[Blue Magic]

I got on and played the single player mode for about 45 mins, and when I tried to play the alpha version, the site just stopped working completely. I cant even click on the link to get to the site's home page.

Anyone else had this kind of problem?

I was seriously thinking about buying this game, but this worries me. I don't want to pay for a game that I cannot play.

[Gollgagh]

Don't worry about it too much. Notch has been having server trouble since minecraft popularity literally exploded a couple weeks ago. He's working on it.

also he's probably asleep right now seeing as he's swedish and sleeping people tend to have difficulty restarting servers


that said, minecraft withdrawal D:


[edit: oh you should be able to play the single player survival even if you can't get to the main site, just choose "play offline"]

[Darklink42]

Originally Posted by Gollgagh

well it's probably not as big, but eulogic is building a scale replica of the colosseum on his server where each block is a cubic meter so it's like 140x160ish blocks

it took three of us a week to level the area of rocks and dirt

I have a question. Is there a particular way you know it's to scale? Are there calculations and stuff, or are you guys eyeballing it? Because if there's a better way to accurately build something like this, it would make my time a little better spent than it has been at the moment. The island is coming along, but I can't help but wonder whether I could do the scaling better is my point.

[Blue Magic]

Originally Posted by Gollgagh

Don't worry about it too much. Notch has been having server trouble since minecraft popularity literally exploded a couple weeks ago. He's working on it.

also he's probably asleep right now seeing as he's swedish and sleeping people tend to have difficulty restarting servers


that said, minecraft withdrawal D:


[edit: oh you should be able to play the single player survival even if you can't get to the main site, just choose "play offline"]

I downloaded it (I think) from the Alpha download link, but when I tried to open it, my compy didn't know what program to use and I didn't neither. I figured I had to buy it for that feature to work, so I deleted it and tried to play it online.

I'd figured he'd have the server issues, but I didn't think he would be the only one that can fix it. I'll just have to wait until tomorrow I guess.

[Cecilff2]

Originally Posted by Blue Magic

I downloaded it (I think) from the Alpha download link, but when I tried to open it, my compy didn't know what program to use and I didn't neither. I figured I had to buy it for that feature to work, so I deleted it and tried to play it online.

I'd figured he'd have the server issues, but I didn't think he would be the only one that can fix it. I'll just have to wait until tomorrow I guess.

Yeah it doesn't save with the exe extension for some reason. Just rename it Minecraft.exe and it'll work.

[Blue Magic]

Since the server is up for the moment, I just redownloaded it on my work computer and emailed it to my personal address. When I get home for lunch, I'll see if it works.

Thanks.

[Arcana]

Yeah this game is getting a lot of press and stuff.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2...-minecraft.ars

I haven't really poked around with it yet though. I hear about it all the time but I still don't really understand how the game is played yet.

[The Phalanx]

Meanwhile...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2-d5a3r94

[Darklink42]

Originally Posted by The Phalanx

Meanwhile...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2-d5a3r94

Holy shit. That's...


I don't even...

....

[Blue Magic]

Another dumb question...Did you guys already buy this game, or something?

When I got home and downloaded the exe file again and tried to log in, it said I'm not a premium user or something, so I can't play it offline until I play it online first. Strange, but whatever...

When I tried to run Alpha in the browser, it said, "You need to purchase the game to play infdev." Now, I'm like, WTF is infdev?

I know it does not cost alot for the game, but how would the system know if I purchased it or not? Do you get a special download link when you buy it? HALP!!!!!