Looking for honest opinions. Is a sand duping machine a legitimate farm for an item that’s essentially finite or is it a cheat.

  • Legendary Creeper@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 months ago

    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.

  • Chloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    if you’re on a single player world, that’s up to you to decide! it’s your world, your rules. i personally consider it a bit broken so i don’t do it, but i also consider iron farms broken so my opinion is probably not representative.

    if you’re playing on a server, consult with other players, or check the rules/ask admins if it’s a big server with established rules.

  • cryptiod137@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    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

  • MrNesser@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 months ago

    Yeah I’m thinking of it’s a protected bug and it is my own world I’m off to build a sand duper

  • carrylex@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    NO for me, because I will not rebuild a farm/redstone contraption for the 3rd time because some online idiots lobbied a company into “patching” some mechanic IN A SANDBOX GAME because it’s “overpowered”/“illegal”.

  • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    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 sand is cheating, but building a sand duper isn’t.