Minecraft 1.7 - flying!

[Lt. Vinciti]

I already use SSP

Why do I need to fly...

Who said it will be flying? He could go alchemy route (terraria) or perhaps you can....Bucket Clouds and ride them thru the sky?

 

[Akihiko]

The minecraft guy needs a Goku skin, pronto.

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

Notch released this on his twitter: (i turned the brightness up, it was very dark)
[snip]

Looks like there will be flying in Minecraft!

When did Notch post this on his Twitter? I follow him and haven't seen anything about this. Link?

 

[windlenot]

I have no idea how this could be... Looks interesting though...

 

[Dr_Horrible]

Notch released this on his twitter: (i turned the brightness up, it was very dark)
[snip]

Looks like there will be flying in Minecraft!

When did Notch post this on his Twitter? I follow him and haven't seen anything about this. Link?

I haven't seen any tweets about this either... kinda funny considering I only use twitter to follow the Mojang team.

 

[Harbinger_]

Could be a wind walking spell.

 

[saphura]

Im on twitter, this isnt on there. This guy is just trolling.

 

[Doom-Slayer]

So that puts him only how many months behind the modders?

Somewhere between "has a company to manage" and "also working on other stuff" months.

Gotta throw the Terraria comparison here.

Terrarias last update: 50+ items, 9 new enemies, multiple biome updates. Time since previous update 14 days

Minecrafts last update: A map, a trapdoor and more bugs. Time since previous update, 1 month

Terrarias makers are 4 guys and arent basing their ideas on mods like Minecraft is doing(see aether and piston update)

Majong are slow with updates and their game isnt even "released" yet.

 

[GraveeKing]

-snip-

I'd also like you to consider that Terraria has an entire less dimension - it's 2D, probably a little easier to code... I personally like both games. So please lets stay on topic so we don't ignite a flame war...

ANYHOW - back on topic, I think he's using no-clip here... I've done it before myself with some basic hacks a few versions back. It's not too difficult to pull off. But hell what do I know! He might be for some ungodly reason ^^

 

[Dr_Horrible]

So that puts him only how many months behind the modders?

Somewhere between "has a company to manage" and "also working on other stuff" months.

Gotta throw the Terraria comparison here.

Terrarias last update: 50+ items, 9 new enemies, multiple biome updates. Time since previous update 14 days

Minecrafts last update: A map, a trapdoor and more bugs. Time since previous update, 1 month

Terrarias makers are 4 guys and arent basing their ideas on mods like Minecraft is doing(see aether and piston update)

Majong are slow with updates and their game isnt even "released" yet.

Will people please realize that Minecraft and Terraria are different games! Seriously, they aren't even THAT similar. I like both of them, but I wish people would stop comparing them!

Things are easier to update in Terraria, plus not having to deal with problems faced by the methodology and design choices made by Minecraft.

Also, since when did it matter that the game is in beta?
...
Okay, I'm done.

 

[Watchmacallit]

Maybe that isn't flying and its sky walking.
Whats the difference?
There is apparently going to be a sky dimension thing, so maybe if you're in that area you can walk on air.
Flying would kill the mechanics of the game because you would never die from a fall again.

 

[Psycho Cat Industries]

Where is Twitter link?

 

[saphura]

WHY are people taking this seriously, its not on twitter, its no real.

 

[SoulSalmon]

modders have already done more than this.

Minecraft has about 800 modders. Mojang has 8 employees.

probably closer to 800,000 modders actually... ANYONE with knowledge of Java can mod Minecraft at this point.

Edit:

Will people please realize that Minecraft and Terraria are different games! Seriously, they aren't even THAT similar. I like both of them, but I wish people would stop comparing them!

Also this, so much this!
I am SICK of people calling Terraria "2D Minecraft" anyone who's played both games can tell that they're at almost opposite ends of the same genre.

 

[Doom-Slayer]

Will people please realize that Minecraft and Terraria are different games! Seriously, they aren't even THAT similar. I like both of them, but I wish people would stop comparing them!

Things are easier to update in Terraria, plus not having to deal with problems faced by the methodology and design choices made by Minecraft.

Also, since when did it matter that the game is in beta?
...
Okay, I'm done.

I love it how people say things like "play the game, youll know they are different" I have. And in fact I do play both, and they are extremely similar. And in fact Minecraft is trying to go in the same direction Terraria is already going in, the main problem is that terraia copied/"took inspiration" from all the mods and planned updates in Minecraft an implimented them day 1. And also Im just saying, terraria has amazing updates that massively increase the playability. Minecraft does not and thats the reason Ive stopped playing it.

-snip-

Also one less dimension =/= less size. The large terraria maps have 20.1 million blocks. For minecraft youd need to have an area 400 by 400 blocks, and 128 high to be equivilent to a large Terraria map. Thats an area I bet not many peoople can take up even if they tried.

 

[theriddlen]

Notch released this on his twitter: (i turned the brightness up, it was very dark)
[snip]

Looks like there will be flying in Minecraft!

When did Notch post this on his Twitter? I follow him and haven't seen anything about this. Link?

http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/84361767962161152

Brute force showed that the missing letter is E.

 

[Cloud70077]

Also one less dimension =/= less size. The large terraria maps have 20.1 million blocks. For minecraft youd need to have an area 400 by 400 blocks, and 128 high to be equivilent to a large Terraria map. Thats an area I bet not many peoople can take up even if they tried.

Not taking up 400x400x128? Have you not played much minecraft? I have a tunnel over 5000 blocks long and 3 blocks wide. I have a castles who's walls alone are around 200x200x30 not counting the towers that go up to sky level. And that is just the first place I built. So saying one map in Terraria is bigger than an average minecraft map is just crazy.

They are not similar more than on the very surface. Building is the core of minecraft, exploring and collecting loot is the core of Terraria. Terraria can update all day long and I can take the hour it takes to get back to having the best everything and the game is over.

Minecraft lets you set your own goals and the real fun is mostly in the building... unless you are just hoarding loot, in which case both games are exactly the same. Well, except Terraria is far easier.

And if you were thinking about saying building in Terraria is just a fun... how can it possibly be when you can't climb a mountain and look upon the whole thing?

 

[SilentCom]

As long as we can build our own obsidian planes I'll be happy.

Obsidian space ships would be cooler. I want to fly to the moon!

 

[Sandernista]

snip

Terraria is about fighting bosses and getting loot.

Minecraft is about building.

And less size?

There have been worlds with more than 30 million blocks. That's 30 million m^3.