If you are reading this, then you are interested in the Bordercraft texture pack. It was created by Dr. Kalashnikov, an artist who actually works on the art for the Borderlands series of video games. If you don't already know, Dr. K created the original Bordercraft texture pack, which can be found on the forums, here. If you'd like to follow her blog, it is linked here. News and information about the pack's future will be posted here as it appears.
03 - 2013:
Dr. Kalashnikov has updated Bordercraft to version 1.5.1 of Minecraft. You can find it on the forums here, or download it from Planet Minecraft.
03 - 2013:
Dr. Kalashnikov says she will bring the pack up to speed one last time before turning it over to the community.
Also, I wanted to mention this here too: After finding out about the imposter, I got so ed about it that I textured some more stuff. My idea was to get this thing up to speed (since there's a TON of work to do) one last time and then turn it over to you guys. That way we can look at the pack and see how to approach it and all that. I feel really bad abandoning it and then just throwing up my hands leaving all this work behind for everyone.
I'd like to welcome anyone interested that would like to contribute to this next update, to bring it on! It would probably be good to get in some practice anyway.
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I'd like to hear feedback from the community on what resolution they'd like the pack to be maintained at. Currently, the pack supports 32x, 64x, and 128x. I'd like to focus on one or two resolutions at most, but if anyone would rather it be multiple resolutions, this can be done. It would just mean slower updates for certain resolutions,
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On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 3:46 PM, (my censored name here) <(censoredemail@yahoo.com> wrote: Hi, this is Debugman18 from the MinecraftForums, and I've read your blog (where you've talked about being busy and such) and the texture pack is very outdated. I was wondering for permission to use your textures to start a community continuation project on the forums, because I really don't want to see the pack die. I personally don't have the artistic talent to keep the pack updated by myself, but I feel that if a community gets together for it, we could do it. Any other work you've done on the pack that you could contribute would be fantastic, as well. It'd be like the Dokucraft fan continuation. Please e-mail me back with a response,
A fan of your work,
Debugman18
And her reply was:
(Now)
Hey!
Sorry it took so long to get back to you! I had meant to email you sooner. I really think that this is a good idea. I have some new stuff that I did recently for the pack that I can release and then everyone can fill in the gaps. If anyone needs help or opinions on their stuff for it, I'd be glad to help in that capacity. I think that it would be really fun. I hated that I had to stop on this pack, but I really want to move on to other things. And they keep updating Minecraft so much! XD It can be difficult to work all day on textures and then come home and do it some more (especially when it's the same style).
So yeah, what needs to be done so that this can happen?
Ash*~
So please, anyone who is interested, say so and we'll sort the details out, and I can respond to her. I didn't want to start something like this yet (until getting her response on the matter) and I'm happy to hear back about this. There have been a few small (unofficial) version of the pack floating around, so I felt it would nice to have an Official Unofficial Bordercraft texture pack.
I have the ability to texture, and I'm currently working on a pack in a similar style, so at a point I myself can also help with missing textures.
The goal would be to leave the remaining (and future) textures to the community to finish. Anyone who wants to contribute will be credited properly. There won't be adfly links, because it would be a community project.
Rightio, I'll add that to OP. I e-mailed her back, as well, so she knows this topic is here. But it may take a while to hear back again, it took her more than a week to respond to my first e-mail. (Not complaining about that, just saying it may be a little bit, she's busy.)
Rightio, I'll add that to OP. I e-mailed her back, as well, so she knows this topic is here. But it may take a while to hear back again, it took her more than a week to respond to my first e-mail. (Not complaining about that, just saying it may be a little bit, she's busy.)
Hey! Omg I was just thinking that I needed to post about this today. I can def give people tips for how I did things and I'm going to post my PSDs so it will be easier to approach all of the textures. It also looks like someone is pretending to be me on planet minecraft. :/
I would much rather this pack be open to the community rather than someone pretending to be me. So whatever we need to do to get this going, I'm up for it.
Hey! Omg I was just thinking that I needed to post about this today. I can def give people tips for how I did things and I'm going to post my PSDs so it will be easier to approach all of the textures. It also looks like someone is pretending to be me on planet minecraft. :/
I would much rather this pack be open to the community rather than someone pretending to be me. So whatever we need to do to get this going, I'm up for it.
I had a feeling there was something fishy going on with that PMC page. I noticed especially with the BorderCraft2 they posted where everything was blurred and filtered.
I know some of the site moderators, so I could help get the imposter off if you would like
It would be nice if the community started work on this, it was a good pack and I would like to see it updated
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The official Bluebird continuation is underway! Please come and help keep the pack alive!
Hey! Omg I was just thinking that I needed to post about this today. I can def give people tips for how I did things and I'm going to post my PSDs so it will be easier to approach all of the textures. It also looks like someone is pretending to be me on planet minecraft. :/
I would much rather this pack be open to the community rather than someone pretending to be me. So whatever we need to do to get this going, I'm up for it.
And if you could give tips, I could attempt the art style. I'm been doing textures for a little while, and I'm still in the process of learning, but I really want to see the pack live on.
And if you could give tips, I could attempt the art style. I'm been doing textures for a little while, and I'm still in the process of learning, but I really want to see the pack live on.
Yeah I'm thinking that you're right. He claims to have spoken to an "Ash" on Skype or something. And I posted on that thread Friday and my post is no where to be found.
I'll see if I can't produce a Netherquartz texture, to help get this ball rolling.
Edit: Just a quick attempt, to see if I even grasp the art style correctly. Thoughts? It's a modified Netherrack texture, using layers, brush tool, overlay/darken/lighten to mimic the outline and shading style. I only added two stones, but like I said, this is for me to see how the style actually flows in Photoshop.
Cool. I think you're going in the right direction. I would say that the surface of the rocks needs more details with ink work. That's really all that's missing.
Also, I wanted to mention this here too: After finding out about the imposter, I got so ed about it that I textured some more stuff. My idea was to get this thing up to speed (since there's a TON of work to do) one last time and then turn it over to you guys. That way we can look at the pack and see how to approach it and all that. I feel really bad abandoning it and then just throwing up my hands leaving all this work behind for everyone.
I'd like to welcome anyone interested that would like to contribute to this next update, to bring it on! It would probably be good to get in some practice anyway.
I've been a fan of Bordercraft since I started playing Minecraft (beta 1.6.6), and it's definitely my favorite pack. ever. And I was sad to see it "shelved," though I understand, life happens. I'm truly ecstatic to know it's making an official resurgence.
Unfortunately, I'm no artist so I cant really contribute. But know that you have my support and that your efforts won't go unappreciated.
Upon the update's release, I plan to make it my server's default pack and spread the word to all my minecrafting buddies =)
I've done the 1.5. But now I've removed the links, because I want to contribute here Can I?
I don't see why you can't contribute, but it isn't guaranteed that it will end up in the regular version (post-update) of the pack. We still need to sort out how textures are decided. I'll discuss this with some of the other texture pack authors, to see what they think about how that should be taken care of.
I know its not official, but it is not fake. I used it yesterday. 1.5 textures were done. Item frames and everything. I will have to do, until you release the official one.
Yes they were. Its in the 1.5 format too. So that could save you some time. The author is MatRiz.
You are aware you were just talking to MatRiz, right? He is one of the people who have posted in this thread.
Anyways, I'd personally like to know if people prefer a specific resolution for this texture pack. It'd be easier to keep it up to date if we used the 64x textures, but I don't mind contributing to 128x if that's what people like to see. Maintaining multiple resolutions is something that could be done, but it requires twice as much effort if you want the downscaled textures to look proper.
I think that's better to make a 128x one. I can resize all to 64x and 32x
It's not a problem.
Simply resizing them won't yield very good results. The detail gap going from 128x to 32x is huge. Tweaks need to made for some textures. I'd like to hear some more input on it, as well. Having multiple resolutions is fine, it will just take a little longer.
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Curse PremiumOn Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 3:46 PM, (my censored name here) <(censoredemail@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi, this is Debugman18 from the MinecraftForums, and I've read your blog (where you've talked about being busy and such) and the texture pack is very outdated. I was wondering for permission to use your textures to start a community continuation project on the forums, because I really don't want to see the pack die. I personally don't have the artistic talent to keep the pack updated by myself, but I feel that if a community gets together for it, we could do it. Any other work you've done on the pack that you could contribute would be fantastic, as well. It'd be like the Dokucraft fan continuation. Please e-mail me back with a response,
A fan of your work,
Debugman18
And her reply was:
(Now)
Hey!
Sorry it took so long to get back to you! I had meant to email you sooner. I really think that this is a good idea. I have some new stuff that I did recently for the pack that I can release and then everyone can fill in the gaps. If anyone needs help or opinions on their stuff for it, I'd be glad to help in that capacity. I think that it would be really fun. I hated that I had to stop on this pack, but I really want to move on to other things. And they keep updating Minecraft so much! XD It can be difficult to work all day on textures and then come home and do it some more (especially when it's the same style).
So yeah, what needs to be done so that this can happen?
Ash*~
I have the ability to texture, and I'm currently working on a pack in a similar style, so at a point I myself can also help with missing textures.
The goal would be to leave the remaining (and future) textures to the community to finish. Anyone who wants to contribute will be credited properly. There won't be adfly links, because it would be a community project.
This is the original thread and pack:
http://www.minecraft...dercraft-ver18/
And her blog:
http://borderlandscraft.blogspot.com/
...but that's just like, my opinion, man.
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Curse PremiumRightio, I'll add that to OP. I e-mailed her back, as well, so she knows this topic is here. But it may take a while to hear back again, it took her more than a week to respond to my first e-mail. (Not complaining about that, just saying it may be a little bit, she's busy.)
...but that's just like, my opinion, man.
Okelidokelay.
I would much rather this pack be open to the community rather than someone pretending to be me. So whatever we need to do to get this going, I'm up for it.
I had a feeling there was something fishy going on with that PMC page. I noticed especially with the BorderCraft2 they posted where everything was blurred and filtered.
I know some of the site moderators, so I could help get the imposter off if you would like
It would be nice if the community started work on this, it was a good pack and I would like to see it updated
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Curse PremiumI think the imposter just might be this guy:
http://www.minecraft...ght-packs-here/
And if you could give tips, I could attempt the art style. I'm been doing textures for a little while, and I'm still in the process of learning, but I really want to see the pack live on.
...but that's just like, my opinion, man.
Yeah I'm thinking that you're right. He claims to have spoken to an "Ash" on Skype or something. And I posted on that thread Friday and my post is no where to be found.
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Curse PremiumEdit: Just a quick attempt, to see if I even grasp the art style correctly. Thoughts? It's a modified Netherrack texture, using layers, brush tool, overlay/darken/lighten to mimic the outline and shading style. I only added two stones, but like I said, this is for me to see how the style actually flows in Photoshop.
...but that's just like, my opinion, man.
Also, I wanted to mention this here too: After finding out about the imposter, I got so ed about it that I textured some more stuff. My idea was to get this thing up to speed (since there's a TON of work to do) one last time and then turn it over to you guys. That way we can look at the pack and see how to approach it and all that. I feel really bad abandoning it and then just throwing up my hands leaving all this work behind for everyone.
I'd like to welcome anyone interested that would like to contribute to this next update, to bring it on! It would probably be good to get in some practice anyway.
I've been a fan of Bordercraft since I started playing Minecraft (beta 1.6.6), and it's definitely my favorite pack. ever. And I was sad to see it "shelved," though I understand, life happens. I'm truly ecstatic to know it's making an official resurgence.
Unfortunately, I'm no artist so I cant really contribute. But know that you have my support and that your efforts won't go unappreciated.
Upon the update's release, I plan to make it my server's default pack and spread the word to all my minecrafting buddies =)
Thank you!!!
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Curse PremiumDr. K is updating it right now. After that it will be community maintained, I think.
...but that's just like, my opinion, man.
I did manage to find one that has been updated to 1.5: Link Removed
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Curse PremiumThe updated version isn't out yet. That version is
a fakeunofficial, and isn't done by Dr. K....but that's just like, my opinion, man.
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Curse PremiumI don't see why you can't contribute, but it isn't guaranteed that it will end up in the regular version (post-update) of the pack. We still need to sort out how textures are decided. I'll discuss this with some of the other texture pack authors, to see what they think about how that should be taken care of.
...but that's just like, my opinion, man.
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Curse PremiumYou are aware you were just talking to MatRiz, right? He is one of the people who have posted in this thread.
Anyways, I'd personally like to know if people prefer a specific resolution for this texture pack. It'd be easier to keep it up to date if we used the 64x textures, but I don't mind contributing to 128x if that's what people like to see. Maintaining multiple resolutions is something that could be done, but it requires twice as much effort if you want the downscaled textures to look proper.
...but that's just like, my opinion, man.
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Curse PremiumSimply resizing them won't yield very good results. The detail gap going from 128x to 32x is huge. Tweaks need to made for some textures. I'd like to hear some more input on it, as well. Having multiple resolutions is fine, it will just take a little longer.
...but that's just like, my opinion, man.