[Changelog] New Pictures About October 31st Update!

**Riley** · 23-10-10

http://media.pcgamer.com/files/2010/...n-Update-2.jpg
http://media.pcgamer.com/files/2010/...n-Update-1.jpg

Time to discuss.

Section doesnt allow pictures from Pcgamer sadly.

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[Changelog] New Pictures About October 31st Update!

**wackyracer** · 23-10-10

oh, so there's a portal from the home area to Hell World? Or, what is that swirly portal-ish door?

and assuming from Notch's quote "you don't survive for long." that the Ghasts are really hard to kill and can deal a lot of damage?

**Vakarian** · 23-10-10

You might have to make the portal (assuming it's even a portal at all)?
He posted these pictures because there's obviously something he wanted us to see, including the Ghasts, the forever burning fire and the may-be portal.

Ghasts: Immune to fire, deal high damage - you can probably only kill these like Creepers, with a bow.

Forever Burning Fire: Will indefinitely cause some problems in the game, may increase lag if you're running on a slow computer. Whether or not Notch has some tricks up his sleeve to fix this, who knows.

Portal: IDK! D: Someone tell me! haha

*edit*
http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewto...f=1016&t=56584
Has information about portal, monsters, and more.

**wackyracer** · 24-10-10

Originally Posted by Mintee

You might have to make the portal (assuming it's even a portal at all)?
He posted these pictures because there's obviously something he wanted us to see, including the Ghasts, the forever burning fire and the may-be portal.

Ghasts: Immune to fire, deal high damage - you can probably only kill these like Creepers, with a bow.

Forever Burning Fire: Will indefinitely cause some problems in the game, may increase lag if you're running on a slow computer. Whether or not Notch has some tricks up his sleeve to fix this, who knows.

Portal: IDK! D: Someone tell me! haha

*edit*
Halloween Update FACTS: What we know about the update so far - Minecraft Forums
Has information about portal, monsters, and more.

oh nice! portals are craftable?! I wonder if we can make like.. a custom portal, like one that leads to an area that we're working on, instead of having to climb all the way back up or all the way down. That would be nifty.

Otherwise, without a doubt this patch is gonna be pretty sweet :P.

**Erlend** · 24-10-10

I think portals will be made like runes in Magicmod (Runecraft)

**Riley** · 27-10-10

There is a video of portals on youtube some where they look pretty nice, i think the swirls in the middle actually move?

**Erlend** · 27-10-10

Originally Posted by joe209!

There is a video of portals on youtube some where they look pretty nice, i think the swirls in the middle actually move?

Yup, thats correct

Some updates from Notch:

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lax4dmDT2W1qzb7ox.jpg

Leads to:

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lax4egvAp51qzb7ox.png

To the right of the player is a Taiga (mostly over the ocean), to the left is either a Forest, or Woods, I can’t remember. In the distance is probably tundra.
Remaining work on biomes include letting them change the elevation (deserts, plains, tundras and swamps should all be flat), and changing the grass color depending on the biome type. The border between frozen biomes and not frozen ones will get way nicer.
The sky color changes slightly depending on how cold the area you are in is.