THE ADVANCED STRATEGY

GUIDE TO MINECRAFT

Stephen O’Brien

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 Contents At a Glance iii

Contents At a Glance
Introduction 1

CHAPTER 1 Getting Started 5

CHAPTER 2 Automated Produce Farms 23

CHAPTER 3 Mining and Ore Generators 53

CHAPTER 4 Mob Farms, Traps, and Defense 67

CHAPTER 5 Advanced Construction 95

CHAPTER 6 More Power to You 131

CHAPTER 7 Empire Building with BuildCraft 155

CHAPTER 8 Titans of IndustrialCraft 181

CHAPTER 9 Rolling Stock with Railcraft 205

CHAPTER 10 Recording and Sharing 219

CHAPTER 11 Building Your Own Adventure 237

Index 257
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Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Become a Minecraft Expert! 2
What’s in This Book 2
How to Use This Book 3
Chapter 1 Getting Started 5
Managing Minecraft 5
Launch Control 6
Mod Management 10
Custom Launchers 11
Adding Mods to MultiMC 15
Modpack Installers 20
The Bottom Line 22
Chapter 2 Automated Produce Farms 23
Make Mine a BUD 24
Automated Cane Farms 27
Automated Collection and Transport 32
Automated Pumpkin and Melon Farms 36
Automated Wheat, Potato, and Carrot Farms 44
Automated Sorting 47
The Bottom Line 51
Chapter 3 Mining and Ore Generators 53
Creating Cobblestone 53
Creating Stone 59
Obsidian Generator 61
The Bottom Line 65
Chapter 4 Mob Farms, Traps, and Defense 67
Evil Mob Farms 67
Spawning Mob Mayhem 68
Building a Water-Based Mob Farm 70
Grinding Mobs and Collecting Drops 73
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Dastardly Mob Traps 82

Treacherous Trenches 82
Killer Cactus 84
Indispensible Dispensers 87
Pulverizing Pistons 91
The Bottom Line 93
Chapter 5 Advanced Construction 95
Choosing a Building Style 96
Medieval Style 96
Up Go the Walls! 98
If You Like It, Put a Roof on It! 100
Victorian Style 101
Pitched Roof 102
Complex Roof 104
Japanese Style Building 106
Modern and Suburban Styles 108
Residential Roads 110
Viking Style 111
Egyptian/Desert Style 113
Steampunk Style 114
Elven/Fairy Style 115
Build an Igloo 116
Advanced Decoration Techniques 118
Creating Natural Terrain and Trees 122
Drawing 2D Pixel Art 123
Sculpting a 3D Statue 124
Creating Spheres, Circles, and Arches 127
Building in the Nether and End Regions 129
The Bottom Line 130
Chapter 6 More Power to You 131
Combination Lock 131
Minecart Switches 140
Project:Red 142
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Automating a Pumpkin Farm 144

What Else Can Project:Red Do? 148
Core 148
Integration 148
Transmission 150
Transportation 152
The Bottom Line 152
Chapter 7 Empire Building with BuildCraft 155
BuildCraft Core Concepts 155
Pipe Dreams 157
Engines 162
Creating a Power Station 163
Mining Wells 165
Managing Combustion Engines 167
Refining Oil 171
Automated Quarries 172
Blueprints, Building, and Templates 175
More BuildCraft 178
The Bottom Line 179
Chapter 8 Titans of IndustrialCraft 181
IC2E Core Concepts 181
Agricultural Pursuits 183
Crossbreeding Guide 185
Strip Farming for Profit 186
Square Farm Dancing 189
Using the Cropnalyzer 190
Improving Growth with a Crop-Matron 192
IC2E Armor, Weapons, and Tools 193
Generating Energy Units (EU) 195
Mining, Macerating, and More 197
Automated Mining 197
Macerators and More 198
Going Thermonuclear 199
The Bottom Line 202
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Chapter 9 Rolling with Railcraft 205

Getting Started 206
Creating Standard Track 208
Reinforced Tracks 212
Boring, Not So 213
Undercutting the Competition 216
More Mods 216
Galacticraft 216
Forestry 217
ComputerCraft 217
The Bottom Line 217
Chapter 10 Recording and Sharing 219
Choosing the Right Software 220
FRAPS for Windows (License Approximately $40) 221
Bandicam for Windows (License Approx. $39) 221
QuickTime Player for Mac (Free with OS X) 222
Hardware Recording Devices 224
AVerMedia’s Live Gamer Portable (RRP $169) 224
Elgato Game Capture HD Recorder (RRP $199) 224
Plotting Camera Paths and Animation 224
Recording Using Camera Studio 227
Overlaying Audio and Titles 227
Editing with iMovie—OS X (RRP $18.99) 227
Titles 228
Adding Audio to Your Movie 229
Exporting Your Completed Movie 230
Editing with Windows Movie Maker—Windows (Free Download) 230
Titling 230
Adding Audio to Your Video 231
Exporting Your Completed Video 231
Publishing to YouTube and Vimeo 231
Uploading Your Video 232
Basic Info 233
The Bottom Line 235
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Chapter 11 Building Your Own Adventure 237

Adventure Mode 238
Initial Planning and Implementation 239
So, What’s Your Story? 239
Mastering Command Blocks 240
Breaking Down the Command String 241
Selectors 242
Commands 242
Specifiers 245
Teleporting to a Central Point 245
Using effect Commands 246
Rewarding Players 248
The Comparator 248
The tellraw Command 249
World-Editing Tools and Helpers (Map the Middle Kingdom) 253
Publishing Your Own Adventure (Terrifying Noobs) 254
The Bottom Line 255
Index 257
 About the Author ix

About the Author

Stephen O’Brien is an Australian-born writer and entrepreneur currently residing in Sydney
after too many years in Silicon Valley. He has previously written over 30 titles across multiple
editions with publishers such as Prentice-Hall and Que, including several best-selling titles.
He also founded Typefi, the world’s leading automated publishing system, and invented a
new type of espresso machine called mypressi. He has been using Minecraft since its early
days and remains astounded at the unparalleled creativity it engenders. Stephen is also the
author of the internationally bestselling The Ultimate Player’s Guide to Minecraft, published by
Que.
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Dedication
To Mika, who has been ever patient while I worked through endless weekends. Thank you, darling son.
Your dad could not love you more.

Acknowledgments
This has been an interesting project. Having had a very varied career that has also included
some 30 books, I don’t think there was ever one more challenging. The mod market for
Minecraft involves an astonishing cavalcade of creativity that is somewhat wild westish. So
west it’s somewhere over the Pacific, probably beyond any cardinal point.
Bringing some sense to the chaos has been a bit of a challenge.
It has also been a challenge for my ever-patient publisher. Thank you, Rick Kughen, for
your endless patience. You can cajole the best out of anyone. Also to Tim Warner who has
become my partner in crime. Seth Kerney, you didn’t freak out even as things went down to
the wire. Not sure if I’d ever be able to exude such control.
But, finally, I want to thank a team that it has been my privilege to know for many years:
Alex and Hayley Smith. They took on multiple chapters, made numerous contributions, and
are truly delightful in every way. Thank you so much to you both. This book wouldn’t exist
without you.
One last person, but not the least by any stretch. Preeti Davidson. You have given me
everything one could want. You are God’s gift. (That last is for your mother.)
Thank you everyone. Reader, I truly hope you enjoy this work and find much delight herein.
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Introduction
Minecraft has become one of the most talked about gaming titles in recent years. It has, quite
remarkably, reached across all walks of life. In a surprisingly short time, it has gained footholds in
educational institutions (K–12 and beyond), in rehabilitation centers, and in many other markets
where a traditional game would never dare tread.
But what do you do after you’ve gained your own foothold in the Minecraft world? You’ve survived,
plundered, and mined your way through the hills, dungeons, and temples; fought a tough but
successful battle with the Ender Dragon; and taken home the prized Dragon Egg. What next?
Well, that’s where the fun really begins… and is precisely the source of so much of Minecraft’s
enduring appeal.
Many of the features included in the standard Minecraft installation—redstone wiring, the ability
to create complex automated mob farms, and the ability to use standard features in very creative,
unexpected ways—makes Minecraft the ultimate sandbox game. Add to that downloadable custom-
crafted adventure maps, the massive multiplayer servers whose customizations add trading systems,
mini-games, and arguably entire societies, and the game becomes a whole other world.
But even that isn’t the end of the story. Incredible add-ons provide Minecraft with goals and creative
capabilities that are far more numerous than those built in to the standard game. These include
taking Minecraft into the industrial age, all the way to nuclear power, high-speed rail, signaling
systems, pipes that automate crafting and shift supplies across the landscape, and so much more.
These alone, which are free to download, give the game an enduring playability that goes far beyond
the original premise.
However, as with everything Minecraft, the discovery of these things is by no means easy. Their
documentation is scattered across the Internet in a mish-mash of YouTube videos and enthusiastic
wiki sites that, as a result, lack cogency. Although this is certainly no fault of the sites, among this
turgid churning of possibility, there has been no single guide or site that can lead Minecraft players
with surety—and a set of clear tutorials—through the extraordinary, awe-inspiring age of wonder that
is Minecraft beyond the basics.
2 Introduction

Thus, this book, is written to delight you in a process of discovery, quickly help you on your
way, and leave you amazed at how much further you can go in a game that you may well
have thought you’d already completed.

Become a Minecraft Expert!

Go far beyond Minecraft’s initial game with this ultimate guide by your side. You’ll learn to
use the standard features in amazing, new ways, and a whole lot more:
Q Easily install mods and manage Minecraft versions, games, and profiles.
Q Automate all aspects of your mining, harvesting, and building tasks.
Q Generate infinite ores on demand.
Q Build mob spawners and traps for fast experience gains and a wealth of item drops.
Q Create gorgeous 2D and 3D art.
Q Add beautiful aesthetics to any building or construction.
Q Run redstone as it should be run, with timed circuits, combination locks, and other
exciting creations.
Q Take Minecraft into the industrial and nuclear ages, and gain numerous new goals, tools,
and capabilities.
Q Run connected trains and bore tunnels.
Q Share your creation with the world and learn how the professionals capture their videos
and overlay audio.

What’s in This Book

Go far beyond the basics with a whole new set of tips, tricks, and strategies. Each chapter
in this book focuses on a key aspect of the game, from initial survival to building an empire.
Make the most of your Minecraft world today:
Q Chapter 1, “Getting Started,” goes beyond the Minecraft launcher to help you install
mod packs and access all kinds of advanced functionality.
Q Chapter 2, “Automated Produce Farms,” contains the best techniques I’ve found (in too
many gameplay hours) to create self-sustaining systems that deliver constant results,
hands off. You can then sort and stock chests with the results using rails, minecarts, and
some very neat tricks.
Q Chapter 3, “Mining and Ore Generators,” removes the need for mining. Build an
endless supply of cobblestone, and create portals to The Nether without searching for
diamonds.
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Q Chapter 4, “Mob Farms, Traps, and Defense,” creates an endless supply of items and
experience points. Mob grinders remove the grind and give you endless drops.
Q Chapter 5, “Advanced Construction,” moves into awesome building tips that focus on
aesthetics. Create 2D and 3D art, decorate with style, and create trees and natural-
looking terrain. Use terraforming tools to make huge changes to your world.
Q Chapter 6, “More Power to You,” takes Minecraft’s redstone and delivers a jolt of
creativity. Build a combination lock to protect your fortress, learn rail switch designs,
and take power to a new level.
Q Chapter 7, “Empire Building with BuildCraft,” takes on one of the most complex mods.
You’ll learn how to sort with simplicity, dig huge quarries, shift oil with pumps, refine
fuel, and power massive engines.
Q Chapter 8, “Titans of IndustrialCraft,” will help you create new plant species, build
powerful new weapons and tools, and even create a nuclear power station.
Q Chapter 9, “Rolling with Railcraft,” brings a bevy of enhancements to the minecart
system. Let’s just say that it will keep you on track.
Q Chapter 10, “Recording and Sharing,” will help you publish to the world. Three of the
Top 10 YouTube channels are run by regular Minecrafters. You’ll learn about the right
hardware and software, how to plot camera paths, overlay audio, and publish like a
professional.
Q Chapter 11, “Building Your Own Adventure,” is your game within the game. Learn to
create a map you can share with others and then fill it with hidden extras (including
teleportation). It’s the perfect, fun way to terrify noobs.

There’s a lot herein—a cornucopia of tips, tricks, and very cool stuff that extends Minecraft in
surprising and very fun ways.

How to Use This Book

Throughout this book, you’ll see that I have called out some items as Notes, Tips, and
Cautions—all of which are explained here.

NOTE
Notes point out ancillary bits of information that are helpful but not crucial. They often
make for an interesting meander.
4 Introduction

TIP
Tips point out a useful bit of information to help you solve a problem. They’re useful in
a tight spot.

CAUTION
Cautions alert you to potential disasters and pitfalls. Don’t ignore these!
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Mining and Ore Generators
In This Chapter
Q Create an endless expanse of self-healing cobblestone.
Q Generate all the stone you need for massive constructions.
Q Save on diamonds and create a portal on the spot without mining obsidian.

Ores are the building blocks of Minecraft. You can use them to create creeper-proof buildings,
dwellings, and rail bridges across the sky. Actually, unless you plan to live in a mud hut, you really
can’t beat cold, hard stone. But why grub about in dark tunnels when you can create all the building
ore you could ever possibly need, and then top it off with an overdose of some of the toughest
stuff in Minecraft—obsidian—and do so without putting so much as a scratch on your new diamond
pickaxe. It’s all surprisingly easy.

Creating Cobblestone
Cobblestone is one of the most prevalent and useful blocks in Minecraft. As a building material it
provides the same blast resistance as any other, with the exception of obsidian, which is about 200
times tougher, and the essentially indestructible bedrock. Even a wall of diamond blocks won’t
provide any greater protection than cobblestone against a creeper waiting outside your door.
The venerable cobbled stone is also exceptionally versatile. Cobblestone is used in the crafting of
furnaces, dispensers, droppers, levers, and pistons, among other things. It can also be turned into
stairs, slabs, moss stone (for that Temple of Doom appeal), and the usual tools.
Although cobblestone is found just about everywhere underground, it’s also one of the easiest ores
to automatically produce. I’ll show you how to create an endless supply, and also how to turn it into
an endlessly healing platform. Doing so requires a few pistons and a simple redstone clock circuit.
Cobblestone is formed when flowing water meets flowing lava at the same level, as shown in Figure
3.1. (Flowing water meeting a lava source block produces obsidian, and flowing water dropping on
top of flowing lava creates stone.)
Creating a supply of cobblestone therefore requires just a bucket each of lava and water.
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FIGURE 3.1 Cobblestone forms at the junction point of flowing water and flowing
lava.

There are many ways to arrange such a junction, but the simplest is shown in Figure 3.2.
You could sink this arrangement one block further into the ground and avoid having
to place the bordering blocks, but we’re going to use this layout because it lifts the
cobblestone above ground level where it can be pushed with pistons.
Spill a bucket of water on the far left. It will flow down over the lip into the two-block-
deep hole and, due to the mechanics of the water flow model, will actually, and rather
conveniently, stop right there.
Then spill a bucket of lava on the far right, forming the cobblestone that was shown in
Figure 3.1.
Try mining the cobblestone, and you’ll see it pop out and another block form within
moments. Infinite cobblestone. Pretty easy, right?
Let’s ramp this up a bit.
Place a standard piston so that it’s facing the cobblestone. (You may need to scoop the lava
into a bucket and then remove the formed cobblestone before placing the piston because
it can be quite tricky to obtain the right angle for the piston with the cobblestone block in
front.) Figure 3.3 shows the intended layout.
It’s possible to build a BUD switch, as described in Chapter 2, “Automated Produce
Farms,” to detect the creation of the cobblestone block and then activate the piston to
push it out. However, an easier way is available that introduces a new type of circuit we
haven’t looked at before: the repeater clock.
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FIGURE 3.2 Cobbling together some cobblestone.

FIGURE 3.3 Pistons provide an easy way to push out a string up of up to 12

cobblestone blocks.

Clocks constantly repeat a redstone pulse. There are many ways to achieve this, including
with the use of pistons, items moving between hoppers, and by just using a string of torch
inverters. However, the easiest method for fine-tuning the interval between pulses is with a
string of redstone repeaters arranged in a loop. In its default configuration, each repeater
adds a 0.1 second delay to the circuit, with the slider on top of each repeater allowing this
to be lengthened to as much as 0.4 seconds.
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Figure 3.4 shows the circuit we’ll use here. The pulse originates with the button attached to
the plank block. A trail of redstone leads directly to the base of the piston, but also splits
off into the repeater loop. As it travels through each repeater, it is ever so slightly delayed,
eventually traveling around the entire loop in a clockwise direction, back through the plank
block and toward the piston once more, and also restarting its endless circuit of the loop.

FIGURE 3.4 Clocking on and off with a repeater loop.

Create the circuit by laying the repeaters, ensuring they all run clockwise. Run the redstone
to the piston and also to connect the repeaters; then press the button.
Now take a look at the piston. You’ll see it start to push out the cobblestone, but there’s
a slight problem. The piston flies back and forth so fast that it spends most of its time
blocking the flow of lava, preventing the cobblestone from forming. There’s an easy way
to fix this. Start right-clicking the repeaters, shifting their sliders back to the last available
position. As you do so, the pulses will slow down. Keep going until you have the piston
synchronized with the cobblestone production. I’ve found this requires setting six of the
repeaters to their slowest position.
This is all well and good. You should see a row of cobblestone form, as shown in Figure 3.5,
spanning out 12 blocks—the maximum a piston can push at any time. Try digging out any
of those blocks, and the piston will quickly “heal” the gap with a new block of cobblestone.
This is quite commonly used to create self-healing bridges, but why stop there? Let’s create
an entire self-healing platform—perfect for that game of Spleef (see the note “Playing
Spleef”) or just developing an expanse of easily minable cobblestone.
Start by laying down a line of pistons and blocks behind, as shown in Figure 3.6. Connect
them up to the timing loop with some redstone. You’ll also need to place one more repeater
before the pistons to boost the current so they all fire off. Otherwise, the redstone trail will
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be a little long and will lose its punch before it reaches the end of the pistons. Other than
that, that’s all there is to it. If you need the platform created in a more specific shape, use
other blocks that pistons can’t shift to form the outline. This includes growing trees, other
extended pistons, and most block-sized items such as dispensers, hoppers, furnaces, and
the like.

FIGURE 3.5 Periodic pistons provide an easy way to push up to 12 cobblestone

blocks out of the generator.

FIGURE 3.6 Creating a full self-generating platform—perfect for that game of

Spleef.
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NOTE
Playing Spleef

Spleef is one of the older arena games played in Minecraft. It can be played in a
“vanilla” (or standard) Minecraft world without requiring a special server configuration.
Spleef is played on a one-block-thick suspended platform. The idea is simple enough:
Try to knock out the block under your opponent so they tumble into a deadly pit, lava
pool, or other dastardly trap. The last man standing takes home the prize. There are
numerous variations on the theme. As the game continues, the platform gradually
turns into Swiss cheese, making just moving around something of a challenge. Arm
the players with a bow and arrows, and the rapid movement required to dodge those
fletched missiles turns the game into a rather joyful combination of parkour and
abject hilarity. Playing with more than two people also adds to the frantic nature of
the battle, and you can then become a little more creative, perhaps adding further
platforms below so the battle can take place over multiple rounds, and throwing
in some hostile mobs, protective barriers, and so on, to make things a little more
interesting. Use a self-generating platform with a lever before the piston range to turn
off the pistons while a match is in progress. The first line of blocks will still update,
but another lever can solve that, or even a more sophisticated circuit that can switch
them both off at once. Figure 3.7 shows a design that works off an AND circuit that
is mirrored to accept two inputs from each end of the repeater loop, and a lever
in the middle that acts as the master toggle. Remember to place the two redstone
torches on the back end against the faces of their blocks.

FIGURE 3.7 This double AND gate controls two circuits with one lever.
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Creating Stone
Stone appears abundantly in the Overworld and is also formed ad hoc when lava flows on
top of still or moving water. When mined with a normal pickaxe, it turns into cobblestone.
Because this takes less time to mine than cobblestone, stone generators are a slightly more
efficient method of obtaining cobblestone than through an actual cobblestone generator.
Stone mined with a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch will drop a stone block instead of
cobblestone, but all is not lost if you’re lacking one of these. Smelting cobblestone in a
furnace also delivers a smooth, elegant stone block. Although using stone for construction,
rather than the comparatively knobbly cobbles, is just a matter of aesthetics, it’s nice to
have the choice of either that a stone generator delivers.
Start by creating the layout shown in Figure 3.8. This is similar to the cobblestone generator
with some subtle differences; in particular, take note of the position of the hole in the
ground and the slightly different geometry of the border blocks.

FIGURE 3.8 The foundation of a stone generator.

Now place a set of four glass blocks on top (see Figure 3.9). These act as the tower well
for the lava, allowing it to drop down onto the flowing water. You’ll need to add some
temporary blocks to attach the two floating blocks in the correct position and then remove
them. Alternatively, just create a square using eight glass blocks. Either way will work,
and you can use any solid block material you prefer, except wood, which has the habit of
bursting into flames when in close proximity to lava.
Finally, in this order, spill water into the far end of the trench and pour lava against the
inside of one of the blocks at the top of the tower well. This positions the lava source block
at the top of the tower so that it continually flows down. Assuming all has gone to plan,
you’ll see a block of stone form almost immediately under the lava (see Figure 3.10).
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FIGURE 3.9 Creating a tower well for the lava.

FIGURE 3.10 Place the water source first, and then the lava to ensure they
meet in the correct order, forming stone.

All that remains is to set up the same circuit to control the piston as you used in the
cobblestone generator. Just make sure you use a stone button on the circuit’s starting block
because stone buttons produce a 1-second pulse of power. A wooden button will push the
piston forward for 1.5 seconds and not leave enough time while retracted for the lava to
flow down once more into the water.
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Extend the design further, if you like, by adding the same string of pistons shown in Figure
3.6 that created the self-healing cobblestone platform.

Obsidian Generator
Besides building portals, obsidian is primarily useful as an incredibly effective blast-resistant
building material. I mentioned earlier that it is some 200 times tougher than any other,
excluding the unmineable bedrock, and it is therefore also immune to the attacks of any
naturally spawned hostile mob, including exploding creepers. Indeed, the only mob that can
break obsidian is the player-created Wither.
Unlike the previous two generators, there is a core problem with automatic obsidian
generation: the requirement of lava source blocks. Although it’s possible to build an infinite
water source by emptying two buckets of water into the diagonally opposite ends of a 2×2
hole, the same cannot be said for lava. In essence, lava source blocks are a finite resource
within any particular chunk, although given the practically infinite size of each Minecraft
world (approximately 64,000,000×64,000,000 blocks in surface area), not to mention the
enormous lava pools found in the Nether, lava, like any other resource, can be considered
essentially infinite.
At this stage there are several ways to obtain obsidian:
Q Pour water on top of the still lava that fills lava lakes. These are most commonly found
below level 10 in the Overworld, and everywhere in the Nether, although they do appear
on the surface, especially when you’re playing a customized world using the “Good
Luck” preset (see Figure 3.11).
Q Pour lava into a mold, as shown in Figure 3.12, and then place water on top to form
obsidian in the final desired shape. This has the advantage that you don’t need to mine
the obsidian with a diamond pickaxe, saving wear on your tools. Figures 3.13 to 3.16
show how to mold a Nether portal frame without mining any obsidian. It doesn’t take
long at all and therefore is actually a more efficient construction method than having to
tunnel down to layer 12 to find diamonds.
Q Obtain enough obsidian to build a portal (including molding a frame, as described
earlier), craft a chest (or a couple of ender chests for even easier content transfers), and
pack a diamond pickaxe and a couple of stacks of stone or cobblestone. Place a bed
and take a nap at night to reset your spawn point, and then clamber through the portal
to travel to the Nether. This creates a portal at your destination, automatically spawning
the obsidian blocks required for the frame. Create some protection around the frame
using the cobblestone so that you can take the time to knock the obsidian out of the
destination frame, piece by piece, without worrying about ghasts flinging fireballs your
way. When you’ve finished, place the chest and store everything you have therein—every
last skerrick. Then jump into some lava, fall off a cliff, or die in some other
62 CHAPTER 3: Mining and Ore Generators

convenient way. You’ll respawn next to your bed. Head into the frame again. A new one
will appear either at the same place as the original Nether frame or nearby. Take some
care before you step out because they can appear over lava, or very close to cliff edges.
Then hoist your pickaxe from the chest, take apart the obsidian frame, and repeat.
When you have enough, collect everything from the chest and travel back through the
frame to the Overworld.

TIP
Bringing Back Disappearing Chunks

Chunks are columns of blocks, 16×16 in surface area, and 256 rows high. Each
Minecraft world is divided into these chunks. Each spawns and is loaded in its totality
as you travel around the different regions. If you find chunks not rendering correctly,
leaving odd gaps in the ground through which you can see tunnels, dungeons, and
so on in other chunks, try changing your video settings so that the Render Distance
is set to 16 chunks. You may find this too much of a slow-down for a low-powered
computer, but if you have a recent model with an equivalent of an Intel i5 or i7 CPU,
there’s a good chance your chunk gaps will become a thing of the past.

FIGURE 3.11 Convert a portion of a lava lake into obsidian by pouring water on a
non-lava block nearby so that it has the chance to flow over the lava.
 Obsidian Generator 63

FIGURE 3.12 Mold obsidian with the placement of surrounding blocks, then pour
a bucket of lava into the gap in the middle.

FIGURE 3.13 You can convert a row of lava with one bucket of water, but build-
ing a vertical tower requires a layered approach.
64 CHAPTER 3: Mining and Ore Generators

FIGURE 3.14 Build the frame one layer at a time, placing the lava and then
water on top to control the conversion of the blocks. The left side of the frame
is ready for the water, whereas the right side shows it already converted.

FIGURE 3.15 A final spill along a channel at the top completes the frame.
 The Bottom Line 65

FIGURE 3.16 The frame is now ready for action and requires just 10 lava source
blocks nearby if you leave out the corners.

The Bottom Line

Although you can’t generate a huge number of the different ores in Minecraft, being able to
create the basics, such as stone and cobblestone, can be a boon, saving you from having to
tunnel through the countryside or mar the landscape with strip mines. Indeed, ever wonder
how players create enormous structures while playing a game that is strictly Survival? Well,
they don’t do so by digging up all that ore. Generators take up very little space, and pistons
are easy to create. Plant some saplings to provide wood for the handles, and you’ll have all
you need to build any number of pickaxes so you can keep pulling in the output from the
generator and use it wherever you require. Build an enormous castle and turn the pistons
so they face up and create towering walls. You may even want to use a generator to create
huge platforms such as the one required for the mob farm described in the next chapter.
Read on to gain a huge amount of other useful resources from mob drops.
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 INDEX

Symbols agriculture. See farming

air quality in farming, 185
< > (angled-brackets) in commands, 242 AND gates, 41, 149
[ ] (square brackets) in commands, 242 angled-brackets (< >) in commands, 242
2D pixel art, drawing, 123-124 animation, planning, 224-227
3D statues, building, 124-129 anti-griefer plug-ins, 255
API (application programming interface), mod
A management, 16
arches, building, 127-129
accounts, managing in MultiMC custom architectural styles, 96
launcher, 12-13
Egyptian/desert, 113-114
adding mods to MultiMC custom launcher, 16
elven/fairy, 115-116
adventure maps, 239
igloo, 116-118
Adventure mode, 237-238
Japanese, 106-108
command blocks, 240-241
medieval, 96-101
commands in, 242-245
modern/suburban, 108-111
command string, 241
Nether and End regions, 129-130
creating, 241
steampunk, 114-115
list of, 241
Victorian, 101-106
messages to players, 249-253
Viking, 111-113
output to comparators, 248-249
armor in IC2E, 193-195
selectors in, 242
arrows in dispensers, 87-88
specifiers in, 245- 248
artwork, drawing, 123-124
griefers, 255
ATLauncher, 21
invisible wall maze, 238
audio, overlaying in captured video, 227
maps
iMovie, 227-230
editing tools for, 253-254
Windows Movie Maker, 230-231
publishing, 254-255
aurelia, 183
types of, 239
story planning, 239-240
258 automation

automation Binvox, 125

BUD switches, 24 blast furnaces, building, 212
cane farm automation, 27-32 Blender, 125
creating, 25-27 blocks
pumpkin/melon farm automation, 36-43 cobblestone, creating, 53-58
cobblestone creation, 53-58 command blocks, 240-241
collection commands in, 242-245
of drops, 73-82 command string, 241
of produce, 32-36 creating, 241
of string, 87 list of, 241
combination locks, creating, 133-139 messages to players, 249-253
construction (BuildCraft), 156 output to comparators, 248-249
crafting tables (BuildCraft), 178 selectors in, 242
dimmer switches, creating, 131-132 specifiers in, 245-248
dispensers as mob traps, 87-90 obsidian, creating, 61-65
minecart switches, 140-142 protecting, 140
mining (IC2E), 197-198 redstone blocks. See redstone blocks
pistons as mob traps, 91-92 slime blocks, 30
planting produce, 44-47 stone, creating, 59-61
Project:Red, 142 Block Update Detector (BUD) switches. See
Core component category, 148 BUD (Block Update Detector) switches
installing, 143 blueprints (BuildCraft)
Integration component category, 148-150 building with, 175-177
pumpkin/melon farm automation, 144-148 defined, 175
Transmission component category, 150-151 downloading, 178
Transportation component category, 152 storing, 178
quarries, 172-175 bore head, creating, 213-215
sorting produce, 47-51 bronze armor (IC2E), 193
with BuildCraft pipes, 157-162 BUD (Block Update Detector) switches, 24
stone creation, 59-61 cane farm automation, 27-32
AVerMedia’s Live Gamer Portable, 224 creating, 25-27
pumpkin/melon farm automation, 36-43
B BuildCraft, 20, 155-156
automatic crafting tables, 178
Bandicam for Windows, 221-222 blueprints and templates, 175-177
bathrooms, 119 libraries for, 178
BatPacks, 194 downloading, 155
 clear command 259

engines Japanese, 106-108

combustion engines, 167-170 medieval, 96-101
mining wells, building, 165-167 modern/suburban, 108-111
oil refineries, 171-172 Nether and End regions, 129-130
power stations, building, 163-165 steampunk, 114-115
types of, 162-163 Victorian, 101-106
filler machines, 179 Viking, 111-113
informational resources, 179 trees, 122-123
kinesis pipes, power management, 167 tunnel borers, 213-215
logic gates, 178 wooden track, 208
pipe facades, 178 Bukkit, 255
pipe wire, 178 buttons, levers versus, 39
pipes, plugging, 170
quarries, automation, 172-175 C
sections, 155-156
transportation pipes, sorting produce, cables, overloading, 199
157-162 cactus
building. See also construction as mob traps, 84-86
automated quarries, 172-175 spider spawners and, 87
blast furnaces, 212 camera paths, planning, 224-227
with blueprint and templates (BuildCraft), Camera Studio, 224
175-177 keyframes, 225-226
coke ovens, 206-207 recording with, 227
generators (IC2E), 195-197 shortcuts, 226-227
iron rails, 209-210 cane farms, automation, 27-32
mining wells, 165-167 carrot farms, automation, 44-47
nuclear reactors (IC2E), 199-202 ceiling, building, 98
power stations, 163-165 chests
reinforced track, 212-213 connecting to hoppers, 30
spheres/circles/arches, 127-129 trapped chests, 90
standard track, 208-211 Chicken Chunks, 93
statues, 124-129 Chicken Jockeys, 81
styles of, 96 ChromaHills, 18
Egyptian/desert, 113-114 chunks, rendering, 62
elven/fairy, 115-116 circles, building, 127-129
igloo, 116-118 clear command, 242
260 clocks, redstone repeater

clocks, redstone repeater, 55-56 compressors (IC2E), 199

cobblestone ComputerCraft, 217
creating, 53-58 configuration files, MultiMC custom
pipes (BuildCraft), 158 launcher, 15
coffee, 184 connecting hoppers to chests, 30
coke ovens, building, 206-207 construction. See also building
collecting 2D pixel art, 123-124
drops, 73-82 3D statues, 124-129
experience points, 80 with blueprints and templates
(BuildCraft), 175-177
produce, 185
with BuildCraft. See BuildCraft
in chest-connected hoppers, 30
building styles, 96
minecart automation, 32-36
Egyptian/desert, 113-114
minecart switches, 140-142
elven/fairy, 115-116
pumpkin/melon farm automation, 36-43
igloo, 116-118
stacks, 157
Japanese, 106-108
string, 87
medieval, 96-101
combination locks, creating, 133-139
modern/suburban, 108-111
combustion engines (BuildCraft), 162,
167-170 Nether and End regions, 129-130
commandBlockOutput gamerule steampunk, 114-115
command, 244 Victorian, 101-106
command blocks, 240-241 Viking, 111-113
commands in, 242-245 decoration techniques, 118-122
command string, 241 exterior depth, 111
creating, 241 planning, 96
list of, 241 residential roads, 110-111
messages to players, 249-253 roofing, 100-101
output to comparators, 248-249 complex roofs, 104-106
selectors in, 242 double-layered roofs, 107-108
specifiers in, 245-248 pitched roofs, 102-104
commands in command string, 242-245 steep pitched roofs, 112
comparators, 133 spheres/circles/arches, 127-129
automation, collecting produce, 32-36 survival mode versus creative mode, 95
in combination locks, 136-137 trees and natural terrain, 122-123
in command string, 248-249 for tree houses, 115
complex roofs, 104-106 walls/flooring, 98-99
 drops, collecting 261

copying
D
resource packs into folders, 9
saved worlds, 9 decoration techniques, 118-122
Core component category defenses. See mob traps
(Project:Red), 148 delays in redstone circuits, 40-41
coupler tracks, 211 desert building style, 113-114
crafting tables (BuildCraft), detector rails, 141
automation, 178
diamond pipes (BuildCraft), 158
Creative Engines (BuildCraft), 158
difficulty command, 243
creative maps, 239
dimmer switches, creating, 131-132
Creative mode
dispensers
Survival mode versus, in construction, 95
as mob traps, 87-90
toggling with Survival mode, 143
refilling, 90
credits for videos, 234
for water, 38-40, 44-45
creosote, creating, 208
doFireTick gamerule command, 244
Crop-Matron (IC2E), 192-193
doMobLoot gamerule command, 244
Cropnalyzer (IC2E), 190-192
doMobSpawning gamerule command, 244
crops
doTileDrops gamerule command, 245
crossbreeding, 185
double crops, avoiding weeds, 187
Cropnalyzer, 190-192
double-layer pistons in BUD switches,
square farming, 189-190 31-32
strip farming, 186-188 double-layered roofs, 107-108
harvesting, 185 downloading
in chest-connected hoppers, 30 blueprints and templates, 178
minecart automation, 32-36 BuildCraft, 155
minecart switches, 140-142 Minecraft Rome, 130
pumpkin/melon farm automation, 36-43 mods, 19
improving with Crop-Matron, 192-193 MultiMC custom launcher, 11
crossbreeding crops, 185 Railcraft, 206
Cropnalyzer, 190-192 snapshots, creating profiles for, 7-9
square farming, 189-190 texture packs, 119
strip farming, 186-188 drawing 2D pixel art, 123-124
crowbars, 211 Dropbox, 235
custom launchers, 10-19 droppers, usage, 87
drops, collecting, 73-82
262 editing

E engines (BuildCraft), 156

combustion engines, 167-170
editing mining wells, building, 165-167
captured video, 227 oil refineries, 171-172
iMovie, 227-230 power stations, building, 163-165
Windows Movie Maker, 230-231 types of, 162-163
instances in MultiMC custom launcher, 14 EU (energy units), 182
profiles, 10 generating, 195-197
tools for adventure maps, 253-254 overloading cables/machines, 199
effect command, 246-247 experience points, collecting, 80
eggs. See spawn eggs explosive templates (BuildCraft), 176
Egyptian building style, 113-114 exporting
electrical tools (IC2E), 194 iMovie videos, 230
Electric Drills, 194 Windows Movie Maker videos, 231
Electric Jetpacks, 194 exterior decoration techniques, 122
elevator tracks, 211-212 exterior depth in construction, 111
Elgato Game Capture HD Recorder, 224 extracting sticky resin, 183
elven building style, 115-116 extractors (IC2E), 199
embarking tracks, 211
embed settings in Vimeo, 234 F
emerald pipes (BuildCraft), 160
Emzuli pipes (BuildCraft), 162 facades for pipe (BuildCraft), 178
End region, building in, 129-130 factories (BuildCraft), 156
energy fairy building style, 115-116
automated quarries, building, 172-175 fall damage of mobs, 72
combustion engines (BuildCraft), farming, 23
167-170 cane farms, automation, 27-32
generators (IC2E), building, 195-197 collecting produce
measurements, 162 in chest-connected hoppers, 30
mining wells, building, 165-167 minecart automation, 32-36
nuclear reactors (IC2E), building, 199-202 minecart switches, 140-142
OD and OV Scanner requirements, 197 pumpkin/melon farm automation, 36-43
oil refineries (BuildCraft), 171-172 in IC2E
power stations, building, 163-165 Crop-Matron, 192-193
energy units (EU), 182 Cropnalyzer, 190-192
generating, 195-197 crossbreeding, 185
overloading cables/machines, 199 plant species, 183-184
 grinding mobs 263

square farming, 189-190 Forge

strip farming, 186-188 installing, 16
mob farms, 67-68 mod API, 16
grinding mobs, 73-82 Forge Multipart, 143
rate of spawn, 93 frame rate, 220
spawning mobs, 68-70 frames, rotating items
water-based, 70-72 combination lock creation, 133-139
planting produce by villagers, 44-47 dimmer switch creation, 131-132
pumpkin/melon farms FRAPS for Windows, 221
automation, 36-43 fuel
Project:Red, 144-148 creating in oil refineries, 171-172
sorting produce, automation, 47-51 sources for stirling engines, 164-165
with BuildCraft pipes, 157-162 furniture, 121
Feed the Beast, 21
ferru, 183 G
filler machines (BuildCraft), 179
finding saved worlds, 9 Galacticraft, 20, 216-217
fireballs in dispensers, 88 game maps, 239
flaming arrows, 88 gamemode command, 243
flaming wall, 89 gameplay window, resizing, 8
flooring gamerule command, 244-245
building, 98-99 games, Spleef, 58
decoration techniques, 119 gates
flowing lava, stone creation, 59-61 AND gates, 41, 149
flowing water, 44-45 logic gates (BuildCraft), 178
cobblestone creation, 53-55 NOR gates, 136
obsidian creation, 61-65 XOR gates, 149
fluid transport pipes generators (IC2E), building, 195-197
gold, 168 give command, 242, 248
plugging, 170 gold, growing, 183
stone, 168 gold fluid transport pipes, 168
wooden, 168 GregTech, 181
flying, mods for, 224 griefers, 255
folders, copying resource packs into, 9 grinding mobs, 73-82
Forestry, 179, 217
264 hardware screen-recording

H nuclear reactors, building, 199-202

recycling in, 202
hardware screen-recording, 220, 224 ice, molding, 116-118
AVerMedia’s Live Gamer Portable, 224 igloo building style, 116-118
Elgato Game Capture HD Recorder, 224 iMovie, 227-230
harvesting crops. See collecting produce importing .schematic files, 125-127
hazmat suits, 200 IndustrialCraft2. See IC2
health, fall damage of mobs, 72 IndustrialCraft2 Experimental. See IC2E
high-speed tracks, 212 infinite water sources, 61
hoppers installing
automation, sorting produce, 47-51 Forge, 16
with BuildCraft pipes, 157-162 modpacks, 20-22
collecting drops, 74 MultiMC custom launcher, 15-19
connecting to chests, 30 Project:Red, 143
stacking, 49 resource packs, 18
hops, 184 instances, 10
hydration in farming, 185 editing in MultiMC custom launcher, 14
Integration component category
I (Project:Red), 148-150
interior lighting, 121
IC2 (IndustrialCraft2), 181 interior walls, 119
IC2E (IndustrialCraft2 Experimental) invisible wall maze, 238
armor/weapons/tools, 193-195 iron, growing, 183
automated mining, 197-198 iron rails, building, 209-210
compressors, 199 item IDs, list of, 242
elements in, 181-183 item loaders, 216
extractors, 199
farming J–K
Crop-Matron, 192-193
Cropnalyzer, 190-192 Japanese building style, 106-108
crossbreeding, 185 Java settings, 9
plant species, 183-184 junctions for tracks, 212
square farming, 189-190 keepInventory gamerule command, 245
strip farming, 186-188 keyframes, 225-226
generators, building, 195-197 killing players in Adventure mode, 246-247
macerators, 199
 Minecraft updates 265

kinesis pipes (BuildCraft)

M
power management, 167
quartz, 169 macerators (IC2E), 199
kitchens, 120 machines, overloading, 199
managing
L accounts in MultiMC custom launcher,
12-13
landmark tool (BuildCraft), 173 mods
LapPacks, 194 custom launchers, 11-19
launchers, custom. See custom launchers methods of, 10-11
Launcher. See Minecraft Launcher modpack installers, 20-22
launch tracks, 211 reasons for, 5-6
lava screenshots in MultiMC custom
cobblestone creation, 53-55 launcher, 14
in dispensers, 88 manual mod management, 10
flaming arrows, 88 maps in Adventure mode
flowing lava, stone creation, 59-61 editing tools for, 253-254
in trenches as mob traps, 82-84 publishing, 254-255
lava blades, grinding mobs, 75-80 types of, 239
lava source blocks, obsidian creation, 61-65 mazes, invisible wall maze, 238
levers, buttons versus, 39 MCEdit, 122, 125-126
LGP (Live Gamer Portable), 224 medieval building style, 96-101
libraries (BuildCraft), blueprints and tem- melon farms, automation, 36-43
plates storage, 178 Project:Red, 144-148
lights messages to players in command string,
dimmer switches, creating, 131-132 249-253
interior, 121 minecarts
LiteLoader, 16 automation
Live Gamer Portable (LGP), 224 collecting produce, 32-36
locking tracks, 211 sorting produce, 47-51, 157-162
locks, creating combination locks, 133-139 collecting drops, 74-75
logic gates (BuildCraft), 178 switches, 140-142
logs, viewing server/client message log, 10 Minecraft Launcher, 6-10
LUA language, 217 profiles, creating, 7-9
Minecraft Rome, downloading, 130
Minecraft updates, 217
266 Minecraft Wiki, BUD switch documentation

Minecraft Wiki, BUD switch installing, MultiMC custom launcher,

documentation, 24 15-19
mining managing
cobblestone, 53-58 custom launchers, 11-19
in IC2E, automated mining, 197-198 methods of, 10-11
obsidian, 61-65 modpack installers, 20-22
stone, 59-61 reasons for, 5-6
Mining Laser, 193-195 for natural terrain and trees, 122-123
mining wells, building, 165-167. See also NEI (Not Enough Items), 143-144
quarries Permissions Mod, 140
mob farms, 67-68 Project:Red, 142
grinding mobs, 73-82 Core component category, 148
spawning mobs, 68-70 installing, 143
rate of spawn, 93 Integration component category, 148-150
water-based mob farms, 70-72 pumpkin/melon farm automation, 144-148
mob traps, 82 Transmission component category, 150-151
cactus, 84-86 Transportation component category, 152
dispensers, 87-90 Railcraft. See Railcraft
pistons, 91-92 Mojang, 5
trenches, 82-84 molding ice, 116-118
mobGriefing gamerule command, 245 monument completion maps, 239
mobs, fall damage, 72 Movie Maker. See Windows Movie Maker
modern building style, 108-111 MultiMC custom launcher, 11-15
modifications. See mods account management, 12-13
modpacks, 11 adding mods, 16
installers, 20-22 downloading, 11
mods editing instances, 14
adding to MultiMC custom launcher, 16 installing mods, 15-19
for adventure maps, 253-254 screenshot management, 14
BuildCraft. See BuildCraft Multipart, 143
ComputerCraft, 217 multiple mining wells, building, 166
defined, 6
downloading, 19 N
for flying, 224
Forestry, 217 nano armor (IC2E), 193
Galacticraft, 216-217 NanoSaber, 193-194
IC2. See IC2 NanoSuit, 193
 potato farms, automation 267

natural terrain, building, 122-123 pipes (BuildCraft)

NEI (Not Enough Items) mod, 17, 143-144 fluid transport
Nether gold pipes, 168
building in, 129-130 stone pipes, 168
portal frames, 61 wooden pipes, 168
NOR gates, 136 kinesis pipes
Not Enough Items (NEI) mod, 17, 143-144 power management, 167
nuclear reactors (IC2E), building, 199-202 quartz, 169
plugging, 170
O transportation pipes, sorting produce,
157-162
obsidian, creating, 61-65 piston-based mob farms, 70
obsidian pipes (BuildCraft), 161 pistons
OD Scanners, 194 in BUD switches. See BUD (Block Update
energy requirements, 197 Detector) switches
oil cobblestone creation, 54
deposits, creating, 167 as mob traps, 91-92
extraction (BuildCraft), 156 oscillators, creating, 25-26
pumping, 170 synchronizing, 56-57
refining, 171-172 pitched roofs, 102-104
Optifine, 17 pixel art, drawing, 123-124
ores planning
cobblestone, creating, 53-58 camera paths and animation, 224-227
obsidian, creating, 61-65 construction, 96
stone, creating, 59-61 story in Adventure mode, 239-240
oscillators, creating, 25-26 plant species in IC2E, 183-184
overloading cables and machines, 199 crossbreeding, 185
OV Scanners, 194 planting
energy requirements, 197 produce by villagers, 44-47
trees for tree houses, 115
P platforms, self-generating, 56-58
player versus player maps, 239
parkour maps, 239 plugging pipes (BuildCraft), 170
Permissions Mod, 140 portals, Nether portal frames, 61
pipe facades (BuildCraft), 178 potato farms, automation, 44-47
pipe wire (BuildCraft), 178
268 power

power pulse formers, 145

generators (IC2E) pumping oil, 170
building, 195-197 pumpkin farms, automation, 36-43
nuclear reactors (IC2E), 199-202 Project:Red, 144-148
management, kinesis pipes puzzle maps, 239
(BuildCraft), 167
measurements, 162 Q
sources for redstone torches, 25
stations, building, 163-165 Qblock, 125
pressure plates, as traps, 248 quantum armor (IC2E), 193
privacy settings in Vimeo, 234 quarries, automation, 172-175
produce quartz kinesis pipes, 169
collecting, 185 QuickTime Player for Mac, 222-223
in chest-connected hoppers, 30
minecart automation, 32-36 R
minecart switches, 140-142
Railcraft, 20
pumpkin/melon farm automation, 36-43
coke ovens, building, 206-207
planting by villagers, 44-47
creosote, creating, 208
sorting, automation, 47-51
crowbars, 211
with BuildCraft pipes, 157-162
downloading, 206
Profile Editor, 10
elements in, 205-206
profiles
reinforced track, building, 212-213
creating, 7-9
standard track, building, 208-211
Profile Editor, 10
track relayers, 216
Project:Red, 142
tunnel borers, building, 213-215
Core component category, 148
types of tracks, 211-212
installing, 143
undercutters, 216
Integration component category, 148-150
wooden track, building, 208
pumpkin/melon farm automation,
144-148 rails
Transmission component category, automation, collecting produce, 32-36
150-151 detector rails, 141
Transportation component category, 152 minecart switches, 140-142
protecting blocks, 140 RAM availability, 9
publishing randomizers, 149
adventure maps, 254-255 rebar, creating, 213
video to YouTube and Vimeo, 231-235 RE-Battery, 196
 saved worlds 269

recording video, 219 redwheat, 184

camera paths and animation, 224-227 reeds, 183
frame rate, 220 refilling dispensers, 90
hardware, 224 refining oil, 171-172
AVerMedia’s Live Gamer Portable, 224 reinforced track, building, 212-213
Elgato Game Capture HD Recorder, 224 removing weeds, 188
overlaying audio/titles, 227 rendering chunks, 62
iMovie, 227-230 repeater clocks, 55-56
Windows Movie Maker, 230-231 repeaters
resolution, 223 Project:Red, 145
resource capacity in Windows, 223 redstone repeaters, 40-41
software residential roads, 110-111
Bandicam for Windows, 221-222 resizing gameplay window, 8
FRAPS for Windows, 221 resolution
QuickTime Player for Mac, 222-223 of gameplay window, 8
selecting, 220-221 recording video, 223
uploading to YouTube and Vimeo, resource packs
231-235 copying into folders, 9
recycling in IC2E, 202 installing, 18
red alloy wiring, 145 rewarding players in Adventure mode, 248
redstone blocks. See also automation road construction, residential roads,
in BUD switches. See BUD (Block Update 110-111
Detector) switches roofs, building, 100-101
comparators, 133 complex roofs, 104-106
in combination locks, 136-137 double-layered roofs, 107-108
engines (BuildCraft), 158 pitched roofs, 102-104
oscillators, creating, 25-26 steep pitched roofs, 112
Project:Red, 142 rotating items in frames
Core component category, 148 combination lock creation, 133-139
installing, 143 dimmer switch creation, 131-132
Integration component category, 148-150 rubber, creating, 183
pumpkin/melon farm automation, 144-148
Transmission component category, 150-151 S
Transportation component category, 152
repeater clocks, 55-56 saved worlds
repeaters, 40-41 copying, 9
torches, as inverters, 25 finding, 9
270 saving blueprints and templates

saving blueprints and templates, 178 spawning

say command, 243 mob farms, 68-70
.schematic files, importing, 125-127 rate of spawn, 93
screen recording. See recording video water-based, 70-72
screenshots, managing in MultiMC custom slime, 68
launcher, 14 spiders, cactus and, 87
screwdrivers, 145 spawnpoint command, 243
seeds, analyzing with Cropnalyzer (IC2E), specifiers in command string, 245-248
190-192
spheres, building, 127-129
selecting software for recording video,
spiders, cactus-based traps, 85
220-221
spider spawners, cactus and, 87
selectors in command string, 242
Spleef, 58
self-generating platforms, 56-58
square brackets ([ ]) in commands, 242
sequencers, 145
square farming (IC2E), 189-190
server/client message log, viewing, 10
stacked hoppers, 49
sharing
stacks, collecting, 157
with BuildCraft libraries, 178
standard track, building, 208-211
adventure maps, 254-255
state cells, 145
shortcuts in Camera Studio, 226-227
statues, building, 124-129
single-layer pistons in BUD switches, 32
steam engines, 210
slime, spawning, 68
steampunk building style, 114-115
slime blocks, 30
steep pitched roofs, 112
snapshots, 6
stickreeds, 183
downloading, creating profiles for, 7-9
sticky pistons. See pistons
software
sticky resin, extracting, 183
Bandicam for Windows, 221-222
stirling engines (BuildCraft), 162
FRAPS for Windows, 221
building power stations, 163-164
QuickTime Player for Mac, 222-223
stone, creating, 59-61
selecting for recording video, 220-221
stone fluid transport pipes, 168
software screen-recording, 220
story planning in Adventure mode, 239-240
Solar Helmets, 194
string, collecting, 87
sorting produce, automation, 47-51
stripes pipes (BuildCraft), 161
with BuildCraft pipes, 157-162
strip farming (IC2E), 186-188
sowing. See planting
suburban building style, 108-111
spawn eggs in dispensers, 89
suffocation of mobs, 91-92
 trees 271

sugar cane. See cane farms titles, overlaying in captured video, 227
superflat worlds iMovie, 227-230
creating, 24 Windows Movie Maker, 230-231
mob farms in, 69 toggling Creative and Survival modes, 143
survival maps, 239 tools in IC2E, 193-195
Survival mode torches, redstone torches as inverters, 25
Creative mode versus, in construction, 95 tp command, 243-246
toggling with Creative mode, 143 track relayers, 216
switches tracks
BUD (Block Update Detector) switches, 24 junctions, 212
cane farm automation, 27-32 reinforced track, building, 212-213
creating, 25-27 standard track, building, 208-211
pumpkin/melon farm automation, 36-43 types of, 211-212
minecart switches, 140-142 undercutters, 216
synchronizing pistons, 56-57 wooden track, building, 208
train stations, 209
T Transmission component category
(Project:Red), 150-151
T-junctions for pipes, 159 transport in BuildCraft, 156
tags for videos, 234 Transportation component category
Technic Launcher, 20 (Project:Red), 152
Tekkit, 20 transportation pipes (BuildCraft), sorting
teleporting in Adventure mode, 243-246 produce, 157-162
tell command, 243 transporting produce, automation, 32-36
tellraw command, 249-253 trapped chests, 90
templates (BuildCraft) traps
building with, 175-177 mob traps, 82
defined, 175 cactus, 84-86
downloading, 178 dispensers, 87-90
storing, 178 pistons, 91-92
terra wart, 184 trenches, 82-84
testfor command, 248 setting correctly, 248
texture packs, 119 treasure hunt maps, 239
thumbnails for videos, 234 tree houses, 115
time add command, 243 trees
time set command, 243 building, 122-123
planting for tree houses, 115
272 trenches, as mob traps

trenches, as mob traps, 82-84 viewing server/client message log, 10

Trimble SketchUp, 125 Viking building style, 111-113
tripwire, triggering pistons, 92 villagers, planting produce, 44-47
troubleshooting rendering chunks, 62 Vimeo, uploading to, 231-235
tunnel borers, building, 213-215 void pipes (BuildCraft), 160
turtles, 217 voxelization, 125
Twitch, 232 VoxelMap, 17
VoxelModPack, 16
U–V VoxelSniper, 122

undercutters, 216
W
updates to Minecraft, 217. See also
automation wall of flame, 89
uploading walls
adventure maps, 254-255 building, 98-99
video to YouTube and Vimeo, 231-235 interior, 119
vanilla, defined, 10 water
Victorian building style, 101-106 dispensers, 38-40, 44-45, 88
video recording, 219 flowing, 44-45
camera paths and animation, 224-227 cobblestone creation, 53-55
frame rate, 220 obsidian creation, 61-65
hardware, 224 infinite sources, 61
AVerMedia’s Live Gamer Portable, 224 stone creation, 59-61
Elgato Game Capture HD Recorder, 224 in trenches, as mob traps, 82-84
overlaying audio/titles, 227 water-based mob farms, 69-72
iMovie, 227-230 water sources, creating, 167
Windows Movie Maker, 230-231 weapons in IC2E, 193-195
resolution, 223 weather command, 244
resource capacity in Windows, 223 weeds
software avoiding, 185-187
Bandicam for Windows, 221-222 removing, 188
FRAPS for Windows, 221 wheat farms, automation, 44-47
QuickTime Player for Mac, 222-223 windows, 119
selecting, 220-221 resizing, 8
uploading to YouTube and Vimeo, Windows Movie Maker, 230-231
231-235 wiring in Project:Red, 150-151
 zombies in invisible wall maze 273

wooden crops, 185

wooden engines (BuildCraft), 162
wooden fluid transport pipes, 168
wooden pipes (BuildCraft), 157
wooden track, building, 208
WorldEdit, 122
WorldGuard, 140
worlds
flat worlds, creating, 24
saved worlds
copying, 9
finding, 9

X–Y–Z
XOR gates, 149
xp command, 244
XRay, 225

YouTube, uploading to, 231-235

Zombe, 225
zombies in invisible wall maze, 238