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Quote from zimplexx

those gold-diamond-lapiz blocks look good....they fit better for decorative situations

Ok. I'll add them to the alternates.

Quote from zimplexx

but if you change those blocks you might want to do it to the iron aswell otherwise it wont match good

There's already an alternate iron texture that I added in this post.

Bump this bad boy back to the top.

I hope you're still working on things, Bill - I love what I've seen so far and am looking forward to more!

I don't have a lot of time to scan the forums or play, but I do keep an eye on developments with this pack.

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Bump this bad boy back to the top.

I hope you're still working on things, Bill - I love what I've seen so far and am looking forward to more!

I don't have a lot of time to scan the forums or play, but I do keep an eye on developments with this pack.

Hi HeadHunter. I appreciate your support and the nudge :smile.gif:

RL stuff has gotten in the way lately, but, I will attempt to restore some balance.

New update below this post.

Cheers,
Bill

New ore blocks added and the old ones moved to alternates.
Tweaked cobblestone with less blue. Much better, I reckon.
Tweaked grass in an attempt to make it a little more interesting.

See the first post for the textures.

Cheers,
Bill

did you make the grass brighter, or is that the biome?

...and everything looks fantastic! :wink.gif:

Quote from zimplexx

did you make the grass brighter, or is that the biome?

...and everything looks fantastic! :wink.gif:

Thanks, zimplexx :smile.gif:

I have tweaked the grass a bit. But I think the biome has contributed a little, too.

Here's what it looks like from the same position as earlier screenshots. (see this post to compare)

if i compare both the old grass has a more dull look to it (which I prefer) and the newer grass looks fantastic...but I think the old grass suits the dirt better

although this (hopefully at some point) texture pack never disappoints

It's been a little too long since my last update. I've had trouble with my right/mouse hand (I think arthritis) which make it very painful to use the mouse. I've ordered one of those mousepads with the gel wrist rest which I hope will help a bit.

Meanwhile, here's an update for those of you trying out the Minecraft 1.8 Pre-Release.
Below are replacement chest files to go into the item directory in your minecraft.jar file (or your texturepack zip file).
Make sure the files are named chest.png and largechest.png.

I've also made a zip file version for 1.8 which you can use with the default texture pack. Get that here.
Put it into your texturepacks folder.
Then go into Minecraft and select Battered Old Sea Chest.zip.

Cheers,
Bill

My favorite chest is back, and better than ever!

Sorry to hear you been having hand problems. Hope the new gel rest helps.

Quote from DarkMother

My favorite chest is back, and better than ever!

I just repackaged the old one for 1.8. It's still a bit rough in spots.
I'll get around to doing a better one for 1.8 at some point.

Quote from DarkMother

Sorry to hear you been having hand problems. Hope the new gel rest helps.

Thanks, DarkMother :smile.gif:

Doing great so far, and sorry about your hand. If I could make a suggestion, could you move the windows to the glass-pane spot, and make glass look like grimy or scratched glass blocks again? It makes a lot of floating castles and model Raptures look like a field of windows.

Quote from Joeyyz

This is dragging on a bit D:

All good things come to those who wait.

Quietly and patiently waiting, not hopping up and down "are we there yet?" waiting!

Quote from Joeyyz

This is dragging on a bit D:

I agree.

Quote from DarkMother

All good things come to those who wait.

Very true.

Quote from DarkMother

Quietly and patiently waiting, not hopping up and down "are we there yet?" waiting!

My favourite kinda waiting.

The gel wrist rest helped the wrist a bit. But the tip and joints of my index finger still hurt. Not helpful for image work :/ Hopefully resting it a bit helps. I will return to Battered Old Stuff soon! (ooo.. maybe I should call it Battered Old Hands)

Quote from chickenputty

This looks amazing good work Bill.

Thank you, chickenputty :biggrin.gif:

Quote from LutherAD

ozBillo; I've just gone through this entire thread and I can only say (In true British Style)

"Spiffy Good Work Old-Chap!"

But seriously, you've made a fan of me and I'll be keeping a close eye on this thread.

Thanks, LutherAD :biggrin.gif:

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As for your hand; look after it - Having done some injuries to my hands/wrists myself I can tell you nothing inconveniences you like a b**gered hand. It sounds like you're developing a repetitive strain injury; I had something very similar last year - you need to "change-up" how you use the finger, and go easy on it for a while.

I tried swapping the mouse buttons but that didn't work out well. The middle finger started getting the same kind of pains :/
So, goin' easy for now.

This may come as a bit of a shock... but I've added some weeds!

See the first post for the textures.

Quote from aranamor

Doing great so far, and sorry about your hand.

Thanks, aranamor. And I apologize for taking so long to respond to your post.

Quote from aranamor

If I could make a suggestion, could you move the windows to the glass-pane spot, and make glass look like grimy or scratched glass blocks again? It makes a lot of floating castles and model Raptures look like a field of windows.

The glass-pane spot is just for the edge of glass panes. I'm trying out a simpler window which might suit you. The first pic shows the 2 pixel wide pane edge I use. Let me know what you reckon.

Cheers,
Bill

First try at mossy cobblestone.
See the first post for the textures.