Generated structures, such as abandoned mineshafts or villages are high on the requests list.
As a trial run (to see whether the engine will handle it) I decided to do something smaller and simpler – generated grass traps. In 1.23 any large area of flat grass which is some distance from the ocean will have a number of randomly placed pits covered with grass trap block.
Most of the pits have dirt at the bottom, but some have spikes, so beware!
Hidden among the tall grass a deadly menace, the dreaded grass trap!
In the meantime, I am still working on optimizing the large view distance. There is a brand new terrain update engine that will make the game run much smoother on higher end devices, even with big view distances. The problem is, the new engine is much more complex than the old one, and so I need to be very careful. I don’t want to release it until I am sure it won’t break things. I’ll write more about it in the coming days.
[EDIT] Here’s an unlisted video showing the stress test of the new update engine running on my PC: http://youtu.be/IjTRzQm23D8
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Good job, Kaalus. Can’t wait to see what you come up with.
Plz don’t spam.
Spam?
thats not spamming, they were being nice.
That’s not spam Marlon, just a nice comment. If you are so worried about spam why do you spam? every time you say “spam” or “don’t spam” or get in an argument every post is spam.
Thank you, for your consideration
Kaalus i had an idea.I was looking at the wiki,and i saw some animal stats.So i suggest the Great White Shark! The size of a Rhino,Does 70 damage and has 80 health.They fight Orcas,but always die because Orcas do 100 damage and have 100 health.They use Chase,Swim Around and Find Player behaviors.Just use the Shark model,but the size of a Rhino.
This would be easy to implement because you already have the model.Just enlarge it and increase stats.
I’m not sure if it should be the size of a rhino. Should it be size of a lion and as long as rhino?
Wow!
Grass traps? Brilliant! !!
Way to go Kaalus. …
Wow !
Grass traps? Brilliant !!! Love it!
Great idea Kaalus.
Awesome work. ..
i sended email to u with bug report: disapearing coal block :)
are u get it?
Yes I have, thank you, will look into it in due course :-)
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Love this so much. We all know what ever you do will be amazing
Ys it will be so cool!!! I love survivalcraft so much I have changed my post name!!
Ok changing back my post name cause it made me look stupid. Kaalus I got some thing for you to add .perhaps…
Crocodiles, monkeys, natural valleys, natural waterfalls, and Maybe some sort of volcano thingummy. Also some natural craters. Can you spread these out over all the next few updates please kaalus.
also would be nice to see some random generated chest with random items inside in the caves
sry 4 my english
Yup. It would be nice.
Umm I don’t really understand video. Can someone explain plz?
Awesome! Been waiting for a long time for this!
Kaalus, does survival craft truly have an infinite world or does it eventually end in a similar way to minecraft.
It’s not truly infinite but it would take forever to get to the end look at the wiki
It is a 100% infinity. Look at the top of the page. Under the word Survivalcraft.
thank you
Welcs
Omg! A Pokemon fan! Hi pika! I like emolgas and pikas
The world goes on until you run out of space
Not phone can handle 100,000 gb
Survivalcraft is bigger than the minecraft world but it survivalcraft ends
@pikachu369
From what I know, the world will continue generating (as you travel to new areas) until you run out of space in your device, which at that point, the game will crash.
– -V
Hi kaalus are we going to have forest terrain,and jungle terrain.Nice traps .
Dave, check out my blog.
is the hidden traps really to be in game or is it just for testing
Testing, but the update should form out soon, so I’m gonna find out.
Yes yes yes we might actually y get villages is this a miracle or what amazing but kaalus can you watch out for the frequency of the grass traps it would be annoying every 20 steps you fall and if you add villages make them actually use resources in the area and make them interactive not just there to be there
Great idea Mac. Taking an idea from mc is one thing. But changing it is awesome!
Nice work – 1.23 is shaping up to be the best update yet :)
No it’s not. 1.22 was. This one was kinda close. If he adds cvillagers and mineshats in THIS update (1.23) then it would be the best update ever.
I reckon they’ll be in 1.24
Yeah.
Pikachoo can’t do h work
Hey Juan. Remember me?
Thanks for your eloquent posts and updates. About 2 years ago I started with minecraft pe. The development team went huge blocks of time without any updates, or even taking the time to post or respond to questions. I’ve been playing SC for about 3 months, and I swear you post and update more in a single month then that ‘other team’–all three of them–manage in an entire year. Thanks for your efforts, I enjoy reading your articles almost as much as your updates.
BTW, I think minecarts are too MC–how’s about a entire locomotive instead?
–kris
Hey KAALUS. I bet that it will handle villagers and all that stuff. I have to admit. When I read this is gasped. It would be awesome if we could have villagers and abandoned mines and stuff like that.
That’s some frikin narnia tactic right there. If MC can do it….they will need 200 People working it. And they will fail. Java MC, they can’t get infinite worlds. C++, you just said hello to the world.
Yup. Amazing talent of programming KAALUS has.
2-3 people working as JOBS on a simple java program can’t even make an infinite sized world, let alone Mobs.
A single person,doing it as a HOBBY can even make an infinite world and a ton of mobs.on C++, For a Hobby, let alone work, he’d just probably by now, developed multiplayer, if he was a worker.
Yup.
But they van make it infite worlds yh and java never made the game so it was notch and mojang tha never put worlds that were infinitly long and big
I’ve had survivalcraft since 1.2 – I love this game. With that being said… how about we have an update that actually helps the player survive? Every survival game I create I’m surrounded by a dozen wolves, bears and all manner of dangerous creature. Why not make clothing/armor and a ranged weapon that you can stack. Even changing the spear to stack more than one at a time would be amazing. Kaalus you’re doing an amazing job – just wanted to put my two cents in.
Yup, stacking spears would be useful. I never bother with spears because of the high inventory cost versus the low return on investment.
I just heard if you dig down to bottom then back up 10 blocks you’ll find diamonds. No idea if that’s true, but if you can build a diamond machete that seems the best weapon.
I did. I have a trap where I put wolves in then at the full moon they all turn into werewolves and I get so many diamonds.
Kaalus can u add Pumpkin farming so we dont have to try our luck in a far off land to find them.. or maybe youve added Pumpkin farming already? ..
I want pumpkins because it attracts ostrich so mlre pumpkins i have more ostrich i get.. and built an ostrich egg farm
,i tested farming ducks raven and seagull but they just fly around in the glass dome i built ,the ostrich is easier because they just need fences..
Im just wondering what are the four boxes suppose to be ? Is it some kind of a place where you put armor/clothing
After you add them in the game in the future?
You can find the four boxes beside the Eat Box
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Dave err ave, what are your videos about please tell me?
My videos are let plays,building things, exploring ,as
Opps exploring ,adventure ,survival. :)
Cool dave
When will it be released and came there be deep jungles and forest
Kaalus, will it be where if you have already been working on a world you can update the world and structures will generate in the world ive been working on already,or will you have together a new seed in 1.23. Please answer if you can. Btw if we get villages and villagers which would be AWESOME i think we need some type of currency like minecraft. Not diamonds because theyre so rare but how about making something you can mine like GOLD EMARALDS OR RUBIES. I just think it’d be a great addition to the game including finding chests in mineshaft containing rare item. Thanks for your consideration. Everyone reply please
If you add villagers make sure they don’t have big noses like minecraft
cool implementation kaalus….but eventually will you add villages?
You RULE!
Nineteen! Sorry. Traps very exciting! Kaalus how about testing hostile NPCs before villages? You’ll need non-hostile ones for villages, unless this is a zombie wasteland. In which case we’re back to hostile NPCs
The villages could have adults and children ,dogs, cats ,small other pets ,or you could have kingdoms .
Opps other small pets
Great idea!
awesome
this will be great especially if Kaalus adds random generated buildings.
Thanks Kaalus
Coolness! :D
Wow kaalus, that’s cool :) And the video… Scary :D
Regards
– JustPlaying
Please no spikes! Whoever agrees comment underneath!
What is this? This make survivalcraft more forestry? ForestryCraft?
Kaalus you would add multiplayer for the kindle fires
Kaalus,you might have forgotten one thing when you added painted granite…..painted cobble stone (i call it cobbly wobbly :-D ) Also,R.I.P. Kaalus’ PC
This update is gonna be awesome! I knew 100% villages will be added on his video about stairs.
How’d you know from the stairs video
He used the stairs to make pyramids.
Moo
Is it. A bug that when u place to many coal blocks they burn out all most instantly
Why did I post moo lag that’s why
ehim fail ehim
Kaalus if there’s gonna be randomly generated then theres got to be someone that made them(NPCs). And I like davesrave40s idea with large forests and jungle biomes with huge trees plzz reply everybody
I would love to see some jungle biomes, like the ones in MC PC where there is huge tall trees with vines and spread out long distances.
Exactly!
Cool! Hey everyone please check out my survivalcraft blog by clicking on my name. I am building a city that will be available for download after 1.23 is released.
ME TOO! Even ash has daverave40 following. I mean HELLO!!!!! THERE IS A PERSON OVER HERE THAT ACTUALLY EXIST!!!!
ME TOO! DAVERAVE40 follows everyones survivalcraft blog EXEPT FOR MINE!!! Even ashbuscus has daverave40 following. I mean HELLO!!!!! THERE IS A PERSON OVER HERE THAT ACTUALLY EXIST!!!!
Hi spot you need to put a link so I can follow you
the doors and gates, don’t make good castles, draw bridge, and gate winch, + is it possible for the idea of a shuriken for another throwable
Cool, Hope the grass traps aren’t to frequent that would be horrible
if your taking it slow then how about some randomly generated chest in caves
hi kaalus can you please add villages,rails,mining carts, breeding animals, jungle biome,possibly coyotes to tame and a panther you can tame thanks
Is there an end to to the world?
Nope.
i thimk it ends at like 2 billion blocks i dont really know
i meant think
could you also possibly think about adding flooding or tonadoes or hurricanes but you could make it optional at the beginning and be able to switch if you want tornadoes and stuff or not
Great job Kaalus! I have been waiting for generated structures for a really long time! :D
You’re not the only one. ;)
No kidding!
thank you i hope it works have a great day
i would expect to see villages and the mineshafts in 1.23 hope u can add it :D
If you get anything like villages make them indians please villages don’t set up traps and villages are copping so tribes will be good make some hostile sounds good:-)
When is this update going to be out?
Indians!
Trolol. Makes the game more challenging, Kaalus.
*Dances*
VILLAGERS ARE COMING NEXT! VILLAGERS ARE COMIMG NEXT!
No they’re not, and also please don’t spam.
They should make some villages hostile and others nice and kaluss should make u be able to watch predatory animals hunt like wolves and lions
I hat Thu fakt I always spel kaaluses naam rong
Awesome!!!!!!!!
thats f**king awesome! and yeah you should add villages and abandon mineshafts but one request if you can do this……..MULTIPLAYER. And maka the average shark a little bigger and add that when you feed an 2 animals with their food they will fall in love and they have a baby.
Kaalus should make sheild so that when you equip it reduce damage depending
what’s attacks you
Make sure the villagers don’t look like squidward. Uggh… :P
Kakadu should add clubs and slingshot but the ones u spin and whips to keep back lions
like a weapon with knock back and rope
It auto spelled kaalus
And ropes with hooks to scale steep areas
Add dolphins.
Pantropical spotted. (3 health)
Clymene. (4 health)
Hawaiian. (4 health)
Spotted. (3 health)
Striped. (3 health)
What if there were hostile birds?
Eagle. (5 health, 3-5 damage)
Hawk. (4 health, 3-6 damage)
What if there were more LEDs?
Yellow.
Blue.
Purple.
I dreamt this happened, you just paint any color of LED, then BLAM its blue for example i painted a Red LED to a Blue LED.
Yep. And create led tv.
Us dolphins and birds of prey would rock! And less would be cool too!
I mean yes dolphins………….. And L E D s
By the way like my post logo?
No led tv’s is not random and is an idea I would have never thought of
Add cats and dog, I deg you, I only do this,and I wait.
Also white LED. But if you stare at the white LED in Cruel, you will die!
“Survivalcraftfan i hate minecraft”
I play survivalcraft and minecraft. And other games.
That is just stupid. You can’t die staring a light.
Maybe because the white LED is so bright you can die like in real life you get blind when looking at something that is very bright.
Wow. You’re doing what even Mojang can’t do, and that is something.
Gj kaalus. You should ban Marlon and lolmoth.
Lolmoth ja Marlon ovat ihastuneita h***ja.
Marlon on tyhmä, ilkeä, ääliä läski nörtti joka pelaa survivalcraftia 24/7.
Marlon: tyhmä, läski, nörtti h***, tykkää lolmothista.
Lolmoth: ei ole aivoja, tyhmä kuin kivi, läski, h***, tykkää marlonista.
Marlon tee palvelus maailmalle ja kuole.
Tiedän että he eivät voi lukea tätä.
I know u can’t read this Marlon and
lolmoth, u r too stupid to read this.
What if lolmoth is Marlon’s second account
Wel its good but we realyyyyy whant just villegers so plz plz plz can you do that and make olders device smoother to play :) kk
Prosze cie kaalus zebys dodał tryb zombie.
Kaalus raczej nie zna polskiego ;)
Kallus in next update add villages?
Please implement jungle terrain!
In the next update please add guitars
Hey i had an idea. since the game is basically about discovering a new world. why not let the villagers be like native americans. you know like when they discovered america. please reply. pivot
If you add grass traps randomly, maybe add quicksand
I am so excited to see the new update! I love this game so much. The abandoned village sounds so cool, and maybe some time in the future, there can be actual residents to trade with and things like that. I would be so happy with that! Or maybe even multiplayer, even if it’s just people near you that you can connect with. That’s the only thing I can think of that would make it better. Can’t wait for the update!!
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