I may be considered an idiot for suggesting this, but cant you just make multiple characters and have each make their stronghold claim around the edge of the hole?

I tried typing game-host.org into my url box. I got this thingy.
http://dyn.com/dns/dyndns-pro-free-trial/?domain=game-host.org

One of those "domain for sale" website thingys.

I don't think game-host.org exists anymore.

game-host.org is a feature of dyndns... (one of many of their domains) which is why I have Mythruna mapped there because I have a dyndns account.  The mythruna address still works.

I will have to trust your word then. I typed mythruna into the dyn website's search bar and it came up with no search results.
And the mythruna servers link sends me to a website called listforge, where I could not see anything that said mythruna on it.

I tried typing game-host.org into my url box. I got this thingy.
http://dyn.com/dns/dyndns-pro-free-trial/?domain=game-host.org

One of those "domain for sale" website thingys.

I don't think game-host.org exists anymore.

So, you finally got a glimpse of the Mythruna forum in the flesh...

Don't be silly.  That's just someone who is waiting for half life 3 to come out.

Uhh fyi most people here speak English.  There is a reason I don't type in german or Russian on here, cause no one would understand me.  

I understand typing in English is difficult, trust me I know. I have to use a translator half the time.  But for everyone's convience, please stick with the language most people on here know.  Thanks.

I mean, the fact that you can't do user-targetted rollbacks for griefs. The sensitive 1-2 weeks period needed to construct the statue would be especially vulnerable if someone griefs it mid-day while I'm working on it.

But that's nearly impossible to do or would require _significant_ changes to the engine to support.  As it is, I just copy files if you change an area after the file's checkpoint.  I keep checkpoint directories of the pre-checkpoint files if they were changed post-checkpoint, for the entire world.

Doing it per user is hard because any number of users could be editing an area at the same time.  That area may not get saved for 5 seconds or more and then it's saving all of the changes since the last write.

Would be better just to protect the area with a property.

Are you offering?

I might be depending on the size of the area.  stronghold save spots aren't very big.

Heheh... sounds cool.

Maybe someone can post a screen shot.

sadly it is not as big as I wanted it to be.  Being near the top of a mountain means it didn't have much space to grow.
I was hoping to make it one of those fancy churches with the high vaulted ceilings and lots of room for seating, but alas, the perameters of the mountain would not accompany this.

I built it too high up and thus just 4 blocks above the ceiling is the ground above. 
Maybe next time I make one, I will make it less high near the summit of a mountain. 

Any of you that watched the last couple seasons of stargate SG-1 will remember the Ori and their church of "origin".

Now you can visit it in mythruna!  I just finished building it in the side of a mountain.  

I was in the midst of tearing down a mountain to make way for a large river I wanted to make to connect two lakes and my mind just got away from me.  Now there is a church of origin hidden away in mythruna! For however long it's there before someone griefs it.

Come take a look!  2694.09 - 2841.44

Pretty sure you can press F1 for help and it describes the keys you can use instead of the mouse wheel.

If not it's , and .  In other words, the < and > keys without holding shift.

thanks, that helped. and its , and . while holding ctrl to change the shapes.

So I am on a laptop right now, without a mouse. which means I don't have that fancy little scrolling wheel to switch between different shapes on any particular substance.

Is there a way to get different triangles and pillars of stone or dirt without having a mouse? Is there a button on my keyboard I can click on or something?

TNT always works. Or dynamite.

Also, just for reference, creatures that appear in Mythruna will have a purpose other than just harassing the player.  Like, where does some creature fit in the ecosystem and so on.

A notable exception might be the elementals like Takwin that are a byproduct of conditions and player magic... but even those have a deeper reason for being.

Minecraft is a fun game... partially because its mobs are one-dimensional devices... but they are still one dimensional and Mythruna won't be doing that.  It should always be in every Mythrunian mob's list of choices to decide to run away because the trouble isn't worth it.  At least in theory.

So probably:
-no player-seeking mobs
-no walking mines
-and generally, no "I popped into existence fully formed with motivations and everything just because the sun went down 10 seconds ago"

(If you get harassed by groo-lizards because you are wandering in the dark then that also means there must be a nest somewhere... and at any rate, they go and hide during the day and don't spontaneously combust.)

Minecraft mobs are like classic arcade game mobs.  They are a single-mechanic extension, basically.  You can almost trace them directly back to mob archetypes that existed in games as old as Gauntlet.  (This is the one that beats on you in melee.  This is the one that shoots you.  This is the one that explodes under some condition.  This is the one that teleports.)

Damn I was hoping for the walking mine type deal.  Oh well it was worth a shot.  I just was hoping for something that would explode and take a few blocks with it cause trying to dig a trench one block at a time is frustrating.   Took me almost a real hour to make a peninsula into an island cause it was around 30 blocks deep and really long.   

Having some sort of explosive something in the game would be nice.  I figured a creeper knock-off would work well cause its already there and all you have to do is walk up to it and it explodes. 

Oh well, Im sure you'll figure something out.

Well I wasn't exactly worried about someone finding it.   The only visual connection this picture has to a creeper is 4 legs and tall.

giant spiders or a four legged zombie could do the same.  This thing looks more like some killer alien than a creeper, which is why I chose this.  
Have you seen a creeper? they look like a multi-shaded green version of missingno.  Like something the 80s threw up.

I wasn't trying to hide the fact of what the picture says it is.  Im trying to point out that this "realistic" version of the creeper looks nothing like the actual in-game species and thus can be counted as not being one if some other game creator wanted to add it into their game.

I mean the real in-game thing looks like a tetris block made out of all green shapes. and it doesn't have sharp teeth or horns on it's legs.

Someone could easily put this in their game and say "nope, its not a creeper. minecraft's mobs don't look like this."

I haven't really noticed any straight off creature topic yet.  Just a few vague mentions of what might be coming, as responses in different topics.

Here is my idea for a creature. I hope other people come up with ideas as well.



I call it a bombardier.  It explodes when a player character comes near and takes several blocks with it.
Probably around 3 blocks worth straight down and maybe a misshapen circle worth of blocks around it.  Like a small crater.