When I created my current world I typed in a seed in the settings. Later when I was wanting to do some testing outside my normal play I made a couple quick creative mode worlds when it occurred to me that using the same seed would let me do things safely in creative which if successful I could then ...

Wheat has managed to grow in villages when the player hasn't been there before, which would imply that a player isn't needed. Other plants, tall grass, mushrooms, trees, pumpkins and the like haven't required Steve's presence to have grown. Unless the stipulation is that nothing in the overworld, or...

Short version in case you don't like long-winded posts: I want my farms (plant and mob) to work in the always loaded original spawn chunks, both for practical reasons and for in-game logic reasons. Long-winded explanation below, with some questions for further discussion at the end: A recent BTW cha...

What other mods do you play with? Buildcraft and RP2 mainly. RP2 mostly for the redstone gates and wiring but also for the sub-block system which while less integrated than BTW is much more flexible and allows more interesting construction possiblities. Really though it's the elegance and possibili...

For me the short period when BTW was forge compatible was the best time for minecraft. FC's choice to break away always made sense to me, but my enjoyment of MC has died a slow death ever since. I look at current BTW with some sadness actually because while there are so many great features that have...

I'm using an old version of BTW from beta 1.8.1 (last forge compatible version). I just found out the anvil was originally a 3x3 grid. Can anybody point me to the recipes that were used in those days?

How about some form of strategic ore generation? I've used mossman1223's oregen mod for awhile and love it (hasn't been updated to 1.8.1). Seems to fit the criteria of a fundamental but simple modification to vanilla that makes the game harder but more rewarding. I've been hoping one of the main for...

Not quite. The FC way of dealing with wolves was to make them fire a byproduct off to the side when left in a small dark room, thereby encouraging you to completely remove their need for AI. Well that's the specific implementation, but in general terms you're exploiting the mob for your own benefit...

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by making block movement while neutral only an animation... Means you see them picking up a block, or putting one down, but they really aren't doing anything at all, it's just for atmosphere. Another idea I had was that they don't pick up any blocks, but will plac...

Notch just tweeted (~1 minute ago, I happened to be checking twitter): By the way, I will nerf the endermen block carrying. It was a horrible idea. Yay, hopefully that will mean no more picking up player placed blocks! Twitter replies seem to interpret it as Endermen not being able to pick up block...

I'm both offended and surprised. Offended by the fact that people question that I can't afford to donate (in my current situation) and implying that I have to be a kid with parents who refuse to pay for me. I am more than happy to explain my rather dull situation privately to anyone interested enou...

Even if you find your motivation affected by negativity and comments by entitled immature brats, I really don't see how taking donations could in any way be a negative. I mean say the level of this entitlement increases, as people donate then think they should be able to tell you how to make your mo...

I'm all for it... donations are inherently voluntary and I have the utmost faith in you, FC, to avoid the "pay for say" phenomenon that some modders seem to be alright with. In fact, while yes, I did buy MC, I would feel a lot better giving you my money than I would giving it to Mojang at...

I'm not sure how you looked at donations up till now, but I thought it was about keeping the mod clearly on the hobby level for you, not wanting it to become something you were tied to by pressure or anything that might come from the community if money got involved. I think that pressure is there wi...

This is just my opinion, but I don't think how you stack up against any individual mob is really at issue, even with vMC. What steel may allow however, in terms of combat, is for you to go deeper into caves or on long night journeys, without the constant necessity to change out your armor and weapon...

This whole mob trap issue is way overblown in my opinion. Even if you don't trust Notch & Co. to do the right thing with their game, I think we can trust FC to know his audience. I think we know what FC's views on this are, even if he hasn't chimed in on the topic. Whatever changes Mojang make f...

This may affect vanilla MC, but for BTW, won't Flower be able to just change this, at least for BTW killing methods anyway? Saws are the preferred method for me, and I think he could simply make the game see saws as a "player kill". I'm fine with the XP not collectible from traps though, a...

With this and the incompatibility with the HD-patcher, I must say my liking of Forge has plummeted... That's rather unfair man. The Forge represents a group of modders deciding to work together to make more mods compatible with each other. If other mod authors have yet to choose to participate in t...

I had to register to the forum so I could get in on this discussion. Having used all 3 of the major Forge mods together for some time now, this is an interesting topic for me, and I think it's good to see you (Flower) getting to know the other mods that many people will be using with yours. It's cle...