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arkarian

2014-10-05 11:42:32 am

red chamber dream

oh dear

arkarian

2014-10-05 11:44:17 am

red chamber dream

sorry to hear you have an incompetent family poision, luckily it gets better once you have your license

DJGrenola

2014-10-05 06:14:47 pm

man so late to the party on minecraft but some of its environmental stuff is breathtaking

DJGrenola

2014-10-05 06:29:59 pm

possibly the only worthwhile java application ever!

arkarian

2014-10-05 07:26:20 pm

red chamber dream

so are you going to build a computer

DJGrenola

2014-10-05 07:27:03 pm

no.

DJGrenola

2014-10-05 07:27:42 pm

I will however be building at least one giant cock

arkarian

2014-10-05 07:27:50 pm

red chamber dream

hah

Toozin

2014-10-05 08:00:17 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

I think if I had Minecraft the first thing I would try to make is a game that is actually fun.

DJGrenola

2014-10-05 08:05:07 pm

did you write that one all by yourself

Poision Envy

2014-10-05 08:42:57 pm

Club 27 Goals

Have you picked up any mods yet DJ?

DJGrenola

2014-10-06 04:40:21 am

no I'm playing vanilla but I've heard there are an awful lot of mods

DJGrenola

2014-10-06 05:16:06 am

if you have any recommendations I might take a look

Poision Envy

2014-10-06 06:09:19 am

Club 27 Goals

gosh that's pretty hard to try and pick out some since it's been about 6 months since I've seriously played. There are just tons of content mods that will just add MORE stuff to the game, which I find the vanilla game to be pretty bland. There are multiple mod packs that can turn it into an RPG experience, but then there's also mod packs that expand the crafting system into the autistic levels of mechanics.

There's some that expand the basics, like combat and mobs:
http://www.curse.com/mc-mods/minecraft/mb-battlegear-2
http://www.curse.com/mc-mods/minecraft/mutant-creatures-mod

Then some simple-ish mods that expand the crafting/enchanting:
http://www.curse.com/mc-mods/minecraft/enchanting-plus
http://www.curse.com/mc-mods/minecraft/tinkers-construct

and then a few that just make the world feel more advanced:
http://www.curse.com/mc-mods/minecraft/better-dungeons
http://www.curse.com/mc-mods/minecraft/mca

note that I didn't check compatibility for any of those and what the current ver of minecraft is, but figured I'd give you those so you can at least get an idea if you want to pursue them. I'll have to ask my 8 year old sister what mods are good since she's spent the last 4 months of her life delved into minecraft.

gosh that's pretty hard to try and pick out some since it's been about 6 months since I've seriously played. There are just tons of content mods that will just add MORE stuff to the game, which I find the vanilla game to be pretty bland. There are multiple mod packs that can turn it into an RPG experience, but then there's also mod packs that expand the crafting system into the autistic levels of mechanics.

There's some that expand the basics, like combat and mobs:
http://www.curse.com/mc-mods/minecraft/mb-battlegear-2
http://www.curse.com/mc-mods/minecraft/mutant-creatures-mod

Then some simple-ish mods that expand the crafting/enchanting:
http://www.curse.com/mc-mods/minecraft/enchanting-plus
http://www.curse.com/mc-mods/minecraft/tinkers-construct

and then a few that just make the world feel more advanced:
http://www.curse.com/mc-mods/minecraft/better-dungeons
http://www.curse.com/mc-mods/minecraft/mca

note that I didn't check compatibility for any of those and what the current ver of minecraft is, but figured I'd give you those so you can at least get an idea if you want to pursue them. I'll have to ask my 8 year old sister what mods are good since she's spent the last 4 months of her life delved into minecraft.

Quietus

2014-10-06 06:21:26 am

Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!

I'm not a lover of heavy modding of the game, but I do use a texture pack (PureBDCraft), and I use a minimap (VoxelMap), as it rapidly becomes impossible to keep track of where things are.

Poision Envy

2014-10-06 06:22:45 am

Club 27 Goals

OH, yeah, a minimap is super good. Texture modding is hit or miss with me, since most of them try too hard to be real and others are just washed out vanilla textures. I always stuck with default honestly.

DJGrenola

2014-10-06 06:34:27 am

very nice, thanks

the minimap does sound good, several times now I've died in a cave and not been able to find the cave again

Quietus

2014-10-06 07:14:22 am

Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!

Yeah, the map I mentioned even marks your death spot as a temporary waypoint that you can delete later.

As for textures, that's why I use PureBDCraft. It makes everything look like a comic. I'm not a fan of the realism ones either - not that my computer would run them anyway.

Oh, I forgot, I also use Optifine, which has loads of advanced graphics options, but, more importantly, gives a major boost to your FPS, and minimises those laggy moments when the world is loading.

Poision Envy

2014-10-06 04:14:02 pm

Club 27 Goals

Iirc DJ has a pretty good beast, but OptiFine does include some nice tweaks to make the game look even nicer for beefier computers. My only problem with it is it's still a few versions behind, can't remember if it's anything major though.