Talk:Compass

Idea?
When i was reading it says it points to your spawn point... i think you should add a thing to reset your compass to current location so that you can have it point wherever you want
 * It's not implemented in the game so it won't be written about here. To submit ideas you should go to http://www.getsatisfaction/mojang Metalhannes 22:12, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * whoops thanks didnt see that

Spawn point direction
The last paragraph in the description needs to be changed and I can't do so. I tested the compass after using a bed and it points to the original spawn point, for now at least.

I also tested my compass after using a bed, and it does not point to my original spawn point, nor does it point to my new spawn point. Instead it points to a location about halfway between the two. I have also tried destroying the compass completely and making a new one, and the same thing happens. --Teska Jadestar 23:22, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Merged it into its own topic. It has always pointed to my original spawn point, and I die quite frequently.--SpyroCraft007 was here 17:13, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Compass in statistics menu
The compass icon in the statistics menu points at the spawn point, so now you don't even have to have 4 iron ingots, 1 redstone and a workbench with you if you want to see your spawn location without using the items. You need to have crafted the compass once before, though, to get it to appear there. Wandurr 17:07, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Spawn point reset when you sleep
As of Beta 1.4 it was announced that every time you sleep, your spawn point is reset to your current location and the compass points to your new location. Due to a bug this didn't actually get fixed until Beta 1.6. IMHO this is a shame as how am I suppose to find my way back home? --Quatermass 18:46, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
 * IMHO i don't get what that has to do with the compass PAGE ON A WIKI! If you want to complain go to the forums....--Yurisho 18:56, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Texture Pack?
I'm making a texture pack of my own, but I can't get the compass' dial to appear, making it look like just a compass and no dial/needle. What I know is that it's in the gui folder, but I don't know what exactly is making it work. Any ideas or recommendations or suggestions as to what I should change or what I could be doing wrong?

Compass in SMP
In 1.0.1 (though I noticed the issue earlier) my compass never seems to point to the original spawn on SMP. I make a point of building my first base at spawn, but any compasses built inside always point way off in some other direction. I can't remember when this bug started, but it's still happening in 1.0. No one else seems to be complaining about it, so is it indeed happening to everyone?

I forgot to mention that it also usually fixes itself if I log out and back in; though not always. 216.232.215.121 02:05, 12 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes! This has been happening to me for as long as I can remember, but I've found no way to fix it other than using bukkit plugins. It only happens when I host and play the server from the same computer.  Please, someone help! 24.68.53.212 20:25, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

With SPC
With single player commands, apparently the compass will allow you to teleport through walls. Unfortunately, you NEED the correct version of single player commands to do it.


 * The main wiki articles are about vanilla Minecraft, without any mods. Otherwise, they would be full of "This is how it works, but if you install this mod it's different." —kpreid 21:49, 1 March 2012 (UTC)