News Tagged 'vincent-1.2'

Coming soon: Launcher v3

Posted March 14, 2012

So I have been pretty unavailable lately, but that's because there's a new update to our custom Minecraft launcher coming soon. It should support auto-update and setup of the Alice server, proper Minecraft directory separation, and proper mod support, and of course all the features in the older launchers.

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Vincent updated

Posted March 8, 2012

Vincent has been updated. Everything that used to be on the server is back! Friends lists, local login, shops, currency, etc.

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Growth is now fixed on Vincent

Posted March 6, 2012

Things will grow on Vincent and mobs will spawn properly.

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What difficulty should Vincent be on?

Posted March 6, 2012

What difficulty should Vincent be on? On hard (current), you die from hunger.

Please vote on the poll on this post.

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Vincent is back online, and running 1.2

Posted March 3, 2012

Vincent is back online and running 1.2. Not all features are available yet (such as friends lists), but they will be once we move to a permanent server.

Try connecting to vincent.sk89q.com, but if that tells you that the servers are still down, that means that you can either wait for your Internet provider to update their DNS cache, or you can also connect to vincent0.sk89q.com.

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Vincent

Posted March 2, 2012

Hey there!

For all of YOU who love Vincent as much as I do: I got some good news!
I'm working on a new Spawn and the Server will be back online soon (even though it needs some Plugin work etc.)
I also asked Sk to install some nicer Elevator Plugin and a "Train"- Plugin with which you can link carts to each other!

pp

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1.2 and Vincent/James

Posted Feb. 29, 2012

1.2 is coming out very soon. As applies to Vincent:

We're going to try to bring up a 1.2 final server ASAP and will report shortly on that.
There will be a new world.
You will be able to bring over buildings and items from the old world, but this will not be available immediately (due to technical reasons). For the first few days (or week, or for however long it takes), this won't be available, so you can play Minecraft "like the good old days." If you don't want to, then please wait until we can boot up the other world so you can get your stuff.

James will be available at a later time. Alice is not seeing an update to 1.2 for some time.

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What's coming for 1.2 in Minecraft and here

Posted Feb. 17, 2012

If you haven't heard, Minecraft 1.2 is a fairly big update. The major changes include:

Worlds can now be up to 256 blocks high, double the height of current worlds (!)
A new jungle biome has been added
A new ocelot (a feline) mob has been added that you can tame
Improved mob AI for all mobs; mobs will be able to pathfind and follow you around corners and obstacles!

Unfortunately, these changes (namely the new biome) necessitate a new world because the algorithm has changed. As planned, Vincent and James will be getting a world reset, but with the following caveats:

James and Vincent may be merged.
You will be able to keep your items and houses from Vincent, though this will be a manual process where we move your house over from the old world.

At the moment, we have no plans to make any major changes to Alice's world.

A full list of all the new Minecraft features for 1.2 so far is below:

Ladders regained their collision box.
Vines are climbable if you push into a solid block while next to them.
Added jungle biome (requires a new world) and new wood and leaf types.
Dispensers dispensing Spawn Eggs will place Mobs instead of simply dispensing the eggs.
Spawn eggs are now stackable.
Wolves have new AI and can be bred by using Chicken (Raw or Cooked), Porkchops (Raw or Cooked), Steak/Beef, and Rotten Flesh when tamed.
New jungle-specific Ocelot mob that can be tamed with Raw Fish into Cats.
Mobshave new a AI with new and improved behaviors.

Skeletons and Zombies burning from sunlight will flee to darkness or jump in water.
Mobs no longer attempt to jump over wooden fences.
Path finding is much improved.

New Items:

Changed Dispenser and Oak Sapling textures. ()
Added Desert Wells, which are newly generated structures.
Players are slowed when going through Vines due to their nature of being a collisionless ladder.
Lava sounds now function.
Ocelots are easier to tame, and Cats can be told to sit.
Villagers will try to detect village houses and live in them.
Creepers run away from cats.
Creepers now stalk the player.
Abandoned mine shafts now bridge over ravines
Enchantment tables no longer require experience in creative mode
You can get Dead Bushes by using shears on them.
Cats will now sit if right-clicked with an empty hand.
Death screen has a slight delay before buttons become active, to avoid accidentally clicking buttons when killed.
NPC Villagers now have the ability to open and close doors.
Creepers will "run" away from tamed Cats and Ocelots.
Cobwebs will prevent the player from receiving fall damage.
Doors have been changed to properly detect if they are open or closed. Double Doorsin existing maps will need to be updated.

Placing two Pressure Platesdirectly in front of doors and stepping on them will open them correctly.

When stepping on a single Pressure Plate only the door on that side will open.
When stepping on both Pressure Plates both doors will open.

Villager's AI has been improved.

Villagers socialize with each other and passive mobs.
Villagers go inside for shelter when it's raining.
Villagers run away from Zombies.

When a player is targeted by a hostile mob, it will continue to track the player despite being attacked by other mobs.
Zombie's AI has been improved.

On Hard difficulty and Hardcore Mode, zombies break down Doors.
On normal and easy Difficulty, zombies attack but will not break downDoors.
Zombies chase and attack Villagers.
Zombies attack doors when attempting to escape sunlight.

Added new sounds.

Cats meow, cry, howl, purr and hiss.
Doors make banging sounds when Zombies attack them.

Better movement for mobs in Water.

Most Mobs move slower.
Cave spiders swim extremely fast with the water stream towards the player, but seem to be almost not moving against the water stream.
Zombie Pigmen swim fast in water.

Added rare Itemdrops for mobs.

Zombies have a rare chance to drop an Iron Ingot, Iron Helmet, Iron Shovel, or Iron Sword.
Skeletons have a rare chance to drop a Bow or an Enchanted Bow.
Zombie Pigmen have a rare chance to drop a Golden Helmet, Gold Ingot,Golden Sword, or an Enchanted Golden Sword.

Pressing F1 to hide the HUD additionally disables hitbox outlines on blocks and the block breaking animation.
Monster Spawners now show correct mobs in multiplayer.
Snow Golems take damage from rain and water.
Redstone Dust can now be placed over Glowstone.
World file format changed to format called Anvil.

World height is now 256 blocks instead of 128 blocks.
Up to 4096 block IDs can be used.

Multiplayer light calculations no longer cause affected blocks to be transmitted to the clients, instead the clients will recalculate the light on their own.
Villagers will repopulate villagesbased on how many houses there are available.

The player may add houses to villages, provided they are enclosed with a roof and wooden door.

Some nights in villages will be worse than others.
Added Redstone Lamp.

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Potential upcoming plans

Posted Feb. 13, 2012

The following things will happen that will coincide with MC 1.2's release:

James and Vincent's worlds will be reset.
Vincent and James may merge OR Vincent and Alice may merge.

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