by Smythe » Sun Feb 06, 2011 7:40 pm
Sugarlumps wrote:Nope.
1 step in the Nether=8 blocks in the real world.
Therefore, there are glitchy portals, as well as lost people.
The Nether can be used for speed traveling, like making 2 portals 8 blocks apart (minimal, or else the portal in the real world will warp you to one of each, because it is too close together).
EDIT: Changed values from 16 to 8. My mistake.
Except if you put two portals on earth, chances are it'll only use one, and the other will be lost for eternity.
|<portal 1 |<portal 2
|<nether portal
You go through portal 1, and end up in Nether portal, but seeing as they're both connected to the same portal, you'll generally only come out portal 1 and portal 2 will be rendered useless.
[quote="Sugarlumps"]Nope.
1 step in the Nether=8 blocks in the real world.
Therefore, there are glitchy portals, as well as lost people.
The Nether can be used for speed traveling, like making 2 portals 8 blocks apart (minimal, or else the portal in the real world will warp you to one of each, because it is too close together).
EDIT: Changed values from 16 to 8. My mistake.[/quote]
Except if you put two portals on earth, chances are it'll only use one, and the other will be lost for eternity.
|<portal 1 |<portal 2
|<nether portal
You go through portal 1, and end up in Nether portal, but seeing as they're both connected to the same portal, you'll generally only come out portal 1 and portal 2 will be rendered useless.