Looking for honest opinions. Is a sand duping machine a legitimate farm for an item that’s essentially finite or is it a cheat.
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- cryptiod137@lemmy.worldEnglish3 months
The devs have explicitly not patched it and even test to make sure it still works when they make redstone changes, while they have patched other methods in the past
- unfortunate_ferret@piefed.caEnglish3 months
In real chemistry, a substance that improves a reaction somehow (speeds it up, slows it down, makes it happen in the first place) but is not consumed in the reaction is called a catalyst. It’s not a cheat.
But, Minecraft is a game. The fun is, at its core, learning. Does building a powder-duping machine make the game more or less fun for you?
- 3 months
I personally would consider it cheating, as it is unintended and a bug.
On the other hand, if it’s your world or smth. You’re the one making the rules, so it’s up to you to decide.
- 3 months
I put it in the same category as TNT duping and tripwire hook duping.
If the game’s code allows duping via a specific arrangement of blocks, it’s not cheating :)
/give sandis cheating, but building a sand duper isn’t.- nomy@lemmy.zipEnglish3 months
This is how I feel, exploiting in-game mechanics isn’t cheating and is just Steve using the Magical Physics of the Minecraft World in a way only he can.
Creative mode or /give is cheating, building machines to manipulate/duplicate items is fair game.
