I don't expect deepslate to be black, which is why I suggested giving it Blackstone's current not-very-black textures
Fair enough, but as I said, I currently really like the deepslate textures, so I wouldn't want to see them change. And blackstone doesn't look very slate-like anyway.
I'm very disappointed with the blackstone texture. It's not black at all. And darkslate or whatever you're calling it is going to be even lamer.
Here's an idea: scrap the current darkslate textures. Create new Blackstone textures that are actually properly black like coal blocks, then assign the old Blackstone textures to darkslate.
I guess that if your Blackstone does not appear black at all, your monitor either isn't calibrated correct or you 're maybe using an incorrect colorprofile. Regarding the deepslate colour, the Minecraft block texture I believe is within colour-range of natural deepslate, which varies from light to dark grey, some with reddish or brownish tones, but again it might be your monitor.
Now a stone called blackstone, I believe should have some sort of blackish colour, even though this is not always the case in nature; take for example the bluestone used to build Stonehenge, it is in fact not blue but rather a murky green colour.
I guess that if your Blackstone does not appear black at all, your monitor either isn't calibrated correct or you 're maybe using an incorrect colorprofile
Well, if your Blackstone does not appear black at all, you are bound to have an issue because it is black alright, though not completely.
Regarding natural deep slate, you can trust me I'm a dwarwen stone miner with a pickaxe; in Wales we have plenty of deepslate caverns and mines. You probably won't find it in any geology book, as the name may be local, but we're quite proud of our naturally occurring deep slate caverns.
As someone who has spent the past DECADE waiting for obsidian stairs and slabs, I'm just happy that there's finally a vaguely blackish material that I can make stairs and slabs out of. I experimented with Dark Oak for a while, and VERY briefly with Nether Bricks, but nothing was quite right.
To each their own. I find dark stairs and slabs hard to see, even current bastions are hard for me to navigate.
Also, your problems with those other textures might be that they are brown more than grey.
Well, if your Blackstone does not appear black at all, you are bound to have an issue because it is black alright, though not completely.
Regarding natural deep slate, you can trust me I'm a dwarwen stone miner with a pickaxe; in Wales we have plenty of deepslate caverns and mines. You probably won't find it in any geology book, as the name may be local, but we're quite proud of our naturally occurring deep slate caverns.
Whether or not deepslate is a real substance has nowt to do with whether or not we should have it
some materials in Minecraft are definitely not naturally occurring in real life but we still have them in the game
such as endstone, purpur and prismarine.
and we do have bedrock in real life, but it is not unbreakable.
as I mentioned earlier deepslate is going to fill the role of blackstone as the dark grayish color brick building material.
So it only makes sense to revamp blackstone to be true black, similar to coal and black concrete.
on an improperly calibrated monitor Obsidian would appear black in the game, but it is not black I can assure you
when the brightness and contrast values are correct Obsidian in the game appears as a dark purple colour.
It is strange that Obsidian is the main material that forms on cooled off lava though because in real life this isn't the case
the majority of material found on cooled lava in real life is in fact basalt
Obsidian can form, but it depends on the chemical composition of the lava.
Also real obsidian is black.
Well, I thought we had decided to not care about realism.
I'm just saying that we shouldn't sacrifice playability on 'darker' screens for colour variety on brighter ones. Many games lack a pitch black texture for things, I think this is why.
Well, I thought we had decided to not care about realism.
I'm just saying that we shouldn't sacrifice playability on 'darker' screens for colour variety on brighter ones. Many games lack a pitch black texture for things, I think this is why.
I don't believe it impacts the playability of the game at all,
I was just mentioning what Obsidian does look like in real life vs the game itself, since you mentioned obsidian
looked pitch black to you in the game on all your computers.
Your monitors may be of poor quality or you may suffer from a form of colour blindness, I don't know
but you can read and by the item label you can tell it is Obsidian.
Anyway the topic is about Blackstone, me and the OP have established that it is dark gray in colour,
but since deepslate is about to fill its roll, it only makes sense to turn blackstone pitch black as this design change makes the most sense,
it is a matter of a simple texture colour change.
It's illogical to have two brick blocks of the same colour.
I don't know about "pure" black. We already have black cement for that and I'd like to be able to distinguish the two. But it should at least be as black as coal, obsidian, or black wool.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
416 stone 296 stone slab (150 blocks) 149 stone stairs (228 blocks)
I don't know about "pure" black. We already have black cement for that and I'd like to be able to distinguish the two. But it should at least be as black as coal, obsidian, or black wool.
I was thinking something more along the lines of the blackstone bricks being as black as coal, but having gray lines in between them where the cement would be. This would make them distinguishable enough from other blocks and it would prevent players from getting them confused with other black blocks at least the majority of the time.
Fair enough, but as I said, I currently really like the deepslate textures, so I wouldn't want to see them change. And blackstone doesn't look very slate-like anyway.
I guess that if your Blackstone does not appear black at all, your monitor either isn't calibrated correct or you 're maybe using an incorrect colorprofile. Regarding the deepslate colour, the Minecraft block texture I believe is within colour-range of natural deepslate, which varies from light to dark grey, some with reddish or brownish tones, but again it might be your monitor.
Now a stone called blackstone, I believe should have some sort of blackish colour, even though this is not always the case in nature; take for example the bluestone used to build Stonehenge, it is in fact not blue but rather a murky green colour.
On multiple monitors? Unlikely.
lolwut
416 stone
296 stone slab (150 blocks)
149 stone stairs (228 blocks)
794 total stone
1082 blackstone
174 blackstone slab (87 blocks)
52 blackstone stairs (78 blocks)
1247 total blackstone
(not counting drawbridges and portcullises)
He is referring to naturally occuring deepslate.
Subscribe to my YouTube channel for Hypixel content: DragonAnimators - YouTube
Deepslate is not a real substance
416 stone
296 stone slab (150 blocks)
149 stone stairs (228 blocks)
794 total stone
1082 blackstone
174 blackstone slab (87 blocks)
52 blackstone stairs (78 blocks)
1247 total blackstone
(not counting drawbridges and portcullises)
I meant in Minecraft 1.17. And I was just assuming that the other guy meant that too.
Subscribe to my YouTube channel for Hypixel content: DragonAnimators - YouTube
Well, if your Blackstone does not appear black at all, you are bound to have an issue because it is black alright, though not completely.
Regarding natural deep slate, you can trust me I'm a dwarwen stone miner with a pickaxe; in Wales we have plenty of deepslate caverns and mines. You probably won't find it in any geology book, as the name may be local, but we're quite proud of our naturally occurring deep slate caverns.
The screenshots say otherwise.
That is probably what's happening.
416 stone
296 stone slab (150 blocks)
149 stone stairs (228 blocks)
794 total stone
1082 blackstone
174 blackstone slab (87 blocks)
52 blackstone stairs (78 blocks)
1247 total blackstone
(not counting drawbridges and portcullises)
To each their own. I find dark stairs and slabs hard to see, even current bastions are hard for me to navigate.
Also, your problems with those other textures might be that they are brown more than grey.
Not much dark grey in this game either.
Whether or not deepslate is a real substance has nowt to do with whether or not we should have it
some materials in Minecraft are definitely not naturally occurring in real life but we still have them in the game
such as endstone, purpur and prismarine.
and we do have bedrock in real life, but it is not unbreakable.
as I mentioned earlier deepslate is going to fill the role of blackstone as the dark grayish color brick building material.
So it only makes sense to revamp blackstone to be true black, similar to coal and black concrete.
Blackstone is still dark and hard enough to see though. It's also a question of exploring existing naturally generated areas.
One needs to be able to distinguish edges, especially on stairs/slabs as seen in bastions.
I don't see why we need more black materials when we have little dark grey ones. It's not we're only allowed one dark grey.
Obsidian is basically pitch black to me on all computers I have. And then we have the others listed above.
on an improperly calibrated monitor Obsidian would appear black in the game, but it is not black I can assure you
when the brightness and contrast values are correct Obsidian in the game appears as a dark purple colour.
It is strange that Obsidian is the main material that forms on cooled off lava though because in real life this isn't the case
the majority of material found on cooled lava in real life is in fact basalt
Obsidian can form, but it depends on the chemical composition of the lava.
Also real obsidian is black.
Well, I thought we had decided to not care about realism.
I'm just saying that we shouldn't sacrifice playability on 'darker' screens for colour variety on brighter ones. Many games lack a pitch black texture for things, I think this is why.
I don't believe it impacts the playability of the game at all,
I was just mentioning what Obsidian does look like in real life vs the game itself, since you mentioned obsidian
looked pitch black to you in the game on all your computers.
Your monitors may be of poor quality or you may suffer from a form of colour blindness, I don't know
but you can read and by the item label you can tell it is Obsidian.
Anyway the topic is about Blackstone, me and the OP have established that it is dark gray in colour,
but since deepslate is about to fill its roll, it only makes sense to turn blackstone pitch black as this design change makes the most sense,
it is a matter of a simple texture colour change.
It's illogical to have two brick blocks of the same colour.
I personally like blackstone. It's one of my favorite things to build with.
Pewdiepie made his minecraft house with mostly blackstone. It used to be made out of dirt
Fair enough...
Yup, ancient temple builds are exactly the reason why I want blackstone kept in the game.
Also they can be used to mimic the texture of asphalt on roads,
concrete is too smooth for that.
However blackstone bricks having a pure black texture makes sense, I believe this was the point the OP was trying to make.
I don't know about "pure" black. We already have black cement for that and I'd like to be able to distinguish the two. But it should at least be as black as coal, obsidian, or black wool.
416 stone
296 stone slab (150 blocks)
149 stone stairs (228 blocks)
794 total stone
1082 blackstone
174 blackstone slab (87 blocks)
52 blackstone stairs (78 blocks)
1247 total blackstone
(not counting drawbridges and portcullises)
I can get behind that.
I was thinking something more along the lines of the blackstone bricks being as black as coal, but having gray lines in between them where the cement would be. This would make them distinguishable enough from other blocks and it would prevent players from getting them confused with other black blocks at least the majority of the time.