Minecraft Chat Thread v68 : Jeburary edition

[slashsnemesis]

[QUOTE=DimJim;35289678]come back to my survival mode server after about a week away from it, and i see this

[img]http://i55.tinypic.com/fvljzo.png[/img]

GEE I WONDER IF THEY MADE THAT LEGITIMATELY??[/QUOTE]

Maybe if the ground wasn't made of iron that wouldn't look like complete ass.

[Tuskin]

Yeah it would look better with Wool.

[bigbundie]

its kinda funny how wool is a much better looking building material than the actual building materials according to most people

[AlfieSR]

[QUOTE=bigbundie;35291187]its kinda funny how wool is a much better looking building material than the actual building materials according to most people[/QUOTE]

Because it's versatile. When you see wooden planks, stone/cobble/stone bricks and wooden logs in every colour that wool is, people will probably be much more dynamic than just constant wool.

[tratzzz]

[QUOTE=JimJam707;35288463]Can you give us the list?
It would be nice to see if we are on it. Stolen accounts are not cool :P[/QUOTE]

As long as your password and username are not the same, you are not on the list.
Well, or if your password is password or something else dumb like that.

[mr. jago]

[QUOTE=bigbundie;35291187]its kinda funny how wool is a much better looking building material than the actual building materials according to most people[/QUOTE]
I can't help but think that it's wrong to build a house out of cloth. I'll just have to wait until wood that can be dyed.

[Unkle Dada]

[QUOTE=bigbundie;35291187]its kinda funny how wool is a much better looking building material than the actual building materials according to most people[/QUOTE]

In my opinion, wool looks horrible unless it's only used for small details.
We need some dyable marble or something.

[Gay4Grandad]

Maybe we should be able to paint birch planks, so it'd have a use other than being just another type of wood.

[droolingPhantasm]

Jungle planks looks like wood that someone painted in bloody vomit.

[MangoJuice]

Why are pine planks so dark? It's actually quite light in reality.

[fruityfruit]

what's a good minecraft hosting service for like 4-5 slots

[BlankSlate]

[QUOTE=fruityfruit;35296102]what's a good minecraft hosting service for like 4-5 slots[/QUOTE]

Dedicated server ran in your house.

[Yummy Pie]

Hello, I have a question that I'm hoping someone will answer. When I upgraded to 1.2, and converted my worlds, one world loaded up a very old version of my world and my other world just crashes. Is there any way at all, to get the latest version of minecraft without having to convert my worlds? Please help.

[droolingPhantasm]

[QUOTE=Yummy Pie;35296495]Hello, I have a question that I'm hoping someone will answer. When I upgraded to 1.2, and converted my worlds, one world loaded up a very old version of my world and my other world just crashes. Is there any way at all, to get the latest version of minecraft without having to convert my worlds? Please help.[/QUOTE]
Did you have any mods loaded on those worlds? Ones that add new items or blocks? Because that could be the reason for the crash.

[Yummy Pie]

[QUOTE=MeltingData;35297051]Did you have any mods loaded on those worlds? Ones that add new items or blocks? Because that could be the reason for the crash.[/QUOTE]

Not that I know of, but that world is a deep underwater city, so that's probably why. What I want to know is that, is there anyway I can upgrade to the current version, and future version without having to convert my worlds.

[BlankSlate]

Eh, anyone have any good seeds?

[GordonTS]

When I was playing MC Basewars with a few friends, I made a decorated floor, and when I looked at it, it looked like a skull yelling.

I didn't intend it to be that way.

[IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/15wzdap.png[/IMG]

Tripping balls, man

[droolingPhantasm]

[QUOTE=AlexGT;35297734]When I was playing MC Basewars with a few friends, I made a decorated floor, and when I looked at it, it looked like a skull yelling.

I didn't intend it to be that way.

[IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/15wzdap.png[/IMG]

Tripping balls, man[/QUOTE]
Looks like a basketball, actually.

[GordonTS]

[IMG]http://i40.tinypic.com/30us5cn.png[/IMG]

I turned my friends incomplete base into a dick.

Beautiful.

[Rammlied]

Wow, way to be a major dick.

[RaccoonBro]

This is what happens when you convert a 1.2.4 release flat world to 1.7.3 beta and back to 1.2.4 release
[img]http://i.imgur.com/s6h7G.png[/img]
(It thinks the flat land is bedrock level)

[KatrinaS]

[QUOTE=Stonecycle;35290194]It's more like a DDoS attack, but it's more properly called "disk exhaustion," where the program constantly writes to the computer's directories a file. This, in turn, also affects the server the computer is on. The funny thing is that it isn't hard to make.

a = string.rep(".", 100000)
while true do
os.queueEvent("fake")
os.pullEvent()
_ = io.open("a", "a")
_:write(a)
_:close()
end

[url]http://cc-get.djranger.com/scripts/view/84[/url]

This server was intended to allow for griefing, PvP, and all that, even with computers. Should I have to check the CC directories after each day to check for worms?[/QUOTE]

if you don't mind loosing ability to write to files from lua,
Edit mods/ComputerCraft/lua/rom/apis/io
change
[quote=io]
function write( _sText )
_G.write( _sText )
end
[/quote]
tp
[quote=io]
function write( _sText )
return
end
[/quote]

[editline]26th March 2012[/editline]

If you actually know lua you could instead do some semi cool stuff like adding a file size limit by editing the io instead of just disabling writing.

[Seiteki]

[QUOTE=nekosune;35298957]if you don't mind loosing ability to write to files from lua,
Edit mods/ComputerCraft/lua/rom/apis/io
change

tp

[editline]26th March 2012[/editline]

If you actually know lua you could instead do some semi cool stuff like adding a file size limit by editing the io instead of just disabling writing.[/QUOTE]

And then they spam multiple files.

Perhaps limit it to file size and only X number of files per user.

[KatrinaS]

[QUOTE=Seiteki;35299109]And then they spam multiple files.

Perhaps limit it to file size and only X number of files per user.[/QUOTE]

True, I hadnt meant it to be a definate, that will stop, more, this is the way to start stopping it. either way disabling write all together can be done from there, or limiting it in anyway you think.

Also after testing, much to my relief I found that io.open does NOT support ../../../server.properties

[editline]26th March 2012[/editline]

[QUOTE=The freeman;35298550]This is what happens when you convert a 1.2.4 release flat world to 1.7.3 beta and back to 1.2.4 release
[img]http://i.imgur.com/s6h7G.png[/img]
(It thinks the flat land is bedrock level)[/QUOTE]

thats because flatland IS bedrock level, well 2 above or so.

[Seiteki]

[QUOTE=nekosune;35299237]True, I hadnt meant it to be a definate, that will stop, more, this is the way to start stopping it. either way disabling write all together can be done from there, or limiting it in anyway you think.

Also after testing, much to my relief I found that io.open does NOT support ../../../server.properties

[editline]26th March 2012[/editline]

thats because flatland IS bedrock level, well 2 above or so.[/QUOTE]

Could just always write to a set folder and file name.

data/username.txt for example.

Or data/u/username.txt where /u/ is the first character of their username, if you want to be fancy.

[KatrinaS]

[QUOTE=Seiteki;35299251]Could just always write to a set folder and file name.

data/username.txt for example.

Or data/u/username.txt where /u/ is the first character of their username, if you want to be fancy.[/QUOTE]
it is allready sandboxed to one folder per computer, but that could be a good idea anyway.

[Seiteki]

[QUOTE=nekosune;35299271]it is allready sandboxed to one folder per computer, but that could be a good idea anyway.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I don't even know what this mod does. I'm just bullshitting.

[KatrinaS]

[QUOTE=Seiteki;35299309]Yeah, I don't even know what this mod does. I'm just bullshitting.[/QUOTE]
Seeing as you spotted right away a flaw with just limiting filesize, I would love to see what would think of if did know what it does.

[Seiteki]

[QUOTE=nekosune;35299325]Seeing as you spotted right away a flaw with just limiting filesize, I would love to see what would think of if did know what it does.[/QUOTE]

I'm assuming you (somehow) input code into a computer block and it just runs it.

Various functions, maybe managing redstone or other mods, like locks and shit.

[KatrinaS]

[QUOTE=Seiteki;35299344]I'm assuming you (somehow) input code into a computer block and it just runs it.

Various functions, maybe managing redstone or other mods, like locks and shit.[/QUOTE]

Thats the basics of it yes, it has a gui screen where can type stuff, you can have various files, it is a lua made mini os basically, ability to edit files, then run them, files exist on one computer only, unless you copy them to a disk, etc.
Rescently they added non-gui based screens (ie inworld) and turtles (digging / blockplacing machiens, also programmable in same way)