I always wondered why Minecraft has so little decoration blocks. There are paintings, redstone lamps, signs, a few plants, and now they added plant pots and item frames. That's way too little for a game all about building.
I think Mojang should come out with an update all about decoration. However, 1.4 will likely be The Decoration Update, since they added more dyables, item frames, flower pots, and later, placeable skulls. But I guess this should add on to the possible Decoration Update.
My first topic:
Dyes
I liked the addition of dyable collars, to help you tell apart your doggies, and a few ideas sprouted in my head on the matter of dyables. My first idea was dyable sword hilts and bow handles (this was suggested by me before in a seperate thread, but I think it's too good to not tell everyone again. Also I revised it a bit), to add personalization to your weapons. So what you do is put your sword in a table, 2x2 or 3x3, and put a dye in there with it, along with a piece of leather. The result will be a sword, with its hilt colored the same color as the dye you crafted it with. Also, upon creation of this new dyed sword, a UI will come up, a simple text box, with a prompt telling you to name your sword. You enter your name for your weapon (Creeper Killer, Noob Slasher, Ultra Blade, the like) and now whenever you hover your cursor over your sword, it shows the name of the sword, big letters, and the letters are the same color as the hilt, and also it says your name at the bottom in small italics. A fun thing to do if this is implemented is going around and killing people, collecting their personalized weapons, and you would have a collection of your fallen enemies weapons, and even put them on display in item frames in a sort of trophy room. The same process is done for bows as well. Same exact thing, nothing else.
My second idea was dyable item frame backgrounds. This would be a simple addition to item frames that would make item frames more customizable. I guess you simply craft an item frame, then put that item frame into a crafting table, along with a dye, that makes it so the background, instead of the standard leather orange, would be any color you'd like, be it black, white, pink, purple, etc.
My third idea was dyable books, which would make it easier to spot specific books in your inventory or chests, and easier to organize your different books. This would make books not all look the same leather color. As with every dyable item, simply place a book, be it signed or unsigned, into a table with a dye, and viola, a new dyed book. I also think the name should be the color of the book, when you hover over it with your cursor as well.
Now onto...
Displays
Item frames made me think of other ways of displaying your items to the people. One idea was trophy cases and shelves. I'm not going to take the credit for coming up with this, because I know that numerous people have suggested it before, I just think this should be included in The Decoration Update. There would be two types of shelves, one is a trophy case. I don't really want to elaborate on the crafting recipe, just on the idea of it. The trophy case would be your standard 2 block high shelf, but with glass doors covering the shelves themself, for extra security. To place items in the case, open the doors with right click, then right click again in the part of a platform you want to place it. Then simply close the door and look at it from behind the glass in all it's glory. There would also be a way to lock it, a three button combo would be needed. The buttons would be color-coded, and upon crafting of the case, you need to enter your desired combo. If you don't enter your code correctly a certain number of times, the case should let out a redstone pulse, to trigger a trap you may have build around the case. The doors would be unable to open unless you enter your code first, of course. Now onto standard shelves, this is just a 2 block high item that is basically a trophy case without the elaborate code system and glass doors. You place your invaluables here. Or just place a diamond there, and lure thieves.
Another idea was pedestals and stands, smaller, one block high showcases, in which you can place a single item. Pretty basic, just place an item and go. There are several types, like a stone pedestal, which would appear like your cliche white marble pedestal (unless marble in added to the game), and also need smooth stone to craft. This pedestal would have a golden (or wooden, I don't even know) nameplate that is nailed to the front, you would be prompted to enter a label for the item placed, upon placement. Another type is a standard wooden stand. These would be a level down from stone pedestals, and it requires much less valuable materials to craft, so if you're going for a casual look in your house, this is the stand for you.
Another idea is armor racks, a neat object to put your armors on. If you have a shop in multiplayer, you can use these racks to display your armor, and take them off if someone wants that specific armor. If this is added, Minecraft players can finally go window shopping, and that's pretty awesome. Armor racks would be made of wood, and be a cross shape. There is a mod similar to this.
Yet another idea is glass jars and boxes, to store your fish friends, and make creepy body part related decor. These can be used to store liquids and items that can fit. It's a creative way of showing off things you have in your store, an alternative to item frames. YOu can also have pet fish, by right clicking a water source with your glass container, then catching a fish, and then crafting the fish and the water-filled container together. Again, another great way to show off items in your store, or just simply show off items, even if you're not selling. Also, upon placing a body part related item (bones, rotten flesh, etc.) in a container with water in it, the water will turn a pale green. Creepy.
That's all I have for now, I'll update this thread a little in the future, not sure if I'll do it frequently though. Feel free to share your decor related ideas as well, I might put them in the main post.
Too much text too little pictures did not read all.
Dyeable sword - Interesting perhaps it could be useful in adventure maps, or to help with remembering names of the sword.
The negative is way too many ID's so I suggest reducing it to six or seven colours
Nameable sword - Yes very good, this would be extremely useful in adventure maps and servers, I like the idea of these in frames a lot.
Frame coloring? Brilliant I like this a lot the decoration you could make with is going to be truly lovely, and you can make it work with which ever colour your house is.
Same thing again too many ID's
Dyeable books - Have been suggested before I forget where any ways since it is dye related I would keep it in here.
Trophie cases have been suggested before but you have to make them unique to allow them in your post, armour racks also.
The jars seem like aquariums pretty much, which have been suggested already
pedestals and stands seem kind of unnecessary but they could be interesting I didn't read it all, they would definitely fit well with villages though.
Over all I'm trying to be as nice as I can but there's a lot of "ehh" stuff in here plus you have too much text and no pictures, I think this idea could be polished though so you have my support.
I support all except for dyeing books; Seems a little overboard and eh, Glass jars; kinda weird, and Locking display cases: Don't think things should lock in vanilla mc.Not really required, just gets others to view and read it. Support everything besides listed though
No to the jars. no to the books.
And for the love of notch! LOCKS ARE USELESS IN MINECRAFT!!!!!
Aside from those I like it. may want to polish it up a bit tho, add some pictures if you really feel like it. how your presentation is determines whether or not people keep reading.
Guys, the reason I bolded and enlarged the words is so it was easier to navigate the text wall. You don't need to read it all just skim through.
Wow. I didn't know people would barely support because they couldn't read the whole thing.
I think Mojang should come out with an update all about decoration. However, 1.4 will likely be The Decoration Update, since they added more dyables, item frames, flower pots, and later, placeable skulls. But I guess this should add on to the possible Decoration Update.
My first topic:
My first idea was dyable sword hilts and bow handles (this was suggested by me before in a seperate thread, but I think it's too good to not tell everyone again. Also I revised it a bit), to add personalization to your weapons.
So what you do is put your sword in a table, 2x2 or 3x3, and put a dye in there with it, along with a piece of leather. The result will be a sword, with its hilt colored the same color as the dye you crafted it with.
Also, upon creation of this new dyed sword, a UI will come up, a simple text box, with a prompt telling you to name your sword.
You enter your name for your weapon (Creeper Killer, Noob Slasher, Ultra Blade, the like) and now whenever you hover your cursor over your sword, it shows the name of the sword, big letters, and the letters are the same color as the hilt, and also it says your name at the bottom in small italics.
A fun thing to do if this is implemented is going around and killing people, collecting their personalized weapons, and you would have a collection of your fallen enemies weapons, and even put them on display in item frames in a sort of trophy room.
The same process is done for bows as well. Same exact thing, nothing else.
My second idea was dyable item frame backgrounds. This would be a simple addition to item frames that would make item frames more customizable. I guess you simply craft an item frame, then put that item frame into a crafting table, along with a dye, that makes it so the background, instead of the standard leather orange, would be any color you'd like, be it black, white, pink, purple, etc.
My third idea was dyable books, which would make it easier to spot specific books in your inventory or chests, and easier to organize your different books. This would make books not all look the same leather color.
As with every dyable item, simply place a book, be it signed or unsigned, into a table with a dye, and viola, a new dyed book. I also think the name should be the color of the book, when you hover over it with your cursor as well.
Now onto...
One idea was trophy cases and shelves. I'm not going to take the credit for coming up with this, because I know that numerous people have suggested it before, I just think this should be included in The Decoration Update.
There would be two types of shelves, one is a trophy case. I don't really want to elaborate on the crafting recipe, just on the idea of it.
The trophy case would be your standard 2 block high shelf, but with glass doors covering the shelves themself, for extra security.
To place items in the case, open the doors with right click, then right click again in the part of a platform you want to place it. Then simply close the door and look at it from behind the glass in all it's glory.
There would also be a way to lock it, a three button combo would be needed.
The buttons would be color-coded, and upon crafting of the case, you need to enter your desired combo.
If you don't enter your code correctly a certain number of times, the case should let out a redstone pulse, to trigger a trap you may have build around the case.
The doors would be unable to open unless you enter your code first, of course.
Now onto standard shelves, this is just a 2 block high item that is basically a trophy case without the elaborate code system and glass doors. You place your invaluables here. Or just place a diamond there, and lure thieves.
Another idea was pedestals and stands, smaller, one block high showcases, in which you can place a single item. Pretty basic, just place an item and go.
There are several types, like a stone pedestal, which would appear like your cliche white marble pedestal (unless marble in added to the game), and also need smooth stone to craft. This pedestal would have a golden (or wooden, I don't even know) nameplate that is nailed to the front, you would be prompted to enter a label for the item placed, upon placement.
Another type is a standard wooden stand. These would be a level down from stone pedestals, and it requires much less valuable materials to craft, so if you're going for a casual look in your house, this is the stand for you.
Another idea is armor racks, a neat object to put your armors on. If you have a shop in multiplayer, you can use these racks to display your armor, and take them off if someone wants that specific armor. If this is added, Minecraft players can finally go window shopping, and that's pretty awesome.
Armor racks would be made of wood, and be a cross shape. There is a mod similar to this.
Yet another idea is glass jars and boxes, to store your fish friends, and make creepy body part related decor.
These can be used to store liquids and items that can fit.
It's a creative way of showing off things you have in your store, an alternative to item frames.
YOu can also have pet fish, by right clicking a water source with your glass container, then catching a fish, and then crafting the fish and the water-filled container together. Again, another great way to show off items in your store, or just simply show off items, even if you're not selling.
Also, upon placing a body part related item (bones, rotten flesh, etc.) in a container with water in it, the water will turn a pale green. Creepy.
That's all I have for now, I'll update this thread a little in the future, not sure if I'll do it frequently though.
Feel free to share your decor related ideas as well, I might put them in the main post.
Dyeable sword - Interesting perhaps it could be useful in adventure maps, or to help with remembering names of the sword.
The negative is way too many ID's so I suggest reducing it to six or seven colours
Nameable sword - Yes very good, this would be extremely useful in adventure maps and servers, I like the idea of these in frames a lot.
Frame coloring? Brilliant I like this a lot the decoration you could make with is going to be truly lovely, and you can make it work with which ever colour your house is.
Same thing again too many ID's
Dyeable books - Have been suggested before I forget where any ways since it is dye related I would keep it in here.
Trophie cases have been suggested before but you have to make them unique to allow them in your post, armour racks also.
The jars seem like aquariums pretty much, which have been suggested already
pedestals and stands seem kind of unnecessary but they could be interesting I didn't read it all, they would definitely fit well with villages though.
Over all I'm trying to be as nice as I can but there's a lot of "ehh" stuff in here plus you have too much text and no pictures, I think this idea could be polished though so you have my support.
And for the love of notch! LOCKS ARE USELESS IN MINECRAFT!!!!!
Aside from those I like it. may want to polish it up a bit tho, add some pictures if you really feel like it. how your presentation is determines whether or not people keep reading.
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Wow. I didn't know people would barely support because they couldn't read the whole thing.