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Questions About 1.8 by Upsoar September 4, 2014 at 12:09 AM UTC

Do you have any question about how things work in 1.8? Are you not sure what has been added/changed? I've been playing on the snapshots since the first ones were available so I'm pretty confident that I can answer any question(s) you may have! Not every change was listed in the change-log and a few things may need explaining! Just leave your question below and I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can!

kobetexas September 4, 2014 at 1:09 AM UTC

Is block hitting gone?!








*nope*

Porkyyy September 4, 2014 at 1:09 AM UTC

Is block hitting gone?!








*nope*
No, not yet.

Pigbeard_Pete September 4, 2014 at 1:09 AM UTC

Question, Aren't the new doors just the coolest thing in the world? I wasn't sure so I wanted to ask you, you seem like an expert on the new version, and I was just wondering.

Upsoar September 4, 2014 at 1:09 AM UTC

Question, Aren't the new doors just the coolest thing in the world? I wasn't sure so I wanted to ask you, you seem like an expert on the new version, and I was just wondering.
I have mixed feelings on the addition of new doors but overall I believe it will allow builders to be more creative with their creations! (I remember when they added different types of planks and I hated that not all planks looked the same xD)

MidnightBeats September 4, 2014 at 3:09 AM UTC

All that name change hype was for nothing, huh?










fml

jannerboy September 4, 2014 at 6:09 AM UTC

I think that what's bad is cuz not all the minecraft server s have updated to 1.8 So we cant use all these cool items.....

Upsoar September 5, 2014 at 2:09 AM UTC

All that name change hype was for nothing, huh?










fml
No, name changing is still a thing but people never had a complete understanding of how it was going to be implemented. Name changing will be possible in 1.8 but Mojang wants servers to update so that players won't lose their items/data when they change their username. So name changing is still going to be implemented in 1.8

Upsoar September 5, 2014 at 2:09 AM UTC

I think that what's bad is cuz not all the minecraft server s have updated to 1.8 So we cant use all these cool items.....
This is the first real* update mojang has done for a while, so people are just going to have to wait for plugins to update.


*By "real" I mean an update that really changed the features of the game. I consider all of the 1.7 updates (1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.5, 1.7.9, 1.7.10) to all be a single update, just spread over a long period of time. Before the 1.7's, Mojang always had a normal update that had new features and then occasionally a sub update would be released to fix a bug or something. e.i. 1.2 and 1.2.5

ParthDarthVader September 5, 2014 at 2:09 AM UTC

How do you lock "entities"?
Ive been trying to figure this out

Upsoar September 5, 2014 at 2:09 AM UTC

How do you lock "entities"?
Ive been trying to figure this out
By "lock entities" I assume you are talking about spawning in a mob with no AI (This means they will just sit there and do nothing) What you want to do is type /summon Creeper ~ ~ ~ {NoAI:1}  - Just replace "Creeper" with whatever mob you want to spawn without AI. I hope this was what you were asking, but if not just ask me again!

ParthDarthVader September 6, 2014 at 12:09 AM UTC

By "lock entities" I assume you are talking about spawning in a mob with no AI (This means they will just sit there and do nothing) What you want to do is type /summon Creeper ~ ~ ~ {NoAI:1}  - Just replace "Creeper" with whatever mob you want to spawn without AI. I hope this was what you were asking, but if not just ask me again!
No
I was talking about chests....and stuff like that.
By "entities" i mean chests

toketrain September 6, 2014 at 2:09 AM UTC

No
I was talking about chests....and stuff like that.
By "entities" i mean chests
place a chest, then put a command block somewhere. in the command block put:

/blockdata x y z (chest coordinates) {Lock"Name" (any word)}

now, any item that is named as the word you put in "Name" can open the chest. if anyone tries to open the chest with anything else, it'll say it's locked.

Upsoar September 7, 2014 at 10:09 PM UTC

Is block hitting gone?!








*nope*
It's not removed, but the animation has changed.

RCMP_Mountie September 8, 2014 at 6:09 AM UTC

Is all the hype for nothing confirmed?

Emmaye September 8, 2014 at 8:09 AM UTC

I want name changes D:

Upsoar September 10, 2014 at 3:09 AM UTC

Is all the hype for nothing confirmed?
Like I said before, there will still be name changing and in that reply I also explained why it isn't available atm.

RCMP_Mountie September 10, 2014 at 10:09 AM UTC

Like I said before, there will still be name changing and in that reply I also explained why it isn't available atm.
So name changing would be coming out in a 1.8._ update? Or would it be coming in some future update past 1.8?

Upsoar September 10, 2014 at 7:09 PM UTC

So name changing would be coming out in a 1.8._ update? Or would it be coming in some future update past 1.8?
Mojang's official statement is "name changing will not be available before 1.8". From what I've seen and from what I've found out, I have reason to believe that name changing will be available in 1.8 because everything needed for that to be possible has now been added in the game. Mojang wants to wait though so that servers have a chance to update. Once the servers are updated, players can change their username without losing any of their data.

RCMP_Mountie September 10, 2014 at 8:09 PM UTC

Mojang's official statement is "name changing will not be available before 1.8". From what I've seen and from what I've found out, I have reason to believe that name changing will be available in 1.8 because everything needed for that to be possible has now been added in the game. Mojang wants to wait though so that servers have a chance to update. Once the servers are updated, players can change their username without losing any of their data.
Understood, thank you ^-^

Upsoar September 15, 2014 at 2:09 AM UTC

I think I've answered everyone's questions?

Ogrey September 15, 2014 at 2:09 AM UTC

Mojang's official statement is "name changing will not be available before 1.8". From what I've seen and from what I've found out, I have reason to believe that name changing will be available in 1.8 because everything needed for that to be possible has now been added in the game. Mojang wants to wait though so that servers have a chance to update. Once the servers are updated, players can change their username without losing any of their data.
Thank you very much, I had the same question! You've explained it quite easily and made it very simple haha