Great pack! I love how detailed and original the textures are. The cobble is my favorite out of every other texture pack, I love the variation of brightness. Seriously, great job. This pack deserves way more attention. I'll keep my eye on this. :wink.gif:
I only have one problem with the pack. I personally think that the half-steps are way too bright. Compared to everything else, they look really out of place.
Man, this is beautiful. Packs like this (original packs made by passionate artists) are why I keep texturing and keep looking 'round these forums. I just wish that the forums had a screening process so packs like this weren't lost in remixes and x-ray packs.
I will certainly be keeping an eye on this pack :biggrin.gif:
I agree with your sentiments completely. It can get frustrating when all you see is waves of remix and x-ray packs flooding the forum but it makes finding genuine art that much more rewarding. I love that feeling of clicking on a thread not knowing what to expect and then being blown away by the quality and design of some original packs. Speaking of, what you've created so far is looking quite excellent. I look forward to seeing your continued work :biggrin.gif:
Great pack! I love how detailed and original the textures are. The cobble is my favorite out of every other texture pack, I love the variation of brightness. Seriously, great job. This pack deserves way more attention. I'll keep my eye on this. :wink.gif:
I only have one problem with the pack. I personally think that the half-steps are way too bright. Compared to everything else, they look really out of place.
That means a lot coming from you, :3 I'm honoured. Grimpack is one of my undisputed favourite packs of all time.
I can see where you're coming from with the half-steps. I'm sure if I made an alternate for them they would blend in better, mostly for builds that incorporate them with stone blocks as part of architecture and stairs. I've never really had a problem with them since I've seen them as a decorative white stone block that I use for accenting various things (also, I'm not exceptionally good at building. Definitely not my strong suit). I also like how there's a progression of light to dark between half-steps, stone and cobble. I'll have to play around with them and see what I can come up with.
I stepped away from the pack for selfish gaming pursuits (I’m looking at you, FFXIV!) but the desire to continue is always there. I had completed redstone lanterns and the new planks, but hit a creative wall shortly after. I’ll upload something for 1.2 this week, even if it’s not ready.
Pack is updated for 1.2.5!
Download link is up in OP, check update history for changes made. Images will be posted later to reflect new blocks and edits.
Sorry for the hiatus everyone.. now go and have some adventures!
heh, you got me Check PM for your version, but if you could also check out the main pack and tell me your thoughts on the sandstone, that'd be great. Trying to find a balance between the natural and decortive blocks.
To anyone who downloaded the May 9th release, please delete it and download the May 23rd version 2 release (Download link is in the OP).
Having been fed up with a few bad textures, I've spent the last two nights making changes. I don't usually touch the textures for grass and stone, but I needed to add some more visual stimuli to them both, however subtle. It helped. Due to changing stone, I also had to change other blocks that rely on the stone texture; ores and stone half steps. I played around in the past with the steps, trying to make them patterned or otherwise different, but I think I like the way they are, so I worked with that. The new steps embody the original design, but are sharper looking and not as eye-hurtingly bright
Added a little depth to birch planks. They're no longer flat looking.
Changes to desert shrubs and sandstone bricks make deserts not suck anymore. It's pretty fantastic.
The decorative stone brick block has a complementary blue border making it look quite good with the green and purple tones in strongholds.
Pictures of the new textures can be seen under "Images" on the first page. Take a look, but first prepare your retinas for a grand feast.
I did download my version, however sadly I don't have time to play mc any time soon
I will be away for 3 months, so if you feel like slacking a lot, now is your chance. Apologies for being unable to give opinions on things at this point, if I had the time I'd gladly do so. This place just needs more attention really.
In any case, have a good summer and hopefully I'll have time again after. I'll try peek in here every now and then as time allows, I expect magical things when I return!
Gone for 3 months?? T_T Now who'll provide quality feedback for $9.95 a post? I mean, really, your rates are super reasonable.
It's a good thing you didn't have time to check out the pack for 1.2.5 v1, because it stunk. Let me know when you're back and I'll whip up a new OM version for you.
I've worked on armour this week for the first time and all except chainmail are (what I consider) ready. We'll see how that goes. I wasn't going do anything to chainmail, since you can't obtain it normally and I never use it, but I think I'll edit it anyway at some point.
I've been fussing with the grass texture, trying different things while still trying to preserve the original design from 2010. Can't quite get the proper balance of contrast for what I'm trying to do even after trying a handful of different things, but what I have so far is suitable. I've also changed the enchantment glint overlay.
Other than that, I'm waiting for the next release of Minecraft to come out so I can work on new textures. I don't bother with snapshots anymore since content/textures tend to change without notice. I'll be including the new armour in the next release, as well as updating screenshots and the OP.
I really love the look of this, consider it downloaded, +1 too you!
too bad that for every good pack there always seems to be 3 simple or default edit packs
Thanks Pie ^^ hope you like it once you've tried it out. About simple packs/edits; with a little sifting, there are a lot of gems to be found here.
Yes. Armour is done, excluding chainmail, but I'm waiting for 1.3 to upload another release. Mobs are most likely next, little by little. I got distracted by working on custom water for a while when I should have been focusing on mobs... And to make matters worse, water is back to the drawing board anyways.
I haven't been able to sit down and really work on it. I do have terrain.png up to date, but all new gui elements haven't been touched yet. To anyone who uses my pack on a regular basis, I'm sorry for all the delays. Tell you what though, I'll upload a temporary version tonight with what I have done so far. I'll put up the link in this post, so keep an eye out.Please don't use this version in videos, reviews etc. as it is not an official release. Thanks
I only have one problem with the pack. I personally think that the half-steps are way too bright. Compared to everything else, they look really out of place.
When I decided to see how the thread was doing, I wasn't expecting all of this support. I don't know what to say. Thank you so much!
I agree with your sentiments completely. It can get frustrating when all you see is waves of remix and x-ray packs flooding the forum but it makes finding genuine art that much more rewarding. I love that feeling of clicking on a thread not knowing what to expect and then being blown away by the quality and design of some original packs. Speaking of, what you've created so far is looking quite excellent. I look forward to seeing your continued work :biggrin.gif:
That means a lot coming from you, :3 I'm honoured. Grimpack is one of my undisputed favourite packs of all time.
I can see where you're coming from with the half-steps. I'm sure if I made an alternate for them they would blend in better, mostly for builds that incorporate them with stone blocks as part of architecture and stairs. I've never really had a problem with them since I've seen them as a decorative white stone block that I use for accenting various things (also, I'm not exceptionally good at building. Definitely not my strong suit). I also like how there's a progression of light to dark between half-steps, stone and cobble. I'll have to play around with them and see what I can come up with.
Always the great motivator
I stepped away from the pack for selfish gaming pursuits (I’m looking at you, FFXIV!) but the desire to continue is always there. I had completed redstone lanterns and the new planks, but hit a creative wall shortly after. I’ll upload something for 1.2 this week, even if it’s not ready.
Download link is up in OP, check update history for changes made. Images will be posted later to reflect new blocks and edits.
Sorry for the hiatus everyone.. now go and have some adventures!
heh, you got me
Having been fed up with a few bad textures, I've spent the last two nights making changes. I don't usually touch the textures for grass and stone, but I needed to add some more visual stimuli to them both, however subtle. It helped. Due to changing stone, I also had to change other blocks that rely on the stone texture; ores and stone half steps. I played around in the past with the steps, trying to make them patterned or otherwise different, but I think I like the way they are, so I worked with that. The new steps embody the original design, but are sharper looking and not as eye-hurtingly bright
Added a little depth to birch planks. They're no longer flat looking.
Changes to desert shrubs and sandstone bricks make deserts not suck anymore. It's pretty fantastic.
The decorative stone brick block has a complementary blue border making it look quite good with the green and purple tones in strongholds.
Pictures of the new textures can be seen under "Images" on the first page. Take a look, but first prepare your retinas for a grand feast.
Gone for 3 months?? T_T Now who'll provide quality feedback for $9.95 a post? I mean, really, your rates are super reasonable.
It's a good thing you didn't have time to check out the pack for 1.2.5 v1, because it stunk. Let me know when you're back and I'll whip up a new OM version for you.
You have a good summer too!
I've been fussing with the grass texture, trying different things while still trying to preserve the original design from 2010. Can't quite get the proper balance of contrast for what I'm trying to do even after trying a handful of different things, but what I have so far is suitable. I've also changed the enchantment glint overlay.
Other than that, I'm waiting for the next release of Minecraft to come out so I can work on new textures. I don't bother with snapshots anymore since content/textures tend to change without notice. I'll be including the new armour in the next release, as well as updating screenshots and the OP.
Thanks Pie ^^ hope you like it once you've tried it out. About simple packs/edits; with a little sifting, there are a lot of gems to be found here.
Yes. Armour is done, excluding chainmail, but I'm waiting for 1.3 to upload another release. Mobs are most likely next, little by little. I got distracted by working on custom water for a while when I should have been focusing on mobs... And to make matters worse, water is back to the drawing board anyways.
Short answer; no.
I haven't been able to sit down and really work on it. I do have terrain.png up to date, but all new gui elements haven't been touched yet. To anyone who uses my pack on a regular basis, I'm sorry for all the delays.
Tell you what though, I'll upload a temporary version tonight with what I have done so far. I'll put up the link in this post, so keep an eye out.Please don't use this version in videos, reviews etc. as it is not an official release. Thanks