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Of the nearly 100 pages, I've read the first 40 and then from wherever I first posted here

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The night sky looks absolutely amazing.

Cheers gamer, i'm not showing all the bits that don't line up and look a bit rough

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Great job on the night sky Syclone! It fits my style better than any other I've seen Can't wait for the next update, keep up the great work!

Thanks Moony Its far from finished but i'm quite enjoying making it when i thought i would hate it after the day sky!

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Of the nearly 100 pages, I've read the first 40 and then from wherever I first posted here

Ha yeah I have a pretty good memory (for an old boy) and remember when you first posted When does your next LP start with series 2??

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Hm. That night sky itself looks really nice, but something about it makes it seem cubical. I'm not sure what it is that others have that this one doesn't, but the skybox's edges seem more noticeable than they should. Minecraft never renders chunks far enough to give the appearance of a proper horizon, so perhaps you could add some dark silhouettes of mountains in the skybox so there is a proper horizon, rather than having the sky reach right to your feet?

Nice job on it so far though!


Congrats on 100 pages!

Cheers G, ah yes its not possible to remove the cubical look completely, now if they used a sky dome like most games it would be even better! I've looked at so many packs with skies now to see how some are done but because it's not finished and sky goes to black you can see a very obvious corner where the stars currently stop and i haven't finished texturing

Next update pic should hide it more

Yep it's a fair few pages isn't it!

Here you go G, pretty much same angle but shouldn't be so boxy..... i also darkened the whole sky it was too bright not "night" enough

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Ahhhh, that night sky is gorgeous. Jelly of your skills, mr syc!

That darkness really makes it look like space too, can't wait to try it out!

Thanks Mr S, i don't want it too spacey looking more a dark cloudy night so i'll need to see what i can I'll make a little video in while.

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100 PAGES!!!!!!!!!!

Yup! crazy huh

thx for sharing man!!

that night sky is amazing <3

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thx for sharing man!!

Your welcome

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I can still tell it's a dark cloudy night, I just meant it still feels like night and the blackness above the clouds and the glow that highlights them really feels like it comes from space!

I think they're great the way they are now but I'm sure any changes you make will make them better still so I'm not complaining.

Yeah still playing with it and trying yo get it all to blend......not easy!

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A cinematic with the Chroma Hills texture pack. Enjoy

Ooooh very nice! If you want to get rid of the checker tile pattern on the top of the quartz block just download the pack again, I got rid of it and turned it a white single block (much better)

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That night sky is gorgeous. It hardly even looks like it fits in with Minecraft it's so good! Can't wait to see it in action.

Ha thanks Scruff

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You should probably also think about teamspeak or mumble for the server to...

Yup, i'll have an update on the server progress soon......its all happening.

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that night sky is amazing <3

Thanks Uni

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Sorry to nitpick at this but can still see the skybox edge above the moon (better visable at full size image). You can draw a horizontal line on the pure 'blackness' above the moon if you look closely you can see that a star gets split by it so you only see half.

Love the night sky so far though but like i said, nitpicking

Ah you bee nit picking an area i have even started to blend yet I was pointing out in the update that the corner has lost its boxyness, not where the sides meet the top with that very obvious straight edge....got lots to do to make that areas seamless all around the sky box. The whole sky texture is only 50% complete just a work in progress.

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Sorry to nitpick at this but can still see the skybox edge above the moon (better visable at full size image). You can draw a horizontal line on the pure 'blackness' above the moon if you look closely you can see that a star gets split by it so you only see half.

Love the night sky so far though but like i said, nitpicking

I notice it now, perhaps it's an easy fix though. Keep producing amazing textures Sy. Never stop!

Ok folks, i'm still trying different colours and different things out. How does this look, little more more purple and a tinge of green from the land, also one major new thing.......the stars move now on their own layer video coming up.

The night sky looks really great. I like the one above better than the one a page or two back, mainly because it looks a little more realistic or..uh "believable" I guess you could say

Oh you asked when my LP starts...when I get my Blue Yeti

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The night sky looks really great. I like the one above better than the one a page or two back, mainly because it looks a little more realistic or..uh "believable" I guess you could say

Oh you asked when my LP starts...when I get my Blue Yeti

Its rather cool watching the stars move, i saw it in Misa's pack. I have some other ideas i'm going to try and implement as well now i have the layers working

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Its rather cool watching the stars move, i saw it in Misa's pack. I have some other ideas i'm going to try and implement as well now i have the layers working

Shooting stars
If you do add that just make sure it doesn't happen every few seconds, or it'll look the the world is ending

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Do not stop. This will be a great success.

Amen

Ice-cream

Can't do anything about the stars coming through the clouds if we have them moving There's no feature to create a mask using the clouds layer. It's all done with blends so there will always be an element of transparency. I've tried every setting to stop the stars showing. I knew it was going to be noticed and i meant to say when I posted the pic :

Sky is stressing me, so might put it on hold, look at something else............ musta switched in and out of the game 100 times yesterday trying different settings.

I'll put up a video, so you guys can see, maybe it's worth it having them moving and not worry i dunno......MC is not a real place and this is fantasy not photo real pack so hmmm

I'l ask about see if i've missed something on making parts solid.

I think you have the right amount of stars and the color seems perfect!

If you have the stars moving though, you should change the clouds...sadly. Since the stars show through the clouds, it just doesn't look good that way. I hate to say it, but it had to be said.

Honestly though, since the clouds look fantastic, I wouldn't complain if you had the stars fixed in place. I know stargazing wouldn't be as appealing. Unless you find a way to make both work, it's either one or the other...but I'm sure whatever you come up with will be great! And like you said, this is a fantasy pack, so it doesn't have to necessarily "follow the rules." As long as it looks good, that's all that matters!