ReziSt said:
I rage quit after 1 day.
When a game penalizes you for screwing you over, it's not worth my time.
Strike #1: Mining happily, several Diamond, 3 stacks of Redstone and various other ore, all lost when bumped into a lava pit.
Strike #2: Same thing.
Strike #3: When the game crashes (which it seems to frequently) it saves everything related to your character, but nothing related to the world.
E.G. I used all my remaining resources to craft enough tools to drive a new mine shaft. 100 meters into the new shaft the game crashed. Upon reentering the game, the shaft had been filled in and my character was stuck in stone and was promptly killed with no way to retrieve my last remaining items.
NO, BAD GAME.
Hmmm... I've played it extensively, and I've never had it crash - except on multiplayer, and that was related to the known minecart bug. The game still is in its Alpha stage after all. Are you sure your hardware is up to the task? As for Strike 1 & 2... lava is a definite danger. The way to combat it is do two things:
1 - NEVER mine directly next to yourself. Absolutely never directly under your feet, or above your head (falling sand and gravel can kill you as well), and you don't want to drop through a cave roof to your death far below, or worse directly into lava. But more to your point - always keep at lest a block away when mining on the horizontal as well. This will give you time to move away from dangers like lava coming through.
2 - Carry a bucket of water and a stack of cobblestone on your item bar.
The Bucket - If you get set on fire from lava, but not outright killed, right clicking the bucket of water will start up a spring which will put out the fire. Quickly right click on the source block again to pick it back up. You can also use the water to turn lava pools into obsidian, letting you cross the lava lake you just found.
The Cobblestone - If you break through a wall into flowing lava (or water), a quick placement of a block of cobblestone can wall the lava off again before it starts flooding your area. And if you can't accomplish that, you can use the stone to damn up the flow to minimize the damage.
