Apologies for not following up on this but, given that I was "alarmist and inaccurate at every level" and had some real life issues to deal with over the weekend, I didn't have the time and/or inclination to sit down and compose some thoughts in response. The truth is that I rarely have ti...

There's just not enough people that play SMP to make a difference relative to the overall number that play the mod. This kind of floored me. Over the past month or two, I feel like many of the changes that BTW have been implementing have been specifically designed for SMP and anarchy play. Given th...

Is it only me, or do all pumpkins show up severely disjointed? I get part cobble, part wood, and part plank sides on them. Is that intentional, Batto?

I may be missing something obvious, but I don't see the seed listed anymore in F3 with BTW's hardcore info.

How do I go about finding a map's seed with BTW 4.2x and later installed?

Thanks!

Goodbye everyone, I'll be absent for the next month as I spend what little free time I have pounding away at a pet project novel I've been wanting to write for years. Any other BTWers that are doing NaNo, feel free to look me up on the NaNo forums. My handle is "dwrist". I look forward to ...

Will read this through fully once I'm with the 1.4 port. Have way too much on my plate right now to engage in this kind of design discussion. Just an FYI that I'm not ignoring it :) Completely understood, FC. I also want to be clear that I don't expect, need, or demand a reply at all. You still hav...

kjbrona wrote:You do realize there is a clock in game since almost the beginning that shows you what time it is?
4 gold bars around redstone.

Yes, because what I have tons of while still digging with stone tools is gold and redstone

So after expressing my concerns over hardcore beds and the removal of all designation coordinates, I was called out for “reflexively railing against loss of convenience.” Given FC's willingness to occasionally engage in design discussions, and the tremendous amount of enjoyment I get from BTW, I dec...

morvelaira wrote:Found in @EvilSeph's twitter if someone not on mobile would like to post the full tweet here.

@EvilSeph wrote:Devs! Tell us what you'd like to do with the #Minecraft API using this JIRA project: https://t.co/WEOZNp9s

This is Hardcore server mode, people. Block control mods are like F3. They're entirely artificial, hacky solutions to the problem that ruin immersion. They're an easy out for people to avoid coming up with in game solutions to the problem. With no control mods to force cooperation on people, you're...

Keep in mind that I am a player too, and have been playing for a very long time, and thus these adjustments throw me for a bit of a loop as well, even though I am fully aware of the reasoning behind them, and really, the necessity of them, to a degree that no one else is (often because they factor ...

While I like the idea behind this, I still feel like railroads in vMC need a lot more work for this to be a feature I will enjoy playing on my SSP world. The craziness that is trying to set up a functioning railway network makes me very apathetic towards having to build a six hundred block long comm...

Given the immense interest that SMP BTW had created, I believe that the forums would be well served by having a new subforum specifically for server advertising. I currently don't have an interest in SMP, and when I go into the standard BTW discussion forum, I end up spending quite a bit of time wad...

I'm reduced to getting my BTW fix only through the forums, given my computer is in storage pending my coming move to D.C. That said, this has been an awesome read, FlowerChild, and it's great to see you enjoying the modding work so much. I'll be expressing my pleasure more concretely as soon as I fi...

Design constraints breeding creativity...yada yada :) This is almost enough in and of itself to make me want to open up another Design Philosophy thread. But, alas, I move out of my apartment in 10 days and will have limited, if any, internet connection after that for the next several months. Still...

Curses, Flower! I'm supposed to be packing up everything I own for my impending move to D.C., not spending hours testing new features on a BtW release! You're throwing off my carefully crafted moving schedule! At this rate, I'll be sitting on my apartment floor, with my computer set up on packing bo...

I like this very much! I definitely will be installing this when I get home. I would agree with the tanned leather suggestion, I think it makes it more BTW-specific. You could also replace one or two of the leather pieces with straps as well - maybe the top leather on either side has to be a strap i...

I accepted the job offer today! My last day in Pittsburgh will be August 10 and I'll be moving to DC and then starting the new job on August 20!

So stoked, although my summer just got insanely busy! Lots to wrap up in the old job before heading off to the new!

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This was awesome, Morv. I had a crappy night last night running around with a dead car battery and a student that I had to pick up at 1 a.m. from the bus station. And then we had to be at the law school again early this morning for a photo shoot, so I was not in a good mood when I had to crawl out o...

Just to provide an update, I'm sitting a megabus headed back to Pittsburgh. The interview went very well, I was in a boardroom with 7 senior staff and board members and the questions were pretty nonstop. It was an exciting experience, realizing that everything they threw at me, I could handle. They ...

This is so amazingly timely, FC! I literally, last night, just finished setting up a saw trap for a wonderful three spawners (2 skellies and 1 zombie) in a 39 block radius I found. I literally have a single block that I can stand on that puts me in triggering range of all three! Now I can automate t...

Given that this mod proposal is built around the idea of causing harm to villagers, it actually has me inspired to create a more secure connection to my nearby villages. I kind of get the feeling of the Overlord games, yes I'm a tyrant, but dammit, they're my slaves those creepers are trying to crap...

Even though I wasn't supposed to hear until Tuesday, I got the call today. I'll be going down to DC for final interviews on Monday, June 4. In the meantime, I have to write a 5 page vision statement about what I would do with the position that is due by mid next week. There goes my holiday weekend! ...

Interview went well, though they called late (very nerve wracking!). I had answers for all the questions, and examples of concrete skills and experiences and I even managed to bring up some points I thought were important for their organization that later turned out to be important parts of their St...

I have a first round interview in just under two hours for what be pretty much my dream job (at this point in my career). I've done my prep work, have planned out questions and answers, themes about my work and skills to make sure to raise during the hour long Skype interview, and have ready every s...