My idea is to let fences be placed on half blocks. I know this would be slightly problematic for the current grid engine but I believe it could be easily implemented into the game. A normal fence is visibly 1 block tall but its hit box is 1.5 blocks tall. This means that a fence plus a half block would be exactly two blocks tall. The fence would appear to end halfway through a block but its hit box would actually extend to be 2 blocks tall.
Here is a badly Photoshopped image to illustrate what I'm proposing:
Practical uses:
The fact that it's impossible to make a nice fence down a slope drives every builder crazy. Fortunately, fences placed on half blocks would provide a simple solution:
Adjacent fences would connect in a diagonal fashion as shown above. This would allow the creation of downward slopes using fences. The hit box for the diagonal fence would increase by .5 every block, so it would obey the current grid.
Rails alongside staircases would be possible!
tl;dr
Place fences on half-blocks. The connections slope downwards.
Here's an excellent way to describe how this would work physically in-game.
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For a cobblestone half-block:
You have an empty cobblestone half-block. Add the fence on the block. The block has a new texture of cobblestone half + bottom half of fence.
The block above will have the texture of top half of fence. It will be considered a full block for collision's sake.
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I'd be absolutely honored if you added this picture to your signature in order to show your support for my idea.
Also, be sure to check out and reply to the Get Satisfaction page for this idea so Mojang will be aware of it :smile.gif:
http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/slanted_fences_fences_on_half_blocks
Thank you for taking the time to look over my suggestion. Please leave your comments/critique/additional ideas below! :smile.gif:
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Now my eyes won't burn when I see fences for staircases!
Dude, that's seriously a problem... Sometimes I see a building in real life and I think "That would be so awesome to recreate" but the rails on the staircases make it look horrible.
I feel like this suggestion really fixes a problem in the game and that's why I took the time to refine it before I posted it :smile.gif:
My idea is to let fences be placed on half blocks. I know this would be slightly problematic for the current grid engine but I believe it could be easily implemented into the game. A normal fence is visibly 1 block tall but its hit box is 1.5 blocks tall. This means that a fence plus a half block would be exactly two blocks tall. The fence would appear to end halfway through a block but its hit box would actually extend to be 2 blocks tall.
Here is a badly Photoshopped image to illustrate what I'm proposing:
Practical uses:
The fact that it's impossible to make a nice fence down a slope drives every builder crazy. Fortunately, fences placed on half blocks would provide a simple solution:
Adjacent fences would connect in a diagonal fashion as shown above. This would allow the creation of downward slopes using fences. The hit box for the diagonal fence would increase by .5 every block, so it would obey the current grid.
Rails alongside staircases would be possible!
tl;dr
Place fences on half-blocks. The connections slope downwards.
Here's an excellent way to describe how this would work physically in-game.
Support this idea:
I'd be absolutely honored if you added this picture to your signature in order to show your support for my idea.
Also, be sure to check out and reply to the Get Satisfaction page for this idea so Mojang will be aware of it :smile.gif:
http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/slanted_fences_fences_on_half_blocks
Thank you for taking the time to look over my suggestion. Please leave your comments/critique/additional ideas below! :smile.gif:
Not true! There's only one angle that the connections can ever be at.
There are many things that Notch didn't add to the game originally but came in later updates. Maybe he simply hasn't thought of it yet! :smile.gif:
with 1.8 million sales he can hire someone to do it for him :wink.gif:
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Dude, that's seriously a problem... Sometimes I see a building in real life and I think "That would be so awesome to recreate" but the rails on the staircases make it look horrible.
I feel like this suggestion really fixes a problem in the game and that's why I took the time to refine it before I posted it :smile.gif:
http://getsatisfaction.com/mojang/topics/slanted_fences_fences_on_half_blocks