[Frantic Fanatic]

This will likely be your best bet.

That was my long answer, though I didn't know if it was against TOS or not.

I'm pleased to see that it was updated so quickly.

[-Minsc-]

Very awesome Charlie. What program are you using to render these?

That was my long answer, though I didn't know if it was against TOS or not. I'm pleased to see that it was updated so quickly.

Well, that is what has been linked to on the minecraft forums when people were requesting/linking to minecraft.jar files. Posting the jar files isn't allowed over there but that seems to be.

[CharmingCharlie]

Very awesome Charlie. What program are you using to render these?

There are several ways to get 3D renders from minecraft. However at the moment I am using a program called Chunky :-

http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/63913-chunky-minecraft-mapping-and-rendering-tool/

It's pretty easy to use but since it is in Java the renders tend to take a while. Each of those screenshots took about 10 minutes to render at 800 x 400. So you need the patience that I clearly don't have :-p

[Red Liquorice]

@_@ @ Neolantis. That is really one of the most unique things I've ever seen in MC.

[-Minsc-]

@_@ @ Neolantis. That is really one of the most unique things I've ever seen in MC.

What you don't see is the under water portion.

[tangmaster96]

There are several ways to get 3D renders from minecraft. However at the moment I am using a program called Chunky :- http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/63913-chunky-minecraft-mapping-and-rendering-tool/ It's pretty easy to use but since it is in Java the renders tend to take a while. Each of those screenshots took about 10 minutes to render at 800 x 400. So you need the patience that I clearly don't have :-p

LOL.

[CrAzYLeGzLU]

The server die, or just my internet?

EDIT:
Charlie just crashed the server, that is all. :-)

[MackVee]

There are several ways to get 3D renders from minecraft. However at the moment I am using a program called Chunky :- http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/63913-chunky-minecraft-mapping-and-rendering-tool/ It's pretty easy to use but since it is in Java the renders tend to take a while. Each of those screenshots took about 10 minutes to render at 800 x 400. So you need the patience that I clearly don't have :-p

Taking request? :P

[Woorloog]

How long it took to build Neolantis?
Also, Creative mode or not?

[CharmingCharlie]

How long it took to build Neolantis? Also, Creative mode or not?

Well I started it pretty much after I finished Dome City (completed 06/05/2012). So Neolantis has taken me about 3 months so far on and off (and it is nowhere near complete).

It was done in creative mode simply for expediency. The whole city rests inside a 300 block diameter crater if I had tried to do Neolantis in survival mode (like I did with Dome City) well lets just say I would still be on the first quarter of digging out the crater :-p

[NihonTiger90]

Looks awesome, Charlie.

In my news, The Torch construction has begun. I'm filming it and I've finished most of the shell for the Torch itself, as well as for the arm connecting it to the mountainside. I'll post some pics in a bit, but it will be my new storage room and smelting station. I still have to do a lot of decorative work on the outside; build enough furnaces to cover all four walls (I've done one so far); get enough stone to replace the dirt used for the shell; build the ladder base; decide if I want a brewing station at the bottom; build all the double chests and signs to lock them; connect the Torch to the rest of the fortress with a new path and either courtyard or tower; and then host the official torch lighting ceremony.

Lots of work to do.

[Professor Beef]

Hey dudes. Just popping in to say that a good friend of mine got her mansion design featured in a video for Planet Minecraft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0apJ...ailpage#t=155s

It's at 2:35, in case the timestamp doesn't work.

I should really try and get back into MC, I haven't touched it in a while.

EDIT: You know what? maybe I'll try getting back into it sometime this or next week. If it's ok, can someone PM the server info to me?

[NihonTiger90]

Hey dudes. Just popping in to say that a good friend of mine got her mansion design featured in a video for Planet Minecraft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0apJ...ailpage#t=155s It's at 2:35, in case the timestamp doesn't work. I should really try and get back into MC, I haven't touched it in a while. EDIT: You know what? maybe I'll try getting back into it sometime this or next week. If it's ok, can someone PM the server info to me?

Welcome back, Beef. :) Info is in the third post; just quote it for the IP.

[Professor Beef]

Welcome back, Beef. :) Info is in the third post; just quote it for the IP.

Hm, I tried, and it won't let me connect. Is it because I updated everything?

[Ark]

Hm, I tried, and it won't let me connect. Is it because I updated everything?

If the patch came out very recently and you just updated, that would be why. The server takes a little while to update since it relies on safe, working builds of the updated mods for each patch.

Best thing to do would be to downgrade to the patch the server is running on, unless you feel like waiting :p

[Professor Beef]

If the patch came out very recently and you just updated, that would be why. The server takes a little while to update since it relies on safe, working builds of the updated mods for each patch. Best thing to do would be to downgrade to the patch the server is running on, unless you feel like waiting :p

Well I've been gone this long, I guess I don't mind waiting a bit longer.

[DurielBlack]

I've been out of the game for a while, my internet degraded to the point i couldn't play anything online at all. It's fixed and slightly better than it's ever been. I might hop back on this weekend. Wonder if my castle project is still there :-)

[CrAzYLeGzLU]

I've been out of the game for a while, my internet degraded to the point i couldn't play anything online at all. It's fixed and slightly better than it's ever been. I might hop back on this weekend. Wonder if my castle project is still there :-)

Where on the server was it at? We might be able to tell you if it's still intact.

[Ranger X]

Hey! Ark lives! :P

[-SD-]

Re: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthre...0#post35664060

After months of being on hold, I finally continued the Mineshaft build by starting the task of decorating it. First up is the carving of the pillars surrounding the area.

WIP pics (antialiased):





Current blueprint of the bottom area:



Enlarged version: http://www.abload.de/img/minecraft_mineshaft_wemuu8.png

[-Minsc-]

Re: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthre...0#post35664060 After months of being on hold, I finally continued the Mineshaft build by starting the task of decorating it. First up is the carving of the pillars surrounding the area.

Cool!

That's single player and not on the server right?

[Ghizz]

Hi, I have not played minecraft ever since the dragon-stuff patch, what has been added/changed since then? what are the most popular mods as well?

P.S. thanks for helping if you helped :D

[-SD-]

That's single player and not on the server right?

Yeah, Singleplayer Survival on Hard mode. Reads on the GIF via the link.

[789shadow]

Wha, what is that?

You people, I don't even......

[NihonTiger90]

Episode 18: The Torch (Part 1)

Now you can see what I've been working on on the server lately. This is going to take forever to finish, lol.

[CharmingCharlie]

Re: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthre...0#post35664060 After months of being on hold, I finally continued the Mineshaft build by starting the task of decorating it. First up is the carving of the pillars surrounding the area.

You might want to whack that through the 3D renderer called Chunky, I bet you will get some impressive scenes from it (seriously Chunky is dead easy to use and you get some gorgeous results).

Now onto the matter of the Neocraft map ........... (someone hand me a gun). Ok me and Minsc have been ping ponging ideas back and forth all day. He was able to get pigmap to work properly on his Mac whereas I couldn't get it working properly on the PC (damn discrimination if you ask me). Anyway I spend the past couple of hours tinkering around with pigmap and I FINALLY got a fully rendered map and it has been uploaded.

Now before you click on the link there are a couple of points to keep in mind. Firstly the map is now 180 degrees opposite to the Tectonicus Map, this is down to pigmap and there is nothing I can do about it. Secondly there is no "most visited" data on the map, it is just a basic isometric map of Neocraft I am afraid.

At the moment I am using the Sphax BD texture pack to create the blocks, but if anyone has any suggestions for a texture pack that would be better suited to the map then feel free to suggest alternatives.

Now without further ado I give you the Neocraft map :-

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18837300/wor...t-default.html

Let us know if you have any problems.

P.S Mengy you might want to give pigmap a go it managed to render this world and came in at about 1.5gbs. If you need info on how to set it all up I can pm you.

[Morokh]

Episode 18: The Torch (Part 1) Now you can see what I've been working on on the server lately. This is going to take forever to finish, lol.

Little question : What do you use to edit your videos ?


Charlie :

Thanks ! now i'll have many new things to visit :D
Works fine, even if it does not have all the options of the old one it is still better than nothing.

[cheststrongwell]

Is there any way to use hamachi to play in my brother's single player map?

[Xun]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18837300/wor...t-default.html

Some awesome looking builds I've yet to see!

Also someone died on my castle a while back (whilst on the main tower), and I made sure to save the stuff in a chest.

So if you're that person, let me know. :P

[CrAzYLeGzLU]

You might want to whack that through the 3D renderer called Chunky, I bet you will get some impressive scenes from it (seriously Chunky is dead easy to use and you get some gorgeous results). Now onto the matter of the Neocraft map ........... (someone hand me a gun). Ok me and Minsc have been ping ponging ideas back and forth all day. He was able to get pigmap to work properly on his Mac whereas I couldn't get it working properly on the PC (damn discrimination if you ask me). Anyway I spend the past couple of hours tinkering around with pigmap and I FINALLY got a fully rendered map and it has been uploaded. Now before you click on the link there are a couple of points to keep in mind. Firstly the map is now 180 degrees opposite to the Tectonicus Map, this is down to pigmap and there is nothing I can do about it. Secondly there is no "most visited" data on the map, it is just a basic isometric map of Neocraft I am afraid. At the moment I am using the Sphax BD texture pack to create the blocks, but if anyone has any suggestions for a texture pack that would be better suited to the map then feel free to suggest alternatives. Now without further ado I give you the Neocraft map :- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18837300/wor...t-default.html Let us know if you have any problems. P.S Mengy you might want to give pigmap a go it managed to render this world and came in at about 1.5gbs. If you need info on how to set it all up I can pm you.

From this angle you can see our old friends in the amusement dome, also using this texture pack with the map makes it looks like someone shit on the dome glass.

[Ranger X]

Did you guys noticed that the shunks are generating/loading slower now since the lastest update? Is there any way to speed this shit up? I can't even move fullspeed while flying in create mode, this is tedious for exploring to have to wait for shit to load in. Some parts of chunks even have visual problems until I get near them.

[Mengy]

You might want to whack that through the 3D renderer called Chunky, I bet you will get some impressive scenes from it (seriously Chunky is dead easy to use and you get some gorgeous results). Now onto the matter of the Neocraft map ........... (someone hand me a gun). Ok me and Minsc have been ping ponging ideas back and forth all day. He was able to get pigmap to work properly on his Mac whereas I couldn't get it working properly on the PC (damn discrimination if you ask me). Anyway I spend the past couple of hours tinkering around with pigmap and I FINALLY got a fully rendered map and it has been uploaded. Now before you click on the link there are a couple of points to keep in mind. Firstly the map is now 180 degrees opposite to the Tectonicus Map, this is down to pigmap and there is nothing I can do about it. Secondly there is no "most visited" data on the map, it is just a basic isometric map of Neocraft I am afraid. At the moment I am using the Sphax BD texture pack to create the blocks, but if anyone has any suggestions for a texture pack that would be better suited to the map then feel free to suggest alternatives. Now without further ado I give you the Neocraft map :- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18837300/wor...t-default.html Let us know if you have any problems. P.S Mengy you might want to give pigmap a go it managed to render this world and came in at about 1.5gbs. If you need info on how to set it all up I can pm you.

Good job Minsc and CC! I've tried Pigmap a few times but couldn't get it to work right. Minsc sent me an email and I'm going to try it again. I'm still hoping to get Overviewer to create a map under 2GB for me, I'm pretty sure I can get it there with some work.

Once summer dies down a bit I'll have more time.

[-Minsc-]

Good job Minsc and CC! I've tried Pigmap a few times but couldn't get it to work right. Minsc sent me an email and I'm going to try it again. I'm still hoping to get Overviewer to create a map under 2GB for me, I'm pretty sure I can get it there with some work. Once summer dies down a bit I'll have more time.

I'll have to take a stab at overviewer as well. Putting enough heads together we should be able to figure something out.

[NihonTiger90]

Little question : What do you use to edit your videos ?

Believe it or not, for the moment ... Windows Movie Maker. :x Trying to save up for Sony Vegas, though, because I use that at work and I know there's a lot more I can do with that than WMM.

But I still seem to be able to get the most out of WMM and it processes stuff in 720p HD (which is probably the most it needs to be for YouTube), so I'm ok with it for the moment.

[Red Liquorice]

Did you guys noticed that the shunks are generating/loading slower now since the lastest update? Is there any way to speed this shit up? I can't even move fullspeed while flying in create mode, this is tedious for exploring to have to wait for shit to load in. Some parts of chunks even have visual problems until I get near them.

I just updated right now and noticed this too.

The last time I played I was looking at where to build something so that I'd still have another construction in the distance in view, after updating I was in the same spot, but I could no longer see the building until I moved closer, so I think the view distance has changed.

[Morokh]

For the chunk loading issue, one thing that helps is changing your view distance to 'Normal' if you have it higher.

Testing the beta version of Optifine for 1.3 seems like it's going to help a lot too.

[CharmingCharlie]

Believe it or not, for the moment ... Windows Movie Maker. :x Trying to save up for Sony Vegas, though, because I use that at work and I know there's a lot more I can do with that than WMM.

You can't go too wrong with Windows Movie Maker, it may be a bit lacking in features but it is easy peasy when it comes to using it. I use WMM for all my Mass Effect videos. I have tried other editors but I tend to get too bogged down in all the fantastically wonderful advanced features that I don't actually need.

Good job Minsc and CC! I've tried Pigmap a few times but couldn't get it to work right. Minsc sent me an email and I'm going to try it again. I'm still hoping to get Overviewer to create a map under 2GB for me, I'm pretty sure I can get it there with some work. Once summer dies down a bit I'll have more time.

:-D yeah I should've said that this map I have produced is temporary till you can get something more suitable sorted out. I will keep updating this temp map at least once a week (probably every weekend because my net is unmetered during the weekend).

Mengy is there anyway to add a compass graphic to these maps or is it something Tectonicus automatically did ?

Speaking of the map I just did a new render using the R3Dcraft texture pack (as suggested by Minsc) it looks a bit better and the domes no longer look as if someone took a shit on them as Crazylegzlu eloquently put it :-p :-

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18837300/world/Neocraft-default.html

[-Minsc-]

Mengy is there anyway to add a compass graphic to these maps or is it something Tectonicus automatically did ?

I've seen a pigmap render which has a compass, coordinates, portal locations, etc. I went and sent off some questions so hopefully I get a useful reply.

Edit: There is a way to do incremental updates Charlie. That way it only updates sections of the map which have changed.

[Red Liquorice]

For the chunk loading issue, one thing that helps is changing your view distance to 'Normal' if you have it higher. Testing the beta version of Optifine for 1.3 seems like it's going to help a lot too.

I had it on 'far', changing it to 'normal' just made it even less for me.

[Ranger X]

For the chunk loading issue, one thing that helps is changing your view distance to 'Normal' if you have it higher. Testing the beta version of Optifine for 1.3 seems like it's going to help a lot too.

It won't load faster because my draw distance is smaller, I already run the game easily so... there really is something with the chunk loading now. Probably because we play in an 'online' instance now even if in single player mode.

[Mengy]

Did you guys noticed that the shunks are generating/loading slower now since the lastest update? Is there any way to speed this shit up? I can't even move fullspeed while flying in create mode, this is tedious for exploring to have to wait for shit to load in. Some parts of chunks even have visual problems until I get near them.

A lot of people are seeing the same issues with framerates. I've read a few posts saying that pressing F11 to run in fullscreen mode makes it go away. I haven't updated to 1.3 yet myself so I haven't tested it.

[legacyzero]

A lot of people are seeing the same issues with framerates. I've read a few posts saying that pressing F11 to run in fullscreen mode makes it go away. I haven't updated to 1.3 yet myself so I haven't tested it.

That's the very same Issue I'm having without 1.3.

F11 fixes it. It used to not do that before 1.2. weird.

[spuit*11]

Mengy could you make a top-down map as well? Offline is fine. 1 block = 1 pixel scaling would be preferable.

Also, this new map is looking really nice, very clean.

[legacyzero]

I have begun working on my mystical floating dungeon island at Sky City. It's going to be amazing when I'm through after a while. it'll be nice to have something built on a huge scale where somebody can go to adventure, experience danger, and reward.

[Ranger X]

A lot of people are seeing the same issues with framerates. I've read a few posts saying that pressing F11 to run in fullscreen mode makes it go away. I haven't updated to 1.3 yet myself so I haven't tested it.

It's not the framerate the problem. I run the game way over 60fps on my PC. It really is just the chunks loading slower now.

Actually there's a way to speed things up a little. Turn the Snooper off. It did help a bit for me.

[OgTheClever]

It's not the framerate the problem. I run the game way over 60fps on my PC. It really is just the chunks loading slower now.

Optifine's probably your best bet for improving this. There's a few options to spend more resources and speed up chunk loading time.

[Ranger X]

Optifine's probably your best bet for improving this. There's a few options to spend more resources and speed up chunk loading time.

Yeah, I might use it at some point if I get too frustrated :P

[ArtistDude88]

Awwww yeah! Felt good to log in and actually ... do something. Made my statue in Mackville and I redid the PotionHouse warp (Sorry, cuz). :P

[-Minsc-]

Awwww yeah! Felt good to log in and actually ... do something. Made my statue in Mackville and I redid the PotionHouse warp (Sorry, cuz). :P

As long mack doesn't get rid of his current version of "Potion House". I like that. :p

[Deraldin]

Now before you click on the link there are a couple of points to keep in mind. Firstly the map is now 180 degrees opposite to the Tectonicus Map, this is down to pigmap and there is nothing I can do about it. Secondly there is no "most visited" data on the map, it is just a basic isometric map of Neocraft I am afraid.

Darn it! Now my base is oriented the wrong way for the map.

Still nice to have the updated version though so we can see all the new stuff.