firstly, you didn't need to give me a definition of legitimacy. I'm well aware of what it means and how the term is bent between use. Secondly, you're telling me that you collected 6,000+ obsidian without mods? Did you use a glitch at any point? That's nearly 17 hours of staring at a black-purple rock while mindlessly holding down the left mouse button, and that's ignoring the time searching for lava, possibly dying, any sort of slowdown, obsidian falling into lava, etc.
I have an Efficiency III diamond pickax specifically for the job.
Screenshots taken January 10th, about 3 days after the Obsidian Tower was completed:
You'll note that 6,279 blocks of obsidian were placed, and 6,493 were mined.
I don't know of any glitch, and I wouldn't have used a glitch if I did know of one.
If you think that number is ridiculously inflated, take a look at how much stone was mined.
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Just so you get an idea of how much work actually went into this map, here is the full block crafted/placed/mined statistics as of January 25th, just taken 2 minutes ago specifically for this thread:
Edited: This post messed up the entire thread on Firefox? Weird.
Thats....just awesome!!! Evrything in that world is awesome, made even better by the fact that you did everything legit and by yourself. I loved how you showed where you got the materials from. Best part is (IMNSHO) you didnt overload the thread with WIP pictures along with completed pictures, short and simple is the way to go in my opinion. Anyway, AWESOME thread/world, keep it up!
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Hi, this is looking really awesome!
Are you still contineuing this project?
You inspired me to do more or less the same thing.
I have dug out a -+ 25 by 25 pit mine all the way to bedrock
and have begun construction of my homebase pyramid tower thing.
I think it is awesome what you do and dont let the no life comments scare you away.
-A fan
This is an escape from life's stresses for me.
As for the continuation of the project, yes, it's still being played. The reason there haven't been any updates is because I've added Millenaire 1.0 to the game. I'm still working on earning enough to buy my own "create a city" wand, and it's taking a while.
Once I do, I'll probably build it around the windmill, and show off some screenshots.
Thats....just awesome!!! Evrything in that world is awesome, made even better by the fact that you did everything legit and by yourself. I loved how you showed where you got the materials from. Best part is (IMNSHO) you didnt overload the thread with WIP pictures along with completed pictures, short and simple is the way to go in my opinion. Anyway, AWESOME thread/world, keep it up!
I've probably got around a hundred more screenshots than the ones I just put in this thread. I also thought it was kind of a neat idea to not just excavate from sites, but to incorporate the excavations into the build projects. I'm glad other people have found it interesting as well. =)
Wow really amazing! It must have taken forever to get all of that obsidian for the tower.
It actually is taking me way longer to complete that damned staircase to hell.
The reason there have been no updates, is because I completely terraformed that huge mountain overtop the north/north-west/north-east end of the staircase to hell. It took way longer than I ever anticipated. I'm just now beginning on the South-West quadrant of the Staircase.
I figured it was about time I created a thread to contain all of the screenshots of my newest Minecraft 1.0 world, Moraterra - The main focus of the world will be on massive megaprojects built on equally large terraforming sites. Essentially, I take a massive load of materials out of one localized location, and then proceed to use it for building materials in the exact same location. So far it's worked out in my favor, with a nice load of Diamonds, Obsidian, Cobblestone, Iron, Coal, etc.
All images will be categorized based on project, in each spoiler. All projects will be shown chronologically. I may also show the pre-finished screenshots of the projects so people can get an idea of how the projects evolve as I go along. (Everything is done on the fly, intentionally done without visual influence.)
The Beginning: A strip mine.(Completed. - First Terraforming Megaproject.)
I decided to go a different route this game. Rather than dig underground and set up an underground mining station, I decided to give strip mining a try.
The strip mine became the perfect site for a small enchanting library, a floor was added one level above the bedrock.
What began as a simplistic 10 x 10 strip mine for materials was eventually converted into a 30 x 30 strip mine.
The strip mine really begins to look big at this point.
The Farm Warehouse.(Completed. - First Base of Operations Major Project.)
With a massive wooden frame, a farmhouse is set up to act as a base of operations for upcoming megaprojects.
A tree plantation 6 x 4 is added. A 6 x 24 row sugar plantation is added. An automated 6 x 12 wheat farm is added. A cow/sheep/chicken ranch is added. That contraption on the top of the house is actually where I house a single cow for easy milking for cake making.
The farmhouse is also a massive warehouse. Housing 265 chests in total categorized in rows based on assumed capacity needed for materials gathered in massive terraforming clearances prior to megaprojects.
The Obsidian Spire(Completed. - First Megaproject.)
The Obsidian Spire's base is made out of the old Enchanting Library, which remains, but is expanded upon.
The Obsidian Spire finally reaches about 70 blocks high! Two pairs of stone staircases spiral inside of it.
The Obsidian Spire is completed! 6000 blocks of obsidian went into it. Windows are 2 blocks central between the spiral staircases. Here are some views of the completed spire.
The Cathedral(Completed. - Second Megaproject.)
The outline of the Cathedral is completed on the massive cobblestone plot I made after landfilling the neighboring ocean.
Two towers were added in the corners. The central dome will eventually contain decorations.
A glass ceiling with a wooden frame is added. 14 x 22 in width for the rectangles. 22 x 22 for the central circular window.
A wooden belltower is added. Eventually a gold block bell will be added in the tower.
The exterior of the Cathedral is completed. Arches on the top and arched windows looking in to the interior are completed.
Added pillars inside of the interior. Remodeled them so they don't interfere with the window panels. Pillars are spaced 11 x 11, and in the center of the top of each connected pillar is a piece of glowstone latched together by 6 wooden posts.
Added pews, complete with lamp posts based on glowstone.
Added a podium based off of stone, white wool and red wool.
The Black Sheep Inn.(Completed - Minor Project.)
Created a two floor wooden/brick building with a slate-stone flooring.
Added an interior to give it some life. The Upstairs (Not shown) has two separate bedrooms. The basement (Not shown) would be where the Innkeeper sleeps.
The Stairway to Hell.(In progress. - First Terraforming Teraproject.)
The bottom right corner is completed. Took almost four hours to do.
Finally finished the third part of the surrounding staircase. It's surprising how long it actually takes to clear this many blocks.
Road and Rail Network(Endless Project. - Last Updated: January 25, 10:00 PM 2012)
This is the first stretch of road and rail to leave the general vicinity of my works. I plan to put up a windmill, grain silo and a massive aesthetic wheat and mushroom farm nearby. If I ever find any watermelon, I'll also put one up here as well.
There are two separate rail entities that lead me to different destinations of where my projects are. I also hooked up a pair of Storage Minecarts on each rail to make transportation of goods easier.
The rails are essentially 7 normal rails by 3 powered rails for every 10 rails. This is so the carts move effortlessly at full speed. There are neat little bridge overpasses that have extra powered rails to keep the minecarts moving without effort.
Windmill and Silos(In Progress. - Major Project.)
Foundation laid for the Windmill is 20 x 20, with 5 tiles on each corner dedicated to rounding the building. Roadway and Rail extended to the hill. Staircase to windmill added, hill rounded out in a distending pattern.
Managed to finish the Windmill. I gave it a unique dome on the top.
Here is the interior of the Windmill. Later on, I may add two silos to the side.
Clinchamps-le-lac(Completed. - Norman Artisan Village.)
Finally earned enough for a wand to create my own town. I used it on a block of gold, and picked the Norman Artisan Village, or Village d'Artisans. Heres a first glance at the village now, right infront of my lovely Windmill.
Holy crap this village grew fast! It went from four buildings to eleven in no time at all! I've been selling a lot of wood, cobblestone, iron bars and wool to this village, which probably helps their growth. I've also flattened the landscape to make it more aesthetically beautiful. You can see in the distance the obsidian spire in this SS.
The town is complete. I even managed to get them to build me a mansion in the lower left hand corner of the town. It can't grow anymore from here, so it is officially completed!
Moraterra Glossary
Small Project: A project containing up to an estimated 500 blocks
Minor Project: A project containing an estimated 501 to 2,500 blocks. (eg. Most normal houses.)
Major Project: A project containing an estimated 2,501 to 10,000 blocks. (eg. Most specialty buildings.)
Megaproject: A project containing an estimated 10,001 to 50,000 blocks. (eg. The Cathedral)
Gigaproject: A project containing an estimated 50,001 to 250,000 blocks. (eg. A Massive Castle.)
Teraproject: A project containing an estimated 250,001 to 1,000,000 blocks. (eg. A megalopolis.)
Petaproject: A project containing an estimated 1,000,001 to 5,000,000 blocks. (eg. An entire MP server.)
Exaproject: A project that contains 5,000,000 or more blocks. (Not sure if this is possible.)
Terraforming Project: A large project focusing entirely on the excavation of blocks.
Base of Operations: A building used primarily for storage, sleeping, and the creation of equipment or food.
Endless Project: A project that will never be completed. (Will contain a "Last Updated" moniker)
Completed: A project that is considered finished.
In progress: A project that has had it's foundation laid, but has yet to be completed.
Concept: A conceptualized idea that has yet to have it's foundation laid.
WOW...... That is epic. How much resources did you get from your mine? How wide and long is that?
The mine isn't even finished yet. I still haven't finished the massive Staircase to Hell. (Which was the mine.)
As for how wide and long it is? I'll go count.
Top Left Corner is X = -183 Y = +254
Top Right Corner is X = -30 Y = +254
Bottom Left Corner is X = -183 Y = +407
Bottom Right Corner is X = -30 Y = +407
So it seems it's about 153 x 153 in width and length.
As for materials? I won't even pretend I know. I estimate around 200,000 blocks from the central quadrant, and currently around 150,000 blocks from the four quadrants of the staircase currently completed. I'm looking at another 150,000 blocks being excavated before I'm done.
The mine isn't even finished yet. I still haven't finished the massive Staircase to Hell. (Which was the mine.)
As for how wide and long it is? I'll go count.
Top Left Corner is X = -183 Y = +254
Top Right Corner is X = -30 Y = +254
Bottom Left Corner is X = -183 Y = +407
Bottom Right Corner is X = -30 Y = +407
So it seems it's about 153 x 153 in width and length.
As for materials? I won't even pretend I know. I estimate around 200,000 blocks from the central quadrant, and currently around 150,000 blocks from the four quadrants of the staircase currently completed. I'm looking at another 150,000 blocks being excavated before I'm done.
Wow. I pretty sure you have cobble for life. haha. That is truly awesome. I really like the tower too.
As for the continuation of the project, yes, it's still being played. The reason there haven't been any updates is because I've added Millenaire 1.0 to the game. I'm still working on earning enough to buy my own "create a city" wand, and it's taking a while.
Once I do, I'll probably build it around the windmill, and show off some screenshots.
I've probably got around a hundred more screenshots than the ones I just put in this thread. I also thought it was kind of a neat idea to not just excavate from sites, but to incorporate the excavations into the build projects. I'm glad other people have found it interesting as well. =)
Nice work, so I want to make a strip mine similar to yours.. How do I go about it? Is it just dig a big square all the way down? I only use branch mining and I want to expand my horizons. So, if you could give me a little lesson on how to strip mine it would be great! Haha. Thanks
great job. its a nice set of creations and also i think everyone here would like a world download. also how did u entertain yourself while getting all of those blocks of obsidian.
Nice work, so I want to make a strip mine similar to yours.. How do I go about it? Is it just dig a big square all the way down? I only use branch mining and I want to expand my horizons. So, if you could give me a little lesson on how to strip mine it would be great! Haha. Thanks
What I ended up doing was beginning with a simple 10 x 10 and expanding from there. I discovered that planning actually inhibits the creative process, the best way to get around it, is to just go out there, create, make mistakes and learn.
I dug down in increments of 5, and built a spiral staircase as I went along initially to prevent myself from getting stuck, or needing ladders. You can get around it by having ladders.
great job. its a nice set of creations and also i think everyone here would like a world download. also how did u entertain yourself while getting all of those blocks of obsidian.
Colbert and Daily Show reruns. South Park Reruns. Scrubs Reruns. Stargate SG-1 Reruns. Stargate Atlantis Reruns.
Lets just say netflix, and my PVR keep me fully entertained.
I also have Skype up 24/7 so friends and family can keep in contact while I go catatonic mode with this game.
The equation I've used to estimate how many blocks that are being excavated is 153 x 153 x 58(.5) + 26100 - so around 704961 blocks.
I came up with the equation after making this post:
Since the slope is uniform from top to bottom and the depth is from level 6 to level 64 (64-6 = 58, halved due to slope), I came up with 153 x 153 x 58(.5), as opposed to simply being 153 cubed.
Since 30 x 30 is actually without a slope, meaning it's not halved, we tack on 26100 more to the previous estimation. 30 x 30 x 58 is 52200, halved (because we already added half to the existing equation) it comes out to 26100.
678861 + 26100 = 704961
That's a quote from another thread I posted in about this stairway. I realize it's off about about 50,000 blocks due to my neglecting the fact the four corner quadrants have to deal with two uniform slopes making them 1/3 instead of 1/2. That's still about 650,000 blocks to excavate. Beyond AFK'ing for a couple hours infront of a creeper farm, I don't see how I could ever get enough gunpowder to clear this beast any faster than if I just use my pickaxes.
Don't forget. Sand is valuable due to my love for glass, and I'm not anywhere near any deserts. So collecting the sand for the TNT is a process in itself.
It's much more time efficient to just pickax my way down. It also requires less brain functions, allowing me to actually enjoy watching my reruns of Colbert, The Daily Show and Stargate SG-1 while I excavate. :wink.gif:
I have an Efficiency III diamond pickax specifically for the job.
Screenshots taken January 10th, about 3 days after the Obsidian Tower was completed:
You'll note that 6,279 blocks of obsidian were placed, and 6,493 were mined.
I don't know of any glitch, and I wouldn't have used a glitch if I did know of one.
If you think that number is ridiculously inflated, take a look at how much stone was mined.
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Just so you get an idea of how much work actually went into this map, here is the full block crafted/placed/mined statistics as of January 25th, just taken 2 minutes ago specifically for this thread:
Edited: This post messed up the entire thread on Firefox? Weird.
Moraterra Single Player Survival - Last Updated: September 16, 4:00 PM PST
I suppose it's okay, so long as you do it after you've already viewed this thread.
Unless you really want that punch to the kidney.
Moraterra Single Player Survival - Last Updated: September 16, 4:00 PM PST
This is an escape from life's stresses for me.
As for the continuation of the project, yes, it's still being played. The reason there haven't been any updates is because I've added Millenaire 1.0 to the game. I'm still working on earning enough to buy my own "create a city" wand, and it's taking a while.
Once I do, I'll probably build it around the windmill, and show off some screenshots.
I've probably got around a hundred more screenshots than the ones I just put in this thread. I also thought it was kind of a neat idea to not just excavate from sites, but to incorporate the excavations into the build projects. I'm glad other people have found it interesting as well. =)
Moraterra Single Player Survival - Last Updated: September 16, 4:00 PM PST
honestly wow
True survival server, and fun!
It actually is taking me way longer to complete that damned staircase to hell.
The reason there have been no updates, is because I completely terraformed that huge mountain overtop the north/north-west/north-east end of the staircase to hell. It took way longer than I ever anticipated. I'm just now beginning on the South-West quadrant of the Staircase.
Thank you kindly.
Moraterra Single Player Survival - Last Updated: September 16, 4:00 PM PST
WOW...... That is epic. How much resources did you get from your mine? How wide and long is that?
The mine isn't even finished yet. I still haven't finished the massive Staircase to Hell. (Which was the mine.)
As for how wide and long it is? I'll go count.
Top Left Corner is X = -183 Y = +254
Top Right Corner is X = -30 Y = +254
Bottom Left Corner is X = -183 Y = +407
Bottom Right Corner is X = -30 Y = +407
So it seems it's about 153 x 153 in width and length.
As for materials? I won't even pretend I know. I estimate around 200,000 blocks from the central quadrant, and currently around 150,000 blocks from the four quadrants of the staircase currently completed. I'm looking at another 150,000 blocks being excavated before I'm done.
Moraterra Single Player Survival - Last Updated: September 16, 4:00 PM PST
Wow. I pretty sure you have cobble for life. haha. That is truly awesome. I really like the tower too.
This was a very well done world. Very creative. Keep building!
Inwwardlawyer29 :biggrin.gif:
Nice work, so I want to make a strip mine similar to yours.. How do I go about it? Is it just dig a big square all the way down? I only use branch mining and I want to expand my horizons. So, if you could give me a little lesson on how to strip mine it would be great! Haha. Thanks
Yeah, I have a buttload of chests in my base of operations filled with stone and cobblestone.
I'll decide what to do with it once this god-forsaken staircase is done.
Thank you kindly.
What I ended up doing was beginning with a simple 10 x 10 and expanding from there. I discovered that planning actually inhibits the creative process, the best way to get around it, is to just go out there, create, make mistakes and learn.
I dug down in increments of 5, and built a spiral staircase as I went along initially to prevent myself from getting stuck, or needing ladders. You can get around it by having ladders.
Colbert and Daily Show reruns. South Park Reruns. Scrubs Reruns. Stargate SG-1 Reruns. Stargate Atlantis Reruns.
Lets just say netflix, and my PVR keep me fully entertained.
I also have Skype up 24/7 so friends and family can keep in contact while I go catatonic mode with this game.
Fixed.
Moraterra Single Player Survival - Last Updated: September 16, 4:00 PM PST
I run out of TNT so fast, it's not even funny.
That's a quote from another thread I posted in about this stairway. I realize it's off about about 50,000 blocks due to my neglecting the fact the four corner quadrants have to deal with two uniform slopes making them 1/3 instead of 1/2. That's still about 650,000 blocks to excavate. Beyond AFK'ing for a couple hours infront of a creeper farm, I don't see how I could ever get enough gunpowder to clear this beast any faster than if I just use my pickaxes.
Don't forget. Sand is valuable due to my love for glass, and I'm not anywhere near any deserts. So collecting the sand for the TNT is a process in itself.
It's much more time efficient to just pickax my way down. It also requires less brain functions, allowing me to actually enjoy watching my reruns of Colbert, The Daily Show and Stargate SG-1 while I excavate. :wink.gif:
Moraterra Single Player Survival - Last Updated: September 16, 4:00 PM PST
It's finally. Over.
I'm going to go pass out now. I'll take some more screenshots of this beast tomorrow.
Moraterra Single Player Survival - Last Updated: September 16, 4:00 PM PST