I imagine that one would be rather nasty with the new heal system. My friend and I have discovered that it's stupidly simple to kill a Wither just by trapping it in enough stone with a single hole in the center to shoot and smack it. We haven't been hit by it yet...

Use MC 1.5.1.

You can only download the current version, as the remainder are set to private after a new one comes out. Time to ask for a server update or to find another server.

And 1.5.2 has now gone live.

Running BTW 4.69b, placing a lens block in an inventory / crafting grid with no other mod blocks in the same row and then picking up a sub-block causes the lens to assume the same render type as that block. Also, shift-clicking the lens into the hotbar causes it to render as a siding. Tested with si...

The 1.6 launcher seems to be helpful for players with mods. It allows players the ability to choose which mod they want to play from a drop-down menu in the Minecraft launcher - the player just has to put the modified jar file into its own version folder. It sounds great and all but I'm worried abo...

Simurgh wrote:The zombie spawning thing is quite special at the minute

I can't even explain how hard I hit my head on my desk seeing that video. Who knows why they thought paratrooper zombies were a good idea.

BobSlingblade679 wrote: If you're under the ocean it seems to me you coulda just drowned them. Its slower than a saw but you work with what you've got.

Very true. Never thought of that option honestly. Thanks for the idea, I'll have to do that next time; it sounds like a fun challenge.

What's the best low-tech mob farm design? Using the spoiler features of one of the newest updates (which I won't name outside a spoiler thread) and a water channel that feeds to a small killing room for you to punch them to death. Sunlight? You'll still have to handle the creepers, which may be dif...

If their intent is to tie mod browsing/downloading into the launcher, with an Internal API that won't require you to install anything into the jar files directly, than this move makes some sense. You'd want that framework in place, in the same way you'd want to get all your engine rewriting out of ...

maxsi wrote: the actual version of the launcher will download a clean copy of the game jar if the one you have was modified

I'm not liking the sound of that at all. Hopefully they cut that little "feature", or someone finds a way around it.

The one thing we still refuse to do though is try to take over the Nether. Out of our last 6-7 trips there, all ended with at least one of us dying. I learned the hard way to watch where I'm running when punching a Ghast to death... Let me just say, losing all the steel we had (in tool form) to a n...