by Stone Marshall | Aug 6, 2015 | Minecraft News |
Swedish game developer Mojang is all set to initiate public testing of “Minecraft 1.9: The Combat Update” which is mostly about cuddling and farming plants.
According to the Minecraft Forum, gamers should not expect to find in “Minecraft 1.9: The Combat Update” a number of things that are normally on its preview phase.
Among these things include any balancing of any kind as gamers should expect things to be hilariously overpowered or underpowered. There will be no melee combat changes, and that means no shields, no meaning of life, and no hugs too.
The update will also have a perfect respawn mechanics at the end so gamers can actually respawn the dragon by drawing a creeper face with clay, but the respawning will just be temporary.
Lots of new items
There will also be lots of new items and blocks which don’t exist previously. There will also be new potions and enchantments. The update will also provide subtitles support.
The update shall also come with proper offhand interaction support. And finally, there will also be lots of surprise stuff.
According to the resource pack authors, they have changed the format of the packs slightly, and have support for versioning packs now. Gamers can still use incompatible packs, it just needs exra confirmation from the user.
But before updating to Minecraft 1.9: The Combat Update,” gamers are strongly advised to back up their worlds before updating. Things might break during the loading process so it is always better to be on the side of caution than being sorry later on.
Bug fixes too
As per Mojang, the new update will come with a lot of bug fixes too which have been the key complaints of gamers recently.
The game developer has also asked gamers to report any other bugs that they can see or notice in the game so that they can attend to fixing it.
Getting snapshots of the bugs and other issues that gamers can find would be very helpful for Mojang. To those who are not yet familiar with snapshots, they can simply open their launcher and press the New Profile button. Name it snapshots and tick the box that says ‘enable experimental development snapshots’ and save.
To go back to the normal version, gamers can simply select it in the dropdown at the bottom left corner of the launcher. They also need to back up their world first or run the game in a different folder because snapshot can actually ruin their worlds in the game.
Despite its blocky graphics that basically resembles Lego playable sets, the sandbox independent video game “Minecraft” is one of the most successful video games in the world.
“Minecraft” is an open-world game that has no specific goals for the player to accomplish, allowing gamers a large amount of freedom in choosing how to play the game.
Created by Swedish programmer Markus “Notch” Persson and subsequently developed and published by Swedish gaming company Mojang, “Minecraft” has creative and building aspects that enable players to build constructions out of textured cubes in a 3D procedurally generated world.
The game also allows exploration, resource gathering, crafting, and combat. It was officially released on November 18, 2011 to the PC and mobile devices by Mojang; then to the Xbox 360, Xbox One, and the Windows Phone by Microsoft Studios; and to the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PS Vita by Sony Computer Entertainment.
“Minecraft” come in two gameplay modes – a single player and a multiplayer mode. Each mode comes in three sub-modes. There is the survival mode where players must acquire resources to build the world and maintain health.
There is also a creative mode where players have unlimited resources to build with the ability to fly, and the adventure mode where players use custom maps that were created by other players.
The game also has an achievement system. Gameplay by default is the first person. But players have the option to play in the third person mode. The main gameplay is focused on breaking and placing blocks or rough 3D objects, arranged in a fixed grid pattern and representing different materials such as dirt, stone, various ores, water, and tree trunks.
While players can move freely across the open world, objects can only be placed at fixed locations on the grid. Players can gather these material blocks and put them elsewhere, which enables them to do various constructions.
With the advent of the latest video games that featured state-of-the-art graphics technology, “Minecraft” has been relegated to a kid’s game, graphics-wise. Eventually, the new games found out that “Minecraft” is already an icon in the video game industry and simply cannot be dislodged from its lofty status as one of the most successful and sentimental video games.
It’s more than 100 million registered users is not just an evidence of its extraordinary popularity, it also shows that despite being akin to an open world digital Lego set, gamers really find “Minecraft” entertaining and exciting enough to maintain their interest on it.
A good part of the continued success of “Minecraft” however can be attributed to YouTube, which “Minecraft” gamers and fanatics have greatly made use of to promote and proliferate on how to do things properly in “Minecraft.”
‘Minecraft’ Developer Ready to Initiate Public Testing of the Game’s ‘The Combat Update!’
by Stone Marshall | Aug 6, 2015 | Awesome Book News |
It was recently reported that Tom Holland completed his shooting his scenes in Captain America: Civil War. Before Holland was cast, though, Joe and Anthony Russo were already shooting scenes with Spider-Man in them. The character was being played by a stunt double in costume. According to Movies.Birth.Death.:
“It’s important here to know that Tom Holland shooting his bit isn’t the same as Spider-Man shooting his bit. Spider-Man has been on that set for a while, played by stunt men. All you need Tom Holland for is any Peter Parker scenes, because otherwise he can come into a local recording studio and loop Spidey’s dialogue at any point between now and release. Basically if Spidey’s mask is off you need Tom Holland, but every other scene happens without him.”
There’s no exact information on how much screen time Spider-Man will have in the film, but I was hoping that it would at least be the same amount of time that Evan Peters’ Quicksilver had in X-Men: Days of Future Past and that it would include one insane scene to get fans extremely pumped up for the character. According to this latest update, it sounds like that actually might be the case! The report goes on to explain that Spidey will have more screen time than we might be expecting and that it will include an exciting fight scene:
“Sources have recently made it clear to me that there’s more Spider-Man in this movie than I expected. Spider-Man doesn’t just swing by and say hi – gets his hands dirty in this Civil War. He fights. And his fight scene might be the one that really gets fandom excited – not because of how top tier the face-off will be, but because of how profoundly dorky and unlike any other big screen superhero fight it will be.”
The description of this fight scene being “profoundly dorky” and “unlike any other big screen superhero fight” is very cool to hear. This is exactly the kind of thing fans have been wanting to see in a Spider-Man movie, and it looks like we’re actually going to get it!
I’m really hoping that fans get their first look at the new Spider-Man at D23. It would be even cooler if they showed him in action, but I seriously doubt they’ll do that. If I were Disney and Marvel I would show off the costume but not show any footage of Spider-Man in any of the trailers or TV spots. Save that awesomeness for the movie!
Captain America: Civil War will be released in theaters on May 6th, 2016.
Spider-Man Fight Scene in CIVIL WAR is describbed as “Profoundly Dorky”
by Stone Marshall | Aug 5, 2015 | Minecraft News |
If you thought Minecraft Pocket Edition 0.11 – which added boats, skins, and fishing – had a big feature list, you haven’t seen anything yet.
The upcoming 0.12 will introduce more new stuff than perhaps any update we’ve ever seen, including controller support, music, weather, the Nether, and huge changes to the inventory.
The reason?
Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition, which was announced at London shindig Minecon.This new Win 10 version is
Pocket Edition (and the two versions will “will always be updated together”,
says Mojang’s Tommaso Checchi), and Microsoft doesn’t want its OS getting a crappy feature list. So expect many improvements.
What we can look forward to in Pocket Edition 0.12, then? We’ve poured over Minecon panels and hands-on sessions with Windows 10 edition and tweets from Mojang staff to give you this exhaustive breakdown.
PC-style inventory
Pocket Edition will get the traditional inventory interface, for survival mode, in 0.12. Which means no more easy crafting: you’ll have to memorise recipes if you want to make stuff.
New controls
When playing with the touchscreen controls, you’ll find that the jump button has been moved. And there are buttons for sneaking and sprinting. You can also turn auto-jump on and off.
Controller support
Of course, you don’t have to play with the touchscreen controls any longer. Controller support will be added: though, the only confirmed controller thus far is an Xbox 360 / One pad, for the Windows 10 edition.
Customisable interface
Not happy with the current screen layout? 0.12 will let you move stuff like buttons, hearts, and experience bars.
The Nether
This is a special hell-like dimension, filled with ghastly creatures and handy new materials. If it’s anything like the PC version, you’ll have to make a portal out of obsidian blocks to enter this area.
Weather
Finally! It will now rain and snow while you play Pocket Edition. Snow will also stack if it has been snowing for some time.
Hunger
It’s a controversial change. A second bar, which tracks your hunger and forces you to keep eating food or you’ll begin to drain health. It’s coming to Pocket Edition, so you’ll have to grow crops or chop up animals to survive.
Enchanting
You’ll now gain experience points while playing PE. And these handy points can be used, with the right objects and items, to enchant your gear and give it magical properties.
Potions
Get a brewing stand and whip up a potion to give yourself temporary powers. In Minecraft proper that includes health regeneration, improved speed, a higher jump, and invisibility.
Redstone
Redstone is a curious element that lets you wire up mechanical machines. Some use it to make simple automated minecart tracks. Others use it to make a million-block graphic calculator that draws shapes. Up to you.
This one might miss 0.12, as its described as being added “this year”. But hey, fingers crossed.
New animations
Things should look a little more fancy in 0.12. The TNT explosion has been updated, and particle effects will be present with mobs are on fire and when slimy slimes jump.
New dungeon
A new dungeon design will be present, so you won’t know what to expect when you stumble upon an underground lair.
Soundtrack
Hooray! No more playing in silence. Music will be added to the handheld version in the next update. Let’s hope Mojang sticks with C418’s haunting piano score. It wouldn’t be Minecraft, otherwise.
Commands
You can do all kinds of crazy crap with commands. And now you’ll be able to type them into Pocket Edition. We’ll have to wait and see how much this will allow us to change the game.
New mobs
Big ugly Iron Golems, who protect villagers from harm, will be added. As will Ocelots, which are big nasty cats that spawn in jungle biomes. And Villagers can now turn into zombies, which is slightly terrifying.
You’ll also have to deal with new Nether enemies, if you enter that scary dimension, including Wither Skeletons and Blazes.
New Blocks
Enchantment tables will let you, erm, enchant items with magical properties. Anvils will let you repaired damaged equipment. And brewing stands let you make potions.
You can also get the morbid mob heads, which let you show off enemies you have killed. By displaying their decapitated bonce. Who is the real monster?
Other new items include flower pots, soul sand, Nether brick fences, and Nether quartz ore.
Items
Potions are now included of course. Plus, golden carrots and apples, enchanted golden apples, and glistering melons.
You’ll also be able to stuff your inventory with Nether warts, a rabbit’s foot, a Blaze rod and Blaze powder, a Ghast tear, a (fermented) spider eye, and a good old bottle o’ enchanting.
Windows 10 Edition will go into beta on July 29th. No word yet on when to expect updates for the iOS and Android version of Pocket Edition.
by Stone Marshall | Aug 5, 2015 | Minecraft News |
We have some useful information for Minecraft Pocket Edition players now. One of the developers at Mojang has confirmed that the highly anticipated Minecraft PE 0.12.0 release date will not be in July and will instead be out in August.
Tommaso Checchi has confirmed this on his Twitter account, revealing that the team had initially planned to go live on July 29.
However if they did, the 0.12.0 build would not have the Enchantment table, music and controller support so this is the reason why they will now release in August.
There’s no set date yet, but most of you should be happy now that a release has been scheduled officially by the developers.
Hopefully the team will be able to get the next version out in the beginning of August, but it depends on how difficult it is to get the three above areas into Minecraft PE with minimal bugs.
Are you happy that Minecraft PE 0.12.0 for Android and iOS is now coming for sure in August, or disappointed that it didn’t make a July release? As always we’ll keep you updated with the release if anything changes from now until next month.
Minecraft 0.12.0 PE release date in August
