(01-23-2012, 09:47 PM)Chesspiece_face Wrote: Another thing of note: Minecraft doesn't do well with very large buildings. If you have a very large building with open halls etc. and no doors closing off the rooms, the game doesn't classify it as a "Safe Zone". Thus it is still possible for monsters to spawn in there. It's possible to negate the monster spawns in large rooms, but it requires massive torch spam to do so.
Essentially any area that is over a certain size without being completely enclosed is no longer considered "Safe". In an unsafe zone the chance for monsters to spawn is effected by how well lit the area is. So if you have a large area within your house, even if it is reasonably lit there is still a small % chance that a monster could spawn there. In Volume 1 of my Minecraft LP I had a very large inner chamber which would occassionally get monster spawns. My solution has always been to create a small room somewhere to stash a usable bed which didn't get in the way of the larger aesthetic of the building.
I've also noticed some funny business with beds and monsters when there are open and dark areas on the opposite side of the wall from a bed. Thus if you have a house or even a bed in a cave somewhere, if there is a section one block on the other side of the wall from the bed that is spawnable and unlit you will occassionally get attacked after sleeping.
My home is pretty large. After throwing around more torches inside I haven't had any more creatures spawn.
http://imgur.com/ngI3Q
(01-24-2012, 12:15 AM)Shamago Wrote: I like wheat/bread because it doesn't take much effort to accumulate a lot, only time. It's not the most efficient food in terms of keeping your hunger bar full (cooked beef/pork is, or golden apples), but it's close.
Yeah, once a wheat farm is going it's easy food. Here's my new greenhouse wheatfarm.
http://imgur.com/EkvPg
It's doing just fine, and I plan on expanding it. I know that trampling can only happen by jumping, but my son jumps constantly jumps and was always accidentally trampling the wheat. This new farm seems idiot-proof.
I also made a pigfarm underground.
http://imgur.com/cXXy0
I prettied it up by getting grass to grow underground and using stone bricks for the walls and ceiling. Look at all those happy pigs!