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Minestrappolation - An Extrapolation of Vanilla Minecraft.

News

September 21, 2014
Okay, big 3.3 update! Stone galore! Hopefully, we've ironed out all the major bugs by 3.3.1.1 - _-

August 5th, 2014
Versions 3.2.0 and 3.2.1 are released! 3.2.0 came with plenty of bugfixes, as well as a BUNCH of new features, and 3.2.1 comes with bugfixes for all the bugs we created in 3.2.0.

July 21st, 2014
Minestrappolation 3 is out!!!!! It's a good 80% less buggy than the last version, and contains a TON of new features! Download is at the bottom of the fancy new thread!

Overview

Minestrappolation is a massive mod designed for one purpose: to add useful and interesting gameplay content, while still maintaining the feel and aesthetic of Vanilla Minecraft. While the actual content of the mod varies from anything from Ores to Mob Loot, almost every item and block has been specifically designed to feel like something that could be added to Vanilla Minecraft. The mod is over 1 year in the making, but it's still a MASSIVE work in progress. We have a LOT of content planned, and we hope to continue to update and expand on the mod until we have most of it added.

Due to the sheer amount of content in the mod, trying to figure out exactly how to use it all can be rather overwhelming. The mod contains a multitude of features, ranging from regenerative armor to hazardous radioactive materials, limitless bounds of decor blocks to hallucinogenic Ghast tentacles, and new food items to world-shattering explosives. However, despite the vast array of content added by the mod, almost all of it can be separated into one of three major categories: Ores, Decor, and Mob Loot. Below are some basic feature overviews for each of these three categories.

Early-Game

One of the goals of Minestrappolation's Ore content is to add a few more distinct gameplay tiers to the game, and this starts from the moment you enter the world. Throughout our playtesting, we've realized that the Wood tier of tools is one of Vanilla Minecraft's few weak points. The only purpose that Wooden Tools serve is to get stone tools, after which point they are nothing but a waste of inventory space. Thus, we've added an alternate option for beginning-game tools: Sandstone Tools! These can be crafted just how you could expect, and have slightly worse stats than Stone Tools. However, their main benefit is that, since Sandstone can be crafted with 4 Sand, these tools allow the player to bypass Wood Tools entirely, speeding up your gameplay progression significantly, assuming you are fortunate enough to spawn near a Sand deposit.

If you've managed to get a starting Pickaxe, but can't seem to find any Iron, Minestrappolation has that covered, too. There are now multiple early-game tool tiers, including Copper and Slate, which are readily available as an alternative to Stone Tools at the beginning of the game. However, unlike Stone Tools, some of these new tool tiers can still be useful later on in the game, if you don't feel like wasting your precious materials on durability-intensive tasks like quarry-mining.

Mid-Game Tiers

In addition to filling the early-game tool tier gap, Minestrappolation also covers the blatantly massive tool tier gap between Iron and Diamond tools. Minestrappolation adds 10 new Tool materials, 5 of which compose the "Middle-Tier" between Iron and Diamond Tools. Some of these tools are crafted with normal Ore-smelted Ingots, while others are crafted with alloys of other existing Ingots, but each tier has a set of unique stats, and, occasionally, special properties, such as being able to ignite blocks by right-clicking them, or having tools that can block like Swords.

More Reason for Cave Exploration

Like our other mod, Elemental Caves (see the bottom of this post for a link), Minestrappolation aims to make cave-exploration in Minecraft more worthwhile. Minestrappolation's Ores segment adds 9 new Ores to the Overworld, and an additional 2 to the Nether. While some are used solely for Tools and Armor, others are used for various other purposes, such as the Overworld light block, Sunstone, or the useful but deadly Plutonium and Uranium.

As of 3.3.0, Minestrappolation now replaces all stone with their respective biome type stone, and respective depth-biome type stone. Their ores are also replaced to match their texture.

More End-Game Content

Ever get to that point in your Minecraft world where you have nothing left to do? The Ender Dragon is dead, your house is walled with Beacons, and you've automated nearly every item in the game? Minestrappolation strives to fix this problem as well. The mod adds plenty of "late" late game content, and even gives you a few actual goals to strive for. Try to craft a piece of holy Godstone, so that you can smite the undead, even at night. Obtain enough Bedrock to craft a Bedrock Pickaxe (yes, Bedrock is minable with Minestrapp installed). Or even just obtain a ton of Uranium and Plutonium, craft it all into Nukes, destroy everything you've ever built with them, and try to survive in the smouldering crater! If Minestrappolation can't permanently end your end-game boredom, it will at least delay it by several explosions.

More Building Blocks

In the Decor section of the mod, our main goal is, of course, to add decor! And what better way to do so, than with 300+ new building blocks? One of the core features of Minestrappolation's decorative enhancements is the new Stonecutter block; a Crafting Table-like utility block that allows you to cut ANY stone-based block in the game into ANY other basic decorative variant. Can you cut Nether Quartz Bricks? Yes. Can you cut Stone Pillars? yes. Can you cut Netherrack Slabs? Yes. For just about any stone-based block you can imagine, Minestrapp adds anywhere from 8 to 15 new decorative variants of it -- ensuring you will never again run out of new materials to build with.

And if ludicrous amounts of stone-based building blocks wasn't enough for you, Minestrappolation also covers a much-needed addition to Minecraft's basic decorative blocks; Wood varieties. Each type of Wood can now be crafted into Boards, Panels, Beveled Panels, Mossy Boards, Mossy Planks, and various other varieties, using Minestrapp’s new Carpenter’s Bench crafting block. Just because you're not a fan of quarry mining, doesn't mean you should be limited to building your house out of only Wood Planks. The Carpenter’s Bench also replaces a number of wood-based Vanilla recipes such as Beds and Doors, meaning that you actually have to survive and gather materials for a while before you can make your cozy, monster-proof house.

Utility Decor

But, of course, Minestrappolation's decor segment would be no better than the common "NEW DECOR BLOCKS LOLZ" mod if all it added was basic building blocks. Which is why we've added a number of actually useful new decorative blocks, which not only look nice, but can greatly assist you in your survival world. Tired of rummaging through Chests for Potions? Store your Potions, Water, and Milk in beautifully-modeled Goblets. Find carrying slabs of meat in your pockets a bit gross? Store all your foodstuffs on stylish golden Plates. Hate that you can't open Chests when there's a block over them? Try storing your goods in compact, stack-able Barrels. From easy-removal scaffolding to Ladders that don't require a block behind them, Minestrappolation attempts to fix almost every common Minecraft household problem.

Item Storage

Of course, with all the new items and blocks added by this mod, you'll probably be running a little low on storage space. Fortunately, the Minestrappolation thought of that, too. The mod's decor section also provides decorative storage blocks for various Vanilla items that should have been compressable from the get-go. Pave a shimmering, white beach out of Sugar Blocks! Compress all your useless Flint into blocks, and then cut them into decorative Bricks and Pillars! Make a meat castle! The possibilities are (somewhat) endless!

Additional Food Sources

Ever get one of those garbage seeds where you spawn in a place with no animals except Sheep? And do you then proceed to starve to death and regret everything you've ever done? Well consider that little gameplay issue fixed! Almost every passive mob in the game now drops a food item of some sort, making early-game food sources much less aggravating to find. Additionally, several of these new food sources also have side benefits, such as giving the player various beneficial Potion effects, or dropping Animal Bones after being eaten.

Making Previously Worthless Mobs Useful

Do you have problems with Bats? Of course you do. If it's not the squeaking or flapping that gets to you, it's the fact that, after spending 20 minutes trying to kill one, the realization that they drop nothing at all is absolutely soul-crushing. Fortunately, Minestrapp's Mob Loot section gives you PLENTY of reason to kill every Bat, Squid, Horse, or any other small, woodland creature that tries to get in your way.

Strange New Item Mechanics

Ever wondered what would happen if you chopped off a Ghast's Tentacle and ate it like Calamari? Curious as to whether or not other animals' feet are as lucky as Rabbits' Feet? With Minestrappolation's Mob Loot content, you can answer all of life's odd questions. So chow down on that gross, white, Ghast limb. Maybe it'll give you superpowers! Or maybe it will just make you have hallucinations about the Nether...

Videos

Minestrappolation 3.0 review by OtterInASuit:

Info

Since the overview above doesn't even BEGIN to describe the level of detailed features included in this mod, you may want to consider visiting our Complete Mod Features List HERE. It contains information on every single feature currently included in this mod, as well as everything we have planned for the future, so it should be able to answer most any question you have while playing the mod. The Features List is a constant work in progress, so occasionally you may even see one of the team members adding information on planned features, or modifying information on existing features that will be changed in an upcoming release.

For more frequent updates on the mod's progress, you can follow us on Twitter at @MinestrappDev. You can also follow @SoBiohazardous and @ClashSoft, as they will also be posting mod update progress from time to time.

And if you liked this mod, you should also go check out our other mod, Elemental Caves! It's a complete overhaul of Minecraft's cave generation, and a lot of its content works extremely well with that of Minestrappolations. You can visit its mod page by clicking HERE, or by clicking the banner in my signature.

Download

*Requires the latest version of Minecraft Forge, just download and run the installer.

**Also requires Clashsoft's Clashsoft Lib and Brewing API. Download those and drop them in the mods folder.

Minestrappolation-1.7.10-3.3.4

All older releases, pre-releases, and changelogs can be found HERE.

Please report any bugs you find HERE. Every bug report helps to make the mod a little bit nicer.

*DO NOT POST A CRASH REPORT UNLESS YOU ARE USING ALL LATEST DEPENDENCIES (FORGE, CL, BA)

FAQ

Q: "Does this mod work with ___?"

A: Unless it’s NEI, I have no idea! We haven't tested the mod with many others yet, so the best way to find out is by trying it yourself. If it IS Not Enough Items that you’re wondering about, though, then yes! Minestrappolation contains full NEI support, allowing you to view all of the Crafting, Cutting, Melting, Plating, and Milling recipes added by the mod.

Q: "Can you add support for ___ mod?"

A: Eventually. We're barely able to keep our own mods updated as it is, so adding support for other mods is VERY low priority at the moment.

Q: "Why can't I craft ___?"

A: A lot of Vanilla Crafting recipes have been removed and replaced with Carpenter Bench and Stonecutter recipes in order to keep everything consistent. This mostly only applies to stone and wood-based decor blocks, but it also applies to a few other Vanilla blocks, such as Anvils, Beds, or Doors. If you have any questions as to how to cut something on the Stonecutter or mill something on the Carpenter’s Bench, I recommend experimenting with it yourself, but you can also consult the Features List linked above, which contains every crafting, cutting, and milling recipe.

Q: "It crashed."

A: First, try updating Forge to the latest version and see if it fixes it. If that doesn't work, give us the full crash report, as well as a description of what exactly you were doing when it crashed. Without those two things, it is VERY unlikely that we can fix your crash.

Credits

SoBiohazardous - Coder and Project Manager
Delocuro - Texture Artist and Concept Creator
Clashsoft - Resident Java God
TheWerty - Coder and Bug Smasher

Quote from six6igma

I expect you will soon be the victim of several law suits regarding broken jaws as a result of them hitting the floor.

Wow and wow! Great looking mod. Bookmarked, downloading now, and I will be monitoring the progress of this mod.

Quote from The Loaf

This looks absolutely fantastic! Props to you guys for taking on such a massive task, and I hope that you get more coders in the future.

From what I've seen, this is some quality work. Well planned, too. Also, the fact that you're trying to make it feel vanilla, almost, is a stunning feature.

Good luck in the future! I hope to see much more of these mods!

Edit: Might put my two-cents in at the wiki also.



Is it telling you that cookies need to be enabled? If so, that happens to me a lot (Google Chrome) and I just refresh the page and it works properly.

Quote from jojonip

these mods are absolutely gorgeous i have tons of ideas but im no coder or modeler i can do textures very very well if you want me to help i will try to help any way i can

Quote from zombiepig333

Woa... this looks like the kind of mega mod that I have been looking for...

For people interested in applying, name means your name irl, right?

Quote from Blfngl

Looks great! The slants <3

If you ever need a coder, I've got a lot of experience with weapons and pretty much everything else, besides trees

Quote from Seamus9999

Edit: This stuff really is Awesome keep working on it!
Also i kinda feel like the Fire Sword should burn mobs.

Edit 2: Wargh i wanted to edit not to quote sometimes im just ... argh.

Quote from Delocuro

Wait, the fire sword doesn't burn mobs? Damit, I'll go re-add that to the bug list.....

Quote from drachronic

First of all, EPIC mod!
I've been messing around with this for a while (mostly in creative) and I started up a survival world. Checked the ore spawning out and it seems good and copper and tin are easy enough to find, but I can't figure out how to make Bronze. I looked through the creative menus and found no new "furnace-like" blocks. I tried putting copper and tin in a crafting table (I'm assuming that Bronze requires copper and tin), and I can't get anything to happen. I can make all other ingots but can't figure out bronze. Do I need some other materials?

Also, I don't really get how to make the plates (just the plates, the plating system I've figured out).

Quote from drachronic

Okay, cool, those were the only real questions I had. I was going to do a mod showcase on it, but couldn't figure out those seemingly basic recipes. Now I can finally do a proper showcase on it! I'll try to upload it by Wednesday if you guys are interested. Thanks again for an awesome mod!