A picture is worth 1,000 blocks of lava
Well, more like hundreds of thousands of blocks of lava =)
The other day, I had to make to change the height of one of the Minecraft maps. I added 64 units of space to the top and bottom of it so that people could build higher into the sky. I made a whoopsie though and instead of filling the bottom of the map with something like stone, I filled it with air. Problem with that is that the original bottom layer of the level had lava, so if you add a bunch of air underneath the lava… Well, just take a look at these pictures.
It was raining lava from above. The physics engine of the server was working super hard to try and calculate where the lava was going to move to, so for the most part, the lava stayed stationary in the air. In addition to putting a bunch of CPU strain on the server, it also really really slowed down anyone in the level who looked in the general direction of the lava mess. Minecraft has a fog setting which limits how many blocks you can see, so turning it on made it possible to actually move around with a decent framerate.
This last picture was with the fog turned off.
Whoopsie. Sorry about that =)
-Justin
That's the most epic mistake ever. Damn that looks awesome. You pretty much made Minecraft hell.
There already is a minecraft hell ^.^
Yeah. But it sucks.
That is the neatest thing! It's not a mistake; it's an artistic adjustment. No apologies necessary. I THANK YOU, sir.
John!
"Minecraft has a fog setting which limits how many blocks you can see, so turning it on made it possible to actually move around with a decent framerate."
Except for how the server was being choked with the physics calculations, so even on the surface, with fog turned up to 11, I was still getting about 5fps.
arrr, matey. that be some fiery fire ye be lookin' with
ahhhh, I didn't know that would happen, what a wonderful thing…
It's like a minecraft matrix rain! ..of lava!
Yay! World 5! and an archive
red blocks indicate the world number by the way.. although I think you configured the world 1 gateway incorrectly, it goes to the wrong world..
The world 5 catgirl is by me
lava matrix
lol tomatos! i luv ur? vids!
iFlipforYou
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