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So what do people think of my idea for rebuilding morrowind? My original idea is posted somewhere on this page, I think itd be a good idea

 n0t_u wrote:
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Made a bland tank for the refinery (literally a gap in a section of smoothstone with a valve slapped on the top). The redstone energy cell will run out long before the tank fills up.

Doesn't need to be fancy down there.

I'll work on the redrock fort later. Can make use of red xych blocks and wood to make it more interesting than pure redrock.

As microblocks have been mentioned quite a bit over the past few pages, check out all these pictures of what ChickenBones has been working on:
http://puush.me/ChickenBones/Gallery

 Melissia wrote:
I'll work on the redrock fort later. Can make use of red xych blocks and wood to make it more interesting than pure redrock.

Oh the thought was mostly staying hidden within the mountain with the odd window out of it. Let me know in steam when you're going to work on it and I'll help out with it.
Something like this to help you get the idea I have for it.

I meant the interior made use of more than just redrock/redcobble/redbnrick.

Oh yeah, of course.

There should be no redrock in there at all.

 The Dark Apostle wrote:
So what do people think of my idea for rebuilding morrowind? My original idea is posted somewhere on this page, I think itd be a good idea

I was just going to build a Hlallu themed village. Making Morrowind would require A) a specifically shaped and hand crafted map and B) way more time/effort than people on this server can be typically bothered to do. We're good at doing personal builds, but community ones loose their steam typically. If people want to go about making Elder Scrolls themed structures then they're game to, however from my test builds even a simple house can be a to make due to all the different types of micro blocks.

...Well may not a as I can set them up quite quickly actually. ...More like who wants to craft stack after stack of micro blocks?

 darkinnit wrote:
As microblocks have been mentioned quite a bit over the past few pages, check out all these pictures of what ChickenBones has been working on:
http://puush.me/ChickenBones/Gallery

Ah, so they've gotten around to allow blocks to be placed within the shape itself rather than just the edges. Hmn, that'd be a big help for building. I wonder if those xy...thingies have the same scripts attached to them as the regular blocks do; ie not allowing mobs to spawn on them.

Yeah, Morrowind was huge. It'd take years.

I'm really liking those microblock changes. Would they come with the new pack or further along perhaps?

Given that those are development screenshots and it's only at version 0.0.0.42 , I'd say further along.

If you're familiar with installing mods on your own, it's available here, but be warned it'll be buggy and you should backup everything and the cat:
http://files.minecraftforge.net/ForgeMultipart/




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Full discussion of it here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/feedthebeast/comments/1hg632/chicken_bones_just_revolutionised_microblocks/
There doesn't seem to be a way to craft the blocks yet

Well if people bothered to read my initial post I said that we could make an ocean age and build the land we need for ourselves.

 The Dark Apostle wrote:
Well if people bothered to read my initial post I said that we could make an ocean age and build the land we need for ourselves.

People did read your post Apostle, then gave well reasoned and logical arguments as to why 'building Morrowind' is an impossibility, and moreover, a project that won't get finished. You need to put into perspective just how large a landmass the Isle of Vardenfell is, and just how many millions of dirt blocks you'd need just to replicate the landscape alone.

Aside; Wyrm, if you'd like manual labour to help collect materials/clear land then I'd be happy to assist sometime in the future when/if you begin building.

 Oshunai wrote:

 The Dark Apostle wrote:
Well if people bothered to read my initial post I said that we could make an ocean age and build the land we need for ourselves.

People did read your post Apostle, then gave well reasoned and logical arguments as to why 'building Morrowind' is an impossibility, and moreover, a project that won't get finished. You need to put into perspective just how large a landmass the Isle of Vardenfell is, and just how many millions of dirt blocks you'd need just to replicate the landscape alone.

schematic reading turtle and dirt generator, problem is biomes

Trillions more likely than millions.

Vradenfell was roughly 12 square miles across. How large is a block supposed to be? A metre? So one mile would take 609 x 609 blocks (370881). The entire landmass, if it were a one block thick square would thus take 4,450,572 blocks. ...So to translate; that. =P

Also I suck at maths.

Its difficult enough repoducing the damn thing for people already with the existing resources (ie those Morrowind in Oblivion/Skyrim mods). That's with automatically generated landmasses and pre-existing architecture/flora/etc resources. Its entirely simpler for people to just build little bits and bobs "inspired" by the series instead. Even then it takes a bit of effort and more importantly willpower. All you have to do is look about the map to see just how far big build projects regularly go. =/

To give an impression on the time required. The Tamriel Rebuilt teams' been working on just building the rest of Morrowind ever since the game came out. They've built roughly 2/3rds of it...

1 block = 1 metre yeah.

That's also not taking into account the various mountain ranges within it and simply assuming the entire island is flat. Which should quickly add a lot more to the land mass. Then you have the buildings.

And let's not forget the underground complexes!

Like I said; its like treating the landmass like it were that giant floating disc that the baddies were imprisoned in in that one Superman film. To put it more in perspective the dakka dynamic map is 5000 blocks across, whereas Vradenfell is 7308 blocks to a side.

Ah dream crushing...

Just make one city. That'll be enough to keep you busy for a while and it'll be VERY impressive once it's done.

Indeed.

 Grundz wrote:

 Oshunai wrote:

 The Dark Apostle wrote:
Well if people bothered to read my initial post I said that we could make an ocean age and build the land we need for ourselves.

People did read your post Apostle, then gave well reasoned and logical arguments as to why 'building Morrowind' is an impossibility, and moreover, a project that won't get finished. You need to put into perspective just how large a landmass the Isle of Vardenfell is, and just how many millions of dirt blocks you'd need just to replicate the landscape alone.

schematic reading turtle and dirt generator, problem is biomes

as ive said in my initial post, make an ocean age, DIY the enviroment


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and yeah, a single city would be nice as well, but which one? we could get guys building the enviment while the others make the buildings and others get the resources

 The Dark Apostle wrote:


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and yeah, a single city would be nice as well, but which one? we could get guys building the enviment while the others make the buildings and others get the resources

Once i've claimed an ocean for my meatlab (assuming dark turns on creeper protection) people can just let me know what resources they need and what ender chest to provide it to and I should be able to take care of it, I prefer to be the backbone of a project than do the manual labor these days

Personally I'd suggest the capital city from Skyrim, but I was never a huge morrowind fan.

ive never even play it, but probably the game I most hear people saying BUY IT

Why not the most manageable city in the world of video gaming:

Aww. At first I was thinking you were posting a pic of one of the 2d Legend of Zelda cities.

pokemon pearl I LOVE THAT GAME

 The Dark Apostle wrote:
pokemon pearl I LOVE THAT GAME

 The Dark Apostle wrote:
pokemon pearl

 The Dark Apostle wrote:
pearl

what diamond was better?!?