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Help/JavaEdition My game won't load in
ShelLuser
• 10/04/2019 4:43 am
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai

Quickest way to solve this for now... Close your stuff then open the file explorer and then go to %appdata%. In there you'll find a folder called .minecraft, rename this into something else. Then try to start the game again...

This method will reset your game into the vanilla settings, which makes it a perfect solution to test where something is going wrong. Keep in mind that you're going to have to log on again. If things do work from here on you can then move stuff over from the previous game folder.
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Minecraft/Discussion If the Minecon Biome Vote could be redone, what would you vote for?
ShelLuser
• 10/03/2019 6:23 pm
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai

Of course there's use for it. Creating some extra goodwill and drawing in extra attention to the MineCon event. Coding takes time, designing & setting up new stuff likewise and well... it could be a lot more efficient to pick an update in advance, start developing the basic outline for it while you then give your audience the impression that they chose it in the poll.

The advantage is extra work which has already been done (without time constraints) and like I said: draw in more attention. Why do you think polls are often favored in forums? Because they often draw in more attention that a regular story. And extra attention is just the thing which Mojang could use right now.
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Minecraft/Discussion Seriously MOJANG, this is not good.
ShelLuser
• 10/03/2019 6:14 am
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai

The problem is not the server code perse, it's server owners who expect the same performance and rely on the same (now outdated) methods to reduce lag. And the result are lagging servers.

Or to put this more simple: the time where getting rid of all Items (entities which lie on the floor) would also reduce most of the lag are far behind us. But guess what? Most anti-lag mods still have this feature prominently displayed because.... Instead they could use dynamic viewing ranges, small changes to mod behavior, controlled light updates (try to paste a 10x10 lap of dirt in the sky and you'll know what I mean), stuff like that.

Note: I'm not saying it's all to blame on 'others', of course the code could use optimization too. But I do believe it's hardly as bad as you make it sound. I run 1.14 on an older server with up to 6 - 10 players and don't get any lag. And I even use stuff like CoreProtect and GriefPrevention.
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Minecraft/Discussion If the Minecon Biome Vote could be redone, what would you vote for?
ShelLuser
• 10/03/2019 6:07 am
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai

Polls like that make me wonder if the whole thing wasn't rigged from the getgo.
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Minecraft/Discussion Feed the Beast Website
ShelLuser
• 10/03/2019 6:06 am
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai

I wonder if you're looking at the same website... Because on the FTB website the last blog post is from August 2019.
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Minecraft/Discussion Long term survival world with mods or vanilla?
ShelLuser
• 10/03/2019 6:04 am
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai

The only mod I always use is OptiFine, and for the rest I rely on server mods (used with Spigot). A major problem with mods is that not all of them get updates, most of my favorite mods are still stuck on 1.12. I still sporadically play 1.12 but I definitely prefer 1.14.
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Help/JavaEdition Display name with /give is not working
ShelLuser
• 10/03/2019 4:07 am
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai
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One of the fun things of strict JSON (this is what's causing you problems) is that you can use it in 2 forms. The 'expanded' version which uses the 'text', 'color' and other properties as shown below ... and... just a string:

/give @p gold_nugget{display:{Name:'"Gold Coin"'}}

Pay good attention: that's a single quote ' and a double quote being " used there. How does this work you ask? Simple: strict JSON means that you need to use the proper notation for your text. And by definition text (a string) sits between double quotes. And because Mojang were so kind enough to allow the usage of '' (= 2 single quotes) to embed the whole lot you can easily combine.

Just for fun & giggles this is how you would have done this in 1.13: /give @p gold_nugget{display:{Name:"\"Gold Coin\""}}

(edit): Also... if a command becomes too long to be used in chat while you really need to have it available then look into functions. They're part of a datapack and that can really help you out. Of course you will need an editor outside Minecraft to set this all up, I'd personally recommend using Visual Studio Code.
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Minecraft/Discussion deleted
ShelLuser
• 10/01/2019 8:26 am
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai

Sure, but that's not the point. You can change pretty much anything you want within Minecraft, and I can probably even sort this out using a datapack if I want to. The thing is that they're now removing stuff which has been with Minecraft for almost as long as the game exists which I think is kind of weird. Especially because there seems to be no logical reasoning behind it other than my maybe politics.

And well, I prefer not getting any political motivations (no matter of what kind) to creep into my games since you get enough of that nonsense in the real world.
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Minecraft/Discussion deleted
ShelLuser
• 09/30/2019 8:37 pm
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai

Says Mojang and thus me. The entities will remain but they will no longer be zombie pigmen but "zombified piglins". Blech :(
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Minecraft/Discussion Can't find pillagers.
ShelLuser
• 09/29/2019 5:58 pm
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai

Are you playing with or without mods? I'm using vanilla+ (only addition is OptiFine) and currently I live in a savanna and have encountered 2 pillager patrols in total (over a course of 1 week of gameplay (a few hours every day)).

So they're not exactly common ;)
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Minecraft/Discussion deleted
ShelLuser
• 09/29/2019 5:50 pm
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai

I can't help shake off the feeling that Minecraft is suddenly getting politically correct by removing the zombie pigmen and going all piglins for reasons I fail to understand. Why can't we have zombie pigmen together with the new piglins? Zombified piglins? So how does that work with pigs that get struck by lightning and then turn into different yet zombiefied creatures?

That's the part I don't necessarily like.

As to piglins.. I have no opinion. I couldn't help get the idea that the piglin beast was basically a retextured ravager. And these new piglins behave a lot like pilligers, but of course not entirely the same taken the trading aspects into consideration.

When it comes to this update I'm much more excited for scripting abilities and whatever more functionality we'll get for the bees.
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Minecraft/Discussion Dear Minecraft Server Owners...
ShelLuser
• 09/28/2019 9:48 am
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai

It did now. Because I really respect your fun reply :)
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Minecraft/Discussion ⌛ Favorite Type Of Minecraft Server? ⌛
ShelLuser
• 09/28/2019 5:18 am
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai

To be honest I don't think all the choices make sense. I mean... there are survival servers which provide pvp and/or an economy (actually... most servers have some kind of economy these days) while others don't.

You don't really have "economy" servers but you do have "survival" or "faction" or "minigame" servers which also provide an economy as an extra feature. Same can be said about pvp.
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Minecraft/Discussion After 7 years and thousands of hours, I somehow still find new ways to die in minecraft.
ShelLuser
• 09/28/2019 5:16 am
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai

Scaffolding has its advantages :)
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Minecraft/Discussion Dear Minecraft Players... Servers are becoming Stereotypical!
ShelLuser
• 09/28/2019 4:28 am
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai
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Other games are outshining Minecraft because Minecraft is already 10+ years old and veteran players are slowly getting bored whereas newer players don't seem to get attracted as much as before. This is mainly because Minecraft has gotten some serious competition in the game market: there are tons of survival games out there these days.

Some are pretty much the same as Minecraft but much more extensive, whereas others are completely different.

The problem isn't so much with Minecraft and on that subject I think you chose a very poor way to describe servers. The problem is with the massive competition.

Why should I play the somewhat limited game of Minecraft if I can have a realistic looking survival game which also provides me with all the crafting and exploring that I expect to get?
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Minecraft/Discussion Dear Minecraft Server Owners...
ShelLuser
• 09/28/2019 4:22 am
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai

This is what I'd call clickbait.
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Help/JavaEdition I cant login to minecraft.net
ShelLuser
• 09/28/2019 4:19 am
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai

Not much to go on, any specific errors? And what browsers did you try?

This is probably better asked to Mojang support.
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Communities/Rendering What is Rendering and what do I need to do it?
ShelLuser
• 09/28/2019 4:04 am
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai

Good question :) Well, it is something you could have looked up on Wikipedia, it's honestly a good resource for this. But sure... Rendering happens when you set up an image of some sort and then let the PC make a real picture out of it. So, for example: you have an environment in which you place some objects and also tell it where the main light comes from (on Earth that's normally the sun or some artificial lights). Well, the computer would then process that information and for example starts calculating which objects would cast shadows, and what effect those might have on other objects.

It'll continue to do so until you get an end result.

SO what do you need to do this for yourself? Well... a so called render engine. Of course the engine itself won't be enough, because how are you going to place those virtual objects? There are a few programs I can recommend...

A very good way to get started with this is Daz3D. In specific you should grab Daz Studio and if you feel brave Hexagon too. Both programs are free to use and they are in my opinion the perfect way to get started.

Warning! Although everything I said is true you need to keep in mind that Daz Studio is basically a so called freemium program. Yes, it's free of use and if you know your way around you can do some amazing things. Especially with all the free 3d models that are out there. But... to get the best results you're probably eventually want to buy some starter packs.

The reason I still suggest this stuff is because it makes it really easy to get started. And once again: it may be freemium, do not underestimate all the things you can do with it. This thing is very sophisticated. You can even build your own shaders if you want to (not to be confused for the shaders in Minecraft)...

Another option is Blender. This is a completely free (open source) program but... although it has a lot of potential it's not very user friendly. Expect a steep learning curve.

My suggestion is to grab all of the above and see where it gets you.

PS... if you plan on rendering (or building) sceneries (outdoor environments) I can highly recommend Bryce too. This is commercial software, limited & dated at that, but it makes rendering landscapes a heckofalot easier.

Hope this can help.
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Help/JavaEdition OP status does not work
ShelLuser
• 09/27/2019 8:21 am
He/Him • Level 61 : High Grandmaster Senpai

What makes you conclude that it doesn't work? So, if you use the console command then what exactly happens? What's the output and what behavior do you get?
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