Spawn Point

[Thrainn 2]

This problem bugged me for a long time, just never thought of posting it here ...

When travelling large distances, I like to bring a bed with me (like most players do, I guess). So, the problem is, when I die underway while having the bed in my inventory, I'd spawn with nothing on me back at the original Spawn Point, which would be OK, if your base is near that, but is quite catastrophic, if you chose to settle quite some distance away, which could easily result in several more deaths on the way back to base due to lack of equipment/food/water!

So would it in some way be possible to change your permanent spawn point to where you chose to settle down? Maybe build a structure like a shrine or obelisk, or simply make a stationary straw bed some kind of secondary spawn point if your bed is "destroyed or obstructed"?

Thoughts? Suggestions?

[Kittychanley 1,002]

TFC already has a Straw & Hide bed for setting your spawn point early on.

 

http://wiki.terrafirmacraft.com/Straw_%26_Hide_Bed

[iced 3]

I think they mean something like the /spawnpoint command but without using cheats... So like permanently change your spawn point. Which is way over powered

[Thrainn 2]

I don't see why it shout be overpowered, if you change it only once - it would just be as setting up your base at spawn point.

@Kitty - I know that, of course, but thats not what I meant

The spawn point of the currently available straw bed is only valid until you pack it up or overwrite it with another bed.

[Kittychanley 1,002]

I think the better solution to this problem is something like the OpenBlock's sleeping bag. It's an item that you use to sleep in a spot, without changing your spawn point to something other than your home bed.

[Thrainn 2]

I think the better solution to this problem is something like the OpenBlock's sleeping bag. It's an item that you use to sleep in a spot, without changing your spawn point to something other than your home bed.

You mean the one which causes you to fly backwards and suffocate in the next wall you meet? No thanks http://terrafirmacraft.com/f/topic/5761-incompatibility-open-blocks/Otherwise, yeah, that's kind of what I was looking for ...

[AllenWL 186]

Oh wait, is your problem that you want to sleep nights while traveling long distances, but don't want to have sleeping the nights re-set your spawnpoint to wherever the heck you spawned?

I have an idea.

 

Right now, breaking a bed you slept on resets your spawn to the world spawn, even if you slept on another bed before you slept on the bed you broke, right?

I'd like it if something like this happened: Instead of resetting your spawn to the world spawn, breaking a bed resets your spawn to the bed you slept at before you slept in the bed you broke

 

For example, lets say I sleep on bed A. Then I sleep on bed B, then I break bed B and die.

Then, instead of spawning at the world spawn, I spawn at bed A.

[TonyLiberatto 364]

I think the best would be if sleeping on a bed would change your spawn point to that location. It should not mater if the bed is there or not.

Suppose I will travel 10,000 blocks and I finally found whatever I was looking for if I die I rather re-spawn on the place where I last slept then on a base 10,000 blocks away.

[AllenWL 186]

But what if I'm traveling, and I don't want to move during the night or AFK the night away?

A way to skip the night yet still have your spawn be your base would be quite nice for exploring.

[Thrainn 2]

But what if I'm traveling, and I don't want to move during the night or AFK the night away?A way to skip the night yet still have your spawn be your base would be quite nice for exploring.

Yeah, that's exactly, what I meant. What Djakuta was suggesting could really be considered overpowered, because that way death wouldn't really matter anymore, would it?I like to be forced to be careful and avoid to die, otherwise be punished. If you ran 10km from you base then die, well, you have to run again to get your stuff back and be careful. It's just that if your base is far away from Spawnpoint, that punishment is a real bad pain in the current version. Especially if your death was caused by one of the "traps" in the current world gen, which are almost impossible to avoid (eg. fall to your death into a Ravine covered by one block dirt).My most painful death was caused by placing a torch too close to the dirt roof of a cave, after exploring for several hours in the nomadic stage. Btw, is it in some way ever possible to get your stuff back after having died due to a cave-in/suffocated?? I dug fanatically around at the place, never found anything anymore...Sorry for trailing off, again, I would be very happy, if something like what AllenWL suggested would be implemented!