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Loving everything thing about smooth and the new default.. But, Please bring back previous style of cobble with the upgraded shadows like the new mossy. Other than that I'm in love.
Guys, I wouldn't be so harsh about the cobblestone textures. I'm sure if the majority of us just ask for the old cobble textures, maybe we can get them back.
You guys need to read that Facebook post of UniBlue. I get where he's coming from, but it really could have been worded better. Or maybe not at all.
I just won't "dance like a doll" for every command given.
The piece would have been fine without that single sentence, which suddenly alters the entire theme of the post into "I love your feedback, and it's all great, but I'm not your h." It's a short jump to just telling everyone to shut up.
Few people think that every single suggestion will be adopted, so it just didn't need to be said. A simple "here's what I did with cobblestone" would have sufficed. You can continue to not-adopt any other suggestions in silence. Hell, that's what Mojang does, and we still have Squidward-villagers and horrible chunk performance.
Likewise when a project is abandoned so spectacularly, as this one was for so long, there should be an understanding of the possible fallout. I am not sure it was smart to come back after such a huge supporter blow-off, return without a bit of explanation, fail to rein in the now cascading problem of users posting their own additions and the first public statement of any importance is "I'm not your h." These two moves are absolute donation-killers. You come off as unreliable AND insensitive; who wants to give money for that?
Not that your point isn't right. But sometimes right things shouldn't be said out loud. (Probably like this post of mine.) It's just really, really bad timing.
And never, EVER start a post with "it has come to my attention." That's what bosses say right before they punish people for some nonsensical thing. It means someone handed you a memo that you wouldn't have bothered to read otherwise.
Moving forward, someone (UniBlue) needs to clean up this new mess of having everyone post their own contributions -- either by adopting them into the pack, or telling them why they aren't, or offering some alternative. Fans are spending lots of time working on elements that won't go anywhere, and just sit on their c-drives. That's yet another enthusiasm-killer.
And a more reliable release schedule couldn't hurt repair the damage.
You guys need to read that Facebook post of UniBlue. I get where he's coming from, but it really could have been worded better. Or maybe not at all.
The piece would have been fine without that single sentence, which suddenly alters the entire theme of the post into "I love your feedback, and it's all great, but I'm not your h." It's a short jump to just telling everyone to shut up.
Few people think that every single suggestion will be adopted, so it just didn't need to be said. A simple "here's what I did with cobblestone" would have sufficed. You can continue to not-adopt any other suggestions in silence. Hell, that's what Mojang does, and we still have Squidward-villagers and horrible chunk performance.
Likewise when a project is abandoned so spectacularly, as this one was for so long, there should be an understanding of the possible fallout. I am not sure it was smart to come back after such a huge supporter blow-off, return without a bit of explanation, fail to rein in the now cascading problem of users posting their own additions and the first public statement of any importance is "I'm not your h." These two moves are absolute donation-killers. You come off as unreliable AND insensitive; who wants to give money for that?
Not that your point isn't right. But sometimes right things shouldn't be said out loud. (Probably like this post of mine.) It's just really, really bad timing.
And never, EVER start a post with "it has come to my attention." That's what bosses say right before they punish people for some nonsensical thing. It means someone handed you a memo that you wouldn't have bothered to read otherwise.
Moving forward, someone (UniBlue) needs to clean up this new mess of having everyone post their own contributions -- either by adopting them into the pack, or telling them why they aren't, or offering some alternative. Fans are spending lots of time working on elements that won't go anywhere, and just sit on their c-drives. That's yet another enthusiasm-killer.
And a more reliable release schedule couldn't hurt repair the damage.
Fans' love of a thing is not unconditional.
I believe we have a different vision on this project. After reading your comment, I had the impression that you look in my direction, viewing me as some sort of shoemaker who creates shoes, who's purpose is to sell as much as possible and by that, earn revenue. By selling enough shoes, the shoemaker would need to create shoes that have some sort of public demand. This pursuit of creating such shoes is devastating for how much money the shoemaker makes, and that becomes therefore the ultimate goal and focus.
My goals, my focuses are completely different. I am not doing this for money, nor I am doing this for popularity. I do this simply for progression and most importantly, for my self being, which includes having fun, feel a bit proud over myself or feel that I'm giving something to others without requesting anything back. The list goes on.
This makes your statement and question, "These two moves are absolute donation-killers. You come off as unreliable AND insensitive; who wants to give money for that?", unimportant to me. If you guys do not want to use R3D.CRAFT, then don't. I'm not going to cry over the fact that people choose to discontinue using this texture because they don't like the author.
Yes, I did leave this project hanging for far too long without an explanation, but that was because I truly believed that I was done with it (and I don't like to quit on something). I had other things that needed my attention, which was far more important to me (education, social life & work). Now that I again have more sparetime, the production of R3D.CRAFT continues, and it will continue for as long my time don't exceeds.
And so about the fan-made contributions. This is something that really truly makes me glad, and I don't agree with you when you vision it as a "new mess". I've actually unofficially allowed such to be posted, as long as it's only posted here, on my thread (in cases where parts of my textures are used, of course). And if people want to use these textures along with R3D.CRAFT, sure do, but don't expect me to open up my project and make it a "community creation". I won't add these textures to it, despite how good or loved they are.
To BigGrayGolem:
I'm grateful that you took the time to write this thoughtful and educational critic, but I'm afraid this won't help me that much, due to the facts described above. Your tips suits more a business model, and R3D.CRAFT is not a business or a product.
To you all:
I'm sorry, but I'm not your shoemaker, guys. I do this for me and just me. The only reason R3D.CRAFT is being published is because I simply like to share what I make with others and see/read their expressions.
Your feedback is important to me. Simply because sometimes you make realize things I hadn't wrapped my mind around.
- Thomas
EDIT: I posted this conversation on Facebook so that everyone who want, can have an insight and build their thoughts around it. Link.
Since I am someone that has made some textures I will post my thoughts. I made them for the fun of it since there isn't much to do here. I think seeing default is a pain when everything else looks different. I made some quick textures to fill in the gaps. I never expected for anyone to say anything. If people want to use them that's fine and if people don't that's fine too. I do think it would be good for uniblue to have an alternative folder like I did for the diamonds in his texture pack. You could have the previous textures there and let people decide themselves if they want to change it. Until then here are the previous textures if you can't get your hands on them.
If you need it in another resolution do not be afraid to ask. They are in 512x at the moment.
This makes your statement and question, "These two moves are absolute donation-killers. You come off as unreliable AND insensitive; who wants to give money for that?", unimportant to me. If you guys do not want to use R3D.CRAFT, then don't. I'm not going to cry over the fact that people choose to discontinue using this texture because they don't like the author.
Yes, I did leave this project hanging for far too long without an explanation, but that was because I truly believed that I was done with it (and I don't like to quit on something).
And if people want to use these textures along with R3D.CRAFT, sure do, but don't expect me to open up my project and make it a "community creation". I won't add these textures to it, despite how good or loved they are.
Just .. wow. I have rarely seen someone so tone-deaf to their own public perception. Well, Paul Cristoforo comes to mind, but we're not there yet.
You argue the point about being unreliable, and then you DEFEND your unreliability, and say you were "done with" the unfinished project, but you never bothered to tell anyone -- INCLUDING the ones who sent you money! For months people were messaging you, emailing you, posting on Facebook, and you just ignored them. You never once told anyone "I'm done with it." Good-hearted guys stepped in to add their own work to what everyone thought was a dead project, and now you come in and effectively tell guys like General "thanks, but no thanks."
Then you argue against being perceived as insensitive after taking their money, and repeat the position that you are doing this for yourself, telling everyone else -- again, including the ones who sent you cash -- to go fuc... er, "discontinue using it." Will you be offering refunds, then, if people do decide to drop your pack because they don't reading this impossible arrogance?
You want to contribute to a community, but on your rules. You don't want to make a "community creation" when that is exactly what you are doing. I hate to tell you, but you are in a community. Imagine if Mojang told YOU that, and shut down all texture pack authoring.
I never said you were in this for the money or to sell shoes. (Apologies to shoemakers out there, who apparently don't rank as high as Minecraft texture pack artists.) But you were collecting money. As soon as you do that, a whole truckload of new responsibilities is taken on. As soon as you took a donation, it became commerce, by definition. No one will accuse you of being Nike (you should be so lucky), but you also have responsibilities.
So, yeah, good luck with this approach. It's too bad, because as an artist you do good work. But if it comes at the price of having to hear self-indulgent, insufferable speeches that drop dump-loads on the people paying and who have loyally supported you, it's not worth it.
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Curse PremiumIt isn't. Smooth Realism is available in all the following resolutions: 32x, 64x, 128x, 256x and 512x.
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Best textures I'v seen!
Thanks
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!
Can you make feed the beast 1st and then aether?
and can you make tekkit support too?
You don't need optifine or any patcher for the texture pack to work. MInecraft has had full HD support for a while now, including animations
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http://www.mediafire...kekr1cvwm0pfxvj
http://www.mediafire...3cwjzdt5wutvu03
http://www.mediafire...5btg948tvogngg9
http://www.mediafire...nr0lbxkb339d25a
http://www.mediafire...ocks_-_512x.zip
I really love R3D craft but man it looks terrible! This is default realism! Not remade minecraft!
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Curse PremiumRead this: https://www.facebook.com/r3dcraft/posts/341368289327061
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Curse PremiumWhile it looks all right it still needs to have a smooth outline like the rest of the items.
The piece would have been fine without that single sentence, which suddenly alters the entire theme of the post into "I love your feedback, and it's all great, but I'm not your h." It's a short jump to just telling everyone to shut up.
Few people think that every single suggestion will be adopted, so it just didn't need to be said. A simple "here's what I did with cobblestone" would have sufficed. You can continue to not-adopt any other suggestions in silence. Hell, that's what Mojang does, and we still have Squidward-villagers and horrible chunk performance.
Likewise when a project is abandoned so spectacularly, as this one was for so long, there should be an understanding of the possible fallout. I am not sure it was smart to come back after such a huge supporter blow-off, return without a bit of explanation, fail to rein in the now cascading problem of users posting their own additions and the first public statement of any importance is "I'm not your h." These two moves are absolute donation-killers. You come off as unreliable AND insensitive; who wants to give money for that?
Not that your point isn't right. But sometimes right things shouldn't be said out loud. (Probably like this post of mine.) It's just really, really bad timing.
And never, EVER start a post with "it has come to my attention." That's what bosses say right before they punish people for some nonsensical thing. It means someone handed you a memo that you wouldn't have bothered to read otherwise.
Moving forward, someone (UniBlue) needs to clean up this new mess of having everyone post their own contributions -- either by adopting them into the pack, or telling them why they aren't, or offering some alternative. Fans are spending lots of time working on elements that won't go anywhere, and just sit on their c-drives. That's yet another enthusiasm-killer.
And a more reliable release schedule couldn't hurt repair the damage.
Fans' love of a thing is not unconditional.
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Curse PremiumI believe we have a different vision on this project. After reading your comment, I had the impression that you look in my direction, viewing me as some sort of shoemaker who creates shoes, who's purpose is to sell as much as possible and by that, earn revenue. By selling enough shoes, the shoemaker would need to create shoes that have some sort of public demand. This pursuit of creating such shoes is devastating for how much money the shoemaker makes, and that becomes therefore the ultimate goal and focus.
My goals, my focuses are completely different. I am not doing this for money, nor I am doing this for popularity. I do this simply for progression and most importantly, for my self being, which includes having fun, feel a bit proud over myself or feel that I'm giving something to others without requesting anything back. The list goes on.
This makes your statement and question, "These two moves are absolute donation-killers. You come off as unreliable AND insensitive; who wants to give money for that?", unimportant to me. If you guys do not want to use R3D.CRAFT, then don't. I'm not going to cry over the fact that people choose to discontinue using this texture because they don't like the author.
Yes, I did leave this project hanging for far too long without an explanation, but that was because I truly believed that I was done with it (and I don't like to quit on something). I had other things that needed my attention, which was far more important to me (education, social life & work). Now that I again have more sparetime, the production of R3D.CRAFT continues, and it will continue for as long my time don't exceeds.
And so about the fan-made contributions. This is something that really truly makes me glad, and I don't agree with you when you vision it as a "new mess". I've actually unofficially allowed such to be posted, as long as it's only posted here, on my thread (in cases where parts of my textures are used, of course). And if people want to use these textures along with R3D.CRAFT, sure do, but don't expect me to open up my project and make it a "community creation". I won't add these textures to it, despite how good or loved they are.
To BigGrayGolem:
I'm grateful that you took the time to write this thoughtful and educational critic, but I'm afraid this won't help me that much, due to the facts described above. Your tips suits more a business model, and R3D.CRAFT is not a business or a product.
To you all:
I'm sorry, but I'm not your shoemaker, guys. I do this for me and just me. The only reason R3D.CRAFT is being published is because I simply like to share what I make with others and see/read their expressions.
Your feedback is important to me. Simply because sometimes you make realize things I hadn't wrapped my mind around.
- Thomas
EDIT: I posted this conversation on Facebook so that everyone who want, can have an insight and build their thoughts around it. Link.
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Well, you did quit. But let's go on....
Just .. wow. I have rarely seen someone so tone-deaf to their own public perception. Well, Paul Cristoforo comes to mind, but we're not there yet.
You argue the point about being unreliable, and then you DEFEND your unreliability, and say you were "done with" the unfinished project, but you never bothered to tell anyone -- INCLUDING the ones who sent you money! For months people were messaging you, emailing you, posting on Facebook, and you just ignored them. You never once told anyone "I'm done with it." Good-hearted guys stepped in to add their own work to what everyone thought was a dead project, and now you come in and effectively tell guys like General "thanks, but no thanks."
Then you argue against being perceived as insensitive after taking their money, and repeat the position that you are doing this for yourself, telling everyone else -- again, including the ones who sent you cash -- to go fuc... er, "discontinue using it." Will you be offering refunds, then, if people do decide to drop your pack because they don't reading this impossible arrogance?
You want to contribute to a community, but on your rules. You don't want to make a "community creation" when that is exactly what you are doing. I hate to tell you, but you are in a community. Imagine if Mojang told YOU that, and shut down all texture pack authoring.
I never said you were in this for the money or to sell shoes. (Apologies to shoemakers out there, who apparently don't rank as high as Minecraft texture pack artists.) But you were collecting money. As soon as you do that, a whole truckload of new responsibilities is taken on. As soon as you took a donation, it became commerce, by definition. No one will accuse you of being Nike (you should be so lucky), but you also have responsibilities.
So, yeah, good luck with this approach. It's too bad, because as an artist you do good work. But if it comes at the price of having to hear self-indulgent, insufferable speeches that drop dump-loads on the people paying and who have loyally supported you, it's not worth it.