Izack
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Just burn some wood into charcoal; you've been able to do that for a few beta versions now. :shrug:
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Burning wood as fuel in a furnace is a total waste of time. If you absolutely have nothing other than wood, first turn one log into wooden planks, then use 1 plank to turn 1 log into 1 charcoal.
Use that charcoal to turn 8 more logs into charcoal.
You can now smelt an entire stack of material, and you've only used 9.25 logs (given that you have 3 leftover planks, too).
If you use logs directly, it would take 43 logs to smelt a stack of something. If you turn them into planks first, it would take 11 logs.
Also, since you can turn wood into charcoal, I don't really get why coal is valuable--if you have a ton of wood, then you have a ton of coal.
Given how common coal is and how big the coal veins are when you find them, I usually end up with a couple stacks of coal after any cave-exploring expedition, even after making several stacks of torches.
Just transferred funds into my Paypal. Once the transfer is complete, will be purchasing.
HAL9001
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not a screensot actually, but something about minecraft I want to show:
I made some logical-bricks
so you can build even a small computer or microcontroller for your minecraft-machines (still working on a minecraft-monitor)
I made some logical-bricks
so you can build even a small computer or microcontroller for your minecraft-machines (still working on a minecraft-monitor)
Geez, not expected to clear the transfer until tomorrow.
Once the transition of our bank is complete, I plan on linking my card to avoid such delays. (Bank failed, assumed by another local bank).
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My latest minecraft works:
A small castle (well, just 4 walls really):
1 Byte of Memory:
which isn't much use on its own, so:
8 Bytes of Memory:
All view-able in glorious 1680x1080 res on my flikr Photostream!
A small castle (well, just 4 walls really):
1 Byte of Memory:
which isn't much use on its own, so:
8 Bytes of Memory:
All view-able in glorious 1680x1080 res on my flikr Photostream!
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1 Byte of Memory:
which isn't much use on its own, so:
Well, if it's memory, what's it do?
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I can store and retrieve numbers up to 255. But you have to run around looking at each byte of memory to read it. And you have to run around with torches to each byte to write to it. Each Byte's inputs and outputs are collected at the wall on the bottom of the picture, so its not too bad, but if the memory array was any bigger, it would start getting very annoying.
Izack
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Borked yet another world...yet another restarted game:
It stores information. What else does memory do?
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It stores information. What else does memory do?
Well, i kinda figured that memory stores information...duh.
But what i was asking is what was he storing, which already answered:
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Also worth noting I can only store 8 numbers, and yes, I did build the first byte, then copy and pasted it in MCEdit to create the rest. If anyone wants the schematic file for a byte of memory, say so and I'll see about uploading it somewhere.
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Wasn't there some guy who created a calculator in minecraft like that?
EDIT: actually I just did a YouTube search and there are many minecraft calculators that people have built.
EDIT: actually I just did a YouTube search and there are many minecraft calculators that people have built.
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I enjoy Misas Realistic 64x64. But then again I haven't really been searching for better ones. It seems fairly popular though and is actively maintained.
My "Instant Infinite Obsidian Generator." Happened upon the perfect circumstances. With water flowing just to the right, I placed redstone dust in the hole in front of me. Scooped up lava, dumped it in the hole and presto, an instant block of obsidian, which appears above the hole. After mining the obsidian, the redstone remains, so all I have to do is scoop up some more lava and pour it in the hole. Lather, rinse, repeat as needed.
Izack
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http://painterlypack.net/
It lets you customise to a few extremes. Arduous to run through all the checkboxes, but worth it.
So, what's actually happening here is that the lava source block is being placed above the hole (since the "hole" is occupied by the redstone) and then, since it's a lave source block being touched by water, it turns to obsidian. I think you can replace that hole with anything (even a solid block) and it'll still work.My "Instant Infinite Obsidian Generator." Happened upon the perfect circumstances. With water flowing just to the right, I placed redstone dust in the hole in front of me. Scooped up lava, dumped it in the hole and presto, an instant block of obsidian, which appears above the hole. After mining the obsidian, the redstone remains, so all I have to do is scoop up some more lava and pour it in the hole. Lather, rinse, repeat as needed.
It's not actually infinite, because you need to consume lava to make it. You might as well just dump water on the lava lake (although then you have to be careful when mining the obsidian--I usually just stick water in an empty space next to where i'm mining, so it'll turn any exposed lava into obsidian)
There is a way to make obsidian using redstone as the only consumable--if flowing lava ends up adjacent to water, it normally turns into cobblestone, unless the square which would turn to cobblestone is occupied by redstone, in which case the redstone is consumed and an obsidian block takes its place. Can be good if you have a ton of redstone and/or are short on lava and/or want to do a big building project in-place, since you can carry a lot more redstone than lava.
So, what's actually happening here is that the lava source block is being placed above the hole (since the "hole" is occupied by the redstone) and then, since it's a lave source block being touched by water, it turns to obsidian. I think you can replace that hole with anything (even a solid block) and it'll still work.
It's not actually infinite, because you need to consume lava to make it. You might as well just dump water on the lava lake (although then you have to be careful when mining the obsidian--I usually just stick water in an empty space next to where i'm mining, so it'll turn any exposed lava into obsidian)
Makes sense. Also explains why the redstone isn't consumed.
The lava lake doesn't seem to be diminishing in size, that's where I came up with the 'infinite' part. The two squares of lava just to the left and ahead of where I'm standing in the screenshot are flowing lava. Getting lava from there in the bucket doesn't seem to be changing the flow or the lake.
I have seen the videos on YT showing the redstone generators, so I understand how those work. Just thought I had stumbled on something. Thanks for setting me straight. :thumbup:
Well, when you "attack" a lava lake with a bucket, what you're actually doing is taking a lava source block out--if the lava lake is deep enough, this may not be noticeable at first, but if you keep doing it it'll go away eventually.
In theory. It is, after all, a beta :thumbup:
