Buildcraft

I recently came across a mod in the forums while looking for some new mods to try out and I stumbled upon a true gem. Buildcraft is a mod that adds pipes, mining wells, quarry's and fillers. You construct the machines using gears and tools to create machines that will dig materials for you! not only that but you can set up pipes to lead materials from the machines directly to a chest which can them be transferred and filtered into furnaces and crafting templates to make any item automated!

The mod adds a lot of fun to the game and its easy to install!

Source - Minecraft Forums

Updates, Minecraft, and Computers.

I haven't done any blogging about minecraft in 4 months ( a long time ) I have pretty much abandoned asian-craft. ( It wasn't that great anyway. ) So instead of blogging or modding I've pretty much just been playing video games and attending college. Now that it is summer break I have so much free time that I wish I didn't. I will most likely be doing some minecraft or video game related stuff on this blog, not sure what exactly I will do... maybe some videos or lets play or even live streams... Oh which reminds me. I got a new computer last month... It's very nice.

hexacore processor @ 3.30GHz
8gb random access memory
Ati 6950 Graphics card
1.5 Terabyte HDD

It's quite enjoyable. the only thing I don't like is how it performs with direct x11. I downloaded the heaven benchmark tool and ran it at highest settings.. it only got 22 fps average the worst was 7fps best was 52
I can't really complain though, that's damn good for a single video card. I imagine my results would double if I got another card. I think it might be a while longer before we see direct x11 used in retail games. I know there are a few games that use it already but they don't use it for every object just sparingly. most games wouldn't be nearly as detailed as the benchmark tool. I'm sure in a few years they will though and it will be really amazing to see that. ( here is a shot of tessellation comparisons )

anyway, on to some of the things I've been doing with my new computer. I downloaded dolphin emultaor ( it allows you to play wii and gamecube games on your pc ) I then got a copy of wind waker, and twilight princess ( both of which I own for my real gamecube ) and tried it out on the emulator. except for the occasional crash, both games run perfectly! so if you're looking to buy a computer to emulate wii / gamecube my computer would be the perfect choice it seems. of course that's not the reason I bought it of course.
( Here is a picture of twilight princess running at enhanced settings )

Aside from video games I've just been attending college being very busy and making rl friends whom are pretty cool guys. I will be doing more blogging ( hopefully ) a bit later when I figure out what I want to work on. until then see ya.

A small tutorial on redstone wires.

There are some people out there that want to make things with redstone and they just don't get it.
I made a video a while back about how to make your redstone wires power further than 15 blocks. But now with the new update there a new way to do so.

New way:

Old way:

AsianCraft update for ver 1.3_01

Just spent a few minutes updating the mod to the latest version, and it was super-easy!
Still has the same stuff as last time, but now it works on the latest version! also the betterlight makes everything pretty!

Heres some screenshots.

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Official Minecraft Update one tuesday.

     It may be old news to some, but On Tuesday Notch and Team will be rolling out a new Minecraft update that will add tons of new content to the game This time they are going to be adding a feature many people have been requesting. Beds; you can now craft a bed to sleep in and skip night time (possibly even day time) so that you can get more things done, and you feel less likely to quit the game during night time. There has also been rumor that new water mobs, such as sharks and jelly fish may be added. There will also be new half-step blocks such as wood, cobble stone and others. Finally there will be lots of secret stuff not yet mentioned. for a full list of confirmed updates you should check out the Minecraft forum thread here:
Minecraft 1.3 Update Confirmed

Asiancraft 1.0

It's here! A new update that adds some new blocks, items and even a ninja outfit!!

Changelog:

Fixed Recipes, you can now craft walls with paper and sticks

Paper Windows

Paper Lanterns

Katana

Ninja armor

More info:

Katana is as strong as a Diamond sword and last just as long

Glass has an alpha value (it can be tinted)

Ninja Armor is crafted the same way all armor is crafted, (just use wool)

Crafting Recipes are in the Readme

Planned:

Rake: you can make straight lines in the gravel to form a Japanese garden (picture related)

More types of lighting

Decortication blocks

Please give me suggestions and comments on what you'd like to see in the future!

I will also be making more things for the upcoming update!

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Newer version out here.

Update delayed

Who am I? Notch? Why is the update delayed? Well much like notch I am a poor coder. (not really)
I have implemented KATANAH in the game! problem is that I made armor that doesn't render! I also changed the recipe for the blocks, they now require paper and sticks for the walls, and for the roofs 3 clay balls, which I figure is fair, and makes use of the items that have limited uses. in the mean time enjoy this katana.

And yes, that's bridget.

Suggestions are always welcome.