British Monsoon
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Ark said:
Definitely, maybe with a few mini-forts at certain points? It could connect onto the harbour/sea wall which I imagined would house the boats in the bay and connect up those little sand islands.
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Definitely, maybe with a few mini-forts at certain points? It could connect onto the harbour/sea wall which I imagined would house the boats in the bay and connect up those little sand islands.
Zod the Bear
Member
Sounds fun. I'm in.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Ark said:I honestly think my roads are the best (slight bias there, I know).
Stone half blocks making up the sides, then 3 cobble/brick in the middle. So 5 wide in total, can be brought down to 4 wide in total for smaller roads.
We could build a wall around the town too, just a small one?
On the roads: with the half blocks on the sides, is the road raised or sunken? I've done it both ways, but I prefer making my main roads raised (the brick sitting on ground level and the half blocks on the sides) and then making the minor roads (streets to houses and such) down at actual ground level.
On the wall around the town, yeah i was going to suggest something like that to keep monsters out at night. A nice classy wall though, not a four block tall cobble monstrosity. Hell even just a normal fence wall would be fine with me. We would have spiders to contend with, but we would be safe from everything else. Maybe spider problems are the curse of Neo-Mineville, LOL!
Mengy said:
No I mean you stack half blocks on top of each other to create a 'normal' sized block
EDIT:
This video may be ~4 months old, but I'm going to post it anyway incase anyone is interested. It's a 10-minute server tour of Kyaw's old server.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqemYBwzrbA&feature=channel_video_title
I like the idea of having the middle three road blocks being at ground level and then having half blocks on the outside of the three (making 5 total as ark...Dooh). Then it would give a side-walk 'ish appearance to it as well keeping the road from obstructing the view of the rest of the village because of it's height.
Also, my thoughts on two story limit.
I think one story would be better for main houses, and then two story for city/public utilites (city hall/town center, court house, police/fire station? etc.) so as to make them more apparent as being important land marks. As for the city hall/town center I think it should be the central part of the town with some sort of nice "lawn" area around it.
Questions:
What constitutes 1 story? With sloped roofs how tall?
What building materials will be allowed for houses? (my thoughts were wood only)
Land marks maybe in smooth stone or sandstone?
Also, my thoughts on two story limit.
I think one story would be better for main houses, and then two story for city/public utilites (city hall/town center, court house, police/fire station? etc.) so as to make them more apparent as being important land marks. As for the city hall/town center I think it should be the central part of the town with some sort of nice "lawn" area around it.
Questions:
What constitutes 1 story? With sloped roofs how tall?
What building materials will be allowed for houses? (my thoughts were wood only)
Land marks maybe in smooth stone or sandstone?
well if we do houses with sloped roof that may provide room for attic space, and there is always the possibility of basements so people may just need to explore to possibilities for extra room. Maybe I'm wrong here but as there isn't that much stuff to throw in the rooms as it seems they will be kept relatively simple, I don't see a huge need for space.Ark said:
British Monsoon
Member
guest1321 said:
Yeah, I reckon wood-only for the exterior is a good way to go - I'm making a simple shelter that others are free to use when they get on the island (as there's a TON of mobs spawning). I built the frame out of logs and the walls out of wooden planks - it's only 1 story, but will have a sloping roof made of wooden steps.
*edit, goddamn - so many mobs spawn here, lol. Hopefully that'll change once more people are set up. Feel free to grab any supplies from the chest in my place, as it's all left over.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
guest1321 said:
I don't know about wood only, but I think the major building material should definitely be wood. But sandstone and smooth block and wool and such can be used in great ways for accents and highlights against wood. I mean, we don't want to curtail creativity too much, and we dont want every house looking exactly the same, just very similar.
Ranger X said:
I wanted to build one from the outset, but I haven't gotten around to it. I'll make sure to get something done during the week, don't worry.
In more important news:
The server will be down from around 6-10pm GMT on the 11th of May (tomorrow), so that I can mess around with the settings and try to fix the lag.
Awesome Animals
Member
OMG, I'm so excited now. I will def try and jump on tonight if I can. I'm tfisher21 in Minecraft, so keep your eyes open. And it is going to take a looong time to gather that much clay for brick, lol.
Well, the beauty of the OP would be to update rules for specific servers, is the current OP still able to be edited?
And it is going to take a looong time to gather that much clay for brick, lol.Well, the beauty of the OP would be to update rules for specific servers, is the current OP still able to be edited?
my house looks awesome on the map!
I'll join in on the coastal town as well.
Also my mine that seemed to go on forever actually connected to another person's mine.
Kodt! It connected to your mine. well one long corridor that your mine eventually went down.
so if you ever go back down that way again and see stairs and stuff when it opens up into nothing but rock... I've spent the last 2 or so day cleaning out the entire thing and making it nice and walkable. so that' why.
I'll join in on the coastal town as well.
Also my mine that seemed to go on forever actually connected to another person's mine.
Kodt! It connected to your mine. well one long corridor that your mine eventually went down.
so if you ever go back down that way again and see stairs and stuff when it opens up into nothing but rock... I've spent the last 2 or so day cleaning out the entire thing and making it nice and walkable. so that' why.
Awesome Animals said:OMG, I'm so excited now. I will def try and jump on tonight if I can. I'm tfisher21 in Minecraft, so keep your eyes open.
Well, the beauty of the OP would be to update rules for specific servers, is the current OP still able to be edited?
No body will check the OP anyway
Better to force people to read when they enter the server.Just please try not to build a giant structure or something that becomes an eyesore, don't build too close to bother peoples stuff without their permission too.
Ark said:
that guy with that wierd wooden house that we had a laugh about (all in good fun -- I don't mind him) during some of the days of the server... you built your awesome house right beside it and the station. That guy never came back in order to "unuglyfy" his building.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Ark said:
Interesting. I never knew there was supposed to be a theme to the server around the spawn area. When I first logged in there were lava towers to the sky and upside down pyramids and huge cobble towers and large square buildings. I just assumed towers were okay!
I'd tear my sandstone tower down if the consensus was it looked out of place there. I'd want my materials though, lol!
Mengy said:
Meh, your tower is no normal tower. It actually looks good and not wierd. We didn't have much rules for the beautiful, we only wanted to avoid wierd buildings and everybody building streets and roads everywhere with 10 different looks. I guess we are pretty connected right now. I wish it was feeling a bit more like a city in overall but it's pretty good as it is. There's a good 75% of people connected together and with the main streets model (gravel with stairs in rock slabs)
/beaten by the Sun God
Hey so how long has this serve been up for? Also, I built a bridge(not the suspension one) that gaps a distance between my tree house and a large sand building with what appears to be a building. I have a road that fits the scenery but I guess not the normal style of road. If that is a problem I can change that
Alright, quick server update.
The server will be down from 6pm-10pm BST tomorrow. You can expect a number of slight updates when she comes back up;
Those will be the main changes I put in, there might be one or two that I come up with during 'maintenance'.
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Don't worry about roads yet, it'll be a big effort to change all the roads.
The server will be down from 6pm-10pm BST tomorrow. You can expect a number of slight updates when she comes back up;
- Most likely going to add a new 'Veteran' rank for active and proven builders, simply because we have over 70 citizens right now.
- Veterans may receive extra permissions, although I'm not sure what yet.
- I'm going to be looking to appoint moderators this week, so I'm going to sort out those permissions, as well as looking for mods-to-be.
- Donators and Veterans will possibly get a warp set at a location of their choosing.
- A new spawn 'building' will be created, still within the current spawn although it will have all the necessary information for anyone new to the server. Rules, hints, tips, etc.
- As above, a new spawn 'building' will be created for the newly founded Booty Bay area. Since this is to be a community project, the 'rules and themes' will be laid out in said building. There will be no excuses for ignoring these 'guidelines'. Nobody wants this ruined by a giant 5x8 cobblestone tower.
Those will be the main changes I put in, there might be one or two that I come up with during 'maintenance'.
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guest1321 said:
Don't worry about roads yet, it'll be a big effort to change all the roads.
at the beginning there was a certain sensitivity to the building. I think the station building helped set the tone for spawn. I sometimes wish people weren't so insistent on building big things very close to spawn. There is plenty of space.
I'd love to have a play with the coastal community. Maybe you could mark out plots with numbers on, and then let people put their names on signs when they find somewhere they want to build.
I'd love to have a play with the coastal community. Maybe you could mark out plots with numbers on, and then let people put their names on signs when they find somewhere they want to build.
DangerousDave
Member
Finished my volcano house. I can't wait for the next map.
Grinchy
Banned
Damn...so much activity in this thread lately! I really love the coastal town idea, so I'm very excited to see that play out. I really like the new veteran status idea as well.
Have you done anything somewhat recently to help the lag? I feel like it has gotten way better already.Ark said:
British Monsoon
Member
Ranger X said:
No, he's going to create a building to house the warp point over at the coastal place.
Going pretty nicely over there - we've got a few houses built already and I'm working on roads to connect them.
elrechazado
Banned
The bootybay area has a 3 wide cobblestone road motif going on (started by bootay), so try to make your roads fit in with that if possible. I think it looks good.
Awesome Animals
Member
Is the server full right now? I can't connect
Awesome Animals
Member
Toki1776 said:
Damn, was looking forward to helping to develop the coastal paradise.
British Monsoon
Member
Hopefully we can get an upgrade soon, it really seems busy today.
For anyone building on the coastal place, try to keep your houses to the southern part of the island where the other houses are already. There needs to be space for community buildings and a big mine in the centre and a harbour on the coast of the northern part of the island.
For anyone building on the coastal place, try to keep your houses to the southern part of the island where the other houses are already. There needs to be space for community buildings and a big mine in the centre and a harbour on the coast of the northern part of the island.
Awesome Animals
Member
I'll try sometime tomorrow when there is less activity I suppose. Can't wait to see what is already being developed!!
bengraven
Member
Found pics from back before I was creatively bankrupt. This was all on a SomethingAwful Goon server.
Crystal tower:
My first castle ever! This is single player. This was my second world I ever built and I put two towers on both sides of a deep valley. Sadly I accidently deleted the file before I could finish them.
Crystal tower:
My first castle ever! This is single player. This was my second world I ever built and I put two towers on both sides of a deep valley. Sadly I accidently deleted the file before I could finish them.
Zod the Bear
Member
For the coastal town, was thinking that maybe we could try to zone the area.
People closest to the beach are capped at one or two stories, then have an area behind it that allows houses to be a little taller for a view.
End result would look a little more realistic like actual waterfront properties, I'd think.
edit: Awesome screencaps, bengraven.
People closest to the beach are capped at one or two stories, then have an area behind it that allows houses to be a little taller for a view.
End result would look a little more realistic like actual waterfront properties, I'd think.
edit: Awesome screencaps, bengraven.