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minecraft-inspo

Ok so I watched a stream hosted by one of the devs (xilefian) and cubfan and I want to share some of the interesting things I heard: -the telescope in incredibly unfinished (xilefian said he was embarrassed they were even showing it off) -the oblong shape of the telescope overlay is unintended -“we all know about optifine and would like to do something beyond that” -xilefian would like to update the sky and give players reason to look at it -cub suggested getting the luck effect by looking at shooting stars through the telescope, which xilefian wrote down as a possibility -the telescope may give blindness if you look at the sun -higher world height and cubic chunks are both being considered but are unlikely any time soon -the devs want to eventually add an actual dynamic glow to the squids but it could be added “in a week or in a century” -the devs are considering ways to keep copper orange -there are many new big features still unannounced -crystals will likely have more uses than shown -questions about the candles were specifically avoided

#OOOOOOOOOOOOOH #honestly would not blame them for taking a while to make glow squids light up the world around them #because the current minecraft lighting engine doesnt support dynamic lighting afaik

turing-tested

from the minecraft cave update preview

the warden: a blind mob that tracks you by the sounds you make

turing-tested

#terrifying. thanks

cungadero

really interesting how 2b2t is now known as this wow really interesting quirky social experiment instead of the place where all the air wasting 8chan nazi fuckheads hang out. its almost like its being purposefully sanitized or something how wacky

oakplanks

🌿 secret mountain base

pumpkin-stem

( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ This one is “Hole 3″

It’s larger than Hole 2; two large rooms (9x9 and 5x9)

There’s no built in shelving like in Hole 2 but plenty of space to have storage.

Banners are again used to separate the two rooms.

No windows again since it’s far deep in the ground.

Outside is a small pond with lilypads! Also a little room for a small garden.

Also has a mailbox situated outside the front door.

This home is on @mochimines!

mojang-officialer

What is chunk mining??

minecraft’s generation algorithm has a few quirks to it. but namely, the way ores generate is handled on a per-chunk basis, a chunk being a 16x16 area. more info is on the wiki if you need it.

for the vast majority of ores, strip mining is efficient enough, as they spawn with varying heights and in large numbers. however, diamond and netherite specifically have a couple of special properites- they only spawn at VERY specific heights, and exactly one vein spawns per chunk. (the netherite spawn rules are actually a bit more complex but that’s not really worth going into)

so, using the debug tools to display chunk boundaries, you go to a chunk, mine down to diamond or netherite level, then mine out its borders, and then keep going across until you find diamonds or netherite. if you mine out the whole chunk and still don’t find anything (which happens, since a 2-tall mineshaft doesn’t cover the full spawn area for netherite or diamond) you can either mine up a couple of blocks and see if you find anything or just move on to another chunk.

this results in a wide-open flat mineshaft that’s easy to traverse, and very easy to navigate through, plus it results in a lot of rare resources. and, of course, you’ll find the less rare ones along the way too.

by taking advantage of how ore spawns, you can improve your mining yield at the cost of absurd amounts of pickaxe durability! i definitely reccomend having mending ESPECIALLY if you’re doing this to find netherite

mojang-officialer

a couple of other bonus things i just remembered-

doing this in the overworld will usually reveal slime chunks as the mining technique opens room for slimes to appear

on the other hand, doing this in the nether allows you to create easy nether highways for quick travel (though do be aware that making a portal low in the nether will probably spawn your exit in a cave somewhere)

dkpsyhog

I think what makes the Nether Update so good is that Mojang really had a clear theme for what they wanted to do. They didn’t just add more content to the nether, they specifically wanted the make the nether a habitable space. As in, you can not just survive, but thrive. So, they added equivalents of wood and stone (removing the need to return to the overworld for simple crafting recipes) as well as more sources of food, and everything else you could need in life.

What I really love, though, is that there was a clear focus on making the nether have all the same sorts of ameneties as the overworld, but all slightly wrong. There’s a bed equivalent, but it’s expensive and needs to be refueled. The wood and stone equivalents I mentioned can only be found in specific areas, making those simple recipes a lot more challenging. There are animals that can be bred and farmed, but they’re also hostile to the player. There are sapient locals to trade with just like the villagers you’re used to, but they attack anyone they don’t like the look of and defend their homes with lethal force.

Instead of the nether being a nightmare landscape that only wants you dead, it now really feels like a bizarre alternate dimension— one where everything you know is flipped on its head and a lot more dangerous, but it’s not totally inhospitable.