Has anyone used "MCreator" or any other model creator?
I am finding I can create a new block just fine, but as soon as I import a Techne model, it goes all crasharama.
I don't need new blocks - that's what Xtrablocks is for, right?
If I can't get MCreator to behave properly, I might impose on you MK to do another "set" for me. ....
I have been using "Little Blocks" to build a huge-ass spiral staircase, but my fps has gone waaaay down to 2 or less frames per second. Obviously this is not making me happy. So I have redesigned my spiral into an octagon with vanilla-styel blocks and Kaevator-esque corner blocks for the diagonals. Now I need banisters that go diagonally too.
Sigh.
So now I am torn..... my options are:
- Little blocks for just the bannisters (and risk the fps taking a dive)
- MCreator (if I can get it to work) to do a me-only set of the specific models I need (which is really only 3 models)
- Techne to build a FULL set (left, right, 1:1 rise/run, 1:2 rise/run, diagonal, straight, corners, etc, and all the combinations within) and impose upon MK to add them to XtraBlocks
- retexture Decoblocks' washing line and similar models to get a "flat" banister. (these models can be place diagonally, as long as you tweak the code)
- forget all of the above, and do chunky, blocky banisters which are in no way elegant and delicate like wrought iron, but go marble instead.
oh frickety frack.I just don't know what to do now. My big-ass spiral staircase is a big feature of my castle - the central hub with hallways and corridors going off it. It has to look worthy of its status. I have my heart set on it being elegant and airy, cos it is in a windowless tower with a glass dome up top. Chunky blocks make it look too closed in and claustrophobic.
hmm.......
Hey CT, I've never used MCreator, so I can't offer any assistance on that front.
If you already have some models made up though, I am happy to get them in game for you.
Hey CT, I've never used MCreator, so I can't offer any assistance on that front.
If you already have some models made up though, I am happy to get them in game for you.
Thanks. I'll see how I go.
I am *still* waiting for *any* kind of response from the MCreator forums I have posted to.
Otherwise, I will make a full set of banisters. Probably 2 sets - one fancy wrought iron and gold for indoors (palace, mansion), and one stone(marble) fancy set for outdoors (formal garden, etc)
Well, that's the plan. lol
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Creative Minecrafter. No build is ever really complete, just "waiting for a better/prettier mod".
Right now I am coping with a square staircase instead of a spiral or hexagon staircase.
I did however decide (after building it) that it need to be 2 chunks further south, so I //moved it. Unfortunately I lost all the part-blocks (slabs, covers, etc) especially huge swathes of half-and-half blocks where I had a "floor" slab atop a "ceiling" slab. I am now replacing them with more sensible XtraBlock which has a carpet top, a ceiling bottom, and wall sides (the front side being a feature wall texture). These blocks can be used in a lot more places at once. ...walls, floors, ceilings, etc. ie a more universal building block. Plus, they can be chiselled into stairs or covers.
Why I did not use XtraBlocks in the first place I just do not know.
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Creative Minecrafter. No build is ever really complete, just "waiting for a better/prettier mod".
is there a place i can find other texture packs for this mod?
The whole point of this mod is that it gives you a plethora of blocks for you to texture for your own needs. Instead of looking at a texture, and wondering what to build with it, I tend to look at photos of buildings of a style I find appealing, (for example a Mediterranean village) and then create the textures to suit that style, and use them to look as authentic as personal taste dictates.
Textures for specific things (eg a brunswick green painted timber) can be googled, then Photoshopped to suit, if you like. Or you could search for "roof tile" and see what comes up. Hint: include the words "seamless" and "texture" in your search.
I personally don't see the point in filling in all the blanks with too many textures that I probably won't use. I texture a new block when I need it.
Having said that, I find the real advantage in DIY texturing, is being able to create things that no mod has ever thought of. Some of these include:
- crates labelled "fragile" or "this side up" which I use in abundance wharf-side, in storage sheds, in shop delivery bays, etc
- carvings for native villages, eg totem-poles, south-pacific or Maori style carvings.
- ground-covering (including lines on the ground) for tennis courts, football fields, etc, so they look like what they are supposed to be, instead of just large generic patches of grass with a signpost that says "football field".
- Multi-blocks with exterior and interior textures on the opposite faces, so walls can be one block thick, and still look fit-for-purpose. You can also include a floor texture and a ceiling texture on the same block, allowing you to use one block to build 80% of a building. (You still need a roof, windows, doors and furniture) This makes building really really fast!
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Creative Minecrafter. No build is ever really complete, just "waiting for a better/prettier mod".
Let me quote the front page of this thread, in case you missed it......
XtraBlocks A range of mods that add a wide variety of new blocks, Lighting, liquids
and items to Minecraft. Includes many blank numbered blocks that you can add your own textures to.
Bring your adventure maps or creative builds to life with a huge range of variety.
Have you ever wanted more texture's without sacrificing vanilla blocks.
Do you want more lighting options? Torches, Lamps & Light Blocks
How about colored and stained glass, or more variety of stairs and slabs?
Ever wish that buttons/pressure plates would hold your doors open a bit longer... or maybe a lot longer?
Maybe you even wanted more liquids, doors, cakes, fences and gates or multi-textured blocks?
This is a very large mod, with well over a thousand blocks. It has been designed so that you can use as few or as many as you require.
There are quite a few useful blocks that come already textured, but the vast majority of blocks have blank textures (numbered for convenience) that you need to texture yourself.
Hey MindKrafter. Thanks for this great MOD. I have a few questions/problems.
1. I'm not able to disable blocks. Can't find a config file with block ids, where is this config document?
2. I'm planning to start a big creative project and there is some blocks I want and some I can do without. Right now there is like 8 - 10 tabs or something, is it possible to move blocks from one tab to another? Kind a want to make my own categories with the blocks I need.
3. Is it possible to copy a block and multiply it? I see trapdoors very usefull and want more of them.
I guess people have been talking about this in the comments, but I don't have the time to read all of them.
Hey MindKrafter. Thanks for this great MOD. I have a few questions/problems.
1. I'm not able to disable blocks. Can't find a config file with block ids, where is this config document?
There should be a folder named "config" in your main Minecraft directory. (the same place as your mods, saves, screenshots, etc, folders.)
2. I'm planning to start a big creative project and there is some blocks I
want and some I can do without. Right now there is like 8 - 10 tabs or
something, is it possible to move blocks from one tab to another? Kind a
want to make my own categories with the blocks I need.
No, that's not possible.
You can however, remove any modules that don't contain any blocks that you want to use.
3. Is it possible to copy a block and multiply it? I see trapdoors very usefull and want more of them.
No, sorry. You can't do that either.
I am willing to make a custom pack for you, if you want to let me know which blocks you want (can add a few more trapdoors too).
Alternatively, if you know anything about modding, I could send you the source code and you could set it up however you like.
I am willing to make a custom pack for you, if you want to let me know which blocks you want (can add a few more trapdoors too).
Alternatively, if you know anything about modding, I could send you the source code and you could set it up however you like.
Thanks alot. I don't now much about modding. Made a test mod once with adding a few blocks, was following a tutorial. But it depends on how complicated it is, if I can just copy and paste commands around I should be able to do it?
And do you know it it is possible to use the blocks with WorldEdit and Voxelsniper?
With apologies to MK if I offend you for advertising another mod here, but this one just made my jaw drop. I am still pinching myself to be sure I am not dreaming. A lot of the stuff I have been sweating over for a couple of years, and there it is on one mod. You can craft amazing things never before seen in Minecraft, using any full block. Now all the textures in XtraBlocks can be ROUND!!!!
Well what are you waiting for - go have a look!
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Creative Minecrafter. No build is ever really complete, just "waiting for a better/prettier mod".
I was wondering whether it'd be possible for you to release a version of the latest release that does not have recipes, as I find it annoying that when I retexture something and give it a recipe using CustomNPCs, there is also still the default recipe, which is often a lot cheaper...
So I'd appreciate it if you could release a version without recipes included, thanks in advance.
I
was wondering whether it'd be possible for you to release a version of
the latest release that does not have recipes, as I find it annoying
that when I retexture something and give it a recipe using CustomNPCs,
there is also still the default recipe, which is often a lot cheaper...
So I'd appreciate it if you could release a version without recipes included, thanks in advance.
As requested, the latest version with recipes removed.
XtraBlocks-1.7.10-1.1.7b (No Recipe)
Requires Forge: Built for "forge-1.7.10-10.13.4.1492-installer".
Will you be updating to 1.9? Are you waiting for the 1.9 Forge first?
Any ETA on when you might have it ready?
Thanks
No current plans to update beyond 1.7.10.
The changes involved are just too much work for a mod of this size. Based on how long it took me to update to 1.7.10, I estimate that it would take me over 200 hours to complete.
I may however, start work on a new version that would be much smaller and more manageable with updates. Once Forge has a stable 1.9+ build I will look into it.
Hey CT, I've never used MCreator, so I can't offer any assistance on that front.
If you already have some models made up though, I am happy to get them in game for you.
Thanks. I'll see how I go.
I am *still* waiting for *any* kind of response from the MCreator forums I have posted to.
Otherwise, I will make a full set of banisters. Probably 2 sets - one fancy wrought iron and gold for indoors (palace, mansion), and one stone(marble) fancy set for outdoors (formal garden, etc)
Well, that's the plan. lol
Creative Minecrafter. No build is ever really complete, just "waiting for a better/prettier mod".
Merry Christmas everyone!
Hope you all have a wonderfull day and a safe and happy New Year!
You too holmes! Hope you and yours are happy, healthy and safe!
MC to all. MC stands for Merry Christmas, as well as MineCraft. To many of us, it's much the same thing. LOL!!!
Creative Minecrafter. No build is ever really complete, just "waiting for a better/prettier mod".
Indeed.. I'll be playing my tech pack most of today. MC to you too
Right now I am coping with a square staircase instead of a spiral or hexagon staircase.
I did however decide (after building it) that it need to be 2 chunks further south, so I //moved it. Unfortunately I lost all the part-blocks (slabs, covers, etc) especially huge swathes of half-and-half blocks where I had a "floor" slab atop a "ceiling" slab. I am now replacing them with more sensible XtraBlock which has a carpet top, a ceiling bottom, and wall sides (the front side being a feature wall texture). These blocks can be used in a lot more places at once. ...walls, floors, ceilings, etc. ie a more universal building block. Plus, they can be chiselled into stairs or covers.
Why I did not use XtraBlocks in the first place I just do not know.
Creative Minecrafter. No build is ever really complete, just "waiting for a better/prettier mod".
Glass!
Oooh I love having a multitude of glass blocks so I can have lovely windows. It really adds the right character to my Tudor style shop-fronts.
See here the "bottle-end" swirly windows in the shop, and the lead-light diamond windows in the residence above.
Creative Minecrafter. No build is ever really complete, just "waiting for a better/prettier mod".
Not that I am aware of.
There were a few back in the early days, when the mod was much smaller.
Yeah, for sure. That is cool with me.
The whole point of this mod is that it gives you a plethora of blocks for you to texture for your own needs. Instead of looking at a texture, and wondering what to build with it, I tend to look at photos of buildings of a style I find appealing, (for example a Mediterranean village) and then create the textures to suit that style, and use them to look as authentic as personal taste dictates.
Textures for specific things (eg a brunswick green painted timber) can be googled, then Photoshopped to suit, if you like. Or you could search for "roof tile" and see what comes up. Hint: include the words "seamless" and "texture" in your search.
I personally don't see the point in filling in all the blanks with too many textures that I probably won't use. I texture a new block when I need it.
Having said that, I find the real advantage in DIY texturing, is being able to create things that no mod has ever thought of. Some of these include:
- crates labelled "fragile" or "this side up" which I use in abundance wharf-side, in storage sheds, in shop delivery bays, etc
- carvings for native villages, eg totem-poles, south-pacific or Maori style carvings.
- ground-covering (including lines on the ground) for tennis courts, football fields, etc, so they look like what they are supposed to be, instead of just large generic patches of grass with a signpost that says "football field".
- Multi-blocks with exterior and interior textures on the opposite faces, so walls can be one block thick, and still look fit-for-purpose. You can also include a floor texture and a ceiling texture on the same block, allowing you to use one block to build 80% of a building. (You still need a roof, windows, doors and furniture) This makes building really really fast!
Creative Minecrafter. No build is ever really complete, just "waiting for a better/prettier mod".
How do I use this thing?
STOP MOD REPOSTS!!!
Here's a fanmade logo I made for Minecraft: Win10Ed:
You can find the banner here: http://textcraft.net/host-image.php?result=ok&ref=data1/d/0/d0b1fbcf89aa5e851b3c7e9d86c77f48816b909f2c71ee849ba7532c39a6e18170919630a5bb649b27f404617cf9f5d127aebb98338094370012ad5319ac499dec12cd72bd5dd08a7e4df54c.png
Let me quote the front page of this thread, in case you missed it......
XtraBlocks A range of mods that add a wide variety of new blocks, Lighting, liquids
and items to Minecraft. Includes many blank numbered blocks that you can add your own textures to.
Bring your adventure maps or creative builds to life with a huge range of variety.
Have you ever wanted more texture's without sacrificing vanilla blocks.
Do you want more lighting options? Torches, Lamps & Light Blocks
How about colored and stained glass, or more variety of stairs and slabs?
Ever wish that buttons/pressure plates would hold your doors open a bit longer... or maybe a lot longer?
Maybe you even wanted more liquids, doors, cakes, fences and gates or multi-textured blocks?
This is a very large mod, with well over a thousand blocks. It has been designed so that you can use as few or as many as you require.
There are quite a few useful blocks that come already textured, but the vast majority of blocks have blank textures (numbered for convenience) that you need to texture yourself.
Creative Minecrafter. No build is ever really complete, just "waiting for a better/prettier mod".
Hey MindKrafter. Thanks for this great MOD. I have a few questions/problems.
1. I'm not able to disable blocks. Can't find a config file with block ids, where is this config document?
2. I'm planning to start a big creative project and there is some blocks I want and some I can do without. Right now there is like 8 - 10 tabs or something, is it possible to move blocks from one tab to another? Kind a want to make my own categories with the blocks I need.
3. Is it possible to copy a block and multiply it? I see trapdoors very usefull and want more of them.
I guess people have been talking about this in the comments, but I don't have the time to read all of them.
Ty
Brekx-
There should be a folder named "config" in your main Minecraft directory. (the same place as your mods, saves, screenshots, etc, folders.)
No, that's not possible.
You can however, remove any modules that don't contain any blocks that you want to use.
No, sorry. You can't do that either.
I am willing to make a custom pack for you, if you want to let me know which blocks you want (can add a few more trapdoors too).
Alternatively, if you know anything about modding, I could send you the source code and you could set it up however you like.
Thanks alot. I don't now much about modding. Made a test mod once with adding a few blocks, was following a tutorial. But it depends on how complicated it is, if I can just copy and paste commands around I should be able to do it?
And do you know it it is possible to use the blocks with WorldEdit and Voxelsniper?
Thanks
-Brekx
Hey MindKrafter, and anyone else wanting arches, spheres, round corners, round columns, and more....
Have you guys seen ArchitectureCraft? I just discovered it here.... http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/minecraft/mods/ArchitectureCraft/
With apologies to MK if I offend you for advertising another mod here, but this one just made my jaw drop. I am still pinching myself to be sure I am not dreaming. A lot of the stuff I have been sweating over for a couple of years, and there it is on one mod. You can craft amazing things never before seen in Minecraft, using any full block. Now all the textures in XtraBlocks can be ROUND!!!!
Well what are you waiting for - go have a look!
Creative Minecrafter. No build is ever really complete, just "waiting for a better/prettier mod".
Nice! Downloading now.
Thanks for the share.
Hello again,
I was wondering whether it'd be possible for you to release a version of the latest release that does not have recipes, as I find it annoying that when I retexture something and give it a recipe using CustomNPCs, there is also still the default recipe, which is often a lot cheaper...
So I'd appreciate it if you could release a version without recipes included, thanks in advance.
Hi MindKrafter,
Will you be updating to 1.9? Are you waiting for the 1.9 Forge first?
Any ETA on when you might have it ready?
Thanks
As requested, the latest version with recipes removed.
XtraBlocks-1.7.10-1.1.7b (No Recipe)
Requires Forge: Built for "forge-1.7.10-10.13.4.1492-installer".
XtraBlocks-1.7.10-1.1.7b (No Recipe) Download
No current plans to update beyond 1.7.10.
The changes involved are just too much work for a mod of this size. Based on how long it took me to update to 1.7.10, I estimate that it would take me over 200 hours to complete.
I may however, start work on a new version that would be much smaller and more manageable with updates. Once Forge has a stable 1.9+ build I will look into it.