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[Wooraah]

The map that comes with the download

About the project:

Tatsuyama, (龍山) means "Dragon Mountain" in Japanese, and felt the most authentic after searching around for a few appropriate names in Google translate. This is by far my biggest project in Minecraft so far. The map features fully fledged a very large island Empire and covers a total of over 1,200 x 1,200 blocks, has over 20 major builds, 70+ unique structures, and several secret areas.

350 hours may seem a hell of a long time to spend on a minecraft project, but I’ve learnt loads from it, from map design, reptile anatomy, Asian culture, history and architecture, Video and Photo editing, plus had a lot of fun, despite suffering from some “writers block” at various stages.
The original thread discussing my evolving plans and Work In Progress on the Map can be found here.

It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to also install and run my 128x128 Asian themed texture pack to go with the map if your machine can handle it, although of course not required, I have spent many hours on the pack, and it shows the map as it was meant to be seen. No other mods are required. To install it, you’ll also need the HD Texture Fix.

Tatsuyama, the Empire of the Dragon Mountain is a detailed Feudal Asian (Japanese/Chinese) city map with many several districts and many unique features. No building is unfinished, and every building has a complete interior as well as exterior. The map itself is not based on any other game or existing city, but various elements draw inspiration from real world examples of the best in Chinese, Japanese and Thai architecture.

It is not currently an adventure map, but instead a creative map with some RPG elements and a back story. Therefore you are free to set the difficulty as you wish, and go in modded and fly around, or go in vanilla, and explore at eye level. If you just want a tour, I’d recommend first trying without fly mods and looking around at the Empire as a Tatsu citizen sees it, if you want a challenge, put it on one of the harder difficulties and try to survive, there are goodies spread throughout the map to help you if you wish to do it this way.

Please note however, that I am interested in possibly making some kind of RPG or Adventure map version of the map with the right partner (i.e. Someone who has experience in designing popular Adventure maps and puzzles already). Designing puzzles and redstone tricks are not my strength though, so if you are interested in working with me on an adventure map version, please PM me with a link to your previous work and we can discuss.

Feedback good or bad is always appreciated, so don't be shy, tell me what you think...

Video:


Please give it a like
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=8EjOTRiOtik

Pictures:

Over 100 other pics of Builds, Work in Progress shots and more map renders can be seen in my imgur album for the project here.





The Temple of Serenity






Enough! Give me the Download Already!

Well the download is available in 4 different forms:

1)A standard map download, which also comes with a note left for you by the Chief Scribe to the Tatsu Emperor and a fully detailed map of the Empire.

2) A schematic of the whole map… WARNING! You will require either a large dose of patience or a powerful PC to even attempt to import this into your world, believe me I tried it even when the map was half done, and it took 45 minutes for the import to complete even on a decent quad-core machine. The schematic, contains a staggering 343,605,248 blocks, and is over 47mb.

3) Schematics of major builds (linked to this post) - The remainder of the builds of the project can now also be downloaded in what I have branded “Tatsuyama in a Box”, which contains a total of 60 mainly unreleased schematics of all of the remaining builds, including Bridges, Pagodas, Mausoleum, Imperial Guard Headquarters, 2 dragon Models, About 15 houses and much more.

4) Pre-released Schematics: Several Elements of the Map area already available to download, you can find them here:
- City Wall and Gates
- Temple of Serenity
- Asian Fleet of Ships
- Ruins of an ancient culture (Angkor Wat)
- Theatre and Art Gallery

Additional Credits and Thanks:

- Many thanks to my Beta Testers – Vakarian, Neroxyl, UndeadJesus, Ameren, Larssonmc, and MC_Darth_Vader.
- Additional thanks to Omgitzjeff for allowing me to use a couple of his Japanese house models in the residential area. (sorry forgot to credit you in the video) [sad]
- And a big thanks to all on mcschematics.com for the support, ideas and encouragement over the last few months.
- All the folks at deviant art and flikr for some great inspiration when I was running low.

FAQ:

What can I expect from Future Releases:

This is an initial complete release of the map, further enhancements to expect after I’ve taken a break and recharged the batteries include:
- A 64x64 version of the Woocraft Texture Pack
- A Minecart System
- Summer Palace
- A rival empire?

How did you do x,y, or z? (Methodology)

- This is not a “legit” build. If it were, simply gathering all the required materials would have taken me literally years…. I see Minecraft as a tool for my creativity, and the survival version of the game doesn’t really inspire me, hence I use all of the great and evolving tools at my disposal to help where possible with my projects. For this project, tools used include:

- Blender – For creating the dragon used in Dragon Mountain
- Binvox – For the import of the Dragon used in Dragon Mountain, the Giant Buddha, and the Dolphin in the Bay.
- MC Edit – General schematic preparation, some terraforming and planning
- Minecraft Structure Planner – For planning out some of the pixel art and building facades
- Single Player Commands (World Edit) – Loads of the ingame editing and terraforming
- World Painter – Some of the major terraforming elements (volcano and some underground areas)
- MC Explorer – Source image for the map, and some of the render images
- Pixelmap – Earlier map renders
- Photoshop – Logo, map touch up, and render touch ups.
- Sony Vegas – Video Editing
- Fraps – Video Recording

Can I use the map or map elements on my server:

- Yes, it would be hard to stop you anyway, now it’s public domain, but please be reasonable and provide credit where it’s due, don’t pretend you created it yourself.

Can I have your babies?

No sorry, I’m spoken for, but thanks for the offer.

[Ludolik]

This map is approved by Ludolik. ^w^

[rsmalec]

simply amazing

[Wooraah]

rsmalec, on 26 June 2011 - 10:21 PM, said:

simply amazing

Thank you, did you try it out yet?

[TheDeviousPanda]

This is just...WOW.
You might want to talk with the creators of Imperial Lands or Lands of Xera to see if they can help you.

[Wooraah]

TheDeviousPanda, on 26 June 2011 - 11:59 PM, said:

This is just...WOW.
You might want to talk with the creators of Imperial Lands or Lands of Xera to see if they can help you.

Yes I might well do that, interested to see who else might be like to be involved too.

[Wooraah]

Bump for 1000+ downloads in first 2 days. Worth checking out if you get the chance guys. Feedback appreciated.

[IinsaniityTM]

The Mapdownload is down...just the Schematic is working...you can reup the Map?

[Wooraah]

IinsaniityTM, on 27 June 2011 - 11:13 AM, said:

The Mapdownload is down...just the Schematic is working...you can reup the Map?

Sorry about that, can you try now?

[MintE]

Judging from the images you made yourself an amazing map!

I'm downloading your map as I type this, so I'll edit this post with more accurate praise.


EDIT:

Very nice map. So far of what I have explored the Gaochun Village is by far my favorite. namely due to the way it fits in with the land.


Keep up the good work!

[IinsaniityTM]

Wooraah, on 27 June 2011 - 12:39 PM, said:

Sorry about that, can you try now?

its not working he says, is deleted

[IinsaniityTM]

sorry my glasses are dirty ^^ you have a second link in the post it works thanks its a amazing map!

[BoernerMan]

on your texturepack i LOVE how you made planks blendable with wood!!!!! THAT IS AMAZING!!!

[BoernerMan]

one more word of wisdom, i think you'r map would work EXTREMELY well with a mod called AdventureCraft (you might want to check it out) and it would make a great map with a little knowledge (and maybe a few dungeons)

[Wooraah]

BoernerMan, on 27 June 2011 - 05:56 PM, said:

one more word of wisdom, i think you'r map would work EXTREMELY well with a mod called AdventureCraft (you might want to check it out) and it would make a great map with a little knowledge (and maybe a few dungeons)

Hmm interesting thought, I'll check that out, haven't messed around with mods too much so far to be honest.

[BoernerMan]

i really think it would help with story and it would add a LOT of fun things to do and you could get cutscenes to show off buildings in detail. Plus i would be willing to help you with any begginers help you would need to understand how everything works.

[Wooraah]

BoernerMan, on 27 June 2011 - 10:17 PM, said:

i really think it would help with story and it would add a LOT of fun things to do and you could get cutscenes to show off buildings in detail. Plus i would be willing to help you with any begginers help you would need to understand how everything works.

Thanks very much for the offer mate, I'm actually taking a break from it for a couple of weeks to recharge the batteries, but I'll get back to you after I'm back on it.

[BoernerMan]

awesome, i really think this map deserves to be the best and most enjoyable it can be

[VPtKm]

Well, if you ever to decide to port this into AC, come join us on the AC IRC channel. We can help with scripting and the port when you have "recharged"

[BoernerMan]

lol tKm he hasnt decided yet if he wants too or not

(btw Woorah where one big community down at the mods IRC channel so where basically all here to help )