Can I ask you a question? How do you make the greyscale textures for gras_top, or leaves?
Well, you would make it in colour first get it to look right, then you desaturate the colour out of it so its black and white (greyscale) then play with the brightness/contrast to get it to match well in game
There is honestly only one thing in this texture pack that I actually feel is missing. That is the animation for flowing lava. Not sure if it's in there or you just haven't gotten around to it, but that is literally the only thing I feel is missing. Other than that, like I said, keep up the good work. Best texture pack there is.
Ah another simple case of not done yet, i'll have it flowing in the next update, and thank you again for the comments on my work
SPIDER ISSUE Copy this file into your Mob folder to stop the white error with the spiders, i have also updated the packs with this texture if you don't know how. (there's still a small issue because of how i did the spider textures) but its 98% better. Better still, install Optifine as it give all sorts of enhancements!
Been on the nether brick today folks, got rid on the pinky recoloured old/new cobble and gave it a 3 brick high rugged darker style....which can only mean i'm sorting the Nether out, quartz ore, rack etc
Is that one of his development packs? which one? im using k25 right now but it doesnt like your custom skybox for some reason
Its a work in progress unreleased version that is broken in quite a few places but working in others that Sonic is playing with Oh and the Sky in this version looks amazing, it blends so well you can't see its a box!! (will grab a piccy)
Spider issue here, I'm using the MCpatcher, the other skins like for the creepers with multiple different textures works just fine.
Here is the nether quartz in the inventory
And here is what they look like when I actually throw one.
And just so you know, I'm not nitpicking at you, I'd just love to show some support for an incredible deal of effort that I can see how much you've put into it.. keep up the good work, Can't wait until every texture is done, it'll be amazing!
Ah, ok so the default quartz is missing hmmm
I will update the packs with a fix for the spiders today!
Thanks so much for the support, far from nitpicking its all good
WOW!!! I have not enjoyed a texture pack other than Sphax when I found it about a year ago... But this is one I now also love to run with.
Love the pack, keep up the fantastic work
Thats awesome to hear, i hope you enjoy the continuing progress
Wow, this pack is amazing. At first, I thought it would simply be like a cross between Sphax and Gerodoku, but now, I see that it is so much more. The custom sky is amazing, but the sheep kinda scare me slightly .
Thanks so much, yes it kinda has its own theme but using elements of cartoon and RPG mixed together, something that hasn't really been done in this way yet i don't think. Aww sheepy not scary they friendly
Im not sure if its your latest 128 shader texture pack or if its the shader itself... but when i wanted to start a fresh skyblock using CH the chest was 'waving' like the leaves of the tree.
Edit: also any chance you can adjust the inventory version for iron & gold... being slightly color blind its very hard to quickly make out which is which without having to mouse-over the items all the time.
Ah get that bug sometimes where parts of the world move like trees, its not the pack its the shaders
Well I play on small +16 or around that, so the render distance thing shouldn't be too much of a difference for me if I have it too. I'm just wondering how much the shaders will bring my FPS down...
Best thing is to just try them and see what happens, you will soon know if you can run them
Also I'm pretty much... disappointed in my artistic abilities and might put my texture pack project on hold until I actually can paint things. Also I'm officially jealous of you.
But then again, you've got more experience, maybe I'm as good as you in twenty years time.
Its a sexy shader isn't it!
Noo don't get disspondant just try another block or take a time out, you will get there i can see some blocks you are stronger with...... i will reply more in your topic thread
Not sure if my post will get noticed way back here. Just a few things I wanted to point out, as support.. sorry if I sound like I'm nit-picking, because I'm not, be sure of that.
Spiders for some reason ALL come out as a solid white color. They worked at one point, but then they just stopped.
Nether quartz don't have a texture. They don't use the original.. it's just a blank box. You can't even tell you have them unless you try to put something over them. Just a heads up.
Other than that, this texure pack is the most amazing I've ever seen. It doesnt dive so far off the deep end that you forget that you're playing minecraft, yet adds this gorgeous and amazing feel. Using this for good, I doubt I'll ever see anything that fits my style so well. Props to you. You will be seeing a donation coming from me as soon as I'm not so poor lol.
Thanks so much for the great feedback, yes theres a few issues here and there and loads to go but thank you!
I use vanilla Minecraft and have the same issue. The spiders are white. It looks like they get overlayed by a white texture. Maybe the eye texture isn't transparent? I use the CH 1.0.2 noshad.
YES if you dont use Optifine/mcp the spidereyes texture causes a white error on the whole spider!!
I'm working on a fix so the texture shows correctly, its been discussed before on the forums i should of realized
I was trying out using the stone brick and stone slabs earlier... But I can't make it look right xD.
I'm sure you will get there
A rather colourful piccy folks with the new SEUS lighting sonic is working on and the glowstone glow effect........ all work in progress but i much prefer how he has softened the lighting and shadows for a pleasing look
Oh my goodness that's amazing o.o shame the plots on the server I'm on aren't big enough for that xD. Maybe I'll locate a different creative server that isn't pro level, or play on the laggy singleplayer xD. I wonder why my singleplayer lags worse than my multiplayer, even with just optifine on and on fairly low settings, when I have really slow internet and a decent computer? *facepalms* Oh well lol. I can get up to 130 FPS on multiplayer, but on singleplayer, while I haven't actually pressed F3 yet to look, I seem to get up to about 30 FPS at maximum, and mostly around something like 5 FPS, which isn't good when you are trying to play singleplayer skyblock, which is hard enough as it is xD.
Well you don't have change your castle size, it just gives you some ideas how to you use other blocks mixed in
Sorry it took a little longer guys but the next update is ready.
Chroma Hills 1.5 64x Version 1.0.2 (NO shader pack) is LIVE...............DO NOT USE SHADERS WITH THIS PACK!
Make sure you have MCpatcher or Optifine installed to see all the advanced features.
CHROMA HILLS CHANGE LOG V.1.0.2
BLOCKS/MISC New cobble with full 9 texture CTM random textures Grass top 12 texture CTM random textures Hopper (textured) Dispenser (top texture added) Redstone block Glowstone lamps (animated) (bimoes CTM so lamps only appear in the overworld) New 8 texture CTM crafting tables New Iron ore texture New smooth stone texture New style fully finished FONT Trapped chest large Trapped chest small New stone slabs Portal animation New mossy cobble New quartz block top
Pictures! I likey pictures! Hopefully I might get ideas, we'll see xD.
As promised Uni, a castle build to give you some ideas how the pro's make use of materials to give some nice variation/detail More from the Four Kingdoms Server http://www.the4kingdoms.com/#!untitled/mainPage
*watches video* That's it, I'm getting the shaders xD.
My framerate on singleplayer is low enough already. ._. *braces for the lag* xD
They are pretty aren't they but yes you need some power in your PC to enjoy them
Right guys, i was meant to swap the quartz top tile over before i updated as we all know the black/white tiled look doesn't work well in game!
I've just done another one and have updated both 128x packs so if you aren't sure about editing packs you can just download it again or if you want to take the texture and drop it in your pack here you go As a rule i don't put textures on the net unless with the pack.
No shader 128x Shader version 128x (remove the SEUS part of the filename before you copy it over)
Great texture pack! personalty its one of my favorites. just a recommending that you add an aether mod patch for the pack. I would love to see your textures for that.
I have castle pictures! It looks like my lag caused some of the blocks to un-place themselves though... oh well. (and how do I do spoilers? D:)
Only the castle is mine, the rest are buildings by other people xD. although the castle faces another plot I claimed that is separated by one plot from my castle plot, but my second plot never comes into view in these xD. and wow, I really really need a spoiler there. Someone tell me how please xD.
Thanks for posting up, looks like its coming along.
Keep it up you could mix a few more blocks in to break up the cobble maybe I'm posting some server pictures later of some master builders work it may give you some inspiration
I just read the whole thread through from page 1 to 95 and figured, I prefer the original nether rack by quite a way. If you do not want to revert back, could i have the block png file so I can use for personal use? I go to the nether a lot D:
wow thats a LOT of pages in one sitting!! Do you mean the the really red Netherrack that looked straight from hell??
UnicornCrazy, use SPOILER brackets, they work just like the IMG brackets.
Oh, I've seen your site when it went live and I really like that gallery.
Just took a quick look at 3DS Max and it's quite far out of my budget... Too bad there's no lite edition which would certainly have enough features for me, only a 30 day demo. Guess I'll stick to Blender.
Yeah Max is a High end package, there's plenty others that will give you the same result
My computer is gonna have a heart attack when it tries to run those. Oh well, I can always look at the screenshots here. At least I was able to be using the normal ones. You and sonic are gonna make magic happen
Its very exciting, we now talk regularly on Skype planning whats to come
Any chance you could point me to the download link of the shader for that? (hopefully it isnt too bright on my pc)
Any plans on a mailing list to keep people updated on version updates / posible minecraft server updates (besides this forum)?
Thanks in advance!
This version isn't released yet, its just a test that Sonic showed me using his latest shader build. You may find some un official versions going around, i've seen one I gave no permission to make as its TERRIBLE so best to wait till we get the SEUS endorsed proper version up and running. The textures for this special version will look very plain compared the usual detail level I put in Chroma Hills as it uses special tricks to add detail to my textures and give depth/shine etc
Did you create the block previews with Blender/Cinema4D and rendered them, or just Photoshop?
Looks amazing and I've always wanted to do that for my thread
Similar yes i created the blocks in 3ds max and rendered them out, then add some effects in photo shop
Is there going to be an application form for the server spawn building thingy, and have you decided on plugins. I have plenty of recommendations, want me to name them here? Again, sorry for being impatient, cant help it. NEED TO BUILD!
Yes there will be, don't worry its great you are so enthusiastic
Ah that makes me wish I could run shaders effectively!
Kinda pretty huh
Right another Syclone muck up. I broke the CTM on the quartz pillars on the SHADER version only. Either download again or just open the zip file and open the CTM/Random/Quartz pillars/ open the properties file and paste this in there. Click save, say YES to the update prompt......job done.
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Well, you would make it in colour first get it to look right, then you desaturate the colour out of it so its black and white (greyscale) then play with the brightness/contrast to get it to match well in game
Rather good arn't they
Ah another simple case of not done yet, i'll have it flowing in the next update, and thank you again for the comments on my work
SPIDER ISSUE Copy this file into your Mob folder to stop the white error with the spiders, i have also updated the packs with this texture if you don't know how. (there's still a small issue because of how i did the spider textures) but its 98% better. Better still, install Optifine as it give all sorts of enhancements!
Been on the nether brick today folks, got rid on the pinky recoloured old/new cobble and gave it a 3 brick high rugged darker style....which can only mean i'm sorting the Nether out, quartz ore, rack etc
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A creative use of materials whipped up by one of the guys last night while mucking about
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Its a work in progress unreleased version that is broken in quite a few places but working in others that Sonic is playing with
Ah, ok so the default quartz is missing hmmm
I will update the packs with a fix for the spiders today!
Thanks so much for the support, far from nitpicking its all good
Thats awesome to hear, i hope you enjoy the continuing progress
Thanks so much, yes it kinda has its own theme but using elements of cartoon and RPG mixed together, something that hasn't really been done in this way yet i don't think. Aww sheepy not scary they friendly
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Ah get that bug sometimes where parts of the world move like trees, its not the pack its the shaders
Hmm something not right there, it maybe something to do with the 1.5.2 shader mod
Best thing is to just try them and see what happens, you will soon know if you can run them
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Its a sexy shader isn't it!
Noo don't get disspondant just try another block or take a time out, you will get there i can see some blocks you are stronger with...... i will reply more in your topic thread
Thanks so much for the great feedback, yes theres a few issues here and there and loads to go but thank you!
Hmm Nether quartz shows in mine.
YES if you dont use Optifine/mcp the spidereyes texture causes a white error on the whole spider!!
I'm working on a fix so the texture shows correctly, its been discussed before on the forums i should of realized
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Not bad is it
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I'm sure you will get there
A rather colourful piccy folks with the new SEUS lighting sonic is working on and the glowstone glow effect........ all work in progress but i much prefer how he has softened the lighting and shadows for a pleasing look
Day/night
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Well you don't have change your castle size, it just gives you some ideas how to you use other blocks mixed in
Sorry it took a little longer guys but the next update is ready.
Chroma Hills 1.5 64x Version 1.0.2 (NO shader pack) is LIVE...............DO NOT USE SHADERS WITH THIS PACK!
Make sure you have MCpatcher or Optifine installed to see all the advanced features.
CHROMA HILLS CHANGE LOG V.1.0.2
BLOCKS/MISC
New cobble with full 9 texture CTM random textures
Grass top 12 texture CTM random textures
Hopper (textured)
Dispenser (top texture added)
Redstone block
Glowstone lamps (animated) (bimoes CTM so lamps only appear in the overworld)
New 8 texture CTM crafting tables
New Iron ore texture
New smooth stone texture
New style fully finished FONT
Trapped chest large
Trapped chest small
New stone slabs
Portal animation
New mossy cobble
New quartz block top
ITEMS
Ender pearl (animated)
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As promised Uni, a castle build to give you some ideas how the pro's make use of materials to give some nice variation/detail
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Thats great to hear, glad you are enjoying it so far
They are pretty aren't they but yes you need some power in your PC to enjoy them
Right guys, i was meant to swap the quartz top tile over before i updated as we all know the black/white tiled look doesn't work well in game!
I've just done another one and have updated both 128x packs so if you aren't sure about editing packs you can just download it again or if you want to take the texture and drop it in your pack here you go
No shader 128x Shader version 128x (remove the SEUS part of the filename before you copy it over)
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Thanks, mods will follow once the pack is done
I thought you might!............... a lie down that is
I'll get some pics up later but heres a nice little video sent to me using shaders by MCplasma on here.
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Thanks for posting up, looks like its coming along.
Keep it up
wow thats a LOT of pages in one sitting!! Do you mean the the really red Netherrack that looked straight from hell??
Yeah Max is a High end package, there's plenty others that will give you the same result
Ha, yep
Thanks very much
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Here's my new glass, i didn't get it working how i wanted, but i realized the overlapping glass is less noticable than i thought it would be.
There are 2 options for blending mode, i can go with one or the other...
Overlay, which basically just uses the glass as a tint:
This is the more transparent option as you can see.
And alpha, which uses a semi-transparent solid layer. The amount of transparency can easily be controlled to make it more or less visible.
So, which one is better?
Second for me by a long shot, I doubt they have many window cleaners in a place like that!
Looks awesome, WHEN is optifine going to get better glass.......its the last major thing missing
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Its very exciting, we now talk regularly on Skype planning whats to come
This version isn't released yet, its just a test that Sonic showed me using his latest shader build. You may find some un official versions going around, i've seen one I gave no permission to make as its TERRIBLE so best to wait till we get the SEUS endorsed proper version up and running. The textures for this special version will look very plain compared the usual detail level I put in Chroma Hills as it uses special tricks to add detail to my textures and give depth/shine etc
It will worth holding out for
Thanks so much, glad you like it
Similar yes i created the blocks in 3ds max and rendered them out, then add some effects in photo shop
Looky here http://www.chromahills.com/forum/gallery-blocks.php
So folks, i have an urge to start the Iron Armor this week
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Yes there will be, don't worry its great you are so enthusiastic
Kinda pretty huh
Right another Syclone muck up. I broke the CTM on the quartz pillars on the SHADER version only. Either download again or just open the zip file and open the CTM/Random/Quartz pillars/ open the properties file and paste this in there. Click save, say YES to the update prompt......job done.
#Quartzpillar
tiles=35-38
matchBlocks=155
metadata=2
method=vertical
faces=sides
Soooooorwwwy folks, i'm old and creaky keeping up with multiple packs is quite a headache!