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by will_holmes
Sun Dec 09, 2018 12:53 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: [WIKI] A comprehensive guide to editing the BTW wiki
Replies: 128
Views: 122611

Re: [WIKI] A comprehensive guide to editing the BTW wiki

I've decided that I will be making a page for each item but if they're best referred together as one page, then the individual items will be a stub with the recipe for use as a reference. For example, while there's a "pickaxe" page that has complete info about what each can mine, there wil...
by will_holmes
Tue Aug 21, 2018 6:59 am
Forum: BTW Bug Reports
Topic: Block Dispensers and Work Stumps
Replies: 4
Views: 850

Re: Block Dispensers and Work Stumps

Nah, not regular stumps, I mean the ones made into crafting tables, which is how I know they're internally called "work stumps". FC knows what I mean.
by will_holmes
Mon Aug 20, 2018 4:20 pm
Forum: BTW Bug Reports
Topic: Block Dispensers and Work Stumps
Replies: 4
Views: 850

Block Dispensers and Work Stumps

Block dispensers can be used to pick up work stumps as intact blocks, which can then be freely placed down anywhere. I don't think this is intended behaviour because Silk Touch axes can't do this, and picking up a non-oak work stump converts it into an oak work stump, and it massively devalues the s...
by will_holmes
Sat Aug 18, 2018 10:38 am
Forum: BTW Bug Reports
Topic: Hoppers fill Brick Ovens with many items
Replies: 2
Views: 565

Hoppers fill Brick Ovens with many items

Using a powered hopper over a brick oven seems to bypass the normal rules at apply when putting items in by hand. You can put in multiple items, as well as put in items that you couldn't put in normally. It's not gamebreaking, but you can use it to smelt stacks of ore chunks without removing them, w...
by will_holmes
Tue Aug 14, 2018 5:25 pm
Forum: BTW TECH SUPPORT!!!!!
Topic: Using a fire charge on a clay oven crashes game
Replies: 2
Views: 997

Re: Using a fire charge on a clay oven crashes game

Just noticed a new version came out. Installed 4.ABCEEFABb and the crash is still happening. ---- Minecraft Crash Report ---- // My bad. Time: 14/08/18 22:23 Description: Ticking memory connection java.lang.NullPointerException at FCBlockFurnaceBrick.GetCanBeSetOnFireDirectly(FCBlockFurnaceBrick.jav...
by will_holmes
Tue Aug 14, 2018 5:10 pm
Forum: BTW TECH SUPPORT!!!!!
Topic: Using a fire charge on a clay oven crashes game
Replies: 2
Views: 997

Using a fire charge on a clay oven crashes game

Was just experimenting for the wiki and came across a consistent game crash when you use a fire charge on the bottom half of a clay oven that has been filled with a log. Was hoping to just burn the contents of the oven instead of the whole universe. ---- Minecraft Crash Report ---- // Oh - I know wh...
by will_holmes
Sat Aug 04, 2018 11:01 am
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: [WIKI] A comprehensive guide to editing the BTW wiki
Replies: 128
Views: 122611

Re: [WIKI] A comprehensive guide to editing the BTW wiki

Thanks!

I'm starting at Shafts and working my way up the tech tree making pages as I go, it's strangely therapeutic.
by will_holmes
Fri Jul 20, 2018 12:33 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: [WIKI] A comprehensive guide to editing the BTW wiki
Replies: 128
Views: 122611

Re: [WIKI] A comprehensive guide to editing the BTW wiki

Yeah, that breakdown makes sense to me. One ambiguous area, I think, is the current "Hardcore Modes" page (and various related pages in that category). In general, those pages are pretty messy and I think suffer from being hard to navigate if you don't know what you're looking for. That's...
by will_holmes
Fri Apr 27, 2018 8:32 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Embargo Lifted! (Open Early Game Discussion)
Replies: 89
Views: 44666

Re: Embargo Lifted! (Open Early Game Discussion)

Yeah, I'm totally on board with them needing to be tended more often, I've learned from my mistakes and I'm fairly consistently surviving while using them, it's just more of a visual feedback thing and the feel of using it when it was unfamiliar. The right strategy (e.g. putting in 7 sawdust or what...
by will_holmes
Fri Apr 27, 2018 7:10 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Embargo Lifted! (Open Early Game Discussion)
Replies: 89
Views: 44666

Re: Embargo Lifted! (Open Early Game Discussion)

So I'm a crazy person who plays this on Hardcore Mode and have done so for several years, and I'm going to say that overall I really like the changes. Fundamentally for me I think the big improvement boils down to the fact that there aren't any nights any more where the most optimal strategy is to d...
by will_holmes
Tue Mar 27, 2018 2:09 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Version 4.AAAAAAAAAAHHHH Hints/Help Request (MILD SPOILERS)
Replies: 60
Views: 26644

Re: Version 4.AAAAAAAAAAHHHH Hints/Help Request (MILD SPOILE

FIRE! Didn't realise a campfire would be an item, thanks!
by will_holmes
Tue Mar 27, 2018 1:08 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Version 4.AAAAAAAAAAHHHH Hints/Help Request (MILD SPOILERS)
Replies: 60
Views: 26644

Re: Version 4.AAAAAAAAAAHHHH Hints/Help Request (MILD SPOILE

Hm, that doesn't really help. Getting bored of not being able to progress, can someone please just tell me?
by will_holmes
Tue Mar 27, 2018 12:19 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Version 4.AAAAAAAAAAHHHH Hints/Help Request (MILD SPOILERS)
Replies: 60
Views: 26644

Re: Version 4.AAAAAAAAAAHHHH Hints/Help Request (MILD SPOILE

Still no luck making a fire.
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I've made a fire plough, but it doesn't seem to work anywhere and just slowly destroys itself when I right click anything with them. Any hints on the conditions required?
by will_holmes
Sat Jul 05, 2014 5:25 pm
Forum: BTW Feedback & Ideas
Topic: Getting the first Nether Star is really boring. [SPOILERS]
Replies: 8
Views: 2213

Re: Getting the first Nether Star is really boring.

I've never actually died from it, triggering it is done manually from the outside. We're playing hardcore so not dying is a bit of a priority. However, I'll go make a copy and run an experimental death for science. Be right back. EDIT: Yep. Got put on the chopping block. http://i.imgur.com/di12Um7.j...
by will_holmes
Sat Jul 05, 2014 5:12 pm
Forum: BTW Feedback & Ideas
Topic: Getting the first Nether Star is really boring. [SPOILERS]
Replies: 8
Views: 2213

Re: Getting the first Nether Star is really boring.

Sure. The hopper's unpowered, and the only two blocks that move are the chopping block and the stone brick block. There is nothing directly above the saw. The Wither Skeleton drops in through a hole directly above the hopper. Off: http://i.imgur.com/GPyuR64.png On: http://i.imgur.com/uosFHst.png
by will_holmes
Sat Jul 05, 2014 4:37 pm
Forum: BTW Feedback & Ideas
Topic: Getting the first Nether Star is really boring. [SPOILERS]
Replies: 8
Views: 2213

Getting the first Nether Star is really boring. [SPOILERS]

A friend of mine and I are currently playing a co-operative world, and we've only just come to the point where we have a level 3 Priest who is asking for a Nether Star to level up and start providing Eyes of Ender. Up to this point, everything we do has been pretty engaging, but the update with Hard...
by will_holmes
Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:32 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Finding Villages
Replies: 12
Views: 2328

Re: Finding Villages

Alright, thanks for the advice. I managed to find a boat load of Desert temples (I think I've got 5 enchanting tables now haha), 2 Jungle temples and a Witch Hut, so it's not like these adventures aren't coming up with good loot, including a lot of gold bars. My village count is 4 so far, but no pri...
by will_holmes
Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:41 am
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Finding Villages
Replies: 12
Views: 2328

Re: Finding Villages

How far are you tunneling between portals? How far are you walking out from the portal? Boats are pretty fast if you're by the ocean, otherwise you can't really go much faster. (I guess you could set up as a server, and bring a few mates on) I try to broadly hit the middle of the next map, and expl...
by will_holmes
Sun Jun 15, 2014 7:13 am
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Finding Villages
Replies: 12
Views: 2328

Finding Villages

Hi guys, What with the changes to Hardcore Villages and the requirement to find a priest villager to continue on to the End, I've been having trouble finding one. At the moment I have a nether tunnel at the bedrock level, tunnelling in one direction and creating a portal occasionally, and I'm creati...
by will_holmes
Sun Jun 15, 2014 7:00 am
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Portal Problem (Spoilers)
Replies: 15
Views: 3278

Re: Portal Problem (Spoilers)

If I understand it correctly, when an infected creature dies for any reason, the infection can then jump to any nearby non-infected creature. In the case of chickens, this is a serious problem because the infection kills them, and it's often really difficult to separate them, so the infection can el...
by will_holmes
Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:41 am
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: What's your End-Game Fantasy?
Replies: 21
Views: 3633

Re: What's your End-Game Fantasy?

As someone who plays co-op hardcore with a friend, I define the win condition as a full-sized soulforged steel beacon and a complete soulforged steel factory. If we manage that, hardcore gets turned off and we pat ourselves on the back. So far no dice, but we've come close. Died due to accidentally ...
by will_holmes
Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:33 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Help with Endermen
Replies: 16
Views: 2706

Re: Help with Endermen

What SterlingRed said. I mean, you could have a floating block if you wanted to and omit the fences, but I prefer a bit of form with my function. Fences tend to be the least restrictive way to go about it, and they make the shelter feel more secure if you've got an obvious inner area where you know ...
by will_holmes
Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:11 am
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Help with Endermen
Replies: 16
Views: 2706

Re: Help with Endermen

Building 2-high shelters held up by fence posts are the way to go, in my opinion. They physically can't get to you, so you can just chop up their legs.

They're also good for dotting about your base in case you accidentally aggro one and want to hide.
by will_holmes
Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:35 pm
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: Need Advice
Replies: 22
Views: 4551

Re: Need Advice

Yup, definitely a basic mob trap (with a vine farm to make the trap) is a good next move. Once you have one going, you can do other things while it spawns all of the iron that you'll ever need, as well as kibble ingredients. It will be like adding an extra player to your game that mines and smelts i...
by will_holmes
Sat Jan 18, 2014 6:26 am
Forum: Better Than Wolves Discussion
Topic: New Release! (BTW V4.89PHILLIP)
Replies: 46
Views: 26059

Re: New Release! (BTW V4.89PHILLIP)

This is brilliant, well done. One tiny niggle is that it's spelled "venom sac" instead of "venom sack". Other than that, it looks exciting!