After making this mod (which was quick) I tried to re-add the swamp colors "the right way", via biome gradients.
1. Use watercolor.png as biome-depending overlay with gradients (easier than I thought!).
2. Edit watercolor, grasscolor and foliagecolor to include the overlay color/swamp colors in the right places. That's where the problems begin: Some transition work very well, like swamp to forest. Some won't work well at all, like swamp to desert (goes through mushroom land), forest to desert (goes through swamp!) or swamp to ocean/river (goes through forest, with abrupt gradient change -> hard edges again).
So it's trading one problem (hard edges) for a bunch of new ones (swamp colors where thy don't belong, some smooth and some not so smooth transitions).
After all, if the problem would have been easy to fix, notch and jeb would have done so. They choose to leave the swamp in, with the Reverter you can choose otherwise (I'm undecided). The best of both worlds seems to be hard to do.
This could explain why swamps are the way they are ad haven't been changed yet.
This could explain why swamps are the way they are ad haven't been changed yet.
No offense to the guy who made the mod, but he's not a texture pack artist. I, however, am. And when I tried recoloring the swamps to be dark green on 1.8.1 I was able to pull it off with a bit of effort. It all depends on your skill with the biome coloration pngs.
The darker water should be green, because that would look like it's supposed to be algae or something on top, which I do see in a lot of swamps. The trees and grass are still a huge issue, though.
I actually love the swamp colors, but the transitions are horrid. Plus, I'm using a winter texture pack, and the hard-coding gives me weird purple snow. :c
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If it helps, and you would rather, my minecraft username is lcd292.
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Check out the link and click the egg. Its just that simple.
YES THIS
maybe send this to a modder for short term solution
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This could explain why swamps are the way they are ad haven't been changed yet.
No offense to the guy who made the mod, but he's not a texture pack artist. I, however, am. And when I tried recoloring the swamps to be dark green on 1.8.1 I was able to pull it off with a bit of effort. It all depends on your skill with the biome coloration pngs.
ONWARDS TO 1000! First we shall conquer the swamps, then the
worldMinecraft!I really want swamps to be, not so blech.
I keep checking twitter, but so far nothing. :\
The transitions between swamps and other biomes is hideous, and I'm avoiding all swamps now.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VKJyNG
Newsflash- texture packs can't change how the swamps look. That's one of the main reasons I started this thread in the first place.
but is notch ever going to read all this suggestion? I don't really think so... but I agree.
I actually love the swamp colors, but the transitions are horrid. Plus, I'm using a winter texture pack, and the hard-coding gives me weird purple snow. :c