Mincraft Dev in overdrive?

Lazybones · September 05, 2013, 12:33:39 PM

Chest Lables http://imgur.com/a/XhVHY

Seems like new features are going nuts in minecraft.

Tom · September 05, 2013, 12:34:52 PM

Yeah, 1.7 may include new biomes and some really neat new stuff.

for instance, a single click on an item frame only yeilds the item in the frame. click an empty frame to get the frame off the wall. makes them SO much more useful.

Mr. Analog · September 05, 2013, 01:58:24 PM

New biomes, new plants, trees, snow on mountaintops, random "crap" items when fishing (like used boots haha), new fish

and super-secret special stuff which hasn't yet been revealed.

Tom · September 05, 2013, 02:10:39 PM

I might put up a straight vanilla server in addition to the main usamot before bukkit gets updated.

I suspect 1.7 bukkit to take a while.

Mr. Analog · September 05, 2013, 02:27:19 PM

That sounds like fun, for sure.

Tom · September 05, 2013, 02:30:50 PM

I think the quickened pace has something to do with all of the refactoring they've been doing. Apparently for a long time, most of the week was dedicated to refactoring the code. And a day or two a week was for new features and fun stuff. They might be at the point that adding new stuff takes a lot less work, and breaks a lot less things.

Mr. Analog · September 05, 2013, 02:33:44 PM

There's also the hassle of learning other peoples' code, developing changes while bug fixing all the while you have a really REALLY dedicated fanbase watching your every move...

Tom · September 05, 2013, 02:34:25 PM

Yeah, especially if the code you took over needed a couple years of refactoring

Mr. Analog · September 05, 2013, 02:36:49 PM

ALL code needs refactoring

Tom · September 05, 2013, 02:42:09 PM

Quote from: Mr. Analog on September 05, 2013, 02:36:49 PM
ALL code needs refactoring

If you have to take over a project that needs to be completely rewritten on a regular basis, I feel for you

mc was more than just a bit of refactoring. pretty sure they had to completely rewrite it over the past couple years. one part at a time.

Mr. Analog · September 05, 2013, 02:43:54 PM

I have yet to see anything of complexity not need some part of it re-written.

Heck I look at stuff written 3 weeks ago and want to re-write it, but sometimes you have to let go until it's important.

Tom · September 05, 2013, 02:46:08 PM

Yeah. I completely agree. Nothing is ever quite right the first time out.

Just saying theres a difference between some refactoring and a complete staged rewrite of an entire codebase.

Mr. Analog · September 05, 2013, 02:50:49 PM

Yeah, going nuclear is the last resort for pretty much anything if you ask me, way easier to rebuild the guts in iterations.

Thorin · September 05, 2013, 03:26:28 PM

Quote from: Lazybones on September 05, 2013, 12:33:39 PM
Chest Lables http://imgur.com/a/XhVHY

Seems like new features are going nuts in minecraft.

You guys missed the really important bit of these images. DOUBLE CHESTS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER. When the hell did that come in?

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A separate vanilla server? Why, just for us to play? How hard would it be to switch our server back to vanilla? It's just that it would seem like such a waste of time to build stuff that will then get tossed when Bukkit updates.

Lazybones · September 05, 2013, 03:37:49 PM

Quote from: Thorin on September 05, 2013, 03:26:28 PM
Quote from: Lazybones on September 05, 2013, 12:33:39 PM
Chest Lables http://imgur.com/a/XhVHY

Seems like new features are going nuts in minecraft.

You guys missed the really important bit of these images. DOUBLE CHESTS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER. When the hell did that come in?

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A separate vanilla server? Why, just for us to play? How hard would it be to switch our server back to vanilla? It's just that it would seem like such a waste of time to build stuff that will then get tossed when Bukkit updates.

Probably at the same time they let you attache signs to them... Looks like a few annoyances will be fixed.