(This is a suggestion I first made in the PC section before the 360 section got a subforum. I was confused as to where to leave it and dropped it int he wrong place. It was originally intended to be placed here. If the mods want to delete this thread and move the old one over to preserve the old comments then go right ahead!)
Lately I've fallen in love with the look of Lapis Lazuli floors and would love to have a bit more of a color variety using the same skin. I came up with an idea for a few new blocks and lumped them all into a catch all category called Chalk.
With these new chalk blocks we'd be able to build an elegant castle ballroom decorated with patterns of color, while keeping the marbled look of the floor flowing throughout. We could even go a step further and add marbled chalk pillars leading up to a grand staircase or something equally picturesque. They could even be used to make lovely tables and counter tops for modern homes and walls for office buildings and hospitals. The possibilities are really pretty endless as these would soon become the go-to decorative blocks.
You'd go out and mine a new block called Chalk, then take it to a crafting table and combine it with a dye exactly as you would wool to come up with a colored chalk block. Here's a few examples of what dyed chalk would look like.
Blue - Lapis Lazuli
(The one we already have and the inspiration for my idea!)
Light Blue
Green
Lime Green
Yellow
Orange
Brown
Red
Magenta
Purple
White
Black
Group Photo
For even more versatility it'd also be nice to have stairs and half slabs made from each of these materials so that you could actually make a whole staircase out of them or give your pillars a bit of a fancy trim.
Chalk normally forms on the ocean bed so in game it'd spawn near any large body of water, relatively close to the surface, possibly even breaking the surface of the water like the deposits in this picture.
Since chalk was formed millions of years ago and the sea levels have changed and shorelines moved long since then, a case could be made that chalk would also be found a few layers under dirt in many low lying lands as well.
I'd say we'd find Chalk in Ocean, Plains and maybe even Swamp biomes right about where you start to see rock forming, but never more than say 10 blocks higher or deeper than sea level.
Now as MinecraftinLikeCrazy pointed out, we could end up with a problem finding Chalk similar to the one we encounter when hunting clay. So if you find yourself on a map almost devoid of chalk, fear not! You can always take a gravel block to a crafting bench and grind it down into a new item called Chalk Powder. You'll only get one powder to reflect that a lot of the material won't be chalk and is discarded during this process. You then combine 4 Chalk Powders and a Bucket of Water to get a new White Chalk Block that you can then dye into whatever color you desire! You'd get your empty bucket back after each block just like you do when you make cake.
here's a diagram of the crafting recipe to turn blocks or gravel into blocks of chalk
(g)- Gravel, (P)- Chalk Powder (W)- Bucket of Water, (C)- Chalk, (B)- Empty Bucket, ( )- Empty Space
To make Chalk Powder at the crafting bench
( )( )( )
( )(G)( ) = (P) x1
( )( )( )
To make a Chalk Block at the crafting bench
(P)( )(P)
( )(W)( ) = (C) ((B) is added back to your inventory silently.)
(p)( )(P)
(This is a suggestion I first made in the PC section before the 360 section got a subforum. I was confused as to where to leave it and dropped it int he wrong place. It was originally intended to be placed here. If the mods want to delete this thread and move the old one over to preserve the old comments then go right ahead!)
Lately I've fallen in love with the look of Lapis Lazuli floors and would love to have a bit more of a color variety using the same skin. I came up with an idea for a few new blocks and lumped them all into a catch all category called Chalk.
With these new chalk blocks we'd be able to build an elegant castle ballroom decorated with patterns of color, while keeping the marbled look of the floor flowing throughout. We could even go a step further and add marbled chalk pillars leading up to a grand staircase or something equally picturesque. They could even be used to make lovely tables and counter tops for modern homes and walls for office buildings and hospitals. The possibilities are really pretty endless as these would soon become the go-to decorative blocks.
You'd go out and mine a new block called Chalk, then take it to a crafting table and combine it with a dye exactly as you would wool to come up with a colored chalk block. Here's a few examples of what dyed chalk would look like.
Blue - Lapis Lazuli
(The one we already have and the inspiration for my idea!)
Light Blue
Green
Lime Green
Yellow
Orange
Brown
Red
Magenta
Purple
White
Black
Group Photo
For even more versatility it'd also be nice to have stairs and half slabs made from each of these materials so that you could actually make a whole staircase out of them or give your pillars a bit of a fancy trim.
Chalk normally forms on the ocean bed so in game it'd spawn near any large body of water, relatively close to the surface, possibly even breaking the surface of the water like the deposits in this picture.
Since chalk was formed millions of years ago and the sea levels have changed and shorelines moved long since then, a case could be made that chalk would also be found a few layers under dirt in many low lying lands as well.
I'd say we'd find Chalk in Ocean, Plains and maybe even Swamp biomes right about where you start to see rock forming, but never more than say 10 blocks higher or deeper than sea level.
this looks so cool i would like to see this
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This one I actually like, since more flooring could help with design, as the wool blocks are not quite the texture that I like using all over the place.:D
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I really like this idea as well. Can you imagine what kinds of things people would create with this? If they added colored glass as well it would be amazing. Wow!
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I really like this idea as well. Can you imagine what kinds of things people would create with this? If they added colored glass as well it would be amazing. Wow!
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It'll actually be really easy for them to make the blocks. All i did was change their hue in photoshop. The challenge i think, will lay in programming their spawning, though i'd imagine it'd be very similar to how the game spawns sand so maybe they could just take that code and tweak it. (i'm no programmer, though so i have no idea how that kinda thing is actually handled by the game)
I'm glad you guys like it! I also love the colored glass idea for a cathedral i've been designing, I really hope both that suggestion and this one get added! The building possibilities will be endless! So, is there anything we need to tweak for this to work or anything you guys think should be added to make it even better? I'm very open to suggestions on my. . . suggestions. . .
(Sorry, it took so long to respond. I had to make an emergency trip out of state for a family emergency!)
It'll actually be really easy for them to make the blocks. All i did was change their hue in photoshop. The challenge i think, will lay in programming their spawning, though i'd imagine it'd be very similar to how the game spawns sand so maybe they could just take that code and tweak it. (i'm no programmer, though so i have no idea how that kinda thing is actually handled by the game)
I'm glad you guys like it! I also love the colored glass idea for a cathedral i've been designing, I really hope both that suggestion and this one get added! The building possibilities will be endless! So, is there anything we need to tweak for this to work or anything you guys think should be added to make it even better? I'm very open to suggestions on my. . . suggestions. . .
(Sorry, it took so long to respond. I had to make an emergency trip out of state for a family emergency!)
if they do this idea (i am hoping they do) i think they wont add it like normal blocks but instead they will add chalk in the game. kinda above sea level but not to far above water. as thats where chalk is normally found.(in real life) and it will work as dye for lapis lazuli blocks
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if they do this idea (i am hoping they do) i think they wont add it like normal blocks but instead they will add chalk in the game. kinda above sea level but not to far above water. as thats where chalk is normally found.(in real life) and it will work as dye for lapis lazuli blocks
Right! Sorry, I may have worded that wrong. Yeah, only the base white chalk block would spawn in the wild as i described, not all of them.
You should have seen the first draft of this that i wrote for the PC suggestions back before 360 suggestions had its own subforums. I actually had them being made exactly like lapis where you'd gather 9 of a particular colored stone and then put them together to make the block. The idea was refined from there into just finding the white block and dying it!
All and all i'm much happier with this set up as the other way would have been way too big a pain to implement and use. This way it'll be abundant enough to be easily gathered and used on large structures and gives us more uses for dye, which I honestly think could use a bit more versatility.
the only problem is i think it will be like clay. a pain in the but to find is what im saying
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ah, i see what you mean. I sort of imagined it would spawn in a flat layer sort of how sandstone always spawns under sand so many blocks down, only in this case it'd be spawning under the top layer of dirt in several biomes. I really hope it won't end up being like clay, but that's just one of those things that's be up to 4J to decide.
If that does become a problem then maybe we could take gravel or something to the crafting bench and grind it into powder, then combine a bunch of powder and water into a block. How feasible is that?
ah, i see what you mean. I sort of imagined it would spawn in a flat layer sort of how sandstone always spawns under sand so many blocks down, only in this case it'd be spawning under the top layer of dirt in several biomes. I really hope it won't end up being like clay, but that's just one of those things that's be up to 4J to decide.
If that does become a problem then maybe we could take gravel or something to the crafting bench and grind it into powder, then combine a bunch of powder and water into a block. How feasible is that?
the gravel thing would be a good idea and i would hate gravel even less if they did this
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the gravel thing would be a good idea and i would hate gravel even less if they did this
I too really like it. I had a gravel driveway growing up and would use the rocks from it like sidewalk chalk when i got bored. I went ahead and added that to the top post as i think it does add a lot to the suggestion and even gives gravel a new use!
I too really like it. I had a gravel driveway growing up and would use the rocks from it like sidewalk chalk when i got bored. I went ahead and added that to the top post as i think it does add a lot to the suggestion and even gives gravel a new use!
well i hope they add the idea
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ah, i see what you mean. I sort of imagined it would spawn in a flat layer sort of how sandstone always spawns under sand so many blocks down, only in this case it'd be spawning under the top layer of dirt in several biomes. I really hope it won't end up being like clay, but that's just one of those things that's be up to 4J to decide.
If that does become a problem then maybe we could take gravel or something to the crafting bench and grind it into powder, then combine a bunch of powder and water into a block. How feasible is that?
ooo... that sounds like an idea.... make more uses for gravel... That would be nice since that is in abundance and you can not take an entire double chest with you to pillar down to things, that would be well you get the picture. Of course make it so when you do create it it will come out as 4 blocks like stone brick, or at least a 1:1 ratio.
Also have it like how the wool is made where you would be putting the dye into the recipe so there will not be too many steps.
Like the gravel powder + dye + water = block. Or strait to the thing by having just using gravel. further skipping a step. Hmm... Still though I do like having this new addition as well finding it in the landscape, well the white version.:D
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(This is a suggestion I first made in the PC section before the 360 section got a subforum. I was confused as to where to leave it and dropped it int he wrong place. It was originally intended to be placed here. If the mods want to delete this thread and move the old one over to preserve the old comments then go right ahead!)
Lately I've fallen in love with the look of Lapis Lazuli floors and would love to have a bit more of a color variety using the same skin. I came up with an idea for a few new blocks and lumped them all into a catch all category called Chalk.
With these new chalk blocks we'd be able to build an elegant castle ballroom decorated with patterns of color, while keeping the marbled look of the floor flowing throughout. We could even go a step further and add marbled chalk pillars leading up to a grand staircase or something equally picturesque. They could even be used to make lovely tables and counter tops for modern homes and walls for office buildings and hospitals. The possibilities are really pretty endless as these would soon become the go-to decorative blocks.
You'd go out and mine a new block called Chalk, then take it to a crafting table and combine it with a dye exactly as you would wool to come up with a colored chalk block. Here's a few examples of what dyed chalk would look like.
Blue - Lapis Lazuli
(The one we already have and the inspiration for my idea!)
Light Blue
Green
Lime Green
Yellow
Orange
Brown
Red
Magenta
Purple
White
Black
Group Photo
For even more versatility it'd also be nice to have stairs and half slabs made from each of these materials so that you could actually make a whole staircase out of them or give your pillars a bit of a fancy trim.
Chalk normally forms on the ocean bed so in game it'd spawn near any large body of water, relatively close to the surface, possibly even breaking the surface of the water like the deposits in this picture.
Since chalk was formed millions of years ago and the sea levels have changed and shorelines moved long since then, a case could be made that chalk would also be found a few layers under dirt in many low lying lands as well.
I'd say we'd find Chalk in Ocean, Plains and maybe even Swamp biomes right about where you start to see rock forming, but never more than say 10 blocks higher or deeper than sea level.
Now as MinecraftinLikeCrazy pointed out, we could end up with a problem finding Chalk similar to the one we encounter when hunting clay. So if you find yourself on a map almost devoid of chalk, fear not! You can always take a gravel block to a crafting bench and grind it down into a new item called Chalk Powder. You'll only get one powder to reflect that a lot of the material won't be chalk and is discarded during this process. You then combine 4 Chalk Powders and a Bucket of Water to get a new White Chalk Block that you can then dye into whatever color you desire! You'd get your empty bucket back after each block just like you do when you make cake.
here's a diagram of the crafting recipe to turn blocks or gravel into blocks of chalk
(g)- Gravel, (P)- Chalk Powder (W)- Bucket of Water, (C)- Chalk, (B)- Empty Bucket, ( )- Empty Space
To make Chalk Powder at the crafting bench
( )( )( )
( )(G)( ) = (P) x1
( )( )( )
To make a Chalk Block at the crafting bench
(P)( )(P)
( )(W)( ) = (C) ((B) is added back to your inventory silently.)
(p)( )(P)
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Support, but I think they wouldn't do this for Xbox. Maybe as an exclusive block?
Stay fluffy~
I want. We all want.
(I hope)
Aye, I do hope, too.
I am an avid Lapis fan, and this is...lovely.
Stay fluffy~
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It'll actually be really easy for them to make the blocks. All i did was change their hue in photoshop. The challenge i think, will lay in programming their spawning, though i'd imagine it'd be very similar to how the game spawns sand so maybe they could just take that code and tweak it. (i'm no programmer, though so i have no idea how that kinda thing is actually handled by the game)
I'm glad you guys like it! I also love the colored glass idea for a cathedral i've been designing, I really hope both that suggestion and this one get added! The building possibilities will be endless! So, is there anything we need to tweak for this to work or anything you guys think should be added to make it even better? I'm very open to suggestions on my. . . suggestions. . .
(Sorry, it took so long to respond. I had to make an emergency trip out of state for a family emergency!)
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Colored Chalk Blocks - http://www.minecraft...azuli-recolors/
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Right! Sorry, I may have worded that wrong. Yeah, only the base white chalk block would spawn in the wild as i described, not all of them.
You should have seen the first draft of this that i wrote for the PC suggestions back before 360 suggestions had its own subforums. I actually had them being made exactly like lapis where you'd gather 9 of a particular colored stone and then put them together to make the block. The idea was refined from there into just finding the white block and dying it!
All and all i'm much happier with this set up as the other way would have been way too big a pain to implement and use. This way it'll be abundant enough to be easily gathered and used on large structures and gives us more uses for dye, which I honestly think could use a bit more versatility.
Mythical Monster Mobs - http://www.minecraft...-mobs-reloaded/
Colored Chalk Blocks - http://www.minecraft...azuli-recolors/
My Minecraft City (as featured on The AH Community Channel)
http://www.minecraft...minecraft-city/
If that does become a problem then maybe we could take gravel or something to the crafting bench and grind it into powder, then combine a bunch of powder and water into a block. How feasible is that?
Mythical Monster Mobs - http://www.minecraft...-mobs-reloaded/
Colored Chalk Blocks - http://www.minecraft...azuli-recolors/
My Minecraft City (as featured on The AH Community Channel)
http://www.minecraft...minecraft-city/
I too really like it. I had a gravel driveway growing up and would use the rocks from it like sidewalk chalk when i got bored. I went ahead and added that to the top post as i think it does add a lot to the suggestion and even gives gravel a new use!
Mythical Monster Mobs - http://www.minecraft...-mobs-reloaded/
Colored Chalk Blocks - http://www.minecraft...azuli-recolors/
My Minecraft City (as featured on The AH Community Channel)
http://www.minecraft...minecraft-city/
ooo... that sounds like an idea.... make more uses for gravel... That would be nice since that is in abundance and you can not take an entire double chest with you to pillar down to things, that would be well you get the picture. Of course make it so when you do create it it will come out as 4 blocks like stone brick, or at least a 1:1 ratio.
Also have it like how the wool is made where you would be putting the dye into the recipe so there will not be too many steps.
Like the gravel powder + dye + water = block. Or strait to the thing by having just using gravel. further skipping a step. Hmm... Still though I do like having this new addition as well finding it in the landscape, well the white version.:D
(p)( )(p)
( )(w)( )
(p)( )(p)
would just make a white block whereas
(p)( )(p)
( )(w)( )
(p)(d)(p)
where (d) is a colored dye would make a block of that dye's color?
also is my 4:1 ratio too small then?
Mythical Monster Mobs - http://www.minecraft...-mobs-reloaded/
Colored Chalk Blocks - http://www.minecraft...azuli-recolors/
My Minecraft City (as featured on The AH Community Channel)
http://www.minecraft...minecraft-city/