The time being spent on making this will surely pay off when its done. The fact that you are using absolutely no mods, and not even creative is incredible. I seriously cannot wait to see this finished
Talking out of experience, there is no better feeling after creating a massive, amazing legit build. I mean, yeah, it takes a hell of a lot longer, but the outcome is worth it. Now, that said, your build is also very much better than mine. And bigger too. Amazing job. I look forward to seeing it.
I'll bookmark this to check back later and see your progress, but it's definitely looking good so far. Your level of planning is very inspirational and I thank you for sharing the plans with us as well. Also, the fact that you're striving to do this all legit makes it all the much more amazing, all the while fending off those evil Creepers.
And the fact that you only used one mod, to make the build limit higher, doesn't matter at all. That mod isn't helping you in any way and is only making this possible. Good luck on your megabuild. Edit: You're using wool for the white walls? Wow. That is incredible and will take tons of work. It's too bad that sheep can't regrow their wool yet... Possibly make a large Sheep Farm as well as a spawning pad trap that can only spawn Spiders? Their String can be crafted into wool as well.
I'd suggest using snow too since you can grind it from snow golems. One problem is finding the damn biomes. Also, if lightning hits the wool and the rain stops before the fire is out, this entire thing would burn.
That is an issue as well and for the OP, I suggest always keeping a recent backup in case a fire occurs. It'd make sense to backup the world once a day or so. It may prove useful.
Included in this update:
The wheat field is full and producing
The Gatehouse shell is complete (sans roof)
The Minecraft Warming dilemma
Wheat field
After a couple partial harvests, I finally have enough seeds to plant all 1024 pieces of farm-soil
Even though it takes a little longer underground because there is no sunlight, only torchlight, the crop is safe and eventually it all ripens
And, yes, it was a HUGE investment of time to dig out the space and lay the dirt/water/paths/torchs, and plow/plant the whole thing... here is one harvest:
WELL worth the time for a future sheep farming fanatic like me. Because, even if I go with snow instead of white wool for the main building walls (and i hope to do just that, thanks for the suggestion guys and the warning about lightning), I am still going to need lots and lots of wool for the dark grey roofs and all the interiors.
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The Gatehouse
WOOHOO!! FINALLY!!!!! Im building something!
The first wall going up
And one story of one facade is DONE... Probably the easy part is forever over lol
So, /pat self on back... /move to inside wall
First story was a breeze... all smooth stone
And second story, this one made from sandstone, gets started... NICE contrast
I should have taken picture of my mistakes, because I made a BUNCH in this section, and had to tear them down and rebuild.
Took a little time to do the inside arch, and celebrated by spending a nice sunset with one of my buddies.
I dare say, this wall got a little complicated... its hard to build these insets and offsets when you are 15-30 blocks high without a net, and when you cant see the whole structure because you cant fly, lol. I had to constatnly run/ or jump down and run off about 40 blocks into the grass to see what I was to do next.
Notice in the pic above, one of the second story cross walls is up... and notice that it os partially made of dirt.... when you are baking your own bricks, 21 stacks at a time, you have to collect a crapload of clay (unbelievably time consuming, and this map is almost clay-dry now)... anyway, bricks become damn precious things and I wont be wasting a single one! The dirt sections will be removed and replaced with air once the roofs and side buildings are added.
Did I mention baking stone and bricks 21 stacks at a time?
So a good first phase.... and the two big walls of the Gatehouse are complete:
Still need roofs, the third story parapet, and glass, (not to mention interiors, and spiral stairs in the towers)... but I felt done enough to post an update.
So Im very seriously worried about the fire hazard of wool after reading some of the replies in this thread, and I would LOVE to just build a snow golum and start power-harvesting snow... but I CAN'T FIND ANY SNOW to build the dern golum. I've been to the center point of the eight surrounding maps to start a 'master map' incorporating the nine full sections, and didnt see a single flake... grrrr.
Going to have to run to the ares TWO maps away looking I guess... expect a slight delay before the next update as I will be spending some grind-time breeding dark grey sheep for roofs and taking breaks to run 30-40 minutes in each cardinal direction looking for a snow biome.
So wonderful! I'm thrilled to see building progress! It's a shame you have absolutely no snow in a reasonable distance, but you've got the wool if necessary. I'll be following closely.
Also.. thankfully for the glass.. you have a huge desert near you >D
I wish there was a button for +1,000,000!
This is the most meticulously planned out project I have seen to date, and I think that it is <Insert curse word of choice> -ing AMAZING!
Seriously, I can't wait to see how this turns out, just please don't give up, because this will not be easily forgotten about.
I sense a digital diamond...
Hey guy, thanks for all the encouragement.
Spent the weekend on a snow hunt... no success :sad.gif:. not a flake of snow anywhere in a three map radius. On the positive side, I have gotten VERY good at survival mode long distance travel, and there are now 'safe houses' at the map centers of every map in a three map radius.... including the places where the map center is in the middle of the ocean; sorry no pics.
So, that seals it. Wool it is. I took a personal day today, and I will spend a lot of the day on MC, so let the sheep herd begin.
I do not know how to 'back up' a game to be able to recover from a lightning fire. Any hint/tips on this would be most appreciated.
Also, as requested, I will certainly post a world save st some point as well. Could use some tips on how to do this as well.
Hey guy, thanks for all the encouragement.
Spent the weekend on a snow hunt... no success :sad.gif:. not a flake of snow anywhere in a three map radius. On the positive side, I have gotten VERY good at survival mode long distance travel, and there are now 'safe houses' at the map centers of every map in a three map radius.... including the places where the map center is in the middle of the ocean; sorry no pics.
So, that seals it. Wool it is. I took a personal day today, and I will spend a lot of the day on MC, so let the sheep herd begin.
I do not know how to 'back up' a game to be able to recover from a lightning fire. Any hint/tips on this would be most appreciated.
Also, as requested, I will certainly post a world save st some point as well. Could use some tips on how to do this as well.
Sorry to hear about your snow crisis. The cool thing about wool, though, is you that there are many more colors, so you can have a much more detailed roof with shading, etc.
Anyway, if you are going to start using sheep, I would recommend downloading some of the latest snapshots, so that sheep can regrow their wool. Considering the fact that you have more than enough wheat already, you shouldn't need to worry about them eating too much tall grass! :smile.gif:
Also, do you run a Mac or Windows? (In regards to your question about backing up saves.)
On a side note, I have once again to say that this is an amazing project. :smile.gif:
Sorry to hear about your snow crisis. The cool thing about wool, though, is you that there are many more colors, so you can have a much more detailed roof with shading, etc.
Anyway, if you are going to start using sheep, I would recommend downloading some of the latest snapshots, so that sheep can regrow their wool. Considering the fact that you have more than enough wheat already, you shouldn't need to worry about them eating too much tall grass! :smile.gif:
Also, do you run a Mac or Windows? (In regards to your question about backing up saves.)
On a side note, I have once again to say that this is an amazing project. :smile.gif:
ok Im vaguely familiar with snapshots, specifically the one that allows regrowth of wool and feeding on tall grass... But, isnt that a mod though? Im committed to sailing this ship completely legit.
Considering that the snapshot is produced by mojang and designed to be implemented later on in the vanilla game, I would not consider it a mod. A mod would be a third party addition that is designed to alter the regular gameplay format.
ok Im vaguely familiar with snapshots, specifically the one that allows regrowth of wool and feeding on tall grass... But, isnt that a mod though? Im committed to sailing this ship completely legit.
PS thanks Nutbag.. simple enough.
The snapshots aren't mods. They are produced by Mojang and not a third party so there all good to use in the project. Bad luck with the snow, but at least with the snapshot, you won't run out of wool. Keep up the good work.
Cucumber
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Thanks Dreamer, Cowboy.... I'll grab that snapshot TONIGHT.
I also have lots of new pics... I'll try to get an update up tonight too.
EDIT:
Cant get the snapshot to open right. Probably the height mod is conflicting with it. So I put the old jar file back in and now Im spawning in at 512 height in the sky over land... cant fly to water.. :sad.gif:
Looks like its going to be long night of problem solving.
And the fact that you only used one mod, to make the build limit higher, doesn't matter at all. That mod isn't helping you in any way and is only making this possible. Good luck on your megabuild.
Edit: You're using wool for the white walls? Wow. That is incredible and will take tons of work. It's too bad that sheep can't regrow their wool yet... Possibly make a large Sheep Farm as well as a spawning pad trap that can only spawn Spiders? Their String can be crafted into wool as well.
That is an issue as well and for the OP, I suggest always keeping a recent backup in case a fire occurs. It'd make sense to backup the world once a day or so. It may prove useful.
Included in this update:
The wheat field is full and producing
The Gatehouse shell is complete (sans roof)
The Minecraft Warming dilemma
Wheat field
After a couple partial harvests, I finally have enough seeds to plant all 1024 pieces of farm-soil
Even though it takes a little longer underground because there is no sunlight, only torchlight, the crop is safe and eventually it all ripens
And, yes, it was a HUGE investment of time to dig out the space and lay the dirt/water/paths/torchs, and plow/plant the whole thing... here is one harvest:
WELL worth the time for a future sheep farming fanatic like me. Because, even if I go with snow instead of white wool for the main building walls (and i hope to do just that, thanks for the suggestion guys and the warning about lightning), I am still going to need lots and lots of wool for the dark grey roofs and all the interiors.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Gatehouse
WOOHOO!! FINALLY!!!!! Im building something!
The first wall going up
And one story of one facade is DONE... Probably the easy part is forever over lol
So, /pat self on back... /move to inside wall
First story was a breeze... all smooth stone
And second story, this one made from sandstone, gets started... NICE contrast
I should have taken picture of my mistakes, because I made a BUNCH in this section, and had to tear them down and rebuild.
Took a little time to do the inside arch, and celebrated by spending a nice sunset with one of my buddies.
I dare say, this wall got a little complicated... its hard to build these insets and offsets when you are 15-30 blocks high without a net, and when you cant see the whole structure because you cant fly, lol. I had to constatnly run/ or jump down and run off about 40 blocks into the grass to see what I was to do next.
Notice in the pic above, one of the second story cross walls is up... and notice that it os partially made of dirt.... when you are baking your own bricks, 21 stacks at a time, you have to collect a crapload of clay (unbelievably time consuming, and this map is almost clay-dry now)... anyway, bricks become damn precious things and I wont be wasting a single one! The dirt sections will be removed and replaced with air once the roofs and side buildings are added.
Did I mention baking stone and bricks 21 stacks at a time?
So a good first phase.... and the two big walls of the Gatehouse are complete:
Still need roofs, the third story parapet, and glass, (not to mention interiors, and spiral stairs in the towers)... but I felt done enough to post an update.
______________________________________________________________________________
No Snow
So Im very seriously worried about the fire hazard of wool after reading some of the replies in this thread, and I would LOVE to just build a snow golum and start power-harvesting snow... but I CAN'T FIND ANY SNOW to build the dern golum. I've been to the center point of the eight surrounding maps to start a 'master map' incorporating the nine full sections, and didnt see a single flake... grrrr.
Going to have to run to the ares TWO maps away looking I guess... expect a slight delay before the next update as I will be spending some grind-time breeding dark grey sheep for roofs and taking breaks to run 30-40 minutes in each cardinal direction looking for a snow biome.
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As always, comments are welcome, both critical and constructive.
Peace
Cucumber
Also.. thankfully for the glass.. you have a huge desert near you >D
This is the most meticulously planned out project I have seen to date, and I think that it is <Insert curse word of choice> -ing AMAZING!
Seriously, I can't wait to see how this turns out, just please don't give up, because this will not be easily forgotten about.
I sense a digital diamond...
My Newly Started Blog On The Annoyances Of Life : http://thoselittleannoyances.blogspot.com/
I want a world download when it's done!
For you: /5
Spent the weekend on a snow hunt... no success :sad.gif:. not a flake of snow anywhere in a three map radius. On the positive side, I have gotten VERY good at survival mode long distance travel, and there are now 'safe houses' at the map centers of every map in a three map radius.... including the places where the map center is in the middle of the ocean; sorry no pics.
So, that seals it. Wool it is. I took a personal day today, and I will spend a lot of the day on MC, so let the sheep herd begin.
I do not know how to 'back up' a game to be able to recover from a lightning fire. Any hint/tips on this would be most appreciated.
Also, as requested, I will certainly post a world save st some point as well. Could use some tips on how to do this as well.
Sorry to hear about your snow crisis. The cool thing about wool, though, is you that there are many more colors, so you can have a much more detailed roof with shading, etc.
Anyway, if you are going to start using sheep, I would recommend downloading some of the latest snapshots, so that sheep can regrow their wool. Considering the fact that you have more than enough wheat already, you shouldn't need to worry about them eating too much tall grass! :smile.gif:
Also, do you run a Mac or Windows? (In regards to your question about backing up saves.)
On a side note, I have once again to say that this is an amazing project. :smile.gif:
ok Im vaguely familiar with snapshots, specifically the one that allows regrowth of wool and feeding on tall grass... But, isnt that a mod though? Im committed to sailing this ship completely legit.
PS thanks Nutbag.. simple enough.
The snapshots aren't mods. They are produced by Mojang and not a third party so there all good to use in the project. Bad luck with the snow, but at least with the snapshot, you won't run out of wool. Keep up the good work.
Cucumber
I also have lots of new pics... I'll try to get an update up tonight too.
EDIT:
Cant get the snapshot to open right. Probably the height mod is conflicting with it. So I put the old jar file back in and now Im spawning in at 512 height in the sky over land... cant fly to water.. :sad.gif:
Looks like its going to be long night of problem solving.