So why wouldn't you just be able to take the 100 blocks you mentioned and when you want to do what I am suggesting replace it with a single new block that is a block and a half high? That would mean you would only double the amount of blocks, not multiply the number of blocks by itself, which would still only be 200 blocks in the 2000 square grid you mentioned.
Because technically, there are no blocks larger than 1*1*1 , beds, pistons, doors all are sub id's, so you would be creating something COMPLETELY new to minecraft, not just making it work together...
If you were to do it in a way that is semi-reachable, you would need to do what Nexus_Leonon stated because you would need to make everything work together. here let me make it much simpler:
there are six half blocks: stone, cobblestone, wooden planks, sandstone, brick, and stone bricks
You would have 36 blocks if you were just redesigning them, because you would need to have them go together, so the top of one and the bottom of one in the same block, so you would multiply them all out to get 10,000 blocks. In effect, you would be making every block in the game have the possibility to be a half block.
Have fun coding that.
Because technically, there are no blocks larger than 1*1*1 , beds, pistons, doors all are sub id's, so you would be creating something COMPLETELY new to minecraft, not just making it work together...
So what is wrong with creating new blocks that would essentially do what I am suggesting and placing them as sub id's then rather than recoding all the blocks in the game?
Kay, this is turning into a weird discussion. I don't know jack **** about coding, but I'm pretty sure you can't place blocks on halfblocks because the "Half"block takes up a full space, only the hitbox doesn't.
Don't yell at me if I'm wrong.
EDIT: @blacksabre98, Imagine I've got this tunnel. I want to make the walls look pretty. What if I want half the bottom block sandstone?
people have already explained why it can't be done.
but the thing is, why would it need to be?
instead of placing a block on a half block, place a half block on a block!
now you can place a half block on the underside of a block and it will occupy the top half of the block area the half block resides in, instead of the bottom half like normal. just like with stairs. you'll get pretty much the same aesthetic.
people have already explained why it can't be done.
but the thing is, why would it need to be?
instead of placing a block on a half block, place a half block on a block!
now you can place a half block on the underside of a block and it will occupy the top half of the block area the half block resides in, instead of the bottom half like normal. just like with stairs. you'll get pretty much the same aesthetic.
First, I don't believe in the phrase "it can't be done". It may be hard to do and take a lot of work but there is nothing that "can't be done".
Second, I'm not really talking about placing a building block on top of a half block I'm thinking more along the lines of...well it might be easier to give an example. Lets say you are trying to make a bathroom for a house and you are using cauldrons for the toilet and for the sink. Now obviously a toilet should be lower than a sink. Right now you could place it a full block lower if you want and while it might work it looks kinda crappy if you ask me. But if you made it so that you could place blocks directly on top of half-blocks then it would look a lot better because you could make the sink taller than the toilet but not twice the height.
And, it may be doable, but it would take a lot of work, and it's only a small feature, so it would take time that they could use for more productive stuff, so I can only see them do this if it was also a way of making a really awesome feature.
Because technically, there are no blocks larger than 1*1*1 , beds, pistons, doors all are sub id's, so you would be creating something COMPLETELY new to minecraft, not just making it work together...
If you were to do it in a way that is semi-reachable, you would need to do what Nexus_Leonon stated because you would need to make everything work together. here let me make it much simpler:
there are six half blocks: stone, cobblestone, wooden planks, sandstone, brick, and stone bricks
You would have 36 blocks if you were just redesigning them, because you would need to have them go together, so the top of one and the bottom of one in the same block, so you would multiply them all out to get 10,000 blocks. In effect, you would be making every block in the game have the possibility to be a half block.
Have fun coding that.
So what is wrong with creating new blocks that would essentially do what I am suggesting and placing them as sub id's then rather than recoding all the blocks in the game?
Don't yell at me if I'm wrong.
EDIT: @blacksabre98, Imagine I've got this tunnel. I want to make the walls look pretty. What if I want half the bottom block sandstone?
but the thing is, why would it need to be?
instead of placing a block on a half block, place a half block on a block!
now you can place a half block on the underside of a block and it will occupy the top half of the block area the half block resides in, instead of the bottom half like normal. just like with stairs. you'll get pretty much the same aesthetic.
First, I don't believe in the phrase "it can't be done". It may be hard to do and take a lot of work but there is nothing that "can't be done".
Second, I'm not really talking about placing a building block on top of a half block I'm thinking more along the lines of...well it might be easier to give an example. Lets say you are trying to make a bathroom for a house and you are using cauldrons for the toilet and for the sink. Now obviously a toilet should be lower than a sink. Right now you could place it a full block lower if you want and while it might work it looks kinda crappy if you ask me. But if you made it so that you could place blocks directly on top of half-blocks then it would look a lot better because you could make the sink taller than the toilet but not twice the height.