6 apartments are now open for rent in Peirce Tower. I also added a lovely crane on top. Future plans are for 3 more floors, and 3 themed luxury Condos. These will feature even tighter security than the 6 apartments :wink.gif: I will be claiming the top one.
Security Features - - - Introducing the LD 500 Combo Lock
All the doors have the combos punched, and the lock open. The above image is for the odd apartment numbers. (i.e. 301, 401, 501) For the even number apartments, the process is exactly mirrored. The Combo is 1 - 5 - 6 - 4. If you press button #3, then it will trigger built in guessing security, and reset the locks. When you go into your room you will likely want to flip the lock. If the lock is flipped nobody will get in or out even if they punch the combo. On your way out of the room you will likely want to reset the combo by pressing button #3.
Hopefully this makes some sense haha. On the even numbered rooms everything is once again exactly mirrored. Looking at it the same way as in the picture, the combo would be 3 - 5 - 4 - 6. The reset button would be #1.
If you would like a room, please PM me. Its not an absolute must, but I would appreciate it. You can do whatever you want to the apartments, they look pretty generic right now. You can even change the wall floor, and ceiling materials, just don't destroy any wiring or you might have a tough time getting out :smile.gif:
Sorry lots of info :blink.gif:
Hope you guys like it - - - Lord_Drailmon
Wow, things are looking great! I have a few thoughts though... We should try to put the main stuff on the Main Avenue. Things like the fire department, future police station, and maybe a courthouse. Also I think a hospital would be appropriate there. It would also be good if we had and elevated road, or freeway, going around the middle part of town, and maybe connecting to one of the bridges. This would make the town seem more realistic.
PS- Why is the "Main Avenue", not "Main Street", or "Mine Street" :wink.gif:
That would be incredible but it sounds like a b*tch to set up. And it might create some lag issues if there are dozens of minecarts constantly moving around. Chunk loading/unloading would also cause problems. If you/we could get it to work it would ideal but I'd settle for an interim solution to help with enlarging the city.
Also, are there any plans to get the roads working? Imho the tracks look a little unsightly so it would be nice if they served a practical purpose.
I'd love one! Do you want to assign me one or shall I wait till you've built some more floors? Btw, what does MSSD stand for?
I may expand the MSSD now that the ceiling has been raised. As of right now there are two open offices. You can pick one and furnish it next time you get the save.
PS- MSSD stands for Minehatten Street and Subway Department :wink.gif: Arkhangels is a smart person...
In case you wonder... here is the test I made with detector rails (it works perfectly):
Imagine each "station" here is 10 seconds from each other, and the detector being exactly in the middle, resulting in 5 seconds stop in each station:
PS: the main problem with a passive or autonomous subway system is when the player EXITS or ENTER a save, because a minecart loses it's motion when the player exit the save. Which means that if a minecart is going half way from station A to B, and the player logs off, when he enters the save again, the minecart will be in the same place he was before (in the middle of the tunnel), but without the inertial movement (still). That why it's necessary at least that main switch I depicted above... otherwise the entire system would fail when one player exits the save.
The best and most reliable option though, is to force every minecart to STOP in every station UNLESS a button is pressed that makes it move. This would avoid the risk of a player forgetting to turn off the main switch before exiting. Otherwise it's probable that from time to time we'd have to fly inside the tunnels to put ALL the minecarts back to motion again.
Minehattan is getting quite big now and its become a bit of a drag walking around so I think we should implement the subway, even if its not in the final form. I'd suggest a system I use on my main world, where you can choose to stop at a station by pushing a button as you approach it.
I've drawn a sketch of it in minedraft Link Removed.
The dirt blocks would be raised one above the ground and have a button on the forward side as you approach them. Its quite easy to time the push when you're heading directly at the button. I'd be happy to implement this (including the redstone and the stopping mechanism I haven't shown) in the map and MCEdit it in.
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Your design is clever. I believe there would be some turned-off powered rails in the area where the minecart stops?
If you will do it, then it will be necessary to expand Ark's subway station because it's not wide enough for 4 rails.
But I have a feeling that is possible to do the same thing using a single row of powered rails connected to the button, what would reduce the system to 2 lanes only...
Something like: if you press the button, the powered rails turn on, and you keep moving past it (don't stop), if you don't press the button, the turned-off powered rail will make you stop in that station.
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I would prefer it if the entire subway system were passive. Here is a thought... We could have the two outside lanes be the "slow" lanes", which would stop for about 5 seconds at every station. Inside the slow track would be the "Fast Track". Minecarts operating on this track would rarely stop,(only at major parts of town) and would be moving at the maximum speed. This way we could make it fast for people who need to go all the way across town, but still have it efficient for people who are just going a couple of blocks. When riding on the fast track you could just stop at one of the major stations, and switch to the slow track, depending on where you needed to go. The minecart system would operate autonomously, requiring no input from the user.
I'm back! I also have a netherrack fireplace Arkhangels, but I was very careful in the building, and I feel even better now that fire has been significantly weakened.
So, I've been wondering about a Minehatten City Hall. It would be great across from the church I think. Anywayz, we could have like a citizen's records room where people would sign in. Just a thought.
Hey, whoever has the save should put a sign between Pierce Tower and the stadium. I want to reserve that space for Peirce Gardens. I think it would also be good to have a parking lot there, because of the proximity to the stadium.
At first I was like then I was like :laugh.gif: That will just go along perfectly next to the Peirce Tower haha. Are you planning a park or something to fill in the rest of the lot?
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6 apartments are now open for rent in Peirce Tower. I also added a lovely crane on top. Future plans are for 3 more floors, and 3 themed luxury Condos. These will feature even tighter security than the 6 apartments :wink.gif: I will be claiming the top one.
Peirce Tower
Go here to see the crane - - - http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/836/20110531213516.png
Security Features - - - Introducing the LD 500 Combo Lock
All the doors have the combos punched, and the lock open. The above image is for the odd apartment numbers. (i.e. 301, 401, 501) For the even number apartments, the process is exactly mirrored. The Combo is 1 - 5 - 6 - 4. If you press button #3, then it will trigger built in guessing security, and reset the locks. When you go into your room you will likely want to flip the lock. If the lock is flipped nobody will get in or out even if they punch the combo. On your way out of the room you will likely want to reset the combo by pressing button #3.
Hopefully this makes some sense haha. On the even numbered rooms everything is once again exactly mirrored. Looking at it the same way as in the picture, the combo would be 3 - 5 - 4 - 6. The reset button would be #1.
If you would like a room, please PM me. Its not an absolute must, but I would appreciate it. You can do whatever you want to the apartments, they look pretty generic right now. You can even change the wall floor, and ceiling materials, just don't destroy any wiring or you might have a tough time getting out :smile.gif:
Sorry lots of info :blink.gif:
Hope you guys like it - - - Lord_Drailmon
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Yay! Peirce Tower is open! There are 6 rooms available. I gtg, but pictures and info coming soon!
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And Lol sweet building Genie!
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Blast! Not fast enough lol. Hurry please :smile.gif:
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PS- Why is the "Main Avenue", not "Main Street", or "Mine Street" :wink.gif:
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I may expand the MSSD now that the ceiling has been raised. As of right now there are two open offices. You can pick one and furnish it next time you get the save.
PS- MSSD stands for Minehatten Street and Subway Department :wink.gif: Arkhangels is a smart person...
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Ok, this makes sense, but how do you turn it off?
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BTW would you like an office in the MSSD HQ?
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Your design is clever. I believe there would be some turned-off powered rails in the area where the minecart stops?
If you will do it, then it will be necessary to expand Ark's subway station because it's not wide enough for 4 rails.
But I have a feeling that is possible to do the same thing using a single row of powered rails connected to the button, what would reduce the system to 2 lanes only...
Something like: if you press the button, the powered rails turn on, and you keep moving past it (don't stop), if you don't press the button, the turned-off powered rail will make you stop in that station.
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I would prefer it if the entire subway system were passive. Here is a thought... We could have the two outside lanes be the "slow" lanes", which would stop for about 5 seconds at every station. Inside the slow track would be the "Fast Track". Minecarts operating on this track would rarely stop,(only at major parts of town) and would be moving at the maximum speed. This way we could make it fast for people who need to go all the way across town, but still have it efficient for people who are just going a couple of blocks. When riding on the fast track you could just stop at one of the major stations, and switch to the slow track, depending on where you needed to go. The minecart system would operate autonomously, requiring no input from the user.
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So, I've been wondering about a Minehatten City Hall. It would be great across from the church I think. Anywayz, we could have like a citizen's records room where people would sign in. Just a thought.
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Perice Tower - Now with pictures!
Hope you guys like it. Especially the MSSD part haaha
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It's about time my lot got an upgrade :wink.gif:
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At first I was like