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Quote from Flaxlips

Hey, 1. DAM AWSOME texture pack n mods man. blew my mind with some of the engineering fetes Ive seen, and 2. is the a place i can download the Armour/air ship skins, Ive already got the original air ship mod but i like the new ones you've put up thx man, oh and another thing i notice is that the pistons/trapdoor/sheers r glitched out any suggestions how to fix?

Glad you like, Flaxlips. :smile.gif:

I've never heard of those textures glitching. Have you got the latest version 2.7 in my OP? It's soon to be updated again to 2.8 for Notch's big 1.8 Adventure update. Download link and instructions in the OP of this thread.


New Stone Block Taster Pics

A little ruin I built to show off my new stone bricks:




This is what it looked like with the water shader mod before testing the 1.8 update:


And lastly...what the new mossy cobble looks like with the stone bricks:


The bricks are designed to merge into each other as naturally as possible, yet still be useable enmasse in a large constuction without too obvious a repeating pattern.

Oh well, back to the drawing board...zzzzzzzzzzz


@ Santairo: Lol! 'Gentlemen' Haha...but actually that is quite cool. You could magine a future range of robots being advertised as gentlemen to offset their cold appearance, but being all the more sinister for it.

"Now gentlemen, where do you think you're going with my blocks!"

Quote from MSchwaa

Looks superb Glimmar. Maybe change the hue of the regular cobblestone, though. Looksawkward with those bricks having a rustic hue, and the cobble with a more modern, blue hue.With that said, the bricks do look fantastic.

Thanks, MSchwaa. Glad you like the stone bricks. A real struggle to get the right combo.

I know what you mean about the cobble. It's a delicate balancing act. I personally like the slightly bluey/grey variety(it's what we still get a lot of here in the North West of England down many old back alley ways). I'd already spent ages on making the mossy variety of cobble, before the new stone bricks came along and I couldn't face spending another day doing cobble!

Another thing to return to again when I've refreshed my cobble batteries. :biggrin.gif:

Quote from Gestankfaust

Does look great Glimm. I got to work on mine this morning, so trust me when I say, the tiling issues between the three types (if I saw correctly, cement, mossy cement, and cracked/aged cement) is gonna be a chore. So I wouldn't sweat it much :biggrin.gif:

It's getting that combination of color and aging which got me tearing my hair out. Went through many varieties only to return to a simple block shape and many types of moss.

I wish you well my friend. :smile.gif:

Have you had chance to work on the Enderman yet? Have nearly completed mine, but I'm still trying to find one, but getting carried away in 'creative' experimenting with new glass panes and iron railings. That side of things is good fun, because I've always wanted more framework kind of building blocks.

I'm just a little concerned that my refined hardwood block looks a little out of place in some of the underground mine-workings I found. A more rugged rustic style lends itself to that environment. The discovery of railtracks and what looked like bridges and wooden supports was a wonderful surprise. Notch and Jeb have excelled themselves this time (despite the chest. :biggrin.gif:)

I love what the bedrock does...dusty sparkles!!

Quote from selven

Looking good Glimmar. I quiver with anticipation.Gestankfaust, your display picture is quite unnerving.

Thanks, selven. :smile.gif:

Yeh, that avatar of his gives me the shivers. Very eye-catching though. :blink.gif:

Thanks everyone for the positive feedback. :smile.gif:

New Glass Block and Glass Pane Taster Pics

You're going to have to forgive me, but after the disappointment of the chest yesterday, I've just had the opposite experience this morning and got completely distracted having fun building a little tower to try out the constructional possibilities of my new glass block and glass pane. Needs some refinement, but it's getting there and hopefully gives you some ideas too. The new glass, coupled with iron bars is just the best thing that's happened so far in this update (you can tell I haven't got very far exploring the new stuff)...and I haven't even got round to the complexities of giant mushrooms! Lol.





Continuing onwards...in search of Ender...Gentle..Steamermen. :unsure.gif:

@ ksheep: Not sure why, but I didn't know it was possible to have hostile critters in creative. I'd just set off on an expedition as you suggested when I got distracted down a mine and then building the above tower after discovering flight. Haha, I'm really enjoying creative mode too much.

Quote from Santairo »

That tower! *crys* *throws book at Glimmar* Y U BE GUD BUILDER?!

Anyway, nice way to use the new glass panes..

*continues crying*

Thanks, Santairo. :smile.gif:

I tried to tie the glass in with the glowstone, as that so often gets used as windows, etc and it just worked well in my mind for metal constructions in general. Notch taketh away with one hand and gives generously with the other. I can forgive him the dinky chest now! :biggrin.gif:

For sure there are going to be lots of iron towers and gangways now in my world. Just wait for all the endless Eiffel Tower copies on the forums in general too.

Quote from Lolligator

That's a really nice tower you've got there...

Anyway:

In the leaked 1.8, you can see that Enderman have smoke puffing off them. This brings some good possibilities for a skin.
You could make the Enderman a creature purely out of smoke/steam, or some machine that just chokes you to death with the clouds of smoke coming out of it.

I'm setting some time aside tonight to find an Enderman. Have already 90% finished my version, so I search with bated breath to see if how I imagine it would be, works in the game. :smile.gif:

It does sound like there's a lot of potential, but just haven't had the time to look at all the new effects. I did see the ashy sparkles coming off the bedrock and just like the new bubbles underwater they are small but very atmospheric changes.

Glad you like my tower, but I'm still experimenting with the new glass and iron bars so they may be different by the time I update.