Minecraft beta 1.5 video preview: Weather, stats and achievements - Games

I hope that is just a test version and it won't rain every 15 seconds. That would be annoying. :20bux: that 1.5 comes out on Tuesday.

Lightning should strike really high-up areas, such as mountains or extremely tall cliffs/trees. Lightning would also be able to burn away grass and set wood alight.

[QUOTE=Djessey;29058982]In general the game needs more/better sounds. Like wind blazing past you when standing outside and it's raining/snowing. [editline]8th April 2011[/editline] And don't last 2 minutes.[/QUOTE] The rain was like 30 seconds. I wouldn't mind it lasting 7-8 minutes or days at a time. Sometimes it does rain that much in the world. But I hope we'll get mods to turn it off and on when we want. Obviously an option with control is best for people like me who enjoy making videos.

So when do we get this update?

And I thought Notch was doing nothing... I have been disproved.

YESSSS! [img_thumb]http://cdn.fpcontent.net/fp/ratings/winner.png[/img_thumb] [editline]8th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=certified;29060173]I hope that is just a test version and it won't rain every 15 seconds. That would be annoying. :20bux: that 1.5 comes out on Tuesday.[/QUOTE] :10bux: That it comes out on Friday. [editline]FAKE EDITLINE >:D[/editline] Oh wow, I made it to the first page of a Minecraft thread.

[QUOTE=gk99;29060307]YESSSS! [img_thumb]http://cdn.fpcontent.net/fp/ratings/winner.png[/img_thumb] [editline]8th April 2011[/editline] :10bux: That it comes out on Friday.[/QUOTE] no amount of money that it'll get delayed massively and notch will go on vacation

Stats look awesome. Achievements look awesome. Weather looks fucking awesome. This update is gonna be amazing.

So why are they waiting to release this next week? It looks ready to me..

[QUOTE=gk99;29060307]:10bux: That it comes out on Friday.[/QUOTE] Gotta get down on friday.

Achievement get?

I was thinking maybe he could make lightning strike the player? lol

I liked how they once said "Achievements aren't going to be simple and dumb things like "get some wood", it's going to be things like "Ride a pig off a cliff" *Watches video. "Get some wood" is in the achievements window* :geno:

I wonder if the amount of rain varies from biome to biomeme because in the video, it seemed to rain fairly often. I would rather long periods of rain but it doesn't rain often, than short periods but lots of them. Lighting, if it does set wood houses on fire, would be just a pain in the ass.

Option to disable lightning, thanks.

[QUOTE=Zombie Strider;29061630]I wonder if the amount of rain varies from biome to biomeme because in the video, it seemed to rain fairly often. I would rather long periods of rain but it doesn't rain often, than short periods but lots of them. Lighting, if it does set wood houses on fire, would be just a pain in the ass.[/QUOTE] [quote=Description]Just a quick video to show off the stuff coming in 1.5. [b]Rain and especially thunder is waaay too common in this test, for demo purposes.[/b][/quote]

[QUOTE=WillerinV1.02;29059693]then slowly get harder.[/QUOTE] [img]http://gyazo.com/1908fd0a7ea518349675951335c5843f.png[/img] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6438055/Reaction%20faces/delicious.gif[/img]

I like the way the achievements are done, it's almost like a guide for the player of things to do.

Anyone see the lighting hitting the ground and starting a small fire on the sand? Please no forest fires every other day....

No pistons :frown:

[QUOTE=ducky5;29061850]Anyone see the lighting hitting the ground and starting a small fire on the sand? Please no forest fires every other day....[/QUOTE] Except rain is going to put out fires. So it might burn away some stuff then fizzle out, which would be cool imo.

Fuck, if my computer wasn't complete shit i would be happy.

The only thing I hate about these development videos is how everyone complains about how frequent things are, the rain and snow will of course not be as frequent as it is in that video, I'm sure the weather will be a few days to a few weeks apart and then last a few hours to a day or so, like it does in real life (at least here in Florida).

I'm hoping the rain/snow is area-specific and not global, judging by the area in the video where he looked up into both rain and snow I'm hoping it is. Rainforest biomes (which do exist in MC) should have very frequent, if not almost constant rain, no?

Best update so far. Anyone know any of the other achievements?

Oh jesus that better not be the final sound effect for rain. I'm going to need to urinate a whole lot more often while playing Minecraft.

NOTCH ADDS TWO FEATURES THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN REMOVED. WORSHIPED BY COMMUNITY. This update is much needed, but isn't anything massively amazing since both Rain and Snow had been in Minecraft before and were removed.

Uhh, so what is distance flown? or do we not know?

I don't want the achievement and statistics buttons near the inventory screen. Pause menu, sure.

[QUOTE=Squeaken;29062455]NOTCH ADDS TWO FEATURES THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN REMOVED. WORSHIPED BY COMMUNITY. This update is much needed, but isn't anything massively amazing since both Rain and Snow had been in Minecraft before and were removed.[/QUOTE] Except they are pretty different. Rain was just a creative mode effect that did nothing, now it darkens the world, waters crops, puts out fires, may effect arrows, increases fish catching rates, and may form water sources in small holes. Also lightning. That's just the weather stuff, that's not even counting the combat changes Notch tweeted about and the achievements and stats systems. Saying that he is just reimplementing stuff isn't really fair.