# I pit Minecraft

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-minecraft/739871>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 8, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-minecraft/739871 "2015-12-08T23:29:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-minecraft/739871/21 "2015-12-11T16:24:08Z")

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Every computer game I’ve played that allowed for swimming up uses either the up arrow key or the space bar. This is a very standard command.

But if you can’t figure out commands, [here’s a list of them](http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Controls#Computer). They’re pretty standard for 3d movement games, but if it’s your first one, it’s worth looking over the list.

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-minecraft/739871/22 "2015-12-11T18:42:31Z")

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The drowning happened after I remapped the movement keys to what I’m more used to. It’s like I went too fast for the architecture to process, and kept me stuck in the water while pseudo-buffering.

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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-minecraft/739871/23 "2015-12-14T18:22:07Z")

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> [@mlees](#):
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> Well, with that, I would like to suggest taking a look at “feed-the-beast” dot com.
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> The site contains a minecraft launcher that allows you to pick from quite a few different mod packs, (and texture packs) with, IIRC, very little to no coding by the user. FTB will create a separate minecraft folder for each modpack you try, so your vanilla minecraft is untouched. They also have several modpacks that are running a couple older versions of minecraft, if you don’t like the latest.
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> I could never get mods to run on my own (despite carefully following youtube install instructions), but Feed the Beast works fine for me.
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> P.S.: I am using the PC version. I don’t know what to recommend for console users.

I would second this. I’ve added mods manually using Forge, and it is not easy. The FTB launcher and the ATI Launcher make life much easier. I’m playing Resonant Rise right now, which has a shitload of mods.

Oh yeah, I would second the Boots of the Traveler comment. I just made my first pair, and am wondering what I was thinking with my old Mekinism boots.

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