Opis: The Advanced Strategy Guide to Minecraft - Stephen O'Brien

The Advanced Strategy Guide to Minecraft Make Minecraft whatever YOU want it to be! After you've learned to survive in Minecraft, the fun really begins. Minecraft's advanced features support stunning creativity-and that's still just the beginning. More than ever, Minecraft 1.9 can be whatever you and millions of other players dream up! Custom-crafted adventure maps...new trading systems and societies...incredible mods that take Minecraft into the far future...Minecraft's potential is simply astounding. This full-color guide brings together all of today's most amazing Minecraft resources and techniques. Why struggle with outdated web tutorials or bewildering YouTube videos? Mega-bestselling author Stephen O'Brien will show you how to get it all, and do it all! * Create and manage unique Minecraft 1.9 configurations with their own versions, worlds, resource packs, and profiles* Automatically mass-produce sugar cane, melons, wheat, and more* Supercharge mining operations to excavate infinite amounts of obsidian* Take control of the mayhem with mob farms: mass-produce your own zombies, spiders, creepers, and skeletons* Craft amazing armor, weapons, and tools* Build in any style that inspires you: medieval, Victorian, Viking, Japanese, modern, suburban, you name it* Create natural-looking terrain and trees, decorate with 2D pixel art, and build 3D statues* Construct smarter, more efficient power and transportation systems* Assemble amazing redstone circuitry with Monostable and Redpower 2* Generate massive resources with gigantic oil refineries and quarries* Create and share exciting adventure maps and learn the secrets of CommandBlocks* Export your greatest adventures to YouTube, Vimeo, or HD video Stephen O'Brien is author of the mega-bestselling The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft as well as many other books. An Australian-born writer and entrepreneur now residing in Sydney after too many years in Silicon Valley, his 30 books include several bestsellers. He founded Typefi, the world's leading automated publishing system, and invented the award-winning mypressi portable espresso maker. He's a perpetual innovator who remains astounded at the unparalleled creativity Minecraft can engender. Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang Synergies / Notch Development AB. This book is not affiliated with or sponsored by Mojang Synergies / Notch Development AB. Register your book at quepublishing.com/register and save 35% off your next purchase!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 16 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 43 Automated Sorting 46 The Bottom Line 51 Chapter 3 Mining and Ore Generators 53 Creating Cobblestone 53 Creating Stone 58 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 Grinding for Experience 81 Dastardly Mob Traps 83 Treacherous Trenches 83 Killer Cactus 85 Indispensible Dispensers 88 Pulverizing Pistons 92 The Bottom Line 94 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! 99 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 Automating a Pumpkin Farm 144 What Else Can Project:Red Do? 148 Core 148 Integration 148 Transmission 150 Transportation 152The Bottom Line 152 Chapter 7 Empire Building with BuildCraft 155 BuildCraft Core Concepts 155 Pipe Dreams 157 Engines 163 Creating a Power Station 164 Mining Wells 167 Managing Combustion Engines 168 Refining Oil 173 Automated Quarries 174 Blueprints, Building, and Templates 178 More BuildCraft 182 The Bottom Line 182 Chapter 8 Titans of IndustrialCraft 185 IC2E Core Concepts 185 Agricultural Pursuits 187 Crossbreeding Guide 189 Strip Farming for Profit 190 Square Farm Dancing 193 Using the Cropnalyzer 194 Improving Growth with a Crop-Matron 197 IC2E Armor, Weapons, and Tools 198 Generating Energy Units (EU) 201 Mining, Macerating, and More 202 Automated Mining 202 Macerators and More 204 Going Thermonuclear 205 The Bottom Line 209 Chapter 9 Rolling with Railcraft 211 Getting Started 212 Creating Standard Track 214 Reinforced Track 218 Boring, Not So 219 Undercutting the Competition 222 More Mods 222 Galacticraft 222 Forestry 223 ComputerCraft 223 The Bottom Line 223 Chapter 10 Recording and Sharing 225 Choosing the Right Software 226 FRAPS for Windows (License Approximately $40) 227 Bandicam for Windows (License Approximately $39) 228 QuickTime Player for Mac (Free with OS X) 229 Hardware Recording Devices 230 AVerMedia's Live Gamer Portable (LGP) 230 Elgato Game Capture HD Recorder 230 Plotting Camera Paths and Animation 230 Overlaying Audio and Titles 233 Editing with iMovie-OS X 233 Titles 235 Adding Audio to Your Movie 235 Exporting Your Completed Movie 236 Editing with Windows Movie Maker-Windows 236 Titling 236 Adding Audio to Your Video 237 Exporting Your Completed Video 237 Publishing to YouTube and Vimeo 238 Uploading Your Video 238 Basic Info 240 The Bottom Line 241 Chapter 11 Building Your Own Adventure 243 Adventure Mode 244 Initial Planning and Implementation 245 So, What's Your Story? 245 Mastering Command Blocks 246 Breaking Down the Command String 247 Selectors 248 Commands 248 Specifiers 251 Teleporting to a Central Point 251 Using effect Commands 252 Rewarding Players 254 The Comparator 254 The tellraw Command 255 World-Editing Tools and Helpers (Map the Middle Kingdom) 259 Publishing Your Own Adventure (Terrifying Noobs) 260 The Bottom Line 261 Index 263

Szczegóły: The Advanced Strategy Guide to Minecraft - Stephen O'Brien

Tytuł: The Advanced Strategy Guide to Minecraft
Autor: Stephen O'Brien
Producent: Que Corporation
ISBN: 9780789755735
Rok produkcji: 2015
Ilość stron: 304
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.41 kg

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