Angry got me back to Minecraft, late Wednesday night after showing me a video he made for me (had to ask him) of the “new” Booster and Detector blocks for minecarts.
\nWhat I mean by “new” is I haven’t played since.. late March \/ early April? According to the folders, they haven’t been updated since late March. And alot has happened since I’ve been away. But there was a reason I was. Frustrated with the fact I couldn’t think of anything for the W2TS. But, I needed some.. time away from WoW after my RPing friend dissed me with his annoying excuses of having to leave.<\/p>\n
I know we got tamable Wolves now. Heard about them. And I heard about this “Enderman” thing from someone. But there’s alot more shit I had no idea existed. Such as Pistons, more biomes, Villages (with NPC Villagers), Abandoned Mines, Snow and Rain, New Sounds, New Animations, a new area called “The End”, and… a top-down ingame map. And that’s just some<\/strong> of the new shit I missed. There’s so much more I didn’t mention.<\/p>\n For one thing, Minecraft has gone Gold with its 1.0.0 release. But CraftBukkit is another story; confusing the hell out of me of which build to download so I can get the ole server back up. There’s one thing I had a feeling of, and I was unfortunately right. Somehow for some reason Afforess stopped work on Minecart Mania. The thread hasn’t been updated since September 3rd. There’s no word if he’s planning to retire the plugin (I pray he doesn’t). It’s kinda pathetic to think I NEED him to continue my work. Anyway, I managed to hop on angry’s server that night, and he tried to show me how to make the Booster and the Detector to be automated. He failed, proving that I need Minecart Mania updated bad. It just doesn’t have the features I fell inlove with. Like the Spawners and the Cart Kill blocks, Station blocks, and signs that control intersections and all sorts of shit.<\/p>\n . If MCEdit has been updated for 1.0.0 (and thank god it is..), I can use it to salvage what I can of the map and throw everything into a newly generated map. I can make a new W2TS. I still need MCEdit to get the houses and shit I placed in the map. Those would be pains in the asses if I had to rebuild them. But this will definitely keep me off of WoW for awhile.<\/p>\n As for dealing with the “new” booster and detector, right now I know very little of how to properly power them my way (the wiki doesn’t help at all to me), or how they work. I’m going to be forced to go back to the days of pushing a button to grab a cart, throw it on the track, and launch it, instead of pushing a button that causes a minecart to be summoned to the station, then auto-launching after five seconds. Hopefully, Afforess will get back to work on Minecart Mania soon, and get it updated to 1.0.0.<\/p>\n Besides, my stations could use a redesign. Like another set of tracks that welcome departures and arrivals, which will allow the main line to be free for carts just passing through the station to the next one, and so on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Angry got me back to Minecraft, late Wednesday night after showing me a video he made for me (had to ask him) of the “new” Booster and Detector blocks for minecarts. What I mean by “new” is I haven’t played … Continue reading
\nSeriously, it says the “latest” recommended build is for Minecraft 1.8. 1.8 is old. What happened to 1.0.0?<\/p>\n
\nHe seems to be helping a dev with another plugin, called “SpoutCraft”. Some kind of thing that improves SP and SMP gameplay, and the way plugins work. Sounds nice. He mentions he’s trying to get it 1.0.0 compatible. Maybe when he does, he’ll come back to MM.<\/p>\n
\nThe next day (Thanksgiving), I spent 1\/4 of the day trying to get my server up. From starting with a “Outdated Server!” message, to trying to figure out why in the fuck the sun\/moon are rising in the South and setting in the North.
\nI still couldn’t find the reason for the second problem, but I “discovered” how old my gigantic map of the W2TS really is, and it really pains me. I believe the sun\/moon issue is IN the map. I’m having biome failures (especially noticeable in and around the WAYWARD LINE’s southbound stations, like Residential station).
\nIce freezing the lakes and Snow covering the ground around Plains and Stone Tower, thanks to it being in a Snow Biome.
\nThe entire area of Residential is a big mess. I got a Snow and a Rain biome in one area. Months ago, this wasn’t a problem as biomes were new, but all they did was change grass and tree leaves. Now.. unfortunately it is.<\/p>\n
\nThe map that loaded is a perfect attempt at doing that. Hills in the middle, forests (actual pines too, that aren’t restricted to snow biomes) to the West and North, a river, and a large swamp. And using the new ingame map, I can make it 5x smaller than it was for starters. Have a central hub, with two lines. One going North\/South, and the other going East\/West. And having a line similar to the LOOP LINE on the ingame map’s boundary.<\/p>\n