usually just a tiny component of something else - say ordering something

Funnily enough, when I go to a restaurant and they have receipts with QR codes (I think it’s Clover), it just doesn’t work in Firefox.

requires going through the desktop interface to install them, if they use another launcher you have to set up that, frequently some trial and error

Valve does pre-compilation of shaders. That only works for native Steam titles, and it can be the difference between a game being playable and a stuttery mess, especially for more graphically intense titles

there are also hardcoded patches in Proton that look for the SteamID of the game to apply them. Those also won’t have those fixes applied when adding them as non-Steam games.

How is any of this the fault of the World of Goo devs? How come Valve shouldn’t be expected to implement features to make these things simpler/work?

I think the worst example of this was his water highway in season 9.

Personally I wish we could toggle the teleportation function on and off so we don't have to keep them frozen in one spot all the time

I really wish I could make my mobs just roam an area like the Golems do, would help so much to liven up builds. The teleporting mechanic makes sense so you don't lose mobs, but it just ruins my immersion when I see a mob is just teleporting (maybe they make it teleport when you aren't looking at it)

Definitely agree. Of all the mobs in the vote, the penguin felt like it should have already been in the game.

Even if it was only jeb making passing comments, or other developers, it still put the community in a place where they didn't think something like an autocrafter would be added. (Especially since jeb was/is the lead developer of the game). In my opinion if the lead dev comments on something, it represents the game too, that's why they have the platform to begin with. There are plenty of posts throughout the community saying they never expect an autocrafter to be added. Whether intentional or not the community was led to these expectations by the developers of the game. I think that either way it's beneficial for them to communicate the thinking behind such a game changing feature.

And, in my opinion, Mojang's vanilla features tend to be more polished than modded features when they're finally implemented.

Sorta an unfair comparison as there are hundreds/thousands of mod authors leading to a wide variety of polish. There are a good bit of mods that are very well thought out and polished. If you take for example the Create team and compare it to the polish of Mojang I would say they're comparable (they both have different intentions, more commenting on the polish and thought put into features.)

But I guess they've changed their minds. Honestly, that's exciting. More companies (and people) need to be willing to do that when they have a good reason.

I'm decently excited for them stepping out of their comfort zones to try something different, it's what leads to interesting changes and features that can change the game forever. The big issue I see is how they fail to communicate the decision well. I think in the recent past, it seems as though Mojang have had issues communicating their decisions to remove content previously announced. I think these decisions need to be more openly communicated with the community. Crafter is a very huge addition that will likely change the game forever, I think it would be a net beneficial thing for Mojang to communicate why their design decisions have changed to add such a large feature. Changing your mind is always a good idea, but when you are a large figure in a community it's beneficial to communicate why your mind has changed.

I think any of the voted mobs winning would have upset some portion of the community, sorta seems inevitable. Kinda hope they change the way things are done in the future, only if the reason is to make the community less hostile. It also doesn't help they attached features players really want to a vote and that just feels bad.

As for the wolves, I think you're putting too much stock into the features these mobs add, as in the past most mob vote winners have smaller feature additions. For that reason I think the wolf armor is more of an aesthetic addition than a game changing combat focused feature. I think the biggest critique to the wolf armor is that, while not necessarily a huge combat addition it is still a combat centered feature, and Mojang have given the impression they are working to change aspects of combat (combat snapshots). Adding more combat features, will likely make revaluating combat in the future more complicated as there is more to rebalance.

Not sure if anyone else is a big Etho fan but as soon as I saw the crafter, I immediately pictured him starting yet another storage room project that crafts the requested items on demand.

Everything inevitably feels that way until it's been in the game for a few years. I remember people complaining that Elytra felt "too modded," and now it feels like an integral part of the game.

I definitely agree with you. This is the first time for me where I've questioned that though, and for the reason I stated directly after the quote. I even mention how I think its implementation is done in a "vanilla" way. I think the elytra is a different situation as they never stated that they don't want to add an item like that. I'm not saying the crafter shouldn't be in the game, just wondering the reasoning for them changing their stance on automation to that extent.

In some ways it feels like maybe you're looking for reasons to be upset

Personally I am not upset and quite happy with where Mojang are taking the game with this update. Im asking for a discussion and giving my opinion not trying to complain… The fact that I have mods that already have those features is a good thing, and now they are becoming part of vanilla.

The point at the bottom I was sort of getting at, is that people can look to the community mods to add the content they want to the game and not rely on Mojang to add everything they may want. Part of the beauty of Minecraft is you can truly play however you want. I'm at the point where I've played so much MC and the aspects I want to see improvement on haven't been so I look to mods to improve how I wanna play the game.

Edit: I can see how it may have come off as me being upset, especially given the context of how some of the community reacts to everything. Just wanting some discussion, I have no steak, I'm not really upset or hyped. Perhaps next time I'll add my opinion as a comment to the discussion instead of in body text, to help separate the focus of the post.

I kinda like that it’s maintained and hosted by the community. Feels very much in the spirit of MC (maybe the Minecraft of 10 years ago more). Minecraft is a game that evolved through it’s community sharing things/features/data/bugs so it kinda fits. That’s how most people learned to play, but honestly, Mojang should be covering all bills for it even if it’s a community run wiki.

From what I recall it has to do with encoding and how the data stored references the following frame but not previous. Still seems like some engineering could be done to solve, so it it’s not as simple as “current Frame–”

A friend, the graffiti is an inside joke.

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Not everything is complete though. (no full interior and outside walls hidden in photo aren’t textured)