Coterie Craft is a "neo-faithful" texture pack determined to bring Minecraft the textures it deserves, while preserving the iconic feel of default's textures.
For over 10 years Coterie Craft has used ExtraNoise's Quandary Texture Pack as a base. Since then Coterie Craft was given full rights to the author's work.
Coterie Craft has evolved into a unique package of its own with the help of our team members, Ganlolde and karst who continued the pack around 2013-2015 when I was busy as well as myself for expanding the pack to future updates and an HD release.
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(Basically the history of it all and a little bit about myself)
It all started with the Quandary Texture Pack, created by ExtraNoise, he set the baseline for this pack. ExtraNoise was quite big within the texture pack community, widely known in the days of Minecraft Alpha for "sprucing up the default textures" and his assortment of seasons, by which changed the grass and foliage color to look coherent to the designated month and/or season type within the year. He would also contribute some of his textures to Rhodox, author of the Painterly Pack, such as the feather sprite to name one. But not too long after I got my Minecraft account, awarded through an honorable mention in the 2010 WoM Halloween Contest, I felt that his textures could be improved upon, or to at least have them look good in my Minecraft.
Thus, in the late December of 2010, was born the Best of Quandary Texture Pack. It wasn't much to be honest, but it had a purpose. Apparently ExtraNoise became unresponsive by this time, updates in his pack no longer came... and I decided to step into the scene to some degree. Bonemouse, a major contributor to Quandary for his outstanding mob textures (currently the author of his own pack, Isabella), supported my work, even if it was made rather simply through the basic mechanisms of "copy" and "paste." But then again it wasn't all that bad, I did some recoloring and knew how to apply smoothness... so I guess it was an 'OK' compilation at the time. Again, bonemouse was supportive and so were other members within ExtraNoise's thread on the Minecraft Forums, I respectfully gained supporters over time and met many great contributors as well as nice people, no longer on the forums now, but dearly remembered.
To mention one of these people, with varying fascination towards each one of them, Morgus was the first to comment on my topic. But what was almost ironic about the matter was that ExtraNoise sponsored one of Morgus' comments as a kind of technique in presenting one's own content with words outside your own; he said, "Love it! [...] Many subtle changes while preserving the original atmosphere." Morgus then says to my pack, "Nothing to improve imho. I am using this with great pleasure." (probably using this version at the time) So I was kinda proud to have that initially positive feedback from the get-go. By this time I had already created my own quandary-style armor models based on the sprites that Quandary had... and it was a good update; bonemouse approved.
Another person I'd like to mention, Axapez! He, along with many other contributors, had presented me with honest, unrestrained and well-appreciated, constructive criticism that helped this pack grow to greater demand. Eventually we joked about this "Axapez standard," whereas he would always have something to say for the better improvement of the pack, always giving me something to do as it would seem, and it was this standard that many appreciated when I upheld it, especially Master7432 and i_r_everyday_azn.
As more and more improvements were made, the Best of Quandary Pack became less of a compilation and more of a revival of Quandary, considering ExtraNoise was gone for such a long time. The pack was then called Quandary Reborn, but the name was only fitting for so long. Eventually many of my old-time contributors began to fade, but new contributors came in the process, for whom were many fans of Quandary. ExtraNoise also came back after such a long time, and later incorporated my armor models into his newer version of Quandary, but with much unwanted change, such as his new cobblestone, it had many of his fans find a distaste in the newer Quandary and sought to it that Quandary Reborn would retain the old Quandary as they remembered it.
My edits to the pack were entitled towards preserving Quandary, at least to the eyes of those who found my pack with much expectation, then to their disappointment. While many of my long-time contributors looked for ways to improve their Minecraft however way they felt necessary through the constructive criticism that they have always offered, my pack grew apart from the old Quandary look that many had desired and continued to take on a more independent role in fulfilling the needs of others who wanted an improved vanilla Minecraft look, so to speak. Two factions came out of this situation, but there was a way to resolve it. The name Quandary Reborn was no longer an accurate name for the pack it was, for it had grown more independent as I kept pouring more of my spin into the mix by making all kinds of edits to it's original foundation; all to their liking. Names were debatable at the time, and I tend to be very picky when it comes to names, but we found one that fit. The word "Coterie," by definition, was to represent a group of people who shared a similar interest, such as my fellow contributors at the time, then the word "Craft" was traditional generic for a texture pack name, but it fit nicely when it came together - Coterie Craft.
As was the new and current name of Coterie Craft, established in the early March of 2011, fully independent from it's original counterpart with a goal to provide a more revamped version of default by improving the appearance and fervor of Minecraft, the Quandary name, on the other hand, is still a good one but has often been forgotten and aged due to my pack's similarities and surpassing success over time. Since then ExtraNoise's work has been expanded on but not forgotten as the torch as been passed to a worthy successor. What was once a low effort remix pack that was supported by the community and the original author has become a beloved franchise of different orginal packs that provide something different to the player. Moreover, I hope this excerpt on my pack's history will serve some justice in providing evidence to the past and well-being for the future as ExtraNoise's former vision is expanded on.
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im new to this
how would i instal this texture pack?
[EDIT] The simplest way is to run Minecraft.exe and go to "Mods and Texture Packs", then "Open texture pack folder". Place the recently downloaded zip in the folder. Enable your new texture pack in your game. Click "Done", and begin playing.
Aaaaaaah....I love this. It's fixed the few tiny problems I had with the original quandry pack, and made it even better.
If I may ask, though...one thing that wasn't in any of the original quandry textures was a 'lusher' color pallet: deeper shades of green in the grass, trees, etc. Evetything was so dusty and dull, even the more vibrant biomes. If you ever feel like it, could you darken the grass and dirt textures somewhat? This is already great, so I wouldn't be angry if you didn't
These are great edits, all in all. I'll be keeping an eye out for your work.
I do like your version of the Lapis, however I think Notch got his color wrong. I have my own which I think matches the darker version of quandary. Take a look and see what you think about it, I believe it closer matches the real thing.
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And here is a screen of real Lapis. Can you see what I mean?
Removed Images because my bandwidth limit is getting fubar.
I do like your version of the Lapis, however I think Notch got his color wrong. I have my own which I think matches the darker version of quandary. Take a look and see what you think about it, I believe it closer matches the real thing.
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And here is a screen of real Lapis. Can you see what I mean?
Very nicely done. :smile.gif: I didn't even know lapis existed!
What is going on with my dirt!? D8
The colors don't match, and I don't quite like the default dirt color myself, but I loved Quandary and this pack was the closest I could get to it. (Not to say that this pack bad, though )
P.S. The dirt is a fusion of a moister default with quandary grass.
Yes, it was in-game. Single player. xD I know I downloaded it correctly, I've been using a lot of texture packs till 1.2 released, however, am I being stupid by not running the HD patcher? Or does it not make a difference for this pack? xD;
Yes, it was in-game. Single player. xD I know I downloaded it correctly, I've been using a lot of texture packs till 1.2 released, however, am I being stupid by not running the HD patcher? Or does it not make a difference for this pack? xD;
This is a 16-bit pack... which does not require an HD patcher (I think)... But I can tell you that I am updating right now. So just reply again if the problem persists...
[Edit] Version 2.5 is out!
I'm thinking your problem might have something to do with your own doing of your texture pack(s).
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Coterie Craft is a "neo-faithful" texture pack determined to bring Minecraft the textures it deserves, while preserving the iconic feel of default's textures.
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For over 10 years Coterie Craft has used ExtraNoise's Quandary Texture Pack as a base. Since then Coterie Craft was given full rights to the author's work.
Coterie Craft has evolved into a unique package of its own with the help of our team members, Ganlolde and karst who continued the pack around 2013-2015 when I was busy as well as myself for expanding the pack to future updates and an HD release.
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(Basically the history of it all and a little bit about myself)
It all started with the Quandary Texture Pack, created by ExtraNoise, he set the baseline for this pack. ExtraNoise was quite big within the texture pack community, widely known in the days of Minecraft Alpha for "sprucing up the default textures" and his assortment of seasons, by which changed the grass and foliage color to look coherent to the designated month and/or season type within the year. He would also contribute some of his textures to Rhodox, author of the Painterly Pack, such as the feather sprite to name one. But not too long after I got my Minecraft account, awarded through an honorable mention in the 2010 WoM Halloween Contest, I felt that his textures could be improved upon, or to at least have them look good in my Minecraft.
Thus, in the late December of 2010, was born the Best of Quandary Texture Pack. It wasn't much to be honest, but it had a purpose. Apparently ExtraNoise became unresponsive by this time, updates in his pack no longer came... and I decided to step into the scene to some degree. Bonemouse, a major contributor to Quandary for his outstanding mob textures (currently the author of his own pack, Isabella), supported my work, even if it was made rather simply through the basic mechanisms of "copy" and "paste." But then again it wasn't all that bad, I did some recoloring and knew how to apply smoothness... so I guess it was an 'OK' compilation at the time. Again, bonemouse was supportive and so were other members within ExtraNoise's thread on the Minecraft Forums, I respectfully gained supporters over time and met many great contributors as well as nice people, no longer on the forums now, but dearly remembered.
To mention one of these people, with varying fascination towards each one of them, Morgus was the first to comment on my topic. But what was almost ironic about the matter was that ExtraNoise sponsored one of Morgus' comments as a kind of technique in presenting one's own content with words outside your own; he said, "Love it! [...] Many subtle changes while preserving the original atmosphere." Morgus then says to my pack, "Nothing to improve imho. I am using this with great pleasure." (probably using this version at the time) So I was kinda proud to have that initially positive feedback from the get-go. By this time I had already created my own quandary-style armor models based on the sprites that Quandary had... and it was a good update; bonemouse approved.
Another person I'd like to mention, Axapez! He, along with many other contributors, had presented me with honest, unrestrained and well-appreciated, constructive criticism that helped this pack grow to greater demand. Eventually we joked about this "Axapez standard," whereas he would always have something to say for the better improvement of the pack, always giving me something to do as it would seem, and it was this standard that many appreciated when I upheld it, especially Master7432 and i_r_everyday_azn.
As more and more improvements were made, the Best of Quandary Pack became less of a compilation and more of a revival of Quandary, considering ExtraNoise was gone for such a long time. The pack was then called Quandary Reborn, but the name was only fitting for so long. Eventually many of my old-time contributors began to fade, but new contributors came in the process, for whom were many fans of Quandary. ExtraNoise also came back after such a long time, and later incorporated my armor models into his newer version of Quandary, but with much unwanted change, such as his new cobblestone, it had many of his fans find a distaste in the newer Quandary and sought to it that Quandary Reborn would retain the old Quandary as they remembered it.
My edits to the pack were entitled towards preserving Quandary, at least to the eyes of those who found my pack with much expectation, then to their disappointment. While many of my long-time contributors looked for ways to improve their Minecraft however way they felt necessary through the constructive criticism that they have always offered, my pack grew apart from the old Quandary look that many had desired and continued to take on a more independent role in fulfilling the needs of others who wanted an improved vanilla Minecraft look, so to speak. Two factions came out of this situation, but there was a way to resolve it. The name Quandary Reborn was no longer an accurate name for the pack it was, for it had grown more independent as I kept pouring more of my spin into the mix by making all kinds of edits to it's original foundation; all to their liking. Names were debatable at the time, and I tend to be very picky when it comes to names, but we found one that fit. The word "Coterie," by definition, was to represent a group of people who shared a similar interest, such as my fellow contributors at the time, then the word "Craft" was traditional generic for a texture pack name, but it fit nicely when it came together - Coterie Craft.
As was the new and current name of Coterie Craft, established in the early March of 2011, fully independent from it's original counterpart with a goal to provide a more revamped version of default by improving the appearance and fervor of Minecraft, the Quandary name, on the other hand, is still a good one but has often been forgotten and aged due to my pack's similarities and surpassing success over time. Since then ExtraNoise's work has been expanded on but not forgotten as the torch as been passed to a worthy successor. What was once a low effort remix pack that was supported by the community and the original author has become a beloved franchise of different orginal packs that provide something different to the player. Moreover, I hope this excerpt on my pack's history will serve some justice in providing evidence to the past and well-being for the future as ExtraNoise's former vision is expanded on.
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Curse PremiumJust what I wanted to hear! XD
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Curse Premium[EDIT] The simplest way is to run Minecraft.exe and go to "Mods and Texture Packs", then "Open texture pack folder". Place the recently downloaded zip in the folder. Enable your new texture pack in your game. Click "Done", and begin playing.
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Curse PremiumOh yeah... must have slipped my mind. (My younger brother knows a lot more where these things go... should have asked him first :tongue.gif:)
but could you please take the time to add 1.2 textures so i can use this?
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Curse Premiumof course, it will be added in a couple minutes. (I just came back from school, by the way)
[Edit] version 2.3 is out. enjoy! :smile.gif:
You will expect another update soon.
[Edit] make that version 2.4... :biggrin.gif:
If I may ask, though...one thing that wasn't in any of the original quandry textures was a 'lusher' color pallet: deeper shades of green in the grass, trees, etc. Evetything was so dusty and dull, even the more vibrant biomes. If you ever feel like it, could you darken the grass and dirt textures somewhat? This is already great, so I wouldn't be angry if you didn't
These are great edits, all in all. I'll be keeping an eye out for your work.
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And here is a screen of real Lapis. Can you see what I mean?
Removed Images because my bandwidth limit is getting fubar.
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Curse PremiumVery nicely done. :smile.gif: I didn't even know lapis existed!
What is going on with my dirt!? D8
The colors don't match, and I don't quite like the default dirt color myself, but I loved Quandary and this pack was the closest I could get to it. (Not to say that this pack bad, though
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Curse PremiumDid you find this in-game?
P.S. The dirt is a fusion of a moister default with quandary grass.
Yes, it was in-game. Single player. xD I know I downloaded it correctly, I've been using a lot of texture packs till 1.2 released, however, am I being stupid by not running the HD patcher? Or does it not make a difference for this pack? xD;
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Curse PremiumThis is a 16-bit pack... which does not require an HD patcher (I think)... But I can tell you that I am updating right now. So just reply again if the problem persists...
[Edit] Version 2.5 is out!
I'm thinking your problem might have something to do with your own doing of your texture pack(s).
It's quite possible, another texture pack is doing the same thing. I wonder if it's because of the "Better Grass" mod.
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Curse PremiumBy the way (anyone can answer this), how does my cloth textures look compared to default?
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