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Diggsey
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2010 03:36
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Cool, just made this castle:





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Quik
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2010 03:40
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someone has a fasion for lava i see xD


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Satchmo
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2010 04:49 Edited at: 7th Oct 2010 07:19
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Yes, it was supposed to be java.

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Neuro Fuzzy
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Quote: "Yes it was supposed to java."

all you have to do is a factory reset or a re-installation of your OS and you should be fine

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The Master Dinasty
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2010 11:50
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There's alot of piracy going about this game, Well i am more then happy to buy it for like 13 bucks really worth love this game


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Isocadia
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2010 11:55 Edited at: 3rd Oct 2010 11:56
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So, I just got a friend to buy the alpha version... NICE!!

Just finished my house and now I'm creating a mine. Finished the shaft and already found 4 diamonds

List to do:

Swimming pool
cart track from house to mine
find those damn dungeons so I can get the records for my jukebox.
Find out how to create a map for my home server

So, whats on your wishing lists?

Edit: oh, and on bad ass zombie thing just blew up the bottom floor of my house.....
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Diggsey
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2010 12:32
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Quote: "someone has a fasion for lava i see xD"


It provides by far the best lighting available

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Quik
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2010 13:27
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Quote: "There's alot of piracy going about this game, Well i am more then happy to buy it for like 13 bucks really worth love this game"


the funny thing is, that the piracy helps this game
most people who piracy it wasnt going to buy it anyhow
and then there is a lot of people whobuys it, thanks to the torrent.

and, he is a millionare *how's that spelled?*


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CoffeeGrunt
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2010 19:55
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Quote: "the funny thing is, that the piracy helps this game
most people who piracy it wasnt going to buy it anyhow
and then there is a lot of people whobuys it, thanks to the torrent."


How do people buy it thanks to the torrent? :S

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Eminent
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2010 20:05
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I do suppose if its that addicting people buy it? And if the torrent thingy doesnt have multi people buy it for it?


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Satchmo
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2010 20:51 Edited at: 7th Oct 2010 07:19
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Coffeegrunt, the people who torrented the game recommend it to their friend's and then their friends buy it. Plus online only works if you have bought the game.

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lazerus
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2010 20:53
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So really the torrent only works as a 'demo' of it lol. Now thats a lovely trick


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Eminent
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Posted: 3rd Oct 2010 21:01
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The guy made like 350,000 k in a day after he let people who got the pirated version play multiplayer for a weekend. Then they all bought it.


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JLMoondog
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Posted: 4th Oct 2010 03:24
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Bought it last night at around 7pm...started playing...after awhile looked at the clock only to realize it was 4am!

Reset my world a few times, but now I think I have a good understanding of how the game works and got I got a good start on my last reset. Just watching the few videos posted on this thread got me to buy it.

Will post some screens once I'm farther in the game.


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Isocadia
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Well, I don't know if I'm supposed to post this here, but I still will

My problem is that when I try to set up a lan server for minecraft ( so my 2 brothers can play 2 ) they say on the wiki to verify my java version. But when I type in CMD java -version it says cannot recognize as a function or something like that. So when I try to download java, on the site it says I already have version 6.

Someone knows how to fix this?
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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 4th Oct 2010 11:58
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Its impossible to pirate minecraft, you have to login to verify that you own the game (every time), otherwise you can't play. So unless some idiot has bought the game and gave his details out as a torrent.

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Benjamin
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Posted: 4th Oct 2010 12:05
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Quote: "Its impossible to pirate minecraft, you have to login to verify that you own the game (every time), otherwise you can't play."


I downloaded it (from the website itself) when the servers were down and the author was providing it for free. I can play whenever I want without even needing to log in. Perhaps this was changed in a more recent version?
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bitJericho
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are you in windows? If you are, you need to add the java bin folder in your PATH variable, or edit the launcher to the full address to java.exe

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The Master Dinasty
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Posted: 4th Oct 2010 16:35 Edited at: 4th Oct 2010 16:36
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I have seen the pirate version first hand myself (A friend of mine in school had it) and it works 100% and its even the 1.2 version which is very new.

Nothing is imposible to share illeagly there is always one, just one who breaks through. Nothing is safe.


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bitJericho
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Posted: 4th Oct 2010 17:08
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@ben, there's two versions, classic and alpha. It sounds like the alpha version does server side authentication.

This game is sweet I'm reformatting my server currently, I'll be setting up a classic server here probably today or tomorrow for us to play on. Alpha server when I get some spare cash to buy it.

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Isocadia
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Posted: 4th Oct 2010 17:21 Edited at: 4th Oct 2010 21:27
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Jerico, is that comment pointed to me. Because when I download the server pack it says run server.bat, but when I do that I get the Java is not an internal or external command nor a executable batch file and something else. So where would I need to add the direct path to java.exe? In the batch file?

Edit: Just found out that I can't select open with.... on the batch file. And in the server pack there are only 2 files included: minecraft-server.jar and start server.batch

Removed bit mods didn't like. And like I said, I already got my friend to buy the game through paypal. I have the money, but my parents won't let me have paypal.
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Quik
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Posted: 4th Oct 2010 17:36
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Quote: "Its impossible to pirate minecraft, you have to login to verify that you own the game (every time), otherwise you can't play. So unless some idiot has bought the game and gave his details out as a torrent."


and you honestly dont think ANYONE has found ways around? *cough cough*


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bitJericho
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Posted: 4th Oct 2010 17:57
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Pirating a 13 dollar indie game is pretty sad you guys

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bitJericho
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Posted: 4th Oct 2010 18:01 Edited at: 4th Oct 2010 18:02
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Quote: "And Jerico, is that comment pointed to me. Because when I download the server pack it says run server.bat, but when I do that I get the Java is not an internal or external command nor a executable batch file and something else. So where would I need to add the direct path to java.exe? In the batch file?
"


right, the direct path goes in the batch file, or you can add the direct path to the bin directory for java in your PATH system variable (right click my computer > properties > system variables from left window section thing) (the path is usually something like "c:/program files(x86)/java/bin" or some such, so the batch file would look like this

"c:/program files(x86)/java/bin/java.exe" -file -whatever -other -settings

There's instructions on the forums for minecraft

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Benjamin
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Posted: 4th Oct 2010 18:16
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Quote: "@ben, there's two versions, classic and alpha. It sounds like the alpha version does server side authentication. "


I'm not sure why everyone keeps missing this, but I'm talking about the alpha. As I've already said several times he was allowing people to play it for free when the servers went down due to being overloaded. I'm able to play the alpha without logging in.
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Posted: 4th Oct 2010 18:17
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Quote: "Pirating a 13 dollar indie game is pretty sad you guys"


Yep.

I'll buy this soon, looks neat.

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(I should now be a TGC legend, right?)
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bitJericho
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Quote: "I'm not sure why everyone keeps missing this, but I'm talking about the alpha. As I've already said several times he was allowing people to play it for free when the servers went down due to being overloaded. I'm able to play the alpha without logging in."


Er... oops

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Quik
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Posted: 4th Oct 2010 19:21
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Quote: "Pirating a 13 dollar indie game is pretty sad you guys"


depends.
iam still pretty sure piracy and this game goes hand in hand /in terms of benefitting the game\

and he is doing well anyhow so^^

cant wait for BETA^^


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bitJericho
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Posted: 4th Oct 2010 19:34 Edited at: 4th Oct 2010 19:34
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Quote: "and he is doing well anyhow so^^"


I'm sure you wouldn't say the same thing if you were to write a game like this that took off.

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Quik
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Posted: 4th Oct 2010 20:27
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Quote: "I'm sure you wouldn't say the same thing if you were to write a game like this that took off. "


considering that iam GOING TO SCHOOL, i think i would be happy with 2,6million$


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Jeku
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Posted: 4th Oct 2010 21:11 Edited at: 4th Oct 2010 21:17
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@Isocadia - This is an official warning for promoting piracy on this forum. I don't care if the game is $60 or $0.60, if anyone brags about pirating anything modern on this site, we will have to slap or ban them. It's pretty sad and pathetic that people will pirate an indie game, and then discuss it on an indie game dev forum. Shame on you. Don't give me excuses that you don't have money or it somehow benefits the developer... it's hogwash. Get a job.


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Isocadia
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Well then, my sincere apologies to you and notch ( guess I own him an apologie if by my post someone else pirated the game ). I wasn't trying to promote piracy or even bragging about it, just informing the people who were telling that it isn't possible that it was.

But back on topic:

How do you make a swimming pool, I saw some videos on youtube with people who had one, but I honestly don't know how I would get the water in it.
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bitJericho
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i saw a video in which someone had built a bucket.

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Quik
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Posted: 4th Oct 2010 21:35
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well, sorry then =P i did suspect it would come to something like this tho, which is understandable.




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Libervurto
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I'm quite ashamed that you guys would pirate an indie game that costs £8.80, I didn't expect that on here of all places. He is only one guy so you can't even use the "big faceless corporation" excuse which is rubbish anyway, you think it's the executives that suffer from loss of sales due to piracy? If sales drop they just cut staff to cover their own salary.

This is such an innovative and charming game, I have no money yet I still paid for it, you can't justify stealing because you don't have money, it's not like you need Minecraft to survive. I would feel guilty every time I played.

Notch has made a lot of money out of this already but this is no excuse, he is setting up a business now which he has to pay for, employees and lawyers he has to pay and I am sure he will put most of the money back into developing his business, expanding Minecraft and making more amazing games. It all costs money and if you're pirating Minecraft you are preventing that from happening.

This could be a great games company in the future, and seeing as there are dozens of threads complaining about the "profit before entertainment" philosophy of big companies like EA, I'd have thought you would all be supporting and encouraging this fledgling company, not stealing sales from it which it has rightly earned.

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Isocadia
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Hmm, a bucket could work. Will try that.

And I understand, now that I reread my post before removing it that it did sound a bit braggish about it

Ahh well, there's gotta be a first time to everything.
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Quik
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Quote: "He is only one guy so you can't even use the "big faceless corporation""


he does now own a company, called Mojang Specifications, you can read a bit about it here: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Mojang_Specifications So thats not really a valid argument, however dont you think we should end that discussion about.. now?


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Jeku
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Posted: 4th Oct 2010 21:42 Edited at: 4th Oct 2010 21:45
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Quote: "just informing the people who were telling that it isn't possible that it was."


Um, no kidding. It's technically possible to pirate ANY software. There is no skill in downloading a torrent somebody else cracked, but talking about doing it for specific indie games on a freaking indie game forum is lame.

EDIT:

Quote: "So thats not really a valid argument"


There *is* no argument. Even if this were a $60 game put out by EA, I would ban someone for bragging about pirating it. It doesn't matter who makes it.


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Isocadia
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Posted: 4th Oct 2010 21:45 Edited at: 4th Oct 2010 21:45
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Well, from what I read someone said it was impossible. But just to end this discussion I won't talk anymore about it. I just want to play the game I bought after trying it.

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Libervurto
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Quote: "he does now own a company, called Mojang Specifications, you can read a bit about it here: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Mojang_Specifications So thats not really a valid argument, however dont you think we should end that discussion about.. now?"

Until two weeks ago he was on his own, he has only just employed five people, six is hardly a big faceless corporation
Anyway I already said that argument is a load of rectal discharge in the first place so I don't know why you are picking holes in it. You are coming across as quite immature and unsympathetic. I don't want to start an argument about this, just think how you would feel if it was your game.

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Quote: "Anyway I already said that argument is a load of rectal discharge in the first place so I don't know why you are picking holes in it. You are coming across as quite immature and unsympathetic. I don't want to start an argument about this, just think how you would feel if it was your game."


*sigh*
iam not sure what i said to "come across immature"
and unsympathetic?
no.
And iam just stating that IF the game was still making money even though people were pirating it
why not let them have their fun?
if it however would have the other effect
that i would loose more than i earn
then offcourse i would mind.

but like said already, we really should end that discussion before it gets locked.


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Just a quick comment, I saw some people earlier complaining that they couldn't buy the game due to issues with joining PayPal or something... I'd like to point out that while the payment process is through PayPal's website, you DON'T need a PayPal account or anything like that to buy the game, as long as you just have a credit/debit card. I was able to easily enter my card details and get the game instantly, without having to register for PayPal or anything like that. Really simple.

Not sure if that's what was the confusion people were having, but I thought I'd throw that out there.
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Isocadia
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@gbark: You don't need to have a paypal account? So I could just have payed with my debit ( is that what you use to get cash out of the uhm.. cash dispencers? ) as if I was paying through IDeal. If so than that would have helped me quite some searching for someone who had a paypal account
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Eh, yeah lets stop the piracy thingy talk now and talk about the good bought version of the game Anyone know that a new uppdate is coming at halloween? Its going to be awesome!

(Link if you havent heard of it but everyone allready knows, duh)

http://www.MineCraft.net/boo

EDIT: I love that notch has some sense of humor in the halloween uppdate poster

Quote: "Fight scary new Monsters!
Thats actully difficult this time around."


Awesome game he will be uppdating with new contnent every month until beta, or so i have heard ey?

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Wow! The update looks to be a great addition. I've been addicted to this game since I started playing last week.

I luvs this game.


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hope he fixes the "Cant die, monster cant die" thing online^^ looks like a great update indeed! I WANT IT NAOW. xD


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Isocadia
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uhm, can someone answer this question:

Do trees stop growing if you chop down the bottom bloks?

Because I planted 4 trees in my garden, went mining for 4 days and now they kinda took over....
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Quote: "Do trees stop growing if you chop down the bottom bloks?

Because I planted 4 trees in my garden, went mining for 4 days and now they kinda took over...."


dont think they do
maybe xD
but 4 days, they shouldnt "take over" in 4 days.


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I think trees have to be sitting on soil to grow, if you chop the trunc, then the bits just sit there in mid air. I usually nab all the wood, then set fire to the leaves, keeps it neat.

Looking forward to the halloween update, a watch and some fishing is just what this game needs .

Health, Ammo, and bacon and eggs!
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Well, My trees kinda started hanging over my wall, and since I haven't got iron, I can't create a lighter to set them to fire. Had to cut them all by hand

And yeah, the halloween update looks awesome.

Btw, my castle is almost finished, will post some screens when it is.
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