06-25-2012, 02:52 AM
I had a pretty constructive day. I *think* I found an actual Slime chunk. I found two 3x3 Slimes in one of my mining tunnels (I'm glad I make them that big). I'll have to play around with that at a later date.
I've been exploring a HUGE abandoned mineshaft lately. I've never seen one so big. I've found at least 8 spawners (no Skeleton Archers sadly - all Cave Spider and Zombie spawners), and I found a bunch of chests. Amongst those chests I found a decent amount of melon and pumpkin seeds, so it was time to build a melon/pumpkin farm.
I worked out a design awhile ago for a piston-powered semi-automatic melon/pumpkin farm that was fairly simple and low on resources, so actually building it in my survival world didn't take too long - maybe an hour at most. It uses 30 sticky pistons, and it hurt to use 30 of my precious Slime Balls.
![[Image: jFOSWh.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/jFOSWh.jpg)
The length is 15 blocks - which is the maximum that a redstone signal carries - but I could extend it if I had to with some repeater trickery. I don't think I have to.
The melons/pumpkins grow on dirt blocks, which are connected to sticky pistons underneath that fire upwards. When I flip a lever, they all break and I just have to walk through them to harvest.
![[Image: S1VxSh.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/S1VxSh.jpg)
I've been wanting a sheep farm for awhile. I want to have separate pens for the 16 different colours of sheep, so my son and I built a fairly large room to accommodate it (I was using the OCD texture pack for this screenshot because it allows me to easily count blocks).
![[Image: NTWNIh.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/NTWNIh.jpg)
Here's the finished Sheep Roomâ„¢. There are 8 pens on each side for a total of 16 pens. I added signs to label each Wool colour, and slapped some chests in each pen. I haven't lured any sheep in yet, but I'm a bit worried about them escaping due to SMP lag like my chickens have been doing. The next 1.3 update is supposed to be fixing this, but we shall see.
![[Image: 3jNLPh.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/3jNLPh.jpg)
Here's an overview of my ever-expanding Minecraft home. It's getting really huge.
http://i.imgur.com/t3PNs.jpg
I've been exploring a HUGE abandoned mineshaft lately. I've never seen one so big. I've found at least 8 spawners (no Skeleton Archers sadly - all Cave Spider and Zombie spawners), and I found a bunch of chests. Amongst those chests I found a decent amount of melon and pumpkin seeds, so it was time to build a melon/pumpkin farm.
I worked out a design awhile ago for a piston-powered semi-automatic melon/pumpkin farm that was fairly simple and low on resources, so actually building it in my survival world didn't take too long - maybe an hour at most. It uses 30 sticky pistons, and it hurt to use 30 of my precious Slime Balls.
![[Image: jFOSWh.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/jFOSWh.jpg)
The length is 15 blocks - which is the maximum that a redstone signal carries - but I could extend it if I had to with some repeater trickery. I don't think I have to.
The melons/pumpkins grow on dirt blocks, which are connected to sticky pistons underneath that fire upwards. When I flip a lever, they all break and I just have to walk through them to harvest.
![[Image: S1VxSh.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/S1VxSh.jpg)
I've been wanting a sheep farm for awhile. I want to have separate pens for the 16 different colours of sheep, so my son and I built a fairly large room to accommodate it (I was using the OCD texture pack for this screenshot because it allows me to easily count blocks).
![[Image: NTWNIh.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/NTWNIh.jpg)
Here's the finished Sheep Roomâ„¢. There are 8 pens on each side for a total of 16 pens. I added signs to label each Wool colour, and slapped some chests in each pen. I haven't lured any sheep in yet, but I'm a bit worried about them escaping due to SMP lag like my chickens have been doing. The next 1.3 update is supposed to be fixing this, but we shall see.
![[Image: 3jNLPh.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/3jNLPh.jpg)
Here's an overview of my ever-expanding Minecraft home. It's getting really huge.
http://i.imgur.com/t3PNs.jpg