Wish you good nursering , all the best to you and your better half.....
Looking in briefly on the MCPatcher thread at the comments did give me a very sad feeling that all was a bit too quiet. It would be nice if someone else could take up the task, but I fear it might be a lost cause with Mojang constantly changing so much.
Oh...yes, my first priority is the family, so whatever happens with this pack now will be very slow progress.
Many thanks for the link, Norzeteus. Being away for so long means I forget where to look for the best info on MC updates, so I appreciate the help.
Well I'll be Glimmar after all these years you're still here, how have you been?
Haven't logged in for years, I'm thinking of making a come-back. Looks like your pack is still alive and kicking
aageon, my friend! So good to see you about!
Life is incredibly demanding right now and has been for the past year...I imagine much the same for you too. I'm feeling my way around 1.9 by trying a few small edits at the moment and mourning the loss (at least for now) of MCPatcher.
I was thinking GS was more like flapping around on the floor like a fish out of water, but I'm trying to pick it up and get it back in some water....if and when I can. I just wish Mojang wouldn't change so many flippin' Guis and entities every update.
I really hope you do make a come back, mate. I'm an old slow 'codger', so It's very reassuring to have familiar faces with great talent about. Just do it!
Hah Excellent, indeed life has been busy here as well. Just glad someone from the "old" days is still around.
At least I don't have to worry about new content or updates :D. There is so much new things that I might begin from scratch. My old terrain.png won't cut it anymore. So yes, I think I'll put some work in it again.
And I must say your pack looks excellent
Haha, good stuff!
Also take a look at the mega mod pack 'Feed the Beast' if you really want to play around with tens of thousands of different blocks and items. It's a good alternative to MCPatcher's enabling of multiple blocks. I'm totally lost in it at the moment.
I'll keep my eyes peeled for your old or 'new' pack. Lovely to have you around again, even if I'm not such a regular visitor.
Well, friend, it is generally not allowed to share it somewhere as far as I know. The official place to get the pack is this forum branch. However you could give a link on your website for Glimmars original post here.
Still by far my favorite texture pack - and I, for one, would love to see it updated for 1.9.
I hear you on family - my good lady and I were married last June, still adjusting to it. (Married twice, if you count the handfasting. )
It still feels strange, but we spend a whole lot of time in each others pockets.
The Auld Grump
Hiya, Auld Grump.
First my hearty congrats on getting married and my best wishes for a long and happy life together. My better half is my best friend and soulmate, if that doesn't sound too soppy for these forums, so the past year, with some serious medical scares, and this past month her having a knee replacement op (suffers from arthritis amongst other things, from a young age), has made 2015/16 a bit of an Annus horribilis (horrible year) for us.
Well good news on the updating front, as I'm currently rather enjoying getting to grips with being able to randomize blocks since 1.8. Also, it was nice to see that 1.9 didn't break my big jukebox music/soundscape add-on pack. As mentioned above, I'm concentrating on seeing how much I can convert the MCPatcher side of things to standard MC whilst bemoaning the loss of things like Better Skies, animated guis and random mobs, etc.
There'll be a new more rounded 128x clock and compass, (as those were broken into individual textures in 1.9) higher res boats (without oars though as they just look silly to me - if I was clever enough I'd love to go back to having little paddle wheels on the side, but I have no experience of whether 'entities' like boats can be edited and I'm certainly not clever enough to mess with even simple code). There'll be a turn of the century blow dart gun - had to drop the loud 'bang' sound I'd created as the bow sample sound seems to be shared with the casting action of the fishing rod. New glass, new 64x random bookcase textures. Also fixed the font for non-MCPatcher use - didn't realise it was so simple to do! All the guis need editing so the new font fits in and as per usual Mojang/Microsoft have fiddled with some guis and changed their structure which means a lot of extra work for me. Still have stuff for 1.8 to do before trying my hand at the new 1.9 blocks and items. Also changes to some other blocks and items.
Having greatly enjoyed using the Feed the Beast Infinity pack I've also been tinkering with some textures for some of the included mods, not on the scale of the offerings by Megistus, but they might be of use if I include what I've done in the next update.
So after panicking about all the changes to existing stuff in the pack, I'm actually rather pleased with the changes in 1.9 (eg. I love the way glass panes can be made into vertical 'rods').
Mind you there is a lot to do so it'll be steady as she goes, and as usual I leave it so long between updates that updating my OP, making vids and uploading to Curse seems like I'm re-translating the Rosetta stone!
The positive thing is I'm rather enjoying editing stuff again, but negatively speaking I still have very little time with work and everything else around the house.
Well, friend, it is generally not allowed to share it somewhere as far as I know. The official place to get the pack is this forum branch. However you could give a link on your website for Glimmars original post here.
It would be excellent if you could feature the pack on your website and have a link back to the first page of this thread - just don't re-distribute the pack via your website. Feel free to use any pics or vids from my original post on page 1, so long as you're directing folk back here.
Once again thank you for posting and I'm very glad you like my 'vintage' pack enough to want to feature it.
Sadly, redstone dust as pipes seems to be totally nerfed for this pack!
My brass pipes can now only exist in 1.9 if I switch them from 'overlay' mode, instead using the more limited 1.9 overlay mode for the pulsing red glow. However, the pipes themselves are now hard-coded as brilliant red and even if I could change the hard-coded red colour, the way the north, south and centre parts of the pipe are overlaid means the various layers flicker/glitch at the joints as you move around, rendering it totally unsatisfactory.
Until someone comes up with a solution to the glitching and hardwired color, the only way forward for me for 1.9 is to be less individually creative, fall in line with the norm, and make redstone dust exactly that - crystalline dust! Very sad
Fixed a lot of the gui textures and particles last night and nearly finished up on my 128x new compass. All the different types of wood boats will take a while to complete though. Also didn't realize how much the command block/s have changed...phew! Lots of work there!
Just found out that Optifine seems to work perfectly well with Glimmar's Steampunk. Haven't checked everything of course, but connected textures, animated GUIs, random mobs, Better Skies, etc, etc all work really well. Made my day!
I will still work as best I can to add some randomness to the pack for non-MCPatcher/Optifine use, but this does mean the pressure to do that is alleviated and I can concentrate more fully on 1.9 changes and other additions. I'm just enjoying and familiarising myself with all the features of Optifine at the mo and having a grand time!
Sadly, brass redstone dust pipes are still a thing of the past for 1.9 use unless Mojang changes things.
Of course I will need to change my exclusive MCPatcher recommendations in the OP.
I'm also tinkering with the use of ShadowPlay (using my nvidia GPU) for better lag free videos.
Optifine always worked well with your texture pack!
I started using it back in 1.4.7, to give my game a power-boost in form of FPS while having lots of mods. Then, I've done the same, but with vanilla - and it was good - all texture-pack things worked as they meant to work.
As far as I know, Optifine has all the features MCpatcher has, but it improves options section, giving you the powers of configuration. And it changes a rendering somehow to boost performance.
Glad to hear that you have the time to enjoy the creative process!
I should listen to you good folk more often. I just need to familiarize myself with all the options...what works and what doesn't, but even I'm noticing a boost in performance this time.
Sadly, redstone dust as pipes seems to be totally nerfed for this pack!
My brass pipes can now only exist in 1.9 if I switch them from 'overlay' mode, instead using the more limited 1.9 overlay mode for the pulsing red glow. However, the pipes themselves are now hard-coded as brilliant red and even if I could change the hard-coded red colour, the way the north, south and centre parts of the pipe are overlaid means the various layers flicker/glitch at the joints as you move around, rendering it totally unsatisfactory.
Until someone comes up with a solution to the glitching and hardwired color, the only way forward for me for 1.9 is to be less individually creative, fall in line with the norm, and make redstone dust exactly that - crystalline dust! Very sad
Well, having played with the most excellent 'Norzeteus Space' pack for the best part of two days...pretending it was Christmas with lots of new toys and gadgets to discover, I find Norzeteus has indeed overcome the 'overlay' problem I thought would be impossible to fix. Woohoo!
I've tinkered with my textures and the genius 'Norzeteus Code' and managed to get a most satisfactory fully working redstone pipe again...if only i could understand .json instructions!
I still spent a day making a rather nice traditional animated redstone dust that I quite like, but I think brass pipes would still look better.
I am wishing that I had never updated to Minecraft 1.9 - vanilla MC just looks wrong!
Ye gods and little fishies, I miss seeing your textures!
The Auld Grump
Thank you, both.
Sorry about the long delay on updating!
I will endeavor to get most things repaired and working and perhaps upload an interim pack before trying to finish absolutely everything for 1.9. I well understand your frustration, AuldGrump. Mojang excelled themselves in the number of textures that were changed and expanded, aside from all the new additions.
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Good thing your updating it though, the map I'm creating will be for 1.9. It's called the "Mechanical Chicken" it's a adventure map, this is the summary so far: There was a very dangerous weapon meaning to destroy the moon, the inventor realized what he built. He took it apart and built the parts into Mechanical animals, such as the Mechanical Chicken containing the first part. Then he scattered the animals through out the world, the Mechanical Chicken is some where in the old west near a small town called "Squidston". Your mission is to find that chicken!
I hope it sounds interesting. I also hope I won't lose my inspiration and quit. I'm still working on it and I don't know when it'll be done. But when it is done, I'll recommend this texture pack.
Good thing your updating it though, the map I'm creating will be for 1.9. It's called the "Mechanical Chicken" it's a adventure map, this is the summary so far: There was a very dangerous weapon meaning to destroy the moon, the inventor realized what he built. He took it apart and built the parts into Mechanical animals, such as the Mechanical Chicken containing the first part. Then he scattered the animals through out the world, the Mechanical Chicken is some where in the old west near a small town called "Squidston". Your mission is to find that chicken!
I hope it sounds interesting. I also hope I won't lose my inspiration and quit. I'm still working on it and I don't know when it'll be done. But when it is done, I'll recommend this texture pack.
...sounds interesting.
I will be honored to be recommended.
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Curse PremiumI fear that Kahr has ceased to operate, because he meant some times ago that he would do that and he didn`t join the forum for a long time....
I could adapt my Texturepack on opti fine, but some options went lost which were present in mcpatcher.
There are a lot of changings in 1.9, I think the best is to go to this site: http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/1.9
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Curse PremiumLooking in briefly on the MCPatcher thread at the comments did give me a very sad feeling that all was a bit too quiet. It would be nice if someone else could take up the task, but I fear it might be a lost cause with Mojang constantly changing so much.
Oh...yes, my first priority is the family, so whatever happens with this pack now will be very slow progress.
Many thanks for the link, Norzeteus. Being away for so long means I forget where to look for the best info on MC updates, so I appreciate the help.
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Curse Premiumaageon, my friend! So good to see you about!
Life is incredibly demanding right now and has been for the past year...I imagine much the same for you too. I'm feeling my way around 1.9 by trying a few small edits at the moment and mourning the loss (at least for now) of MCPatcher.
I was thinking GS was more like flapping around on the floor like a fish out of water, but I'm trying to pick it up and get it back in some water....if and when I can. I just wish Mojang wouldn't change so many flippin' Guis and entities every update.
I really hope you do make a come back, mate. I'm an old slow 'codger', so It's very reassuring to have familiar faces with great talent about. Just do it!
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Curse PremiumHaha, good stuff!
Also take a look at the mega mod pack 'Feed the Beast' if you really want to play around with tens of thousands of different blocks and items. It's a good alternative to MCPatcher's enabling of multiple blocks. I'm totally lost in it at the moment.
I'll keep my eyes peeled for your old or 'new' pack. Lovely to have you around again, even if I'm not such a regular visitor.
Still by far my favorite texture pack - and I, for one, would love to see it updated for 1.9.
I hear you on family - my good lady and I were married last June, still adjusting to it. (Married twice, if you count the handfasting.
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It still feels strange, but we spend a whole lot of time in each others pockets.
The Auld Grump
A good packet!I love it!You r a respectable editor~
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Well, friend, it is generally not allowed to share it somewhere as far as I know. The official place to get the pack is this forum branch. However you could give a link on your website for Glimmars original post here.
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Curse PremiumHiya, Auld Grump.
New glass, new 64x random bookcase textures. Also fixed the font for non-MCPatcher use - didn't realise it was so simple to do! All the guis need editing so the new font fits in and as per usual Mojang/Microsoft have fiddled with some guis and changed their structure which means a lot of extra work for me. Still have stuff for 1.8 to do before trying my hand at the new 1.9 blocks and items. Also changes to some other blocks and items.
First my hearty congrats on getting married and my best wishes for a long and happy life together. My better half is my best friend and soulmate, if that doesn't sound too soppy for these forums, so the past year, with some serious medical scares, and this past month her having a knee replacement op (suffers from arthritis amongst other things, from a young age), has made 2015/16 a bit of an Annus horribilis (horrible year) for us.
Well good news on the updating front, as I'm currently rather enjoying getting to grips with being able to randomize blocks since 1.8. Also, it was nice to see that 1.9 didn't break my big jukebox music/soundscape add-on pack. As mentioned above, I'm concentrating on seeing how much I can convert the MCPatcher side of things to standard MC whilst bemoaning the loss of things like Better Skies, animated guis and random mobs, etc.
There'll be a new more rounded 128x clock and compass, (as those were broken into individual textures in 1.9) higher res boats (without oars though as they just look silly to me - if I was clever enough I'd love to go back to having little paddle wheels on the side, but I have no experience of whether 'entities' like boats can be edited and I'm certainly not clever enough to mess with even simple code). There'll be a turn of the century blow dart gun - had to drop the loud 'bang' sound I'd created as the bow sample sound seems to be shared with the casting action of the fishing rod.
Having greatly enjoyed using the Feed the Beast Infinity pack I've also been tinkering with some textures for some of the included mods, not on the scale of the offerings by Megistus, but they might be of use if I include what I've done in the next update.
So after panicking about all the changes to existing stuff in the pack, I'm actually rather pleased with the changes in 1.9 (eg. I love the way glass panes can be made into vertical 'rods').
Mind you there is a lot to do so it'll be steady as she goes, and as usual I leave it so long between updates that updating my OP, making vids and uploading to Curse seems like I'm re-translating the Rosetta stone!
The positive thing is I'm rather enjoying editing stuff again, but negatively speaking I still have very little time with work and everything else around the house.
Glad you're still around, mate.
Many thanks for the compliment, and without wishing to make fun, your post really did make me smile.
As Overjay says:
It would be excellent if you could feature the pack on your website and have a link back to the first page of this thread - just don't re-distribute the pack via your website. Feel free to use any pics or vids from my original post on page 1, so long as you're directing folk back here.
Once again thank you for posting and I'm very glad you like my 'vintage' pack enough to want to feature it.
All the best.
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Curse PremiumSadly, redstone dust as pipes seems to be totally nerfed for this pack!
My brass pipes can now only exist in 1.9 if I switch them from 'overlay' mode, instead using the more limited 1.9 overlay mode for the pulsing red glow. However, the pipes themselves are now hard-coded as brilliant red and even if I could change the hard-coded red colour, the way the north, south and centre parts of the pipe are overlaid means the various layers flicker/glitch at the joints as you move around, rendering it totally unsatisfactory.
Until someone comes up with a solution to the glitching and hardwired color, the only way forward for me for 1.9 is to be less individually creative, fall in line with the norm, and make redstone dust exactly that - crystalline dust! Very sad
Fixed a lot of the gui textures and particles last night and nearly finished up on my 128x new compass. All the different types of wood boats will take a while to complete though. Also didn't realize how much the command block/s have changed...phew! Lots of work there!
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Curse PremiumJust found out that Optifine seems to work perfectly well with Glimmar's Steampunk. Haven't checked everything of course, but connected textures, animated GUIs, random mobs, Better Skies, etc, etc all work really well. Made my day!
I will still work as best I can to add some randomness to the pack for non-MCPatcher/Optifine use, but this does mean the pressure to do that is alleviated and I can concentrate more fully on 1.9 changes and other additions. I'm just enjoying and familiarising myself with all the features of Optifine at the mo and having a grand time!
Sadly, brass redstone dust pipes are still a thing of the past for 1.9 use unless Mojang changes things.
Of course I will need to change my exclusive MCPatcher recommendations in the OP.
I'm also tinkering with the use of ShadowPlay (using my nvidia GPU) for better lag free videos.
Optifine always worked well with your texture pack!
I started using it back in 1.4.7, to give my game a power-boost in form of FPS while having lots of mods. Then, I've done the same, but with vanilla - and it was good - all texture-pack things worked as they meant to work.
As far as I know, Optifine has all the features MCpatcher has, but it improves options section, giving you the powers of configuration. And it changes a rendering somehow to boost performance.
Glad to hear that you have the time to enjoy the creative process!
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Curse PremiumI should listen to you good folk more often. I just need to familiarize myself with all the options...what works and what doesn't, but even I'm noticing a boost in performance this time.
Many thanks for dropping by so often, Overjay.
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Curse PremiumWell, having played with the most excellent 'Norzeteus Space' pack for the best part of two days...pretending it was Christmas with lots of new toys and gadgets to discover, I find Norzeteus has indeed overcome the 'overlay' problem I thought would be impossible to fix. Woohoo!
I've tinkered with my textures and the genius 'Norzeteus Code' and managed to get a most satisfactory fully working redstone pipe again...if only i could understand .json instructions!
I still spent a day making a rather nice traditional animated redstone dust that I quite like, but I think brass pipes would still look better.
Hooray!
Gah!
I am wishing that I had never updated to Minecraft 1.9 - vanilla MC just looks wrong!
Ye gods and little fishies, I miss seeing your textures!
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Curse PremiumThank you, both.
Sorry about the long delay on updating!
I will endeavor to get most things repaired and working and perhaps upload an interim pack before trying to finish absolutely everything for 1.9. I well understand your frustration, AuldGrump. Mojang excelled themselves in the number of textures that were changed and expanded, aside from all the new additions.
Good thing your updating it though, the map I'm creating will be for 1.9. It's called the "Mechanical Chicken" it's a adventure map, this is the summary so far: There was a very dangerous weapon meaning to destroy the moon, the inventor realized what he built. He took it apart and built the parts into Mechanical animals, such as the Mechanical Chicken containing the first part. Then he scattered the animals through out the world, the Mechanical Chicken is some where in the old west near a small town called "Squidston". Your mission is to find that chicken!
I hope it sounds interesting. I also hope I won't lose my inspiration and quit. I'm still working on it and I don't know when it'll be done. But when it is done, I'll recommend this texture pack.
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Curse Premium...sounds interesting.
I will be honored to be recommended.