Minecraft

[Amobius]

anyone happen to know the total height from bedrock to max height? im assuming there is some sort of vertical limit to the world.

[MrHoatzin]

anyone happen to know the total height from bedrock to max height? im assuming there is some sort of vertical limit to the world.

128 was mentioned at some point, I think.

[Wubbles]

I want to be on the resident-list! My Minecraft name is Uguandou.

[Amobius]

did some digging around and found several references to 32 above sea level being default max hight and 64 being depth from sea level. I guess you can crank it up to 64 above sea level, but didnt know if that was the case for our server. Regardless im scaling down my next project so it wont really matter.

[MrHoatzin]

I have build more than 32 above sea level. My floating island is way higher than 32 and it is not even close to all the way up. I am pretty sure total world height is 128, dude.

[Amobius]

must have been set higher.

[MrHoatzin]

must have been set higher.

My default, first world in SSP was way higher, right out of the box! I guess it could be that the generated world blocks naturally occur with hills and suchlike within the lowest 32 blocks, with the space above available for building, but unfilled for memory purposes.

[Orv]

Someone started building a giant "YOU MUST GATHER YOUR PARTY BEFORE VENTURING FORTH" sign. I owe this person both a hug and a backhand. That phrase and voice are indelibly etched in my mind for all of my life, and I couldn't breath for about 5 minutes upon encountering the sign.

[MrHoatzin]

Funny you should say that. I don't really remember much of Baldur's Gate, barely having played more than a half-hour prolly. When I first encountered that sign it only said "PARTY BEFORE VENTURING FORTH" and I thought it was a lot more fun that way.

[Vorithas]

Did you guys impose a Whitelist on the server? I can't get on. =(

IGN: Vorithas

[a purple future]

it's down while it's being transferred to another server

[Vorithas]

Ah. Did not realize that was still in effect. =)

[tabacco]

Sorry all, I won't have this up and running by tonight. Real life calls

[dibs]

Someone started building a giant "YOU MUST GATHER YOUR PARTY BEFORE VENTURING FORTH" sign. I owe this person both a hug and a backhand. That phrase and voice are indelibly etched in my mind for all of my life, and I couldn't breath for about 5 minutes upon encountering the sign.

woo, someone recognised it! I'm the same with the voice. Just one of those things you never forget.

After seeing everyone else's video game iconography, i had to do something of my own, and that phrase is probably the thing i think of most when i think video games!

[Patters]

must have been set higher.

Nope, it's been 64 either way from sea level since July. It might be 32 to the bottom of clouds though.

[Nachimir]

Nope, it's been 64 either way from sea level since July. It might be 32 to the bottom of clouds though.

I think it's a bit less above the clouds, and a bit more below. My tower is built as high as it can be, and only the top sticks through them. Clouds have a uniform height of around 4 or 5 blocks too, and don't quite align with the blocks in the world.

[a purple future]

when i built that ugly tower, about 4 floors were below cloud level, one was at it, and there were two more above it. not very scientific, but there you go. its height was maxed out

[Amobius]

Well I want to do a scaled down star destroyer, but if i cant get it completely above sea level then i can always just dig down a bit for the aft section.

[MrHoatzin]

Sorry all, I won't have this up and running by tonight. Real life calls

Your real life is really insensitive to my Minecrafting needs.

[Chris]

I am pretty sure he was talking about how it looks, not how it's made. And he's right. U:

But, like I said, if people like it, more power to them! God knows I've fought some uphill battles in the world of opinions before.

I agree. I'm not hugely bothered or anything, and my opinion probably doesn't count for much compared to people who have spent a lot more time in the Thumbs Minecraft world anyway.

But the stuff that really impresses me in Minecraft are the crazy creations and surprising things that exist in their own logic. Simply referencing other video games kind of breaks the surreal self-defining character of the Idle Thumbs server, at least to me.

[a purple future]

I agree. I'm not hugely bothered or anything, and my opinion probably doesn't count for much compared to people who have spent a lot more time in the Thumbs Minecraft world anyway.

But the stuff that really impresses me in Minecraft are the crazy creations and surprising things that exist in their own logic. Simply referencing other video games kind of breaks the surreal self-defining character of the Idle Thumbs server, at least to me.

you're not wrong but building that zelda stuff was the first time i'd made an attempt in the game to build anything that reached beyond the goal of "functional."

sometimes you have to follow the instructions that come with the legos to understand where to go from there.

[Amobius]

I think im starting to go through withdrawals.

[a purple future]

i guess that's also another reason why i'd be okay with the server reset. an excuse to start fresh with old knowledge, make some stuff that's less derivative.

[Amobius]

I've had the most fun just making random off the wall stuff instead of trying to make replicas of stuff.

[ysbreker]

While Tabacco is fixing the new server I can let you all download the latest save of the world. So you can play with it in single player if you want.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8326218/minecraft/worldBackup.zip