Minecraft Forums

Quote from 2samspan

Our first marriage of the server!

Quote from NebelVanDushmer

Out of Character

In Game Name:NebelVanDushmer
Age:24
Timezone:East Coast (will be moving in about a month or so and will become Central)
RP Experience:I'm a big fan of roleplaying, I'm a part of many forums and a few chat sites, I have played (and GM'ed) Dungeons and Dragons since about 2001 and enjoy every edition including 4th.
Reason for joining: I have a friend who's currently on the server who told me about it, especially when he found out that I enjoy roleplaying.
Skype name? (feel free to send as PM if you do not want it public):find me with tehvernon, my display name will come up as William Lorenzo Baker
Did you read the rules?:
Any questions or comments?: I am eager to play, the server looks lovely from what my friend showed me.

In Character

Name: Nebel Dushmer
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Class: Shopkeeper with aspirations of being a Baker. (Ultimately I would like to break into Alchemy though, but artisans seems interesting)

Backstory: Nebel was born in Ealdor and grew up learning how to manage a store from his parents. After years of working for his family, he eventually moved out of Ealdor struck by a sense of wanderlust. A few years of touring the lands, learning from those he came across and taking in the sights of the other towns he had heard tales of from other merchants as they traded with his family. Eventually he found his way Various and settled in, hoping to take up the simpler life of a shopkeeper he had enjoyed before.

However, during his travels, Nebel has come in contact with my different people, most notably an alchemist hiding his practice in a distant, smaller village. Rather than report him however, he took the opportunity to learn from this person. Still very inexperienced at alchemy himself, Nebel has yet to attempt to establish his own lab, fearing he may get caught should he try. Eventually though, he does plan on making his entrance into the magic world.

Strengths and Weaknesses: Nebel is a rather amicable person, eager to chat with people and friendly to new faces. He's quick to learn and has a desire to expand his hobbies and interests. However, he's rather paranoid of people learning his aspirations of alchemy, knowing the law against the practice but it has become an obsession of his. This paranoia of his had led to some rather odd habits, including finding unique places to hide the most inane and even invaluable objects and materials. His face occasionally betrays his mind as he's caught shifty-eyed and twitches occasionally.

Quote from KrekoG

I don't see why that would be good... I mean it's a roleplaying server, and teleporting is at least magical stuff.
On the other hands you could roleplay that you married someone anytime...
Did I miss your point?

Quote from extremegamer1234

I have been using Traditional Beauty and Sildurs Shaders ( http://www.mediafire...uou7butghwayn08 ) to get these screenshots.

We have evening light falling in a small conformable room.



Early Morning Light in a hotel room my friend Sarcasim and I built.



The pool by our hotel.



Here I have caught the late afternoon light shining through a vine in the swamp.



Evening shadows at the same location also showing off the amazing water.



This tree casts a dark shadow in the bright moonlight.



Saving the best for last, the afternoon light coming through the jungle trees, and into the small lake below.



Thank you for taking time to look at my pictures!

Quote from flatout01

Kermit Plays minecraft model. Big fan of him. So sorry their aren't many greens. //imgur.com/mtZ3zS8" target="" data-ensure-absolute>" width="" height="" alt="" />

[*** WHAT IS BETTER THAN WOLVES? ***]

Better Than Wolves is a "total conversion". This differs from most mods that you are probably used to in that it changes many of the rules of play to provide a richer experience, rather than just adding in new stuff. What makes it special however, is that it always attempts to do so in a way that retains the original spirit of the game, perhaps even more so than the newer official releases.

It focuses both on challenging survival play, and player creativity in terms of never providing "magic block" solutions to in game problems. Instead, it provides basic tools and leaves it to the player to figure out how to use them to get the job done.

In short, Better Than Wolves is a vision of what Mincraft could have been, designed by a very serious player, for other like minded individuals.

[**** End Of Dev ****]

Please note that after a full decade, all development has ceased on Better Than Wolves. The final version (4.B0000003) can be downloaded here:

Download Link

And the source code can be downloaded here:

Source Download Link

Better Than Wolves and its source code are made freely available under the creative commons attribution license:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

You are free to modify and redistribute portions of BTW and its code as you wish, but I (FlowerChild) would appreciate acknowledgment if you do so. Keep in mind however that parts of BTW may be based on modified versions of Mojang's code and assets, and it is left to anyone redistributing portions of BTW to make sure they are appropriately considering Mojang's intellectual property and licensing as well.

Sonic Ether's Unbelievable Shaders [compatible with Minecraft 1.12.2 via OptiFine]

Please read this entire post before attempting an install or posting about a bug.

Development news is posted on my Facebook/Twitter page: http://www.facebook.com/SonicEther
http://twitter.com/sonic_ether

If you would like to access beta and experimental versions of SEUS Renewed and support the development of SEUS, check out my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/sonicether

SEUS Renewed screenshots!

SEUS Renewed is an on-going project! Feel free to report any issues you encounter.

Setup (PLEASE READ)

OptiFine has taken over shader support for Minecraft. Go download and install OptiFine first! ALWAYS USE THE LATEST VERSION

You need to install this mod to use my shaderpack!

Download OptiFine

Once you've got OptiFine installed, to use a shaderpack, follow these instructions.

Sonic Ether's Unbelievable Shaders


Downloads

LATEST:

SEUS Renewed 1.0.0 (DOWNLOAD)

SEUS Renewed is a re-imagining of SEUS and is an ongoing project. Check the links at the very top of this post to follow its development!

Make sure to always use the latest version of OptiFine!

-Improved GI and SSAO
-Super smooth Temporal Anti-Aliasing
-Completely reworked system for day/night cycle based on atmospheric scattering
-Accurate sunlight color via atmospheric scattering
-Accurate ambient sky lighting from atmospheric scattering via Spherical Harmonics
-New atmospheric scattering on distand land for a natural sense-of-scale
-New underwater rendering
-Normal/bump mapping from torch/artificial light
-Screen-space shadow tracing for better contact shadows
-Vastly improved performance with long render distance settings
-Physically-based specular highlights from sunlight
-Improved 2D clouds
-Improved rendering of stained glass

-New rain/wet effects

-End and Nether shaders

-Improved POM and POM self-shadowing

-Improved shadows

-Many more, too many to list here!

OLDER VERSIONS

LEGACY VERSIONS:

Tweaks

Once the mod is properly installed, there are a few things you can do to ensure maximum performance.

-Run the game in a smaller resolution in full-screen
-Lower your render distance
-When OptiFine is installed, try toggling "Options > Video Settings > Performance > Smooth FPS:". "ON" gives more responsive input and more steady fps, but likely lower maximum FPS.



Reporting an Issue

If this mod is giving you unusual results, please make sure that you installed everything correctly first.
If you are using this mod on a Mac, I'm sorry to say that I am powerless to provide Mac support. I apologize.


I can't help you if you don't provide these details:
-Describe your issue thoroughly. Provide a screenshot or video if you can.
-Describe your system specs. If you forget this step, I cannot help in any way.
-Include the output log along with your issue report.
-Describe the shaderpack, OptiFine mod version, and Minecraft version that you are running when encountering this issue.

Facebook Page | Official Server | Official Wiki | F.A.Q. | YouTube Channel


Experiencing Lag in Middle-earth? Use FastCraft.

Watch Mind of Mike's exciting new series with the mod, from early 2017. Thanks, Mike!

Mind of Mike also has a beginners' guide to the mod, which is really helpful. You can watch it below:

______________________________________________________________

About the Mod

The Lord of the Rings Mod is a huge expansion for Minecraft that aims to add the world of Middle-earth into the game. This will include content from J. R. R. Tolkien's most famous work, The Lord of the Rings, and from other related tales such as The Hobbit and The Silmarillion.

The mod has been in development since December 2012, with a great amount of planned features yet to come in the future. New updates are published frequently - usually every couple of months.

If you are interested in following the progress of the mod, go to our Facebook page, where we showcase new content for upcoming updates. You can also give feedback there, and submit suggestions. Please read the FAQ before submitting a suggestion!

The official wiki is the place to go if you want to learn about the mod and its contents, or find a server to play on. You can also post suggestions, bug reports, and discuss all sort of things on the wiki forums.

The main features in the mod so far are:

• A new Middle-earth dimension
• Over 100 new biomes, sub-biomes, and biome variants, each with their own unique structures and resources
• Biomes are generated in accordance with Tolkien's map of Middle-earth
• The mysterious, unexplored lands of Rhûn and Harad
• The ancient Pits of Utumno, a terrifying dungeon dimension full of Morgoth's evil creatures
• Hundreds of new blocks, weapons, armours, foods, and items
• People and races from the Lord of the Rings world
• An alignment system where your actions can improve or harm your reputation with many independent factions
• New gameplay elements dependent on the player's alignment: trading, unit hiring, and an expanded achievement system
• Randomly generated Mini-Quests, and the Red Book to record them
• A system of modifiers for customising and upgrading your weapons, tools, and armour
• Seamless multiplayer integration in all areas of the mod

And some of the main planned features still to come in future updates:

• Even more blocks, items, and factions from Middle-earth
• Larger, pre-written quests, ranging from minor 'side quests' to epic adventures
• New types of mini-quests
• Characters and places from the Lord of the Rings storyline
• More boss battles
• Ring-forging, siege weapons, and a 'redstone alternative' for Middle-earth
• Other realms... The Undying Lands? First Age Beleriand? Númenor?

For a more in-depth and comprehensive summary of the mod's features, please see this Mod Overview article on the mod's wiki. Also check out the Middle-earth Gameplay Guide, and the Building Tips page if you are so inclined.

(There are, besides those linked above, many other useful guides and articles on the wiki which I have not listed here - go and have a look!)

______________________________________________________________

Downloads

Download the current version: Update 34.3 for Minecraft 1.7.10

Requires Minecraft Forge version 1558 or higher.

The complete changelog for all released versions can be viewed here.

This mod contains a version checker.

Warning: If you are running the mod on a Cauldron (MCPC+) server, you may experience unexpected bugs, crashes or other failures that are not this mod's fault. Please see here for an explanation of why it is not this mod's fault, and why I cannot really do anything to fix it.

Installation

Watch Mind of Mike's beginners' guide on how to install the LOTR mod. (New in 2018)

For more guides and information, including how to install the mod on servers: see the Help section on the mod's wiki.

Downloads for older versions:

(Warning: Older versions may contain old bugs which have since been fixed. Use at your own risk.)

These can be found at the updates page on the wiki.

NEI Plugin

The Ranger Malvegil is developing a plugin for Not Enough Items (NEI) for use with the Lord of the Rings Mod, that shows crafting recipes on Middle-earth tables, barrel brewing recipes, and other recipes from the mod. Thanks, Malvegil!

You can find the forum thread for this plugin here, with downloads and information.

Note that this plugin is not affiliated with the LOTR mod: you should report any problems, crashes, etc. to them, not to us.

______________________________________________________________

Donate

Some people have expressed interest in donating to the mod, so if you want to donate, here are some fine buttons with which to do so.







______________________________________________________________

Concerning Modpacks

TheAtlanticCraft's Fellowship modpack includes the Lord of the Rings Mod along with over 50 other mods, and they have dedicated public servers running the pack.The link goes to their Minecraft Forums thread which has all the links and information you should need to download and install the modpack. Please note that feedback/bug reports/other issues concerning the Fellowship modpack should be discussed on their forums and websites, and not on this forum post.

If you want to create and publish your own modpack including the mod, you don't need to ask for my permission, but you must credit me as the author of this mod and provide a link to this post. It's only fair!

(If the modpack is just for private use, i.e. it won't be posted anywhere for the public to use - such as for your own use and a small group of friends on a private server - there's no need to do that.)

______________________________________________________________

Signature banners









If you would like to support the mod with one of these banners, copy and paste the following code into your signature:

Middle-earth

[url=http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1626486-the-lord-of-the-rings-mod-bringing-middle-earth-to-minecraft/][img]http://i.imgur.com/njpSEtu.jpg[/img][/url]

Mordor

[url=http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1626486-the-lord-of-the-rings-mod-bringing-middle-earth-to-minecraft/][img]http://i.imgur.com/8mJjS66.jpg[/img][/url]

The Shire

[url=http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1626486-the-lord-of-the-rings-mod-bringing-middle-earth-to-minecraft/][img]http://i.imgur.com/1HUA6.jpg[/img][/url]

Fangorn Forest

[url=http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1626486-the-lord-of-the-rings-mod-bringing-middle-earth-to-minecraft/][img]http://i.imgur.com/7hQN7CW.jpg[/img][/url]

This mod (plugin, a patch to Minecraft source, henceforth "Mod" or "The Mod"), excepting any and all characters, locations, etc. or other trademarks, which are the intellectual property of the Tolkien Estate, Warner Bros. Entertainment, or other related entities, is the property of the Mod author (Mevans, henceforth "Owner" or "The Owner"). It may only be mirrored or reposted with advance written permission of the Owner. The Mod is intended as a tribute to the Lord of the Rings and the world of Middle-earth and the Owner makes no claim upon the Lord of the Rings or any associated trademarks of the Tolkien Estate, Warner Bros. Entertainment, or other related entities, nor does he affiliate himself with them in any way.

Alright, so there's this idea I've been working on for the past few weeks. You heard me, weeks. Basically, it's boats. Boats than you can make bigger, slap a name on, armor, choose what propulsion system it has, and carry stuff in.

Full idea in spoiler:

Boats Evolved; bigger, modular boats (Watch out --- huge!)

Okay guys. Just a slight disclaimer, the explanation for this idea is going to be *HUGE*. The idea itself may be simpler, but the description will take a long time to explain. In a nutshell, it's bigger boats that are also modular.
So we'll start with a slight modification of a game mechanic. Otherwise, the idea won't work very well. So just keep in mind that in this idea, you can't push a boat around by standing on top of it. At least just for the higher-level classes, which we'll get to in a minute.
Also, upon entering a boat, a GUI will appear somewhere around the bottom-right or so that displays the ships 'health', and speed.



Before we go overboard (no pun intended), let's begin with some basic principles that can be applied to the current boat. Let's call it the Dinghy. You can't do too terribly much with the Dinghy, but you CAN do some things.
Dinghies can be crafted just like they normally are. However to modify a boat, a new tool will have to be brought into the game. Let's say it's a Hammer. Right-clicking on a boat with a hammer, granted you're the one that built it will open up a GUI.



Like I said before the abilities with the Dinghy are limited, so you have limited things that pop up in the GUI. All that displays for now is the hull, propulsion system, and their respective health bars. You can also give your boat its own custom name that appears on its hull (But this probably won't be for the Dinghy). You will also notice two numbers at the top. On the left (12/12), is the boat's hitpoints. I doubled their damage resistance because I thought it was kind of silly to kill a boat with one arrow. To the right (1) is the ship's base speed attribute. That is to say, the speed capability of a boat, excluding the propulsion system. Boat stats will vary upon each construction. Therefore someone can be proud of themselves if they have made a fast/strong ship.

Normally, you have your standard, nonreinforced plank hull. However, you could change that. Let's start with a Reinforced Wood Hull. In the crafting table, put in 9 pieces of log together to form a piece of Reinforced Wood Plating. Dinghies will probably only need one plate to reinforce themselves. Plating will probably not be stackable for gameplay purposes.
Reinforced wood will provide a higher defense for the dinghy. Two more types of hull include Steel and Gold. Steel Plating requires 4 Iron blocks in the crafting table, and Gold likewise. With a steel-plated hull, the boat can take considerably more damage than Plank or Wood. Steel hulls can possibly withstand lava. Gold plating is only slightly stronger than Reinforced Wood and is not feasible as battle armor. However, just in case you were thinking these hulls are easy to reinforce, keep in mind higher levels will need more plating as they get bigger.



When a boat is damaged, simply right-click with the Hammer to open up the GUI. There should be a slot for extra plating to go in should the ship need repair. To ensure fair fights, the repair will be timed, like a furnace. Each repair uses up the Hammer some. It would also be nice to see some sort of visual cue for an almost-destroyed ship, like fire or a broken, damaged texture.

And now, the propulsion systems.

With the default dinghy, you have your Hands. Hands for a dinghy are basically neutral, however they will be slower than in previous versions of the game.
An alternative solution, is craftable Oars. Oars are very maneuverable and faster than hands, however they do not grant a steady speed and require you to hold down the forward button whenever you want to move. They may even 'tire' you out more (using up more Hunger).



The last one for the Dinghy, is the sail. Sails can provide very fast speeds, however they have low thrust and are not easy to slow down and speed up easily. A steady speed is required for traversing around land-covered areas. Sails can also possibly be made with different colored wool, to help a boat stand out. Sails grant a steady speed as you can leave them unattended with very little deceleration.



So now we move on to a bigger boat. Not too terribly big, but we're getting there.

To construct larger ships and propulsion systems, you're going to need an alternative to the crafting table. Let's just call it the Shipwright. This block ONLY crafts boats and takes up more blocks of space.



I think for a new level of boat, you're going to need some Blueprints. Blueprints can most likely be created by interacting with the Shipwright by combining a blueprint (Or in this case, a solid Dinghy) and investing your Experience Points to come up with a new 'idea' for a bigger boat. The 'studying' is timed, again, like a furnace, and with each clump of EP filled, the progress bar is filled some. You can also find Blueprints in dungeons, but only rarely.
After that will be done, the Blueprints can be put in a separate slot, with another slot under it. The slot under it is for the wood required to build the boat. Every time you put more wood into the slot under it, the progress bar for the ship increases. I'm not sure if this should be the way but it sounds pretty good.
I think that for each class of boat, a bigger mast will need to be crafted. That, or just have one single mast that, for bigger boats, you need to pack in more Sails. Kind of like how plating works.



So now, the next level: the Skiff.

The skiff is *about* 2 1/2 times the length of the Dinghy. However, with the next level comes new features. First off is a second slot, a passenger seat if you will. But besides that, there are two more features.



Here, there will be special lots to place blocks at. These could be something decorative like gold blocks, or practical, like chests.



To place a block in there, logically you would right click on that one place with the block. It's possible the block lot will be highlighted by the Hammer to show you where you can place things. To get it out, leftclick with the Hammer and it will appear in your inventory. If blocks aren't your fancy, perhaps animals are. Here is where the extra space in the GUI comes in. There would be a list of all the entities in the boat. If they are NPCs, you can choose to move them to another slot, or evict them. You can also evict players, but not move them[amended].



With the Skiff, you have an additional propulsion system. I'm not sure about this one so I'm going to need you guys' approval. Essentially, it is a steam-powered paddlewheel. The steam engine will need to be powered by coal, which will either have a furnace-like GUI or not. It is also be slightly less maneuverable than the Sail. The steam engine, like Sails, grant a steady speed and can be left unattended. They have perfect acceleration, however they are much slower than Sails.



For armoring, the Skiff will need more plates to sufficiently armor the boat. Possibly two or three.
The skiff will most likely be the largest boat to successfully navigate shallow marshlands and the like.



Now, for the adventurous sailor, we're going to go one step up. Meet the Cog. The Cog is a fair-sized boat, but it is hardly big. What is does have though is a top deck large enough to walk upon. Now, we're going to introduce another feature. This time, the Cog will have a lower deck. You could be able to place a few blocks in that bottom deck, such as beds and chests. This will be good for long adventures. If you aren't spoiled, you would be happy with a Cog for your adventuring needs. Hands are now unusable.
For gameplay, an invisible, penetrable box will be in the interiors of the ship that hides water and its effects when water blocks go near it, but as soon as they leave the water blocks return to normal.



Now here, starting with the Cog, is the boat's main means of offense and defense. You guessed it, the Cannon. I believe the cannon could be made with a crafting table. To fire (And right now I'm making most of this up as I go along), you must first craft a Cannonball (Maximum of 16 allowed in hand), and right click on the cannon. The cannon will fizz for about 2.5 seconds or more before firing the cannonball. You must wait an additional second to fire again. To adjust the angle of a cannon, rightclick it (without a cannonball) to point the cannon up or down.



Now with ships and other entities, contact with the cannonball will just equal damage being dealt. But with blocks, there is a chance (Depending on their blast resistance) that the block being hit, and/or the blocks around it will be pushed forward and respond to gravity. And in rare cases, break upon falling.
That, or it would just be a weak form of TNT. But I like the former better. Mostly because it's my idea. Good gosh I think I'm vain or something.
So like I said, if you aren't spoiled, you would be happy with a Cog for your adventuring needs.



But sometimes, you ARE spoiled. Or, just requiring a bit more power. That's where the fourth level comes in, behold: the Carrack. Significantly larger than the other boats, this one can actually be called a ship. It has 3 decks. The first being the top deck (Which comprises of the main deck, quarter and poop, naturally), the second the gun deck, which to the back holds the captain's quarters, and the bottom deck is mainly for cargo. If the Carrack is steampowered the boiler room will be in there.





Oars are now unusable for the Carrack, as are Hands for Cogs. (The Oars for the Cogs would be weaker than on the Skiff and Dinghy, as would hands with the Skiff. However with the Steam engine and Sail, they just get faster with each level, with exceptions [amended])
Another neat thing you get to do with the Carrack is you get to live up to the naval definiton of a ship. On the Carrack, you can place another boat inside it for scouting/lifeboats. But it can only be a Skiff or Dinghy.



Okay, next one. Here we go.



(This level is optional. You guys tell me if it should be ingame.)

Now sometimes, your lust for power is so great no measly Carrack can hold it; not even when it is steel-hulled and armed to the teeth. No, you wish for the very seas to obey your will. Well, you psychopath, here's the fix for you: Feast your eyes sir, on the Galleon. Over twice the size of a Carrack, four long decks and plenty of guns, you would not want to war with this vessel. It is essentially a Carrack on steroids; bigger, stronger (but not faster [amended]), and scarier. But, slightly slower. Should you decide to armor it, keep in mind it will need 8 Platings to armor (Maybe more). And considering each plating requires 4 blocks to fill, you're going to need a LOT of iron.



When a ship finally loses all of it's 'health', it will sink to the bottom of the sea. Here, it is subject to despawn, but will stay there as long as there is a player near it. Although dangerous, it would then be available for looting, if you haven't plundered the ship while it was afloat already. < --- This entire paragraph is subject to discussion and alternative options. It's also been proposed that the ship turn into it's block counterpart, only leave chests, or like in the Amendment Posts, leaves a Ship's Bell that can serve as a savegame for your ship.

Now, I understand that such a feature is going to be *HUGE*, possibly requiring its own update, and would be just a massive undertaking. But I for one believe it will be an undertaking worth the effort. It would heighten the spirit of Minecraft adventure and exploration, people could trade vast amounts of resources over long distances, and plunder other ships for their booty. So I'm not 100% expecting this to be accepted entirely (But if it is, thankyouthankyouthankyou!), but in the future if any modders were curious about how to go about doing their ship mod, this could be a good example. But I really hope this would at least be seen by Mojang. Just two-thirds into completing this idea, I read an old tweet of Notch saying that he might add something like this in the future. So, if you are, this could be one of the ways to go about it.


Any questions?

Amendment Post 1:
- In the Shipwright GUI, the product slot of the boatbuilding section is now a button. I've updated the image.

- Craftable ship components should have been expanded. In addition to a Galley, an Anchor component (probably most vital) is also one of them. Also proposed by the community are tables, crows' nests (That basket thing on the top of masts), icebreakers, and if the NPC crew idea is implemented, a sea captain's desk to chart courses for the helmsman.

- I actually think you should be able to move players. I mean, if they actually decided to choose to lock themselves in a mob slot rather than move around freely I think the captain should be free to move them wherever.
Amendment Post 2:
- Galleons really shouldn't be the fastest ships out there, it would be unfair. Instead, their base speed capability should be a tiny bit slower than a Carrack, probably. Updated.

- Right clicking on a cannon without a cannonball could point the cannon up/down. Updated.

- Different types of ships that do not follow the linear 5-level path of upgrades. Instead, 'extra' ship blueprints could be found in dungeons in strongholds, but they would be rare. Could be a way to get Caravels and viking ships or whatnot.

- I'm not sure about the decay process of sunken ships. Perhaps after someone leaves the ship's general area, a timer starts and eventually the ship will despawn. Or maybe it just stays there forever but can be 'mined' away to recollect valuable materials.
Amendment Post 3 (Note: These are not as important as the first 2) :
- Flags. Although I'm sure colored sails can do a good job of faction identification, custom-made flags would be really great to have. They could be used outside of boats, too.

- Extra ammo types. The standard cannonball would be made of stone and gunpowder, but others could be made out of iron and other materials. The new usable fireball coming 1.2 would also make a neat incendiary addition. Other types can inclde grapeshot and chainshot.

- Sea monsters. Pretty straightforward, I'd like to see some minor sea bosses when roaming the sea. But in my opinion, they should be restricted to certain sizes of ships (Dinghies have no bosses). For example the ship the size of a Skiff would probably only get a shark or something, whereas something Cog-sized would get sharks and sea serpents, medium-sized ships like the Carrack would get sea serpents and maybe giant octopus (Will wrap tentacles around the ship and begin to tug down unless tentacles are damaged), etc...They are, however, uncommon.

- A ship's bell. Yes, they can be used as a normal bell, but there's something that makes them special. Once placed on a ship, it bears the ship's name and can ONLY be placed on that ship (e.g Bell of the S.S Whatchamacallit). Then, if a sunken ship despawns, that bell is turned into a block at the bottom of the ocean and contains all of the ship's data. Then, it can be used to recreate the ship.

- Sea obstacles. The ocean would be made that much better if occasionally you stumbled upon a mini-biome within an ocean. These could be mysterious sea rocks, or icebergs made of pack ice where a tundra or arctic biome would usually be.

And the Reddit post is here:

http://www.reddit.co..._modular_boats/ (Archived)


*EDIT*

Due to popular demand, I give you this:


Add this to your signature if you like it!

<a href="../../../topic/699830-boats-evolved-bigger-modular-boats/"><img src="http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/ss136/elitemandalorian48/besig-1.jpg" alt=""></a>

Important Things to Know for the Unfortunate Few Without Common Sense (aka posts I've gotten a million and one times and wish to halt):

Download link to the original SketchUp models: http://www.mediafire...55l1cnm1npgkbgl

Terms of Use
This mod "Jammy Furniture Mod" (plugin, a patch to Minecraft source, henceforth "Mod" or "The Mod") is sole property of the Mod author "Jammy780" (henceforth "Owner" or "The Owner"). To use the mod you must follow by the rules;
1. Do not decompile or modify the source code unless advanced permission has been given from The Owner.
2. Do not claim the work as your own.
3. Always link back to this main forum post on minecraftforum.net
4. Only download the mod from the main forum thread or the official website (http://www.jammy780.co.uk/jfm)

Mod Packs
If you wish to create a mod pack containing my Mod then you may do so, however you must;
1. Always link back to the main forum thread on minecraftforum.net
2. Always link back to the main website (http://www.jammy780.co.uk/jfm).
3. Never make money from my Mod.
4. Always private message The Owner of the usage of the mod, even if the mod pack is not finished.
5. Always private message The Owner once you have compiled and released your mod pack.