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I've seen quite a few "default remix" texture packs. There's the high-res Faithful texture pack, and there's the Default 3D pack, and there's the one pack I can't remember which adds some slight grainy overlays to resized versions of the default textures, which gives a nice illusion of the blocks being made of real materials.

However, what I haven't yet seen is one that fixes Minecraft's overlying graphical problem; a general dull, grey, drab, "cloudy day" sort of aesthetic where nothing is very bright or colorful. That can, for the most part, be fixed with shaders, but shaders will hit the game's performance pretty darn hard and just plain old won't work on some computers and graphics cards. That's why I've started work on this new texture pack, titled: It's Not a Shader.

Because while it may LOOK a bit like a shader mod to the untrained eye, it's just an ordinary, honest-to-goodness texture pack, and it won't effect your performance noticeably in any way at all. This is a VERY early WIP version, and I don't plan on putting up a download link until I at least get night lighting to a place where I like it. But until then, here's a comparison screenshot.

Features so far:

- Brighter, more colorful foliage.

- A few textures were revamped and brightened up, most notably dirt and sand.

- A much more realistic, low-gradient style of lighting with yellowish sunlight and bluish shadows.

- Single-block tallgrass is animated.

- Light sources let off a warm, orange glow instead of that weird default light which starts as a cold

white and fades to a dull brown.

- Water looks much more natural; it's smooth, faint and transparent instead of looking like boiling toothpaste.

You should be able to upgrade potted daisies by right-clicking them with

leggings. The leggings will act like real legs and the daisy will run around and

eat creepers (poops cookies a few minutes afterwards) this would be very

useful in faction servers and should therefor be added.

My point is that I don't dislike most of the new features; I just dislike the fact that
the general atmosphere was changed so drastically. I like all of the new items and
mobs added after the adventure update, for the most part; just not the changes
to the gameworld itself, such as the post-1.8 graphics, terrain and hunger system.

As for what you said, Akynth, I know that it was up to Notch. However, as we all
know, Notch quit not too terribly long after the Adventure Update, which I think may
have also contribute to the "issue". All I'm saying is: Minecraft had an interesting
theme and an interesting direction. It's a shame they ditched it for the general
goofiness which so many games these days embrace.

While going back and playing early beta Minecraft for old
time's sake, I think I may have finally found that thing that
most of the old players believe Minecraft "lost" over time.
Some say it got too easy. Some just don't like the new terrain
generator. It is all of those things, but it's also something
more. I will tell you what Minecraft really lost; it sense of itself.

The first thing I noticed when starting up a beta 1.4 world
was the terrain. It looked so strange and empty. But that's
exactly how it should have been, and should have stayed. It
made me feel like I was stranded in a strange, faraway land.
And that's part of what made Minecraft great.

The randomness and chaos of it all just added to the
deep feeling of mystery which used to permeate the world
of Minecraft. You didn't need to have villages and
strongholds and rare biomes to seek out; you just explored
because the land was so compellingly random, grand and
unpredictable.

While playing beta Minecraft, I also felt sort of
lonely and afraid. Before crits, and sprinting, and
horses, and wolves, and potions, and iron golems, and
most of all quick health regeneration, every monster
felt like a genuine threat that could actually kill
you if you didn't keep pace and be careful. Nevermind
that spiders didn't used to actually look you in the eye
due to poor animation. Spiders used to be genuinely
terrifying killing machines! Now they're just pests, and
half of the time we're seeking out whole swarms of them
so we can level grind.

As for all of the environmental decorations like
tall grass, ferns, and dozens of different flowers, they
just clutter everything up and generally detract
from the somber attitude of what used to be a very
serious game.

Unfortunately, Mojang has gotten caught up in all of
the humor and light hearted-ness, and I'm afraid that
Minecraft will never again feel like the serious, even
kinda scary, game that it was.

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I find it a bit OP, and not moving would kind of make it worse. Take that off and you have full support.
But, as of now, partial support!.

....I don't get it. If you take not moving off, what exactly is left
of the idea? An enchant that just makes stuff flash yellow wouldn't
exactly be worth implementing....

Anyway, despite what my original post may seem to imply, I suppose I could
actually support this. If nothing else, it would be nice to have yet another new tree
perhaps with its own color of logs and planks.

Although I think apples should grow like upside-down crops on the bottom of
apple tree leaves, which you can then pick without destroying the leaves.

Shelobs is a mythical beast (and apparently an 'actor' in the Lord of the Rings), a
cave-dwelling spider of colossal proportions. Sure, Minecraft already has giant spiders, but
hey, what can't be improved by adding really giant spiders? This isn't just another "hurrrr
shpeeder kween boss pl0x, Mojang", though. Survival is a "fight or flight" business, and
most of the time in Minecraft, it's "fight". So, how about something to evoke that "flighty"
feeling?




This is more of a cinematic chase scene sort of monster, although she can theoretically
be killed. Shelobs spiders spawn very rarely, about one in a 100-chunk area. She is a
multi-segment entity, with the legs, in a way, having their own separate AI. She walks
with her main body suspended off of the ground, the legs being able to make
contact independently with walls, floors and ceilings. They can move in pretty much
any way at all, and as long as at least 3 of them are making contact with a solid
block, her "main body", essentially, has antigravity. She runs at the same speed
as a normal spider but picks up pace slightly if her target is sprinting. She will attack
any mobs as well as the player, and including normal spiders.

Shelobs will probably outpace the player frequently, but fortunately her attacks
are not 100% accurate. When a target gets in range, she'll let out a terrible scream
and lunge forward, which can be dodged with moderate skill, and she'll bang her
head comically if she hits a wall. Not so comical is her attack. She will grab the
player (or other target) in her fangs and drain their health at 3 hearts per second,
restoring her own equally. Essentially, you're as good as dead and she also eats
all of your items. To lessen the frustration of this, the items will later be regurgitated,
each stack trapped in a "spider puke" block which prevents them from despawning, so
you can come back to retrieve them later...just make sure she's not still around!
While she pursues a specific target, she will still snap at other potential meals that
get within range. If overwhelmed by numbers, she can also kick, which deals low
damage but huge knockback and can stun the recipient.

If the player runs through an opening too narrow for her to crawl through, she
will reach in and use a leg sweep. It has a length of 10 blocks and, though it does
only 1 point (one half-heart) of damage, it pulls the player closer to her

She doesn't take any knockback from standard damage, although hitting the legs will
slow her down momentarily and a direct hit to the face will cause her to recoil a bit.
Likewise, explosive damage will knock her flat and stun her for a few seconds.

Shelobs spawns naturally below an elevation of 32 blocks and doesn't tend to
wander much higher than that on her own. She will chase players beyond that
point, but will never under any circumstance at all walk out into the sunlight. Even at
night time, she will never go more than 40 blocks from the spot where she emerged.
She'll return to the cave as soon as the sun begins rising, and will burrow out a tunnel
if the way has been blocked by a wall. While wandering, she emits a deep, raspy breathing
noise and her heavy tread can be faintly heard through walls from 40 blocks away. She has
a vision distance of 50 blocks, but can not sense the player through walls, and will not always
immediately agro the moment you come into visual range (Poor ol' Shelly's eyesight is getting
a wee bit blurry with age).


Ok, so let's say that you're actually crazy enough to try and kill this thing. Shelobs
has a whopping 350 health, and with a total width of 23 meters including her legs stretched
to full length, is the largest mob in the game. It would make for quite an epic fight, weaving
and dodging around her deadly bites and heavy kicks, but keep in mind there's a good chance
you'll end up as tarantula food, so just g ahead and listen to your better judgment. Run.


....although if you do win, you just miiiiight receive some spider hairs which can be crafted
with boots of any material to give your self the power to climb 20 blocks up walls while wearing
them. Just maybe...

Edit: What's been going on lately? Everything I've been posting recently hasn't been
getting any response at all, negative or positive. Is there some sort of anti-me conspiracy
going on here due to something unintentionally embarrassing I may have said to one of
the gods or goddesses of the Minecraft forums?

Just how do apples drop from oak trees? I don't know, probably the same way
that the dead rise, pick up bows and shoot you.

Well...I suppose this would work as a way of ramping up the difficulty, although
it's pretty much just adding a new damage multiplier, which I always thought seemed
like a rather shallow approach. I always thought that an "even harder mode" ought
to fix some of the issues with what makes Minecraft too easy and dull in the first
place. I can think of the following just off the top of my head.

Caves are way too bright - In many games of this sort, such as Terraria and Don't Starve
the minimum light level is absolute blackness. In Minecraft, it just barely even feels dark.
I don't even really need torches to explore a cave. It shouldn't be ABSOLUTE black in
caves because, unlike the afformentioned games, Minecraft does not feature a functional
moving handheld light source, but it should be pretty darn dark. Also, depth fog should be
black, and ought to be much thicker.

Night is also way too bright - It hardly even feels like night at all; it's about as dark as
a thunderstorm during broad daylight hours IRL, which isn't nearly dark enough for night time
in the wilderness, far away from the bright city lights of civilization. It should be just barely
brighter than in caves, and by that I mean AFTER they make the caves a lot darker.
This isn't just to make the game HYPER-REALISTICCRAFT. It would actually give you a reason
not to go outside at night, and imagine huddling up in your little log cabin during a thunderstorm
at night, so dark you can just barely see out the window. Mmmm, atmosphere.

Mobs have terrible eyesight - Seriously, if you're outside at night, these monsters should be
practically clambering over eachother from all around to get at you. You shouldn't just be able to stand
there out in the open for a whole night without anything even noticing you. Also, all mobs should
exhibit the zombie's swarm behavior to an extent, although they should not call eachother in from
as far and wide, and creepers should not at all. That leads me to...

Creepers should...creep - They're ambush mobs, so they ought to at least make the effort.
They should try to find ways to sneak up behind the player, hiding when in the player's field of
view and picking the routes with the lowest light level. This would be a challenge to code, but
it would really add some tension.

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No Support. Village Are Way Better & By The Way Dumb Idea & the potato people look ugly.

Because you would expect people made out of potatoes to be pretty darn sexy.

Don't you think its a bit annoying to see everyone running around in diamond armor? I might have the solution that will make people choose different armors that fit with their fighting style!

I have thought of 4 components that will determine wich armor you're gonna be wearing for fighting:

• Weight - Weight affects two things. First off, it makes your character be slower to reach maximum speed when walking or sprinting.This is called acceleration. The second thing affected by weight is your jump distance. Heavier armors will make you jump less far.
• Noise - Armors made of metal or diamond will make your walking sound more heavy and be louder. Sneaking makes the sound 50% less loud. Mobs will detect you from further away when your armor makes more noise.
• Buffs and Debuffs - When wearing a full set of uniform armor, players get buffs that make the playstyle of the armor. Debuffs are less present, but will make can make a combat little less easy.
• When wearing mixed armor, players get the weight and the noise of the heaviest armor piece they are wearing.

Leather armor: The archer

• Weight is unaffected.
• The walking sound is a muffled version of the current one.
• Armor piercing: Arrows shot with a bow have a 7.5% chance to negate 6 armor points.
• Steady Hand: Bows are 20% quicker.
• Dodge: 2% chance to ignore damage from a melee attack.
• Brutalisation and Laceration: When hit by an axe, theres 10% chance that 4 armor points are negated. When its by an axe, theres a 15% chance to negate 2 armor points.

Iron armor: The warrior

• Acceleration is 25% slower than unarmored players. Jump distance reduced by half a block.
• Sounds like something heavy and metallic being moved from one point to another, very noticeable.
• Barbaric: +0.5 heart of damage per 4 hearts dealt by the weapon. Has to be melee.
• No debuff.

Chainmail armor: The swordsmaster

• Acceleration is 10% slower. Jump distance unaffected.
• Makes a more chainy version of the iron armor's sound, but way less loud.
• Speed training: Each 2.5 hearts missing on your health bar gives you +0.1 attack speed with swords. Criticals with swords deal 25% more damage.
• Dodge: 2% chance to ignore damage from a melee attack.
• Vulnerability: Arrows shot at you have a 15% chance to ignore all armor.

Diamond armor: The tank

• Acceleration is slowed down by 40%. Jump distance reduced by one block.
• The walking sound is one of precious stones being clashed. Moderately loud.
• Arrow deflect: When total armor durability is over 40%, arrows have a 15% chance to be deflected.
• Chipping: When armor durability is under is under 40%, hits from diamond weapons have a 10% chance to take 2 durability off the armor instead of 1.

Gold armor: The mageblade

• Acceleration is slowed down by 45% Jump distance reduced by one block.
• Same sound as the iron armor.
• Biocommensalism: Potions drunk have a 20% chance to be one level higher or last 30 seconds more. Doesn't apply to golden apples.
• War meditation: When health is at 50% or under, your enchantments, including weapons, become two levels higher.
• Soft spot: Melee damage have a 5% chance to ignore 5 armor points.
• Crippling: Melee attacks have a 5% chance to take 2-3 durability instead of 1.

NOTE : if you want to support this suggestion click the green arrow on this post's corner, and comment saying whether you support or not with constructive criticism.

Hello there, i'll be now sharing my idea of a new nether-only mob to be shared.

While i was daydreaming "while laying on bed .-." i got this amazing idea to make the nether a MUCH more feared place, and by MUCH i mean much, the nether today is just considered a nuisance with all the ghasts and for everyone it's either a treasure vault or a teleport hub, which is a big insult to mojang's intent.

I got this idea of a new mob, the black horror, which will be a constant threat (which is why the thread has hide and run in it)

the black horror's point is to make the nether a much feared place, a place where you feel you need 5 eyes across your head, so now i'll get straight to the point, but bear in mind this is made to be feared by both players with and without mods, all the fancy flying and health/resistance mods make the nether a piece of cake, well not anymore.

The black horror's appearance as i saw would be a black thick smoke, with a fleshy core and entrail and a skull outline can be seen embedded tightly on the front of the fleshy core, the black horror forms a "flesh" or "decay" effect around it, it causes all blocks around it to have a fleshy "snow" layer on top of them which can be seen from afar, the point of the fleshy layer is to warn the player so you're not mining and BAM get thrown into hell, the fleshy layer on top of the blocks decays after some time, so no worries.

You can hide from the black horror, and that is by placing blocks in it's "scan orb", to understand this "scan orb", imagine a literal orb of light, then imagine some blocks or shapes floating next to it, the body floating next to it's shadow is where the black horror can't "see", also the "scan radius" blocks are cancelled when there is netherrack or any block in it's place, and the barricade must be 2 blocks high and the player must be behind it, in it's "shadow" in order to hide properly.

for the black horror's attacks, it should be a very dangerous threat with it's speed (Faster than the player slightly i suggest), dealing about 4.5 hearts with each attack , and 1 heart if the player touches blocks effected by blocks with the decay flesh layer on them.

The black horror should be a "common uncommon" event, and spawned around players and change it's location each time a player enters a portal, the black horror can sense when any life form enters a portal, that is if the portal passed through is in it's "pursue radius", which is different from the sight radius, but i'm not sure how the large that radius should be so i'll leave it the community.

Killing the black horror however is quite the task, in order to achieve the feat, the player must lure it in a square of 4 beacons at each corner, the inner area of the square being 16x16, one the black horror enters it, it is damagable for a short period of time, upon it's killing it drops a fleshy wither skull which will neutralize the black horror once it is in 10 blocks radius, but being the constant threat it is, the black horror will respawn once the player enters and exits the nether with no fleshy wither skull 35 times (70 times if on server).


oh, and killing wither skeletons for their heads while not wearing the fleshy wither skull agitates the black horror and causes it to target the player, it will be much more dangerous while enraged, so hide and run.

Thank you for reading this suggestion!

As everyone here probably knows, sword play in minecraft is a little lackluster.
Here is how I think it can be improved:
Mouse movements during attacking.

The idea is that if you want to attack something, you have to swipe the mouse cursor into or across it rather than just aiming and clicking, otherwise the attack doesn't work.
The damage dealt is related to how far the mouse is swiped within the target. So overhead attacks do more damage, but people expect that and are more likely to block there.

You can still block like right now, and it blocks all damage, but your viewpoint will be pushed the same direction as the attack, forcing you to manually bring your sword back into line before you get skewered by a follow up attack("Stagger" for now). How much your viewpoint is pushed depends how far the mouse was swiped inside you.
If you're attacking someone with a weapon, and he swings at you at the same time and opposite(or nearly) angles, the two attacks subtract eachother in terms of viewpoint pushing stagger. So you can block with that axe you've been carrying around by what amounts to a counterattack/block parry.

Monsters would also get new attack animations that reflect all this. For example, zombies have windup times for punchs, giving you warning enough to block or counterattack, and would also parry if they had an item. Zombie pigmen would act like players swordfighting, since they have swords.

Update:Mining works as normal.
Incidentally, this makes sneak attacking working miners very unwise; might just take your head off with the pickaxe when he turns around.

Update 2:Dunno how knockback would work. I'll set up a poll.
Edit: Fixed knockback per weapon is voted in 8 to 3. Relax lads, knockback enchantment still works.
Update 3:3pix has been kind enough to make a picture:
More of his work here:
http://www.minecraft...gestion-visible
/page__hl__%20trough__st__40

Update 4:Found a way to do stabbing! When you crouch, you can power up your sword like a bow before stabbing. Harder to block, but does less damage for the time you take compared to slashes.
Edit: Voted in 5 to 3.
Also, grappling of a sort; when you block or get blocked, you have to release left click to let go. If you swipe first, though, you can inflict knockback proportional to how far you swipe, and in fact, steer it in the direction of the swipe. It's the first person that lets go that inflicts knockback though; think fast!
Edit: Voted out 7 to 1.
I'll try to set up a poll(no promises, though)
Update 5: Semifinal results are in, see above.
NOTE:Semifinal, not final. 11 voters are hardly a good sample.
Update 6: This goes for all items. Including your hand, which would do scratch damage, but knock the person back more(less pushing his viewpoint though:Stagger, is what Frog calls it.)
Update 7:It only works when you're using left click. Don't know why I didn't type that in in the first place. Derp.

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True friends don't let their friends post on forums while drunk.

so i wiiz minng ani see HERBINE an he died me

I will use my Ender TNT to easily mine through these Ender Stone so I can find me some Ender Diamonds which I will mine with an Ender Pickaxe and bring some Ender Steak as food which I collected from Ender Cows which I bred with Ender Wheat I got from Ender Seeds collected from Ender Grass

It's times like these that I pray for a downvote button.

Yeah, I don't really see a possibility for griefing. People in creative mode can already unleash a thousand creepers if they want. Having the creepers walk in a straight line for a bit doesn't really allow more griefing than currently.