1.5 Is Out! - UPDATE!

[Jake55778]

All sorted for me now. I'm back on 1.4 and in game now

[DuplicateValue]

Ah good, nice to hear.

[willy041191]

so when will the server be updated??

[SneakyPie]

so when will the server be updated??

You make me sad.

As stated many times before, we're at the mercy of various plugins being updated. There is not a set time.

[Jake55778]

Updates make me sad. The server goes dead except for mods and a few vets. I don't think I've seen a single new player since the update.

Achievements are nice, and they serve as a much needed tutorial for the game, but they don't add much to the gameplay. Same for Wolves, cakes, cookies and new varieties of wool, they're just minor tweaks that could easily have been lumped into one larger update and saved a lot of trouble.

[willy041191]

ah i see, i foolishly updated before checking it was ok to do so. Well i guess ive learnt the hard way! thanks for the fast reply

[SneakyPie]

ah i see, i foolishly updated before checking it was ok to do so. Well i guess ive learnt the hard way! thanks for the fast reply

There are ways to downgrade back to 1.4. We're not allowed to say, but use Google to learn how.

[willy041191]

Ok cool thanks, ill check it out

[sbailey]

I managed to get downgrade back to 1.4 again. Found a tutorial on youtube.

[Korten]

*shifty eyes* got it to downgrade, somehow...

[tanisjihanis]

tell us if you find the file online pls

[Lord_Mountbatten]

tell us if you find the file online pls

We will delete posts explicitly telling people how to downgrade.

[rygy9]

Hmm. This new update is cool, but not at all worth updating to. Then again, I foolishly updated my launcher, and can't be bothered to downgrade. P.S. Birch is now cheap.

On the bright side, Portal 2 is out! OMGWTFBBQ! From what I've played so far it is amazing. I think it will occupy me until the server is updated.

In other news...

TROLOLOLOLOLO

[Milo_Windby]

* Added Weather.
* Added Statistics and Achievements.
* New Items (Detector rail, Powered Rail, Birch and Pine/Spruce Saplings).
* New Item Web. (Cannot be found naturally).
* Holding SHIFT+Click on something in a chest will immediately move the selected item(s) into your inventory and vice-versa.
* Birch and Pine/Spruce trees now drop Birch and Pine/Spruce saplings, respectively.
* Huge performance improvements for old and slow computers.
* Crafting a ladder now produces 2 ladders.
* If lightning strikes a pig, it becomes a Zombie Pigman.
* If lightning strikes a Creeper, it becomes electrified and will have a much more powerful explosion.
* New settings in options:
o Ability to change GUI size (Small, Normal, Large, Auto).
o Advanced OpenGL (Occlusion Culling: doesn't render blocks that the player can't "see", helps performance in cards that support it).
* Items can now be smelted with Saplings with the same smelting power as Sticks.
* Dropped items in flowing water move faster than before.
* Pigs that die by burning now drop cooked porkchops upon death.
* Redstone dust can be placed on snow.
* Wolves are more common, even in Non-Taiga/Forest biomes.
* Unarmed damage was increased from Half Heart.png to Heart.png.
* You can now see names over the small spinning mobs inside the mob spawners by pressing F3. You have to be further than 5 blocks away from the spawner to see it.

[vallorn]

* If lightning strikes a Creeper, it becomes electrified and will have a much more powerful explosion.

i just swore very loudly at my Laptop... this will be painfull when Creeper Infestations get combined with sudden lightning storms...

[aflycon]

I've hit a snag. I finally updated my graphics card so I'm able to play, and singleplayer works fine (60+ FPS, no lag, runs perfect) but when I just tried to get on the server, no chunks would load and the chat wouldn't work, excluding "aflycon joined the game". I'm not sure if I just logged on at a bad time, but there were 18 people online so it didn't seem like it. Another thing, not sure if it's relevant: you know how when the game can't decide on the lighting for an area, the surface is just black? And when you stand in a square like that, whatever you're holding goes black? That was also happening, but I'm pretty sure that was just a side effect of the chunks not loading.

Anyway, please get back to me on this as soon as you can. I'm really looking forward to being on the server full-time!

Thanks,
Afly

Derpface.jpg

Logged on again, problem solved. But, I'll keep this post up in case it happens again or to someone else.

I really should wait before editing my posts. I logged on a third time to test, and I had the same problem as the first time. Fourth time I tried, the few chunks around me did load and I got a few "Afly?"s, but my chat wouldn't send and more chunks wouldn't load.

y i derp so hard?

-Afly

A couple more notes in case they're of any relevance:
It's taking a noticeably longer-than-usual amount of time to "Download Terrain".
I know my chat is going through, but I can't see it. First time I logged in, I /home'd and apparently it worked.

Wat do wokka?

[wokka1]

First, post in support if you want help, follow the sticky about tech support, you might also want to delete your bin and restore it from a backup, if you don't have a backup and you googled one, we can't do much to help you, seems like you have something corrupted or cached.

[aflycon]

Alright, I'll get a new backup and retry from there. Thanks wokka.

[Zinrius]

Electrified Creepers

How does that sound ?
"...TZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz..."

[Jake55778]

Can lightning strike other things for interesting effects? Pumpkins into Jack-o-lanterns perhaps? Pigs into zombie pigmen? Increased chances of players being struck if they wear iron armor?

...That's what I love about Minecraft, it has so much potential. For every thing that's added you can think of 20+ ways to build on it.

[wokka1]

There was mention of Pigs getting turned into Zombie Pigmen

[Zinrius]

There was mention of Pigs getting turned into Zombie Pigmen

When struck by lightning, I wonder how that and electrified creepers look.

Seems MC is getting fancier with it's effects which kind of makes me wonder how performance enhancments will play out.

Oh, and pigs burned to death = Cooked pork ^.^ Now Black has a reason to live.

[supagama]

You should keep it, it's valuable

Can I trade it in for a T-shirt?

[vallorn]

There was mention of Pigs getting turned into Zombie Pigmen

When struck by lightning, I wonder how that and electrified creepers look.

Seems MC is getting fancier with it's effects which kind of makes me wonder how performance enhancments will play out.

Oh, and pigs burned to death = Cooked pork ^.^ Now Black has a reason to live.

okay thats it FRIENDLY MOB TOWER ACTIVATE!

il build it near spawn so everyone can have a supply of delicious free cooked Pork.

[Ndogg012]

I downgraded to 1.4_01 but still can't connect...anything I can do about this?

[Tehbeard]

Creepers and lightning?

1) spawn creepers.
2) QFQFASA
3) hit spacebar
4) ???
5) Profit!

[Zinrius]

I downgraded to 1.4_01 but still can't connect...anything I can do about this?

Make sure that you have the new launcher from minecraft.net ( basically, re-download the client and downgrade to 1.4 ). The display of the new launcher is posted on this page found in our forums: http://www.escapecraft.net/phpBB3/viewt ... f=4&t=1025

After logging into the new launcher, It'll ask you if you want to upgrade or so. Click on "not yet" and VIOLA =D You should be able to play.

[Ndogg012]

Make sure that you have the new launcher from minecraft.net ( basically, re-download the client and downgrade to 1.4 ). The display of the new launcher is posted on this page found in our forums: http://www.escapecraft.net/phpBB3/viewt ... f=4&t=1025

After logging into the new launcher, It'll ask you if you want to upgrade or so. Click on "not yet" and VIOLA =D You should be able to play.

So it literally has to be 1.4 ...not 1.4_01 really? GAH!

[aflycon]

Nope, 1.4_01 will work just fine.

[iLOLZ]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUU.... I accidently updated...

I feel for you... *Hides in Minecraftless corner and sobs*