How to make shears in minecraft 1.7

Here is a video showcasing how to make the new item shears in Minecraft 1.7

Great new addition to the game.

How to make piston and sticky piston in minecraft 1.7

Here is a video showing how to make and use the new piston and sticky piston in minecraft 1.7

Black Ops Annihilation Gameplay Hazard

Here is a great game play from DrKenjii on map Hazard, end score 20/0 not bad for his first run. This guy is awesome and certainly one of the best upcoming commenter's around. Check out the footage and his channel, you wont regret it.

http://www.youtube.com/user/DrKenjii

Minecraft 1.7 coming out shortly with pistons only

Notch just announced minutes ago that 1.7 patch is coming soon, but the adventure update has been pushed back to 1.8 We can expect 1.7 to have pistons and some small bug fixes. No ETA on 1.8, apparently could be a while.

After 1.8 notch says it will be time to prep for the big release date patch, which will involve sorting all sorts of awesome stuff.

To quote notch

"That includes finishing up the mod api, improving stability and performance, adding supporting features like friends lists and a proper server browser, integrating singleplayer and multiplayer, and most importantly fleshing out the gameplay."


UPDATE - Release date is now confirmed for Thursday 30th June.

Terraria Download 1.0.5

If like me you have been looking for the new Terraria 1.0.5 download, Look no further, I have found it, the link and all the information is included below. Step by step. Enjoy !

http://store.steampowered.com/app/105600/

Yep, buy it on steam and its all automatic from there. Expecting something different? Dread the thought.

There is no excuse not to buy this great game.

Guide Voodoo Doll 1.0.5

Here is an explanation and video of the new item "Guide Voodoo Doll" in the new Terraria 1.0.5 patch.

Drops from Voodoo Demon "You are a terrible person"

What does the Guide Voodoo doll do? Have a gander at video ;p

Terraria 1.0.5 Patch Notes live now

Hey guys 1.0.5 Terraria patch is out now!!! Its the best update yet, here are the patch notes. Videos coming shortly.

NPCs

• 8 New Enemies, find them!
• Changed the way worm enemies spawn.
• Bats, Hornets, and Eyeballs no longer enter water.
• Slimes now float in water.
• Only one giant slime will appear at a time.
• The Guide now seems quite knowledgeable in what an item can be made into if you show it to him.
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
• NPC shops now sell some items on certain nights, or after certain events.
• Devourers should no longer gain random other enemies as its head.
• The Nurse now charges the correct amount for healing.
• Bats now have a death sound effect.
• Talking to the old man at night will give the player a warning now before summoning the dungeon boss.
• Entering the dungeon before defeating Skeletron now spawns a new NPC instead of Skeletron’s head. This should fix several issues with that event.
• Enemy coin drops have been adjusted.
• Man Eaters and Snatchers are no longer effected by knockback and can attack through walls.
• Eater of Souls’ and Hornet AI has been improved.
• Enemies now take up different amount of *slots* depending on AI style and strength. This will help balance conditions when there are lots of strong monsters spawned at once, such as Imps and Bone Serpents.
• Fish are no longer upside-down when out of water.
• Green slimes have been weakend so that start players can deal with them more easily.
• Slimes and Flying enemies no longer make a splash sound when hitting water.
• Items of “Blue Rarity” or higher no longer burn up in lava.
• Burning Skull has been renamed to Cursed Skull, and given different AI.
• Enemy caster’s have had their rate of fire slowed down.
• Meteor heads have less health, do more damage, and move slower.
• There are now slight size variations to the Eater of Souls and the Angry Bones.
• Skeletron has less defense and health.

Items

• New Feature : Buffs activated by Using Potions. Right click a buff to remove it from yourself.
• Over 50 new items!
• The Silver Short swords recipe has been corrected, it is now craftable.
• Torches and candles no longer work when wet.
• Destroying a placed sign while you are reading it will no longer cause your character to become frozen.
• Rocket boots no longer require mana. They will provide lift for 1 second and recharge every time the player touches the ground or uses grapple. Lift speed has been slightly increased to offset loss of long flights. This makes the boots more viable for caster Characters.
• The explosion animation for bombs is now correctly displayed in multiplayer.
• There is now a message pop-up when the player receives an item.
• Filled Buckets may no longer be emptied into solid ground.
• Pots in the underworld now have a chance to drop new items
• Handgun and Phoenix Blaster have been reduced in size.
• Lowered the knockback of Muramasa.
• Reduced the damage of the Blue Moon.
• Flintlock Pistol and Musket have increased damage.
• Only normal trees drop acorns.
• Falling sand clumps are no longer carried by magic missiles/flamelash.
• Jungle armor is no longer a drop. It is a craftable set.
• Magic Mirror now requires mana to be used.
• Harpoon and Maces now correctly show the player’s arm animation.
• The arms dealer will sell unholy arrows at night after the Eater of Worlds has been defeated.
• Space Gun does more damage, but only penetrates 2 enemies.

Server

• Spam detection is less aggressive.
• Increase multiplayer security.
• Fixed a bug that could crash the server when the max amount of clients are connected.
• Added an option to enable additional cheat protection for servers.
• Servers now hibernate when no players are connected.
• Blood Moons now stop correctly if time is changed to day by the server.

Misc

• Corrected some spelling and grammar mistakes.
• Lighting code has been optimized to increase performance.

• Mud and ash now have a chance to fall like sand when struck.
• World update rate has been reduced slightly.
• Water now evaporates when it reaches the underworld.
• Slowed the rate of plant growth.
• Hardcore is now an option when creating a new player. Hardcore players are gone for good after dying.
• The Jungle now has its own music track.
• Vines that refused to grow longer than 1 tile in length while underwater, will now grow correctly.
• Pot graphic was brightened to make it more visible.
• Plants growing out of a clay pot can no longer be cut with a weapon. The new alchemy plants can be grown in these pots.
• Gems, ore, and gold chests now have a sparkle effect.
• Giant glowing mushrooms will now grow back over time.
• The player now starts out with a copper shortsword.
• Dungeon bricks and walls have had their brightness reduced.

Game Interface

• Upon death, A more specific death message will appear for other players, so they know how you died.
• The crafting and armor interface text will fade out when an item tooltip is in front of it.
• The Hot Bar now shows the name of the selected item.
• PVP now requires 5 seconds between Activation and Deactivation and visa versa to prevent PVP spam. The same cooldown is in effect for Team Changing as well.
• Added hotkeys for quickly drinking healing, mana, and buff potions.The healing/mana potion you use is based on the same principle arrows are. Top-Left most item first. The buff potions are all used at once.
• Holding right click on an empty space in the inventory will no longer make a sound effect as if something was there to be picked up.
• Defense totals are now shown in your inventory.

World Gen

• Tweaked the way sand is created during world gen. (Requires new world.)
• Oceans are now slightly larger and generation layout has been improved. (Requires new world.)
• Cactus now grow on sand.
• Coral now grows in the ocean.
• Chests can now spawn near the surface of the world. They will contain treasure that new players may find useful. (Requires new world.)
• Chests and pots now contain loot based on the level they spawn in. (Requires new world.)
• Gold chests will now spawn in some parts of the world. (Requires new world.)
• Corrupt chasms have less of a chance to spawn on jungles. They also now have a cave connecting most of the chasms. (Requires new world.
• Traces of demonite are created during world gen. (Requires new world.)
• Surface jungles have been enlarged, and will override deserts. (Requires new world.)

How to get the Top Hat in Terraria 1.0.4 (rare enemy the groom)

The top hat drops from the rare spawn enemy "the groom" which is a zombie wearing a top hat no less.You will not see many people wearing this hat for good reason. The main reason is because while the item is in the game you can not get the top hat without cheating, because the mob does not currently have a spawn trigger.

Terraria 1.0.5 is more than likely due to hit us this week and with the patch comes the spawn trigger for "the groom". I would predict this Friday 24th as the day it arrives.

So stay tuned for a video showcasing the top hat, once of course its legit to get.

For now why not enjoy a random funny video adventure in Terraria.

Minecraft 1.7 new feature revealed Ravines

Notch just confirmed a new feature for Minecraft 1.7 , picture looks awesome.

@notch Keeping 1.7 secret is frustrating and hard work. I feel a constant need to spoilerize. Anyway, I added underground ravines.

http://imgur.com/YNhtV
http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/i61zl/oh_shit_looks_like_ill_be_doing_more_exploring/

Modern Warfare 2 just patched?

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 just got a sneaky patch, quite small, no details released? Could it be a Cod Elite related thing?

Time will tell.

Update - Seems this patch was removed shortly after and back tracked to previous version, some players experienced all sorts of issues with it.

Were you one of them?

Home Delivery Network - Review - Avoid this company

This company is terrible, they consistently do not bother to locate addresses. The drivers are likely self employed and paid per delivery and as such if like me you live a bit outside the normal track you wont get your item.

The drivers simply say "incorrect address" and go to an easier delivery.

I have had the misfortune of 5+ items being sent by these useless couriers, and each time I am forced to wait in only to find out at 3pm, its back in depot, labelled INCORRECT ADDRESS.

To be clear the address given to the company is correct and full. Even includes the road its off, and in my case there are only 2 houses at the postcode. So must be soo damm hard to find one of two properties off a 50 yard road.

On the latest failed delivery I was rang the next day and had one of there staff confirming my address, the conversation was more or less me saying yes thats correct. Low and behold its 4pm now and my item is tracked as INCORRECT ADDRESS again.... having phoned them now it will apparently arrive tomorrow. Taking bets to it turning up on this third attempt, Smart money is on it NOT turning up.

I strongly advise you do NOT use this company, and be careful if you have to ring them its 10p per minute and full of lots of automated none sense.

UPDATE - They informed me it would arrive today and took my mobile phone number incase any issues arose. Well its 4pm and the parcel never even left the warehouse today and no calls to my mobile.

Update - Item arrived 23rd, item was dispatched on 15th and ordered on 14th. Not very good when paid for first class delivery.

The package was severely crushed on one corner, thankfully no damage to item.

Pathetic company, avoid at all costs.

Terraria 1.0.5 patch notes (Video included)

Terraria's developer "blue" just announced a few tidbits from the upcoming 1.0.5 patch, here is the list.

Update - full patch notes here - http://pottah.blogspot.com/2011/06/terraria-105-patch-notes-live-now.html

Hardcore Mode - where dieing = Game Over for your character (not your worlds though)

    Lighting code has been optimized to increase performance.
    Servers now hibernate when no players are connected.
    Bats, Hornets, and Eyeballs no longer enter water.
    Slimes now float in water.
    Spam detection is less aggressive.
    New Item - Hellfire Arrow. (Boom!)

Also, Mr. Guide has become a friend to all new players. A new feature for this helpful individual, is that now he can tell you what specific items that you 'show him' are for. This should assist new players in discovering new recipes they can't yet make.

Death specific messages have been added to server messages, for example

"Blue fell to his death." or "Blue had his head ripped off by a Green Slime."

NPC shops change their inventory after certain world events. It isn't certain yet if the new feature will be implemented in 1.0.5 or not, but its something you can all look forward to.

Rumours of new potions and buffs to. Fingers crossed for more awesome content in this great game.

Terraria Speed Glitch

This is a written explaination and video showing of how to use the Terraria Speed Glitch, you can use this for instantly refilling your mana or farming the rare king slime boss. Infact there are many uses for it.

Try not to over use this ;p

Speed Glitch does still work in patch 1.0.5 which has just released now.

Battlefield Play 4 Free Gameplay

Some Battlefield Play 4 Free Gameplay, Videos included for your enjoyment.



Sniper m95 fun

Jets footage to follow shortly.

How to record your Desktop with Fraps 3.4.5

The trick to recording your desktop with Fraps is to activate the monitor aero desktop (DWM) option, this is done by making your desktop aero theme. This video shows you exactly how to do this.

Minecraft 1.7 Pistons first look

First look at the new piston item coming to Minecraft 1.7 includes how to make.

Hippoplatimus designed the original piston mod, apparently DiEvAl also provided additional implementation details.

The Piston is still a work in progress.

 

DrKenjii Youtube Commenter

DrKenjii is an awesome upcoming Youtube Commenter covering all sorts of games including Minecraft, Black Ops and Modern Warfare 2. I have highlighted a few pieces of his work I enjoy and included them below.

Be sure to head to his channel and check out his videos.

http://www.youtube.com/user/DrKenjii

Terraria New Npc Clothier 1.0.4

Video showcasing the new Terraria NPC the Clothier.

New NPC Clothier - sells Black Dye, Summer Hat, Plumber's Shirt and Plumber's pants.

How to get the clothier? Easy.

To make him appear you must kill skeletron and have enough housing.

Terraria 1.0.4 patch notes

New 1.0.4 Terraria patch looks awesome, videos of new content have been added.

Items

• Added Feature! - Social Slots. All normal armor and vanity items can be placed here to use their graphical appearance in place of equipped gear without overriding their stat gains.

• New Vanity Items - Tuxedo Shirt and Pants

• New Vanity Items - Plumber Outfit and Hat

• New Vanity Items - Hero Outfit and Hat

• New Vanity Item - Bunny Hood

• New Vanity Item - Fish Bowl

• New Vanity Item - Top Hat

• New Vanity Items - Archaeologist's Outfit and Hat

• New Vanity Item - Ninja Outfit.

• New Vanity Item - Red Hat.

• New Vanity Item - Summer Hat

• New Vanity Item - Robe

• New Vanity Item - Robot Hat

• New Vanity Item - Gold Crown

• New Item - Leather

• New Item - Green Dye

• New Item - Black Dye

• You can now wear the Jungle Rose in your hair.

• The Water Candle’s enemy spawn rate increase effect now works correctly when held

• Some items that were missing ‘lore text’ in their tool-tips now have them.(Breathing Reed,Grappling Hook Jungle Rose.)

• Ammo items are now listed as Ammo in their tool-tip and Equipable Items that offer no stat bonus list as Vanity Items in their tool-tip. Items used in any recipe now list as Materials, in their tool-tip.

• The Magic Hat now offers 2 Defense to its wearer and the Empty Bucket now offers 1 Defense to its wearer.

• Dungeon Blocks now require at least a Nightmare Pick to mine, unless they are near the spawn location, where they can be mined by any pick.

• Phoenix Blaster has had a reduction of stats to balance better with other items of its tier.

• Gem, Mushroom and Bottle sell values have been reduced.

• Hell Forges above the rock layer can be moved with any hammer, but below require a 60% power hammer or stronger.

• Angel Statues are now more rare of a find.

NPCs

• New NPC - Bunny

• New NPC - Goldfish (Is also an Item)

• New Enemy - Corrupt Bunny

• New Enemy - Corrupt Goldfish

• New Enemy - Piranha

• New Enemy - Harpy

• New Random Mini- Boss - King Slime

• New Enemy - Bat

• New Enemy - Jungle Bat

• New Enemy - Jungle Slime

• New Enemy - Snatcher

• New Rare Enemy - Dr. Bones

• New Rare Enemy - The Groom

• New NPC - A Clothier will now move into your town when the conditions are met.

  
  

• Enemy spawn distance has been pushed back to the maximum resolution to ensure that they will never spawn on the screen.

• Enemy spawn rates have been adjusted to account for the increased spawn distance.

• Enemy projectiles no longer drop hearts or stars when killed by the player.

• The Eater of Worlds now has Higher HP, Def and Dmg, making battling him more difficult.

• Hornets no longer appear as if they are about to flip over while flying.

• The Dead Miner is now a bit stronger.

• Tim’s spawn chance has been reduced.

Player

• Players now have 1 second of invulnerability after they spawn.

• The eat/drink animation now plays correctly.

World-Gen

• Surface Jungle’s are now possible on mud that is on the surface. Jungle trees will auto-grow on their own, as acorns are not usable on the jungle grass.

• Chasms are now less frequent to appear, but always have an orb.

• Mud now ‘blends’ graphically with dirt, rather than stone to add for a more crisp look in Jungles.

• Jungle plants now grow underwater.

Multiplayer

• Increased client side security.

• Selecting summon items will no longer cause monsters to summon.

• Players with a name over 20 characters will now get booted from the server.

• Added some minor anti-grief protection.

• Fixed a bug that would cause the client to attempt to summon an NPC during a multiplayer game and crash.

• Added the -host command line parameter to the client.

Server

• Improved server timing, which should help reduce lag.

• Added several new command line and config options. These are listed in serverconfig.txt

• Servers will now output to crashlog.txt before crashing, allowing for more specific bug reporting.

• Clients will now output to client-crashlog.txt before crashing, allowing for more specific bug reporting.

Misc.

• Screen resolutions now have limits of 800x600 minimum and 1920x1200 maximum.

• Added an option that will pause the game while talking to an NPC or opening your inventory in single player. It defaults to off.

• Added an option to automatically save the world every 10 minutes. Defaults to on.

• Added a prompt to load a world backup if the current world is corrupt.

• Added a check to determine if a world file was loaded successfully.

• Attempting to Launch the game from the Terraria.exe, will now inform you to launch via Steam rather then doing nothing at all with no indication of why.

• Backing out of the port selection screen now plays the correct sound.

• Setting options now correctly align with the center of the screen in all resolutions.

• The settings menu has been reorganized. All video related options have their own menu

• The “Tink” sound now has a more dull sound.

• The Re-Logic splash screen, now scales correctly in other resolutions.

Terraria 1.0.3 patch notes

Some great updates in the new 1.0.3 patch notes.

Player

• Players can no longer repeatedly double jump after touching the top of the world.

Items

• NEW ITEM - Black Lens.
• NEW ITEM - Sunglasses.
• NEW ITEM - Jungle Armor (This has replaced Cobalt Armor.)
• NEW ITEM - (RARE and SECRET Item for casters) Go on! Find it!
• Fixed a bug that prevented Underground Jungle Seeds from spawning.
• Using the Cloud in a Bottle will now correctly reset fall distance.
• Set bonuses that provide more defense, now correctly match their tool-tip.
• All armor inventory icons have been improved.
• All player armor graphics have been improved.
• Iron, gold, meteor, and bone helmets have been changed graphically.
• Molten armor’s overall defense has been reduced.
• Meteor armor’s set bonus now reduces Space Gun mana cost to 0.
• Several magic items have had their damage increased.

NPCs

• Added two new rare enemies that can both be found underground.
• The Demolitionist is now also triggered to arrive when the players have Sticky Bombs and Grenades in their inventory.
• All Skeleton graphics have been changed.
• The Guide now has hit and death effects.
• The Guide can now be killed by hostile NPCs.

World

• Trees now become corrupt instead of being destroyed when touching the corruption. And the new corrupt trees become un-corrupted upon purification.

Server / Multiplayer

• Created a console server with no video card requirement. Type help in the console for a full list of server commands.
• Increased client side multi-player security, this should help in the battle against broken character files.
• There is now a host and play option in the client, that will auto connect you to your own server world upon its creation.
• Corrected a bug that was causing the Server to send out liquid as water when it should have been lava.
• Clients are now able to connect to ports other than 7777.
• Slimes are synced better on multiplayer games.
• Accessories now correctly sync between players.
• Fixed a bug that would cause the player to get stuck on "Receiving Tile Data" when their spawn is placed near the world edge.
• Added -join , -port , and -pass command line parameters to the client to enable auto-join of servers.

Misc.

• The game window is now re-sizable while in windowed mode.
• Full-screen resolution can now be changed in the options menu.
• Pressing alt+enter to toggle full-screen mode will no longer bring up the chat window.
• Fixed several bugs that would crash the game during world generation.

A Note for those of you who want to host a server but don't want to use the 'Host and Play' option. The server software is located in your steam folder where the Terraria.exe is. It can be launched from there.