In the leaked release of Minecraft version 1.8 the land generation algorithms have been overhauled and now if you go exploring you’ll generally find more epicness in the world around you. One example of these new landscape features are ravines. They are long, deep trenches, like deep cuts in the landscape. Be careful when running […]
In the leaked prerelease version of Minecraft 1.8 the lighting scheme has been overhauled. When the sun rises and sets you won’t get light blocks turning dark section by section like you do in older versions. Instead you will be treated with a gradual change in lightness and slight hue changes as you get some […]
It’s hard to say for certain but the terrain generated in the prerelease of Minecraft version 1.8 really feels different. You can spot some new kinds of trees- obviously they signify a kind of pine-tree for this biome. I’ve heard some people make the remark that some of the new trees look like toilet brushes… […]
This is a view from the outside of my base. You can see the wall surrounding my home with a lip of glass blocks to keep spiders out. The gap in the middle of the wall is where I will build a gate house where I can store some “away gear”.
My home base in my single player survival world is now completely surrounded by a wall to keep bad guys out. I make sure that the inside is lit up sufficiently so that no bad mobs spawn inside my safe zone. The structure in the middle is my lava pillar beacon tower so I can […]
To the left you can see my main home base with a massive lava pillar on the roof serving as a beacon. Down the middle is a wall that will keep the bad guys out. The glass along the edges keep spiders from crawling up will minimizing the hindrance to my visibility. This wall wraps […]
This is a view from the top of the beacon tower in the multi-player survival world that I’m playing with my sister. The central grassy area was manually terraformed; it used to be just sand. Nearest to us you can see a tiny wheat farm and to the right that stone structure houses the gate […]
This is a newer angle on my town. This path leads from the town to some hills that are behind me. The lanterns on the side of the path use glowstone to illuminate the area. The texture pack right here is called Jolicraft- one of the added benefits is that the moon is round! Some […]
This light beacon is very easy and economical to make. Lava is a good light source and can be seen from quite far away. To start you need make sure the bottom has a little pool so that the lava won’t overflow over the rest of your structure. Then build a one block pillar up […]
This screenshot is taken from the top of the beacon tower looking out over Pig Field with all the torches lighting it up at night. In the center you can see the creeper face with some torches in his eyes for effect. The portal to the nether is located to the left and on the […]