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[lost_artz]

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This thread/area in my world is a WIP, when I am finished and happy with the results I will be putting my world up for download. In the mean time here is a preliminary download so people can look around at my world. Download (this is probably not up to date with my world): click here. In order to get to the Artizian Plains go directly left from the spawn point.

For the most up to date screenshots I suggest checking the last page in this thread. I will also be including some that are not directly related to this build.

What texturepack: Some of the screenshots are taken with the default Minecraft texturepack as I was using snapshots at the time. The rest of the time I am using a custom version of Dokucraft which has some variations of textures edited by myself.

No, I cannot upload it for download so don't bother asking. However, here is what my Terrain.png looks like (for 1.4) http://i.imgur.com/hUGoD.png

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This is the area I'm working with. All of the snowy area on the left and all of non-tree area in the middle of the map. The Artizian Plains, will be somewhat of an up-scale medieval-esque/fantasy build (hopefully) featuring a lot of intricate detailing. I'm going to be learning a lot during this build and pushing the limits of what's possible with stairs and slabs. The entirety of this build will be legit. Clearing the land took me axes 5-7 diamond axes (with enchants) and netted me about 5 double chests of wood (oak/birch).

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Original - post clearing of trees

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Current - possibly outdated.

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The beginning of the outer wall's towers. Status: Finished

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These screenshots are out of date I will not be updating them.
The outer section of the Artizian Plains will have a lot of villages and farms. All of the Towers have been finished as of Oct. 8th. I will be starting work on the actual wall itself later today (Oct. 8th).



Up Close Look - can you spot the out of place block -.-? I can.

Inside a Tower

Building the actual outer wall. Status: Finished
The outside wall was started on Oct. 9th and finished on the 24th. They carry the design from the towers quiet heavily. I've also done some minor terra-forming although it's pretty hard to notice in the screenshots. I will need to do quiet a bit later on too.

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The view from the finished walkway. There's ice under the half slabs for the running+jumping speed boost not that there's any real reason to ever use the walkway.

The Gateways. Status: Finished
These pictures have been updated to reflect their finished state.

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The Gateways serve as the entrance and exit out of the Artizian Plains. I will also include a railway station to link up to the current one I already built for speedy transport.



The 2nd Gateway

Terra-Forming/Other Status: In progress
I'll be touching up areas when I get to building more later on, for now I want to smooth out the terrain and make a more manage-able landscape for when I get around to building the castle. If things look a little bland at the moment just remember there are no trees and this will not be accurate of the final product.

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Please note these are in before and after form.

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​Didn't take the before apparently.

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Filling in a Ravine.

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Making way for the castle.






These are literally all filled with dirt.

Castle/Palace Status: Building underway. - Planning underway.
I've decided upon the size of the castle - 140x100 blocks. There will also be a library, storage, and frankly I don't what else wing that will extend out from the side of the castle. I would like a rather large and elaborate library though, so something along the size of 60x60 may be an option. I've decided upon 60x60 (10/28/12).
Planning - I use creative for this.

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The central walkway which will overlook the grand hall.

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The design for the 6 towers that will be in the castle.

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The design for the castle walls.

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Building - Underway

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The towers

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The 1st tower has been completed.



Tower 2 of 6


Tower 3 of 6

Towers 4 and 5 have been completed.

The last and final tower - the 6th, has been finished.

Recreating the walls - You may notice that there are gaps in the middle of the walls - that's where the entrances into in the castle will be.

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Different sections of the walls from here on out.

The Grand Hall's Walkway - This walkway serves as a lookout over the grand hall. The Grand Hall itself will be a lowered section of the castle so the walkway also will serve as a staircase between the Hall and the various room on the ground floor.

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Towns/Villages Status: Not started yet

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Anyway that's what I've got thus far. If you have any questions feel free to ask them and I will answer them as best I can.

Feedback is welcome and appreciated For those wondering this will cover a roughly 200-300 x 300 block area. I had actually intended for this to be even larger but due to sheer cliffs caused by 1.0 terrain generation on what started as a beta 1.8 world this isn't possible unless I want to look directly at said sheer cliffs which I already am in a small section. My Biomes are also messed up because of the various terrain generation changes that have happened since Beta 1.8. Hence why in the picture of the map the ocean is all ice. It think it's a snow plains biome lol.

Edited by lost_artz, 23 November 2012 - 08:18 AM.

[XxPro219xX]

love the detail in in the towers! will you be putting this map up for download? I may want to consider using it for my cinematic picture gallery project Ofcourse, if i am using the map to make the pictures, you are also free to use them in anyway you like

[lost_artz]

XxPro219xX, on 02 October 2012 - 11:43 AM, said:

love the detail in in the towers! will you be putting this map up for download? I may want to consider using it for my cinematic picture gallery project Ofcourse, if i am using the map to make the pictures, you are also free to use them in anyway you like

I may consider this, the main issue with putting it up for download is the size of the world. It's 334mb, 218mb when compressed and most websites have a limit of 100mb or 200mb for free users. It's something I'll look into again I've explored the Nether a lot collecting glowstone and that massively upped the file size

You would also need to wait for the GLSL Shaders Mod to update to 1.3.2/1.4, otherwise the corner stairs wouldn't work.

away I gotta go to bed, 5am >_< LOL

[XxPro219xX]

lost_artz, on 02 October 2012 - 11:47 AM, said:

I may consider this, the main issue with putting it up for download is the size of the world. It's 334mb, 218mb when compressed and most websites have a limit of 100mb or 200mb for free users. It's something I'll look into again I've explored the Nether a lot collecting glowstone and that massively upped the file size

You would also need to wait for the GLSL Shaders Mod to update to 1.3.2/1.4, otherwise the corner stairs wouldn't work.

away I gotta go to bed, 5am >_< LOL

i have a 1.3.2 version of the v10 RC3.  SEUS. if you want it i can email you the file. it works quite fine, just that it is a little dark, and it might be somewhat glitchy. Works fine for me though. The only hindrance is that i decreased my FPS from 80+ to a mere 10 or below. O well cya tmr! Go to sleep!

[VeloxIsTheName]

The tower looks very good. Be careful not to cramp them together too much, make sure every tower is useful and overlooks an unique area.

[lost_artz]

XxPro219xX, on 02 October 2012 - 12:28 PM, said:

i have a 1.3.2 version of the v10 RC3.  SEUS. if you want it i can email you the file. it works quite fine, just that it is a little dark, and it might be somewhat glitchy. Works fine for me though. The only hindrance is that i decreased my FPS from 80+ to a mere 10 or below. O well cya tmr! Go to sleep!

Unfortunately you'd need a snapshot/1.4 version as I'm using corner stairs which aren't a 1.3.2 feature. I'm not sure if the stairs would simply place themselves regularly if you tried using this world on 1.3.2 but I know all of the other things like my carrots, potatoes, and item frames wouldn't .

VeloxIsTheName, on 02 October 2012 - 01:40 PM, said:

The tower looks very good. Be careful not to cramp them together too much, make sure every tower is useful and overlooks an unique area.

Ty , The closest towers are 20 blocks apart and in between these I will have gates in the wall to allow entry in and out of the Plains. They are actually all much farther apart than they look in the picture. I had to slightly change my FOV because they wouldn't all fit into 1 screenshot.

[XxPro219xX]

Oic. We just haveto wait then. My current SEUS v10 is unable to work its fullest in 1.3.2 . Things such as god rays and waving foliage just do not appear in 1.3.2. Currently waiting for the official release for 1.3.2, but
If 1.4
Comes out by then, i will be RAGING . Anyway, even without your corner stairs, you should still be able to handle quite a decent amount of detail. You can take a look at FyreUK.. They didn't
Use any mods at all, but their stuff NEVER faills to blow me away.

[rilesflower]

Very nicely done! I like your style.

[lost_artz]

XxPro219xX, on 02 October 2012 - 10:46 PM, said:

Oic. We just haveto wait then. My current SEUS v10 is unable to work its fullest in 1.3.2 . Things such as god rays and waving foliage just do not appear in 1.3.2. Currently waiting for the official release for 1.3.2, but
If 1.4
Comes out by then, i will be RAGING . Anyway, even without your corner stairs, you should still be able to handle quite a decent amount of detail. You can take a look at FyreUK.. They didn't
Use any mods at all, but their stuff NEVER faills to blow me away.

It most likely will come out by then =\. The good news is the lighting engine is supposed to be completely re-done by then eliminating all of the current lighting issues. So that may make updating the mod easier but it could make it an absolute mess too. Time will tell. Out of curiosity what texturepack do you use? I use dokucraft light but I have a custom mossy cobblestone texture that's Aether-esque. It matches the stone basically the stone brick texture but with some runic symbols on it.

rilesflower, on 02 October 2012 - 11:03 PM, said:

Very nicely done! I like your style.

Ty .

I will have a picture update with a few more of the towers in about an hour.

Edited by lost_artz, 03 October 2012 - 01:05 AM.

[XxPro219xX]

Without the shaders, i use the FyreUK version of the dokucraft pack. With the shaders, i have to use te default.

[lost_artz]

XxPro219xX, on 03 October 2012 - 01:15 AM, said:

Without the shaders, i use the FyreUK version of the dokucraft pack. With the shaders, i have to use te default.

I see. Well I may or may not use mossy cobble throughout but I think that will depend more so on how much I have as I'm done to about 6 stacks at the moment. I need to go Jungle Temple Hunting . Already loaded up the Jungles lol.

Edit: 3 new pics inbound. Removed an older one for a better up close look.

[XxPro219xX]

Cool! Good luck with your expedition!A

[Kaval]

I really do like the design of the towers, very eager to see further developments of this build. Keep us posted!

[lost_artz]

Working on the one of the second gates towers and I find this waiting me inside the tower. FML. The Smoke is a skeleton that died from the second skeleton shooting him.

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[lost_artz]

Updated OP and re-formatted it some to have a cleaner design.

[XxPro219xX]

nice wall design! but how are you going to do the curvy parts?

[lost_artz]

XxPro219xX, on 09 October 2012 - 09:32 AM, said:

nice wall design! but how are you going to do the curvy parts?

I will have to improvise. I don't have much other choice lol.

With that being said here is the *almost* completed 1st section of the wall. It's taken me over 10 hours to build and surprisingly only about 2 inventories of blocks. Probably because it's mostly hollow . Anyway I still need to add the finishing touches of ice+half slabs for the walkway.

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The view from the currently unfinished walkway - in the background you can see a 95% complete project of mine. I really need to finish it sometime lol.

From the frozen sea.

A view from the inside.

[XxPro219xX]

Try taking some screenshots without the inventory bar and arm so i can do some cinematic effects on it

[lost_artz]

XxPro219xX, on 09 October 2012 - 11:02 AM, said:

Try taking some screenshots without the inventory bar and arm so i can do some cinematic effects on it

Check back tomorrow for them. I'm finishing the walkway and then going to bed, almost 5am again lol.

FINISHED. There's ice under the half slabs - silk touch ftw.

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Edited by lost_artz, 09 October 2012 - 12:07 PM.

[Ousmeo]

Awesome!!