New Release! (BTW V4.89999999)

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New Release! (BTW V4.89999999)

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Version 4.89999999 of Better Than Wolves is ready for download!

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This release contains the following changes:

-Added sound for when Gear Boxes are being overpowered by a Wind Mill in a storm to serve as a warning that damage will occur.

-Added ability to inject something directly into something from something else. If you found the various features in the temples already, you'll know what I'm talking about :)

-Added a small grace period when the player switches dimensions in which ghasts and the enderdragon will not attack unless attacked first. This is to prevent problems with popping into a dimension and immediately getting wiped out due purely to bad luck.

-Changed Wind Mills to only spin out of control in storms, rather than just in rain or snow. This decreases the downtime you'll experience with them overall, but also means you'll have to keep a closer eye on the weather to make sure there isn't any resulting breakage.

-Changed (increased) the frequency of lightning bolts in storms to make the storm condition more evident and menacing overall.

-Changed snow and rain to look and sound less intense when there isn't a storm going to make the storm state more distinct, and to reduce the annoyance associated with the sound of rain.

-Changed HC Spawning so that if time is advanced to the next day on respawn, any storms will also stop to prevent the player having mobs spawn around them. Similar to time advancing to the next day, this only affects single player.

-Changed (increased) the chance of storms occurring to make them a more significant threat.

-Changed the way storms work, so that a storm will only start after it's been raining/snowing for awhile to give the player a chance to react to changing weather conditions. Basically, a storm won't just kick in out of nowhere from a clear sky anymore, but if it starts to rain/snow, you may want to prepare for a potential storm.

-Changed the order in which the Mill Stone processes items so that there's somewhat of a softest to hardest material order to it. In other words, cocoa beans will grind before netherrack, and that kind of thing.

-Changed (reduced) the amount of hunger that melon slices restore slightly for balance.

-Fixed vanilla problem with it not getting visibly darker during storms, despite the fact that the game logic for monster spawns and such still treated it as such (it was basically an issue of the storm state not being communicated from the server to the client). This should make storms much more evident when they occur.

-Fixed vanilla problem that was causing a delay in the transmission of changes in rain between server and client.

-Fixed item duplication bug with the Block Dispenser when failing to place clay balls.

-Fixed problem with Gear Boxes not breaking when overpowered in some circumstances.

-Fixed problem with the magic letters that flow between bookshelves and the Infernal Enchanter appearing in the opposite directions from where they were supposed to.

-Fixed a problem with how the Hopper was outputting XP orbs that was sometimes causing them to appear in the wrong locations.

Enjoy! :)

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Oh wow, lots of stuff. I love the better storm stuff :). Will require some adjusting.
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Cool beans, thanks FC.

hmm maybe fitting..
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Ahhhhh! The 9s! I will have to delete all my other 4.9X zips to have any hope.

Awesome update to dial in weather. Can't wait for a super storm :)
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Well criminently... updating the same day mojang does their 1.7 prerelease... guess which I'm downloading.

Hardcore Storms ftw.

Thanks for the update!!!!
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I love the change to rain. I have hated this mod and loved it as well. Now I have a reason to love rain, wich I hate ^_^...
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Now I need to start counting the 9s. I wasn't sure if the old thread got bumped, or if this was a new release.
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Loving all those weather changes. Both the more relaxing rain and the more violent storms will be much appreciated.
And look at all the fixes, very nice. This ninegnarok is quite enjoyable. ^^
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AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!
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AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!
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Excellent job FC! Can't wait to play the release! *Pulls out umbrella*
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Diamond umbrellas needed!....you know, to go with the diamond saws.....
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! The storms! They be coming!
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Awesome release, starting a whole new world right now.

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Another great release from FC, Im even more excited to find a temple now :D And I cant wait to play with the hardcore storms :D
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So. Many. Nines.

Thank you! this will warm my heart even more when booting up BTW.
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More 9's are just inherently better!

You know though, I suspect I'm suffering from this gag more than anyone else at present. The number of times I've had to squint and count 9's to verify I'm dealing with the right files is getting a tad out of control :)
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FlowerChild wrote:More 9's are just inherently better!

You know though, I suspect I'm suffering from this gag more than anyone else at present. The number of times I've had to squint and count 9's to verify I'm dealing with the right files is getting a tad out of control :)
This is hilarious!

And this update looks awesome. Thanks FC :-)
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Another great update, thanks! The fact that you play and enjoy your own game really shows in the quality of updates.
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FlowerChild wrote: -Fixed a problem with how the Hopper was outputting XP orbs that was sometimes causing them to appear in the wrong locations.
That fixed my problem from the other thread! :)
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Considering how frequent the bolts occur on my current world during a storm (think about the Blitzkrieg bombing tactic, while on the British isles), I am going to be very frightened inside my underground base with this update.
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Woot! Looks awesome (and thanks for getting rid of storms on HC spawn, that was quite annoying when it occurred). I get the feeling you're rampaging through all your minor notes before you give us the goodies we're all waiting for (HC villagers) :)
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jkievlan wrote:I get the feeling you're rampaging through all your minor notes before you give us the goodies we're all waiting for (HC villagers) :)
Yup, that's more or less the case. I had a bit of a slow week for development last week, and got back into the swing of things by tying up a few loose ends.

Also want to get the balance finalized as quickly as possible given I already said it was ;)
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Well, I guess it's time to start a new save.
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I haven't seen a lot of comments on this, so I just wanted to tell you that I'm loving the storm changes. my immersion factor has definitely heightened. The storms are more...stormy... they feel more malevolent and atmospheric. And I'm enjoying the added management that goes into windmill operations (I'm not up to BUD block technology yet but just monitoring the weather manually for stormy conditions is a satisfying experience IMO).
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