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[FlowerChild]

Later game usage of blocks, like aesthetic smoothstone can be rebalanced later as need be. Don't get too freaked out over it. There were a heck of a lot of changes to how things fundamentally work in this release, and it may just take awhile for everything to settle down a bit again as a result.

[dawnraider]

Congrats, FC, on finally managing to kill me. Before this update, I usually only died a half dozen times before making it to steel, and now I've died twice within a RL week. First was when I didn't realize a club didn't do knockback and got eaten by a spider on the second day at the start of this update, and next due to a creeper right as I came out of my hidey hole, right as I almost had enough iron to progress. I also very nearly died to a wolf earlier today. No doors at the start really makes things interesting :)

[jackatthekilns]

On lighting

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Crude torches last 1 full day. I have been doing a lot of sitting around waiting for spiders, so i decided to test

[Fret]

Just saw some new recipes.

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Ladders from shafts are gone, I guess we'll need a saw

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The new arrow recipe, Ouch!

[Epsilon]

About Ladders

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Ladders from shafts are gone, I guess we'll need a saw

Not True.

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The New recipe is verry close to the old one, one might say just altered by the addition of something that makes sence.

[SterlingRed]

Not sure where the positive feedback and wtf just happened comments should go, maybe here?

I happened to get a spawn near a ravine with exposed mineshafts and my initial thought was this is awesome, this will be easy. I was wrong.

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Today I learned the hard way that crude torches set things on fire. Without torches that don't set things on fire mineshafts are very difficult to manage early on. I also discovered that conquering mob spawners early game are now extremely difficult without the ability to quickly break the spawner, or spam persistent torches. After being successful, I then discovered chests can't be collected with a stone axe. All of the ways I thought I could get ahead quickly, I can't.

Thank you FC for this amazing update. I feel the struggle to progress at every step and it's amazing!

[FlowerChild]

Thank you FC for this amazing update. I feel the struggle to progress at every step and it's amazing!

You're welcome man! I tried to cover as many bases as I could initially, and I'm slowly trying to plug the remaining holes. Like I think it was just in the last patch I took care of the chest thing you mentioned :)

[jackatthekilns]

Got a hoe

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I just found out the hard way that tilling soil turns the dirt into loose dirt. 1 block over a ravine

[jackatthekilns]

Just found something interesting about stone axes.

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they are not particularly effective on planks

[Panda]

So an interesting observation:

Today a hungry wolf chased me then

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I hopped into the water (swamp biome) and it sat at the edge of the water growling, it would not enter the water and i smack his fluff button with a rock tell he died.

Also on the topic of bricks has anyone tried

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Placing them in the desert? I mean do they bake faster? i haven't tried just wondering

Side note I'm not dead i've just been lurking for 4 years since I got married. Still Here.

[Veracity]

Also on the topic of bricks has anyone tried

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Placing them in the desert? I mean do they bake faster? i haven't tried just wondering

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Placing bricks in the desert doesn't make them cook any faster but it does make them much more likely to cook to completion as they won't be reset by the rain

[Niyu]

I love the recent changes to the grates, I remeved the ones in my skylights and built dirt towers arround them to avoid monsters getting inside.

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The result was a constant stream of webs from the spiders stalking me during the night.

[8bitBob]

Hit a brick wall with kilns. Pun intended.

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I cannot figure out how to make free floating bricks in the new release. They can be made with hardcore packing, but that requires a piston, which requires a a kiln to make the Soul Urn. I'm stuck needing a thing so I can make a thing to make the thing I need.

Is there some way of making kiln bricks besides hardcore packing that I'm missing?

[gaga654]

I think someone talked about this earlier in the thread, but

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There's a way to convert loose brick and cobble to normal by using something on it after it's been placed in the world.

[8bitBob]

I think someone talked about this earlier in the thread, but

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There's a way to convert loose brick and cobble to normal by using something on it after it's been placed in the world.

Found it. Thanks!

[jackatthekilns]

Not sure if this should be in a new thread because it pertains to AAABBBA

Noticed something about torches and I'm not sure if it is intended behavior

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When placing a lit torch (torch, not crude torch) on some surfaces, Cobble and loose cobble specifically, the torch goes out and need to be re-lit. This is not what happens on smooth stone. It isn't a huge deal, but it seems inconsistent

[FlowerChild]

Not sure if this should be in a new thread because it pertains to AAABBBA

That sounds excessively weird (even for me), and definitely not intended. I'll check it out.

EDIT: I couldn't reproduce that. Tested both block types you mentioned, placing torches on both side and top, with no issues. I'm a tad mystified as to how that could even happen unless the related code has been changed by an addon or something.

[dawnraider]

With regards to fire spreading between blocks, I figured that out today and you are a genius FC I love it.

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If you right click an unlit torch with a lit one, or vice versa, the unlit torch will light.

[jackatthekilns]

EDIT: I couldn't reproduce that. Tested both block types you mentioned, placing torches on both side and top, with no issues. I'm a tad mystified as to how that could even happen unless the related code has been changed by an addon or something.

I tried it again in another location and was able to place the lit torch on top of the loose cobble. My original post was in regards to the side of the block. I will keep testing and see if I can get it to reproduce reliably. If I can't then we can chalk it up to long hours of play and sleep deprivation. If I can get steps to reproduce, I will post a bug report.

[Elevatator]

With regards to fire spreading between blocks, I figured that out today and you are a genius FC I love it.

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If you right click an unlit torch with a lit one, or vice versa, the unlit torch will light.

Not only that, but also

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this relation doesn't only apply between torches, but also other blocks that can emit heat

[Taleric]

Third strata:

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Somthing is up with the mobs at the lowest strata. I'd need others confirmation but they appear to hit harder.

[jackatthekilns]

On the subject of planters

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Loose dirt does not work to create planters. does this mean planters have been pushed back on the tech tree?

[ion]

On the subject of planters

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Loose dirt does not work to create planters. does this mean planters have been pushed back on the tech tree?

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same old recipe. if you can create a planter you can make dirt

[jackatthekilns]

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same old recipe. if you can create a planter you can make dirt

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I can pack the dirt, but I don't know how to pick it up and get it in my inventory

[ion]

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same old recipe. if you can create a planter you can make dirt

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I can pack the dirt, but I don't know how to pick it up and get it in my inventory

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sorry, my fault here, forgot about the block thing when packing. then it's only after anvil tech when BDs are available to pick blocks inside an inventory.