Etho's Modded Minecraft S2 #8: NPC Planning

[@pettersson930]

You really need to create Bdubs and have him run around in your world. Just dont forget to set his size to 2-3, to reflect his real world height.

[@BlahCraft1]

"Don't mess with Tall and Short" "i'M tHE TaLl OnE"

[@McOwnage]

@@BlahCraft1 that dream sequence was phenomenal I've watched it many times. Imagine an impnskiz style channel with bdubs and etho. His colabs with cleo in the life series are also chefs kisses.

[@eclogues_]

Etho doing his intro and all of a sudden "YOU'LL SPEAK WHEN SPOKEN TO"

[@taytaythehufflepuff8532]

@@McOwnage Oh that would be epic. What about the four of them? I’ve just realized I want to see a series with the four of them-

[@McOwnage]

@@taytaythehufflepuff8532 I can't think of who the other 1 and a half are.

[@MrBjort]

One thing with the cosmic npcs is that they "pop into reality" so maybe having a 'cubby' they come out of and return to. For immersion

[@jwalster9412]

Mabye instead of a cubby, it could be a "staff only" kitchen.

[@9k1a22]

cool

[@turolretar]

Cool smoke effects maybe

[@9k1a22]

@@turolretar sure, I'll do it

[@giovanniquargentan6198]

Just make them spawn in a place you can't see

[@Fundy]

GOOD ETHO KEEP UPLOADING MY MAN LOVE YOU

[@gamechannelminecraft6583]

Hello everyone, good viewing🐼👍

[@apersonwhoisalsohuman2014]

I AGREE

[@firepowder]

SO TRUE KING

[@grimmsterzed]

Super cool seeing the newer MC youtubers appreciating Etho :)

[@windish1176]

Furry 💀

[@joelchambers3728]

After having the multiple Ethos on camera, I had a vivid visualization of a scene of Ethos around the table discussing and debating ideas for the village.

[@Roescoe]

Episode 404 flashbacks

[@shadowbunny7892]

@@Roescoe Was literally going to say that exact thing word for word

[@5pindin]

I was getting Being John Malcovich flashbacks, myself 😂

[@juliansodano1010]

I like the idea of using your cosmic npcs as redstone replacements. The idea of you building a village filled with huts, a lumberjack, a stonemason, a mechanic, and they refine your raw materials for you, or draw your carriage through the new path, or plant and mill fields collecting you food, or cheffing up food for you in the kitchen. You make very beautiful builds and I love the opportunity these npc’s give to allocate more time to that, blessing the viewers who have extra affection for your builds.

[@markm0000]

Well said. That would be like a god mode being able to control a village.

[@invictus4050]

That is basically the Minecolonies mod that you just described there, just with you being able to easily customize the skins of the NPCs.

[@Spika94]

17:46 Record yourself build an entire building, save the recording, tear down the building, hit play, and watch as you build an entire building in the background while you do other stuff.

[@WeirdAlShankaBitch]

Lol, cool idea.

[@MacStringer]

fantastic idea, and you could have him destroying it too

[@LethalLuggage]

I wonder if you could take a backup and then record it, and have him build it without destroying it after.

[@ChefGreasypaw]

I think that would dupe the items he used in the build so he should burn the materials he used on the building after

[@worldrunner6420]

@@ChefGreasypaw maybe the materials are all burnable and he sets it on fire when after building it? (I.e. build a log cabin for a village and then burn it all)

[@suporteplustag2004]

And after 75 years Etho leaned how to do the Shadow Clone Jutsu, great character development

[@starryeyed110796]

😂😂😂

[@ROMHackerz]

Best comment

[@KyraBonk]

And, of course, they rebel right away

[@shashanksistla5400]

I remember his NPCs from his old modded series, the fishing village and computercraft and all that

[@theninjascientist689]

Same! I'm so glad it's coming back

[@DubManor]

the semi intelligent chatbot on computercraft that spoke to him through a speaker responding to his query's in the chat box. insane.

[@nocx4592]

And that one guy kept punching creepers.

[@markm0000]

I missed all that unfortunately. It’ll be fun to see his ideas without knowing what he’s done.

[@markm0000]

@Luke Thomas That’s like 2 sayings mixed together. “Welcome to the club” and also “Along for the ride”.

[@wizardom]

THAT INTRO IS BRILLIANT Not only is it incredibly surreal and hilarious, it also introduces the main focus of the video. Etho is so friggin' creative.

[@Crazyasian123456]

Man, seeing Etho talk about his four principles of MC brings back how long I've been watching him.

[@jamesbailey6257]

I somehow just got reminded of his name and it brought back deeep memories, like, I remember watching him for hours on end 10 or 11 fucking years ago and yet somehow just haven’t thought about this channel in ages, the “helllllo it’s Etho” was so wild to hear again after god knows how long

[@kertobatr2814]

theyre not principles lol. theyre stages describing how ppl tend to play mc

[@Bean._.]

The fact that you can store a massive amount of cosmic npcs is huge, there could be tons of small encounters started with a button scattered all over the world. I love the idea and you of all people could definitely make some awesome stuff with it!

[@AmyLovesYou]

Yeah, Cosmic definitely seems more fun than Custom. It's my preference as well.

[@meh_im_a_sheep6018]

I bet there is some mod that detects when etho enters a location (like the skulk sensor in 1.19) and then he doesn't even need buttons to trigger them!

[@Roescoe]

@@meh_im_a_sheep6018 You can likely do that with command blocks. I think Etho needs a limited command blocks mod, maybe a computercraft or something. but mainly something which would allow him to craft them etc.

[@alexn5440]

Custom NPCs feel much more “NPC-Esque” compared to the Cosmic ones. Maybe that’s down to the acting? But idk, I feel like you get much more from Custom compared to Cosmic

[@KylerGreer]

That’s very true. The cosmic NPCs feel like another player moving around (because they basically are), like it’s a multiplayer world.

[@sambeets7871]

Custom NPCs definitely seem like they'd be more dynamic in everyday interactions - Cosmic might start to feel too repetitive if watched too closely too often; on the flip side, Cosmic would be great for having throughout the world and having in a large variety of locations - with Custom, I believe Etho said that we'd not see too much use with the NPCs due to the scripting overhead. I want to see what kind of world Etho can make when he can make a NPC for every project

[@resonae17]

@@sambeets7871 cosmic doesn't need to be repetitive, the recordings aren't adding lag to the world so he can have many multiple recordings with different skins for the same thing. E.g. the same button in the restaurant could be randomized to Etho punching him with the food, Bdubs serving food and leaving through the window, Doc eating the food and giving him pupil poppers instead etc.

[@amaryllis0]

Cosmic seems good for events you trigger like cutscenes, while Custom seems good for idle/persistant npcs. Both are good imo! Command blocks are totally ok, I definitely support you using them to create more fun stuff! There's also Flash's NPCs which is similar to Custom, but with less options. Just in case you want to check out more options!

[@BrianW124]

It'd be cool if there's a mod that adds a command block recipe (that isn't too crazy). That way the blocks don't have to be spawned in.

[@jettthorp9444]

Right on the money! It's a shame custom NPC's doesn't work well with lots of them, because I feel like it's backwards, i'd like a few cutscene-style NPC's, but tonnes of persistent NPC's making the world feel lived in!

[@ThePC007]

@@BrianW124 That's what I've been thinking. I wonder if Zombe's mod is still being maintained. It had a feature that allowed you to create custom crafting recipes quite easily.

[@Roescoe]

@@BrianW124 Not just that, also make them have a limited command set. then it can be a different block entirely.

[@themadpantser7075]

I want to see Ethos Lab with a bunch on Ethos running around working, pushing buttons, pulling levers, and conducting experiments on other Ethos!

[@sonny1524]

Yes yes! xP

[@iugerum]

I would love to see a fallen tree on the path you made. With the horse you can easily ride over it, would make a lovely organic touch.

[@sinclaircupcake4954]

Or have a tall tree that is broken half way up with it leaning down over the path, creating an arch

[@blackdragonxtra]

Or a tree that fell across the road and only the center third was removed, so there's a log left on each side

[@lahsav2469]

Someone could correct me if i'm wrong, but in my testing if you pick up the Custom NPCs into an item (In testing I used a mob imprisonment tool from industrial foregoing) then the script isn't running while the npc is in there. This doesn't reset the script. You could then use redstone in some way to "deploy" the npc when you are there, and pick it back up after. I hope this helps cause the CustomNPCs looked much nicer to me

[@felix8307]

please like this comment so etho can see! this may be useful!

[@ansik_]

I’d say stick with custom NPCs, I think they’re gonna contribute much more to making the world feel alive over the recordings that cosmic NPCs would! Also, for the longevity of this series, I’m a bit afraid of the frame rate problems :x

[@JJTheDev]

didn't ethos bring up that custom NPC will eat up computer power more than cosmic?, unless ethos finds a way to disable the custom nocs when not needed, then cosmic would be better for longevity in terms of processing power

[@00wolfer00]

@@JJTheDev Other way round. Cosmic are worse since they are a literal recording of his actions instead of just another simple AI.

[@sambeets7871]

While I agree that custom NPCs would make a less... static? background, I can see Etho being creative enough to over come that issue - him acting more like an NPC in the recordings and such. I'm more concerned with the frame rate issue, where he's stated that Cosmic NPC would be better for frames due to having to maintain Customs constantly - I think it's a toss up: ease of use/can't use too much vs. heavy front end/can use everywhere; I think Cosmic would be better for a longer running series

[@JJTheDev]

@@00wolfer00 but they don't run 24/7. so it's scalable to as amny as you want as ethos brings up. custom nocs are always active, which means more in the world, the more they'll consistently consume (also as someone that knows how to code a recording system, recording systems are simpler than ai, since it's just reading a file, rather than decision making)

[@00wolfer00]

@@JJTheDev true on the scalability. I was talking about 1 custom vs 1 cosmic. While true that a recording can be simpler in some instances it entirely depends on how it's implemented and how complex the opposing AI is.

[@wilan6340]

I think on the long run Custom NPC is going to be a lot more useful to populate the world with plenty of characters. Not many NPCs will need the level of detail that Cosmic NPC offers.

[@MiguelAngel-gn3ht]

Only 5-10 tho, it could be nice if their AI could be disabled when Etho is not around, to save FPS

[@chartor5]

@@MiguelAngel-gn3ht no only 5-10 heavily scripted ones. basic guys to populate an area are fine, just the guys who have special move paths and jobs they do are limited

[@stilljustlill]

Dude, the nostalgia I get from watching Etho. I started watching when I was 13 and in middle school, now I am 21 and starting my first week of graduate school. I cannot thank him enough for all the peace he has given me throughout the years. Minecraft will forever be my safe place.

[@x_squidmaster_x]

For Cosmic NPCs, I think "Player has joined the game" and "Player has left the game" messages in chat for the NPC's appearing and disappearing would fun to see.

[@amp-le4699]

Vouch!

[@JoeEnderman]

agreed

[@chopper6537]

My thoughts on the NPC mods: I had just seen a video where you spoke on Command blocks, during the Cactus farm episode of your current LP world You said you wished to experiment with a survival world that has command blocks to enhance your play experience. While I personally prefer custom NPC for this sort of Gameplay... I feel like you should 100% take the opportunity of a survival world with command blocks It was a unique idea then, and still it now. So I guess I Vote CosmicNPC with Command Blocks.

[@justminibanana9128]

100%, maybe there's a mod which adds craft able command blocks.

[@pupsi1234]

my vote is going to have to go for customNPC over cosmic. i feel like the customNPCs feel a little more organic in the world, and less repetitive.

[@larssmallbone]

For me the custom NPCs feel more like living independent beings in the world while the cosmic NPCs feels more like seeing the ghost of a player. Also, with the custom NPCs, there is the ability for them to react to changes in the environment such as a player/mob attacking them etc. Not sure if that is the same for cosmic.

[@PoroVideos]

Could not agree more

[@nathantron]

This is quickly turning into WestWorld. You're going to have synthetics running around living their fictional lives. LOL.

[@5pindin]

I suspect Etho would be a little nicer to his hosts though

[@BobCCLIV]

"There's no way I'm surviving this" when the enderman started attacking was such a relatable feeling LOL

[@jimmiejorgenson9038]

Etho you have been a fixture in my life for the last ten years. You were there for me through all my troubles in life as I grew up, and it has been beyond anything I could have ever asked for to have a familiar friend taking my mind off of everything going on around me and transporting me to a fun and exiting world full of adventure and silliness and your attitude towards life has been something I’ve taken greatly towards. So thank you Etho for being a role model to me and helping me through some tough times for all these years.

[@SellasVult]

I feel like the custom NPCs is more "vanilla" if that even applies to Modded MC, But i also feel like if the episodes focus more on the redstone and the building that goes around the Cosmic NPCs it will keep the feel but still allow the interesting and varied options. Either way, love the videos Etho!

[@pawekrawczyk1143]

Etho, I feel like when playing modpack you shouldn't worry about little cheats like using command blocks to have fun with the NPCs. A modpack is about having fun and breaking the limits. It also seems like you would like to try something new so if you're having fun with Cosmic NPCs, we are having fun watching you play with it!

[@TamagoRails]

Love those 4 elements of Minecraft's game loop according to you, Etho. I've always been thinking of how people have ideas to build so many things but have no "real" purpouse in the progression of the game. I should think more about interacting with builds and having a reason to come back to them.

[@peterjuncker8488]

Custom NPC's seem much more lively IMO, seeing an entity move like a player is just so strange.

[@Whimzee]

Hey Etho, I'm a big fan. You've been wanting to use command blocks in a let's play for years now, and it's part of what inspired me to use them in my own series. It would only be a problem if you abuse the power, which I'm sure you wouldn't do since you're great about putting limits on yourself. I'd say, since this is a modded series, now is the perfect time to go crazy with something experimental like that.

[@Scorer505]

Etho! Have you considered hosting your world on your own private server? That way the load of handling the npcs would get moved off your own PC and you could also have way more NPCs without it impacting your game as much.

[@jasond7978]

Yay modded is back! To me, this is prime Etho. Watching him discover his next move in modded is like watching him invent redstone all over again.

[@joshm1404]

I think not using them to gather resources should be a rule for sure, especially factoring in how many other mods are in the world to do that for you, love watching you tinker around trying to get those to work rather than having an NPC do it for you

[@Stinkman]

I really like the idea of having NPCs spawn in another room when you walk over a pressure plate and they come out, as if to greet you.

[@stephenszack1126]

I like the cosmic npc, being able to employ them to do jobs around the village would seem very realistic. You should incorporate it into your machines, make it so you can order something from a building, runs the script however many times and preforms the tasks visually, like a museum exhibit, but it’s a brewery, or a metal foundry or a farm

[@mme.veronica735]

I do think Cosmic NPCs is more useful to Etho

[@OdessyOfShepard]

Agree

[@jondoe6608]

I'd say go with Custom NPCs if you can only have one, it looks to be more robust, CosmicNPC is neat, but is limited to exact recordings, so for the sake of making the NPCs more lively I really think that Custom NPCs are the better option here, even if you have less of them in your world. Im fine with command blocks as long you don't cheat your self out of the survival experience of collecting stuff in your world. Ideally, maybe having both mods is best, both have cool aspects about them!

[@etoinedevries7583]

I think we can safely say that Etho wouldn't cheat :D

[@andrewj45_]

Hey! I agree with your comment, I would prefer to see customNPCs, although cosmic is still cool.

[@redfeatheredreptile]

The static/ black eyes were legitimately terrifying. I think it would be really fun to do a harvest moon style village with npcs, but perhaps only have them running when you’re in the building/area.

[@claytonharting9899]

That swamp view on the path is absolutely beautiful. I love how the lip of the hill hides the transition from forest to swamp

[@bloodwolf2609]

As interesting as the recording your movement and stuff for NPCs is, the use case of bringing liveliness to the builds for the customNPCs just far outweighs the cosmicNPCs. CosmicNPCs can probably do tons of crazy automation or item interactions that you can't normally get but it feels counter-intuitive to what the NPCs are trying to do for the world overall.

[@meh_im_a_sheep6018]

I can see where you're coming from, but the cosmic npc, if used right, can bring a lot of life in a city/build. Imagine you enter a street and with cosmic it pulls random npcs from houses and they walk around and go to eachother houses and all that. The thing with custom npc is that the movements aren't fluid.

[@Daekanoid]

While i agree with you, we need to keep in mind that as etho said one can run at most 5-6 customNPCs at the same time, making it a bit disadvantageous to use

[@NirateGoel]

@@Daekanoid It was 5-6 scripted custonNPCs. The standard non-scripted customNPCs aren't bound by the same restriction.

[@kulongers]

Hey Etho, something to keep in mind while making that road is that it should lead to something. As is, it kinda feels like you're making a road for the sake of making a road. It might be a good idea to pick a few spots in advance to settle to sort of steer the road towards rather than find stuff as your making the road. Anyways, I love the content you make. Every time you upload, my day always becomes a little more bright!

[@WeirdAlShankaBitch]

Idk, I think it’d be cool if he had to build wherever he lands.

[@jasonreed7522]

Making a raid for the sake of building a road can be fun, but it is a good idea to try and add a reason to use the road just like etho says about any build. (In the beginning of a world sometimes i make horse roads that are just a couple bridges or cuts through forrests to make exploration farther out easier. The rest of the terrain is unprepared because plains, deserts, ect don't need litteral roads to be easy to cross in a horse) And in real life buildings usually come after the main road is built.

[@WeirdAlShankaBitch]

@@jasonreed7522 Very good points. I just think that since this is a modded series Etho should try an almost railroad like approach where he builds the road and then builds buildings along the road to help him build the road. Just an idea tho.

[@jasonreed7522]

@@WeirdAlShankaBitch i used to love making little outposts, and in this modpack they would probably be a great addition. (The only problem is you end up with a distributed storage and finding things may get difficult) But if he made little specialized settlements along the roads at places where it felt right to him it could be really cool. (Like they lake he stopped at, that is just begging for some sort of house)

[@WeirdAlShankaBitch]

@@jasonreed7522 I think storage problems should be minimal with his whole bags of holding setup but that’s just my opinion. I agree that the lake is beautiful especially with all the shaders.

[@baconpork342]

1:51 I knew Etho'd do that. That picture frame entry was so hilarious to me! When he started pacing in front of it, I knew, there had to be something behind the picture frame. Like, I was damn sure of it. Then when he actually went it, I couldn’t help laugh out loud!

[@jasonreed7522]

It is the oldest trick in the book. It also never gets old.

[@Caelfyre]

I think using command blocks for that purpose is fine. I wonder if it's possible to add a crafting recipe for them so they feel more survival-friendly to use?

[@wChris_]

unfortunately you cannot place or edit commandblocks in survival

[@Mr.Mullet420]

@@wChris_ there’s a mod for that

[@shenanigans2877]

crafttweaker

[@pvic6959]

get them in survival like SciCraft did LOL this is a joke but seriously.. they did that. look up "scicraft Getting Command Blocks In Survival"

[@wChris_]

@@pvic6959 and if you would have watched it you would have known that they couldn't edit the commands.

[@Hawk_Leigh]

I love the cosmic NPC idea, Etho! It looks so cool, and I'm happy to see someone actually using them. It's super inspiring! :D Excited to see how you bring a new sense of movement, life, and realism to your world!

[@katinjegat]

The fact that you can have more npcs with Cosmic NPCs makes me like that one more. You could record multiple different ones and randomize which one plays when you get to a place, to make it seem more alive. Maybe have some friends record different movements for you too

[@halex9075]

Etho! You always say "go get yo snacks" but have never told us this: what is your own go-to snack food? Personally I like nuts, not unhealthy and I can eat them at my computer without it getting messy.

[@echothefreak9396]

I’m allergic to nuts besides peanuts and almonds(thank god) but I’d say my go-to is goldfish. I know, childish, but they’re still good.

[@Casper.P]

His favourite snack food is raw onions as he has told us many times.

[@Alien8you]

Pretzels are great as well. No Mess!

[@nicolasbalderrama3910]

@@echothefreak9396 Doesn't matter if your snack sounds childish, it's a snack, and that's what's important.

[@Slaikkarinaj]

Deez.

[@deathninjamaster]

I really like the cosmic npc mod! I think command blocks would definitely be the way to go. I think we all know you have more than enough integrity to not cheat with them. Either way, I’m always excited to see an upload from you, no matter your decision. I look forward to your next video! Thank you as always for all your hard work!🖤

[@Fanvaron]

I would really love to see a "factory" style contraption, that actually fulfills a purpose, that uses npcs to carry around stuff, and/or pulls levers and such to make it more than just an empty warehouse with a lot of conveyor belts

[@BonnieRosePokeMasterBon]

This is an incredibly random idea and I don't know where you'd implement it, but I can imagine all kinds of ways to make spooky stuff with the cosmic NPCs mod. Like record yourself walking through an area, then build walls in that area so that when you play that clip it looks like a ghost walks through the walls. Or if riding horses is something you can do with this mod, you could have a ghost rider that rides through an area at night. A ghost town or a haunted house would be something really cool to see.

[@cryo1083]

Hey Etho! I read on the curseforge the cosmic NPC's are actually able to type commands. Maybe you can find a work-around where one NPC executes his own /play and others as well.

[@picorrow]

couldn't u just have the npc run onto a command block that starts it up again? perhaps if u get more fancy with commands you can have the command in the command block rotate so u get an npc moving a long different paths at different times

[@cryo1083]

@@picorrow Yes, that's also a very smart idea. I'm trying to come up with ways for Etho NOT to use command blocks, though. Since they are not really survival mode friendly

[@veemie8148]

@@picorrow woah that sounds cool

[@moonman2749]

the shadow clone jutsu put my jaw on the floor, well played

[@moonman2749]

that said, command blocks are a no go for me. frankly both mods are cheaty, and i dont like how much time they make you spend in the guis.

[@goodsensimila9164]

This needs more likes 😂😂👍

[@cruros9084]

I went back and watched the first 100 episodes of the LP this month and man, Etho has really changed a lot in his style but still has that same core feel. Keep up the great work, it's a joy to still be able to watch your stuff.

[@thexanderthemander]

I feel like we should have Bdubs somewhere though. Edit: He could be a guest at the tavern.

[@skylark.kraken]

17:38 sneaky jump cut where you profited the 7 dirt

[@achiffoncake]

I really think cosmic npcs could make for funny moments/Easter eggs XD. Like getting to watch Etho burning blue shiny rocks at the corner of the screen. But interaction with the world is more complex and has more potential, so I prefer this. Even so, I think custom npcs bringing more life to builds is fairly important.

[@CutePuma23]

Would def *love* to see more Hermit NPCs walking around like they're visiting your world! Or just hanging around your tavern. I think that would be really fun

[@bsidethebox]

Yeah, seeing BdoubleO behind the counter and Eth-double-o walking around instantly made me think about all the cool HC builds ZombieCleo has "brought to life" with Hermit-headed armor stands.

[@geo-8575]

Always makes my day seeing a new episode of modded!!

[@cadenpickle8379]

I've always been a nature guy, and the feelings that the path making gave me were eerily similar to how I feel when I hike in the mountains. Keep it up!

[@Code-Redd]

its nice when you ramble about things like the NPCs and stuff. Your rambling about complicated ideas or how things work is oddly very entertaining. It sorta makes me feel hyped for what you're gonna do next, or I get to enjoy being all impressed by your funky contraptions and ideas

[@Masterk747]

“I dont really build restaurants or hotels.” Made me immediately get reminded of his Crash Landing series where he built a restaurant for his food/cooking

[@kevingu9270]

this is gonna be a great week!

[@pmisery9339]

most definitely, hope u r well 🫶🏽

[@chopper6537]

Iv been just about rewatching older Etho videos over this past week... yet I still got so excited for this new video! I will always love Ethos content. New or old!

[@NeverWillTell]

I can't tell you how happy I am to see an episode of this series! I started playing modded Minecraft for myself by taking mods I'd seen used in your videos across the years and it's been a lot of fun! I've been watching for 5 years and will keep watching until you stop making videos :)

[@craigpenninga9847]

i think the thing that i love so much about Etho is how he is so honest and real. no fakery or anything like that and its just so refreshing.

[@joew1237]

When I lasted used CustomNPCs, it let you set up hirelings and enemy/friendly factions. Hirelings could be fun, especially given how difficult the modpack seems to be.

[@averageaf4321]

Yes! So happy you're messing with npc's again. It was my favorite part of your previous modded series, and I think a little more life is something vanilla minecraft builds often lack. (And villagers hardly do anything, the npc mod is amazing)

[@averageaf4321]

I personally like the custom npc mod a lot. Although the hard drive one is crazy and interesting, I think the custom npc mod can do a lot with very little and will go a long way in populating your world

[@StuffandThings_]

4:41 Now we finally know who was responsible for Herobrine. It was Etho the whole time!

[@skiesquiggles7319]

Food poisoning sucks man, glad you're feeling better! Excited to see what you do with these npcs.

[@corruptbytes]

this is my second favorite series on youtube first being the vanilla lets play, but this is such a close close second

[@hakka3385]

please do more modded minecraft!! this is my favorite series of yours. i've been watching since the og modded playthrough :)

[@dreamthief9884]

oh i'm very excited to see what you'll do with the npcs! in general i really love how focussed you are on making the world feel immersive, both with the roads, rivers, and rails plan, and now with the npcs too. i love watching this world slowly grow into something that looks lived in. it's a process that's both very inspiring for how i approach my own game play, and it's very cozy to watch :)

[@sirog7116]

I think using a command block is fine . As long it's for some cosmetic or immersive reasons .

[@timothyhohenheim8752]

With custom NPCs you can cheat as well! Use cosmic NPCs, its easier and more fun to use for you, and because of more option itll be more fun for us to watch. :D Love watching your vids, I love em all to death! Keep being you Etho! :D

[@TheSpookiestSkeleton]

I believe your NPCs should constantly be making obscure references that only you or long time fans will understand. Also having them doing idle stuff like say you build a prison for pillagers and their allies where they're working at cobblestone generators, or having large scale smithing things with like 10 NPCs hitting anvils with hammers looking cool and stuff.

[@anobaka5731]

A cool, almost "nod to the past" thing to do would be to use the Cosmic NPC mod to re-create or reimaging the Dreary Ville scene skit that Etho did in the LP Series (ep 400). I just instantly thought of Etho making all the random but creative off camera projects we've seen in the past just seems too fitting. Anyhow, love the videos as always Etho!

[@Geodian]

dying for another segment of “Cooking with Etho!”

[@garebear122]

an episode where Etho teaches NPCtho how to cook

[@thomastreaty3647]

I loved the intro!! Please go all out with the npc’s it would be so cool to watch you build a little town come to life!!!

[@Daxelot]

Hi Etho, I really enjoyed this episode sorry to hear that you were sick I'm glad you're feeling better. I think you should go for the command blocks, I feel the exact same way with using them in my singleplayer world I wouldn't do it but I think because this is modded why not. I really like the idea of making your modded world come alive with it I can imagine travelling merchants along your horse paths or perhaps someone to sail you across the lake on a boat like a gondolier. You can also have people running around maybe setup a hopper clock with random events where a robbery happens or something along those lines.

[@michaellowit5361]

Etho, I really like the idea of command block triggered npcs. Imagine a tripwire or something on the forest path that randomly spawns npcs doing something. That would add a lot of life to your world

[@Penguin-qp2wk]

My favourite part of your first modded season was seeing NPCs randomly wandering around just doing their thing in the world. While with enough redstone you might be able to do accomplish that with CosmicNPCs, I feel CustomNPCs is better suited to permanent NPCs in the world. In short I would say keep CustomNPCs and, if it doesn't conflict, keep CosmicNPCs for certain encounters/purposes. P.S. Loving this new series, can't wait for more!

[@LOWB90]

This is an insane intro-standard, Etho! I really love it, but remember to take care of your health. You don't need to do more every episode. We love you for being you.

[@Wollonghost]

Etho mate, I see you were sneaky with the dirty dirt and might have never really thrown it out, convinient time to cut👀17:34

[@steptimusheap8860]

I JUST finished rewatching etho's flyboys episode where he first uses customNPCs. Perfect timing!

[@SomeonesNameHere]

If you end up creating a form-function blend for a mining area, like a quarry or a more conventional mineshaft, it would be really cool to occasionally see some NPC miners come across different paths. Maybe they're on their lunch breaks moving kind of slowly, or hurrying up to clock into a shift. It wouldn't need to be too busy, but maybe occasionally you see a miner come across an intersection you've dug out.

[@kyancube1073]

I like how the Cosmic NPC mod makes you an active actor in your world. It seems like a great way to engage with the environment that lets you create stories and tools. I also liked how you prevented duplicating items with the dispenser setup. I have no issues with the commands blocks. I suggest having a recipe associated with them, either an honor rule or a literal crafting recipe. Something high tier but not unreasonable, like the lodestone recipe or the enchanting table recipe. This would make the NPCs have something of a cost and a journey associated with them, which neither of the NPC mods seem to have by default.

[@icyclebelfast8381]

Etho when you placed pinchy into the tank in the previous episode you picked him up again in the bucket which might have removed his name tag. Don't want to lose pinchy so soon!

[@SamuraiPipotchi]

If it works like fish, it will have kept the NBT data that stores it's name

[@vividandlucid]

According to the Minecraft wiki, mobs caught with a bucket then released do not despawn. Don't know if that applies to Pinchy, since he's from a mod, but it's probably fine.

[@petsan97]

Definitely agree on keeping custom NPCs they're just too good. This entire series has given me way too much inspiration and desire to come back to Minecraft. Consider crossing the holes with small wooden walkways instead of filling them in. Gives it a more rustic untamed nature feel.

[@humanplanet54]

This was one of the most fascinating episodes ever. Dont feel discouraged that it might bore your audience! Realistically, i would be so interested in an episode down the line where lots of buildings or areas are finished, and just watching you create / have the audience vote on versions you would create. I imagine a large trophy room like you were building in your LP, but of memorable moments (that endermen chase scene etc). Building small areas that you can press a button to watch some scene play out.

[@JackAllpikeMusic]

I really like how vivid Cosmic NPCs movement is, I think if it isn't too performance intensive - having an entire village filled with life and NPCs that actually *do* things is really cool.

[@mauritsgeerligs8596]

Keep both mods! Custom NPC is really nice to spice up the world with living things. E.g. a bartender of a gardener which walks around. Cosmic NPC would be great for actions, like ordering food. You can easily delete the duplicated items by lava as you said. And only using command blocks for spawning in the cosmic NPC would not harm the integrity of the world in any way. Keep up the good work! You are rocking it

[@bongo6891]

Hey Etho, is this how you filmed the dream sequence in your latest hermitcraft episode? It makes sense now

[@albecharlie497]

Omg it totally is. Scar was saved as a cosmic skin! Great catch

[@eoinfitzsimons]

Awwww I really like the custom npcs. I think it's too good to miss out on.

[@ohjearelle]

I don't know a lot of things about modded, so unfortunately I can't offer any valuable insight into the mods you use. But I will say that you're doing a wonderful job making modded content interesting for folks like me who otherwise wouldn't have checked it out. Can't wait to see all the stories you'll create in your world! :)

[@overlord-6644]

Hi Ergo, i highly doubt you will see this comment. However on the off chance you do please know that I love your content and can’t get enough of it. All of your series’s are amazing, all of them. I have spent the last few months watching all of your content, and I believe I have watched every last episode you have made related to Minecraft. Of course I’m going to watch the rest, it will just take me a while. Oh and btw in my personal opinion my favorite series of yours is the crash landing one, Idk what it was but it was the best at highlighting your unique way of playing.

[@Alexelliste]

Etho is the only minecraftuber I trust with modded playthroughs, he knows what balance is

[@SullyandBitNews]

I started to type a big message about how you should keep custom npcs until you mentioned the limitations of 5 - 10 npcs. I think introducing command blocks into the world certainly sets a precedent, but I think the possibilities of cool redstone events could really make the world feel like an old harvest moon game. Characters doing certain things at certain times under certain conditions. Custom NPC sounds cool, but I think there's just too much potential in the idea of many many redstone NPC events, its very classic JRPG which is fitting considering the build style.

[@NirateGoel]

I'm fairly sure that limitation is only for scripting the customNPCs. For using them as is without extra scripting they should be fine.

[@MuchButLess]

Etho now that you're doing stuff with the NPC mods, I've always had an idea you could do in your single player worlds that maybe you'd be down to try. I think it would be cool if you built something that your friends in the Minecraft community such as Bdubs or anyone else you've known for a while have an influence on whatever it is you decide to build. With my example being like maybe you ask bdubs for a design of a house and you then recreate it either identically or with your own spin on it and then you can have an npc version of Bdubs living or interacting in whatever it is you've built! I feel like there's many other things to do with the idea but yeah this is just what I've come up with.

[@erniewelz]

Hey Etho, How did you get Turturdar to walk around Pincheys like that?!!? So glad to see the custom NPCs being used again. That was some of my favorite parts from season 1.

[@InvisibleNoOne]

Etho Modded Series is my Favourite, they have been with me through my toughest times. Love them ~

[@camtremblay3281]

man, I dont even play video games anymore but I was scrolling through all my subscriptions from when I was younger and I clicked on your channel really only expecting to see old uploads. It warms my heart to see you're still playing and uploading Minecraft videos to this day. Hope all is well for you Etho.