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I had a long day and decided to take things easy, so i played some Minecraft. Here's the little house i built. I went with 1.5 because that was the version i grew up with (Technically Xbox 360 Edition TU3, but Java 1.5 was the version i felt was closest to that)

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[-] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 months ago

This could have been Beta 1.8 and no one would have been able to tell.

[-] lostme@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I wanted to nerd out, but to be sure i checked every thing i thought of. I remember that hunger was introduced in beta 1.8, but, as it turns out, so were glass panes, experience, and the new porkchop texture. And the softer cobblestone texture was introduced in beta 1.7

Frustrated, i examined the image closer and spotted some gravel in the distance with the texture that came way after beta 1.8

I concede that i wouldn't have noticed it, but it's not impossible >:]

[-] silverchase@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Good catch with the gravel texture! I didn't notice it in the back. On the topic of textures, I know there was a complete but very subtle texture overhaul sometime after 1.0, but I can't tell if this is before or after that change unless I reference the changed textures side by side.

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I nearly went for one of the Betas, but my computer was having issues with the Beta tried for some reason.

[-] missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago

If you ever wanna try again you could give betacraft launcher a try, it's specifically for playing alpha/beta versions.

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Briefly skimmed the page but I saw a .Jar version. Is that a Java build to run in a JVM or for something else entirely?

[-] missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

The launcher is written in Java so that's the universal binary unlike the other platform specific ones. Just like the (very) old original Minecraft launcher.

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Ah. That works out great then. Im on steam deck and get the feeling Proton wouldn’t play nice with a Minecraft launcher

[-] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There's also an .exe you could use if you're on windows

[-] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 months ago

Those oldest memories of Minecraft are the most peculiar of them all. I still remember starting with either the last Alpha release, or the earliest Beta release. I had come across a comic (using screenshots from the game) of Steve looking out into the night and seeing a single pair of red eyes in a distant hill. He looks out again and a monster is looking back in (or something like that). Always wanted to find that comic again. Anyway, that was my extent of knowledge going into the game. I knew there was mining, night time, and monsters.

I remember digging a hole into a hillside to survive my first night. There was a single torch placed outside of the hole, and throughout the night I watched various animals gather around the entrance to look in at me. I remember feeling awful, thinking they wanted shelter from the monsters outside, but realized while looking back much later that they were just spawning in my torchlight.

I also recall finding sort of a canyon or mountain pass with lava flowing into it. There was a small doorway or opening on one cliff face, and several flaming poles between it and the other side. It looked like an altar of some sort. This was back when lava/fire burned leaves and left the stumps to burn eternally, but in my inexperience I thought these were pyres placed deliberately by some entity, and began to worry there was truth to the Herobrine myth. Maybe other players were in my world.

Early Minecraft was a trip.

[-] Wolfram@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Early Beta Minecraft was interesting because it felt like anything was possible. The documentation was not like it is now, so it felt like there was a lot more. That was probably enhanced by me being an imaginative kid at that time. The early generation kept things weird and fun. I miss those days.

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Some of the oldest memories I have of Minecraft are Me and my Sister spent our entire summer looking for Herobrine (we did totems, rituals, even Herobrine “seeds”), we built this really cool multi story house for us to live in (and then I promptly evicted her after she stole one of my cats), then we compromised and built a brick house for her in a swamp.

Those early memories are some my favorites, I wish I could get back to them, even just for a moment.

[-] Archelon@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Man, I remember I got Minecraft right after the Nether’d been introduced. Played pretty constantly until right around the oceans update, and then I got distracted and fell off.

Now looking at it there’s so much it seems almost unrecognizable.

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I got Minecraft on the Xbox right around TU 3/4 (probably TU 3 since I believe TU 4 added horses and those were only added after I started playing). I would play almost daily with my Younger Sister until we both ended growing apart. The game really has grown a lot. Sometimes I can’t tell if something is a mod or vanilla when I see a post online.

[-] serpineslair@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Shit, I think I know what I wanna do today.

[-] MintyAnt@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Download a modded Minecraft mod pack???

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Can’t go wrong with Hexxit or Attack of the B-Team for mod pack choice

[-] MintyAnt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I've been playing ones like Enigmatica. As long as it contains the Create mod then I'm happy

[-] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I fucking love create to the point when me and some friends put together a server, create is the first thing I go for. It’s cool until like the next day where I have an iron farm setup and they’re still trying to get enough for an armor set.

[-] MintyAnt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah it's great. If you haven't yet check out the pack "Create: Above and Beyond", it's a Create centric expert pack. Pretty challenging and a lot of fun

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Review your life insurance policy?

[-] serpineslair@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I was thinking more along the lines of getting started on my taxes etc.

yep sometimes the simple things, like building a house in minecraft, are the cool ones :) I am the kind of player to build the dirt house, or just build a underground base in some cave I started digging for iron/coal.

[-] AsudoxDev@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

the nostalgia I feel...

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