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Quote from Browneye414

Hey! I really need some help with block variation in this area. If you cant tell its suppose to be a canyon area. And i cant think of what i want for block variation. Other ideas and thoughts would be amazing

Thanks!

You know some areas just look better without variation and I think this area may be one of them. I can't really think of anything. Brown stained clay might look good, but I honestly don't know. i think it is pretty good how it is.

Quote from Browneye414

Hey! I really need some help with block variation in this area. If you cant tell its suppose to be a canyon area. And i cant think of what i want for block variation. Other ideas and thoughts would be amazing

Thanks!

If you want to go Mesa-Style, then try bands of brown, yellow, red, white etc., stained clay.
Or you could just splash some quartz or stone there, to break up the clay.

Edit: The grass in the last picture is nice, but the colour is kind of dull. You could make it jungle green, or forest green, instead of the current biome you're using.

Quote from LeafStrike

If you want to go Mesa-Style, then try bands of brown, yellow, red, white etc., stained clay.
Or you could just splash some quartz or stone there, to break up the clay.

Edit: The grass in the last picture is nice, but the colour is kind of dull. You could make it jungle green, or forest green, instead of the current biome you're using.

I have it that dull because it is suppose to be sort of dead looking and abandoned and.... stuff

Quote from Browneye414

Hey! I really need some help with block variation in this area. If you cant tell its suppose to be a canyon area. And i cant think of what i want for block variation. Other ideas and thoughts would be amazing

Thanks!

I think that just adding one or two colors of stained clay would look good so that it compliments the dull grass. (Light gray or brown maybe?) I think you should otherwise just stick with the one main texture of clay that you have; adding others just wouldn't blend well. I really like the bits of dull grass though and small clumps or soulsand might look nice too if used sparingly.

Ooh, a page get!

Quote from Rubisk

Yeah that's a tough problem. I want the player to setup his own cannons too. What I will maybe do is make some sort of siege tower thingy with tnt chests inside it and turn these funboxes into something more obvious to shoot at with tnt. Not sure how though, which is why I asked for feedback

An option can be a turret where you can spawn a Fire Charge and then you can punch it in any direction you want. Or you can give it motion so it goes where you want.

Quote from SirBrock

Community Question

What do you like and dislike about custom mobs? Do you like mobs that look really well "put together" or are just well balanced with unique features?

I'm a fan of custom mobs when they're used to compliment an area and when they're more then just added potion effects or plain gear. Almost all the custom mobs I've added to my two mini maps had both positive and negative modifications to balance them out. A good example of this are the Rage Spider's (Cave Spider) in Arachnapocalypse.

Positives - They have a 100% drop rate of two iron ingots. Lowered base health so they die much quicker.

Negatives - The ingots have added sharpness and fire aspect so they cause the Rage Spider to do extra damage, ignite you on fire and poison you (Nasty combo). They had fire resist effects on them.

So in this example there was a lot of thought put into them, they're both complimentary to the map because they're themed and they have positive and negative aspects to them to balance them out, so they hit hard, but are rewarding to fight for their difficulty.

Quote from Rubisk

Ok that's lame. Vechs got the skelly boat thing recorded as well, so can't use that either without causing tons of hate Need to think of new stuff I guess...

There's nothing to say you can't use the same mechanic as someone else, take it, modify it, make it similar but unique to your map.

Quote from Rubisk

Ok that's lame. Vechs got the skelly boat thing recorded as well, so can't use that either without causing tons of hate Need to think of new stuff I guess...

Actually... Helicio above me here already had skelly boats in ragecraft two. They were just part of a small trap and not nearly an entire area, but he did make them before vechs ever thought of it.

SO technically you wouldn't be stealing his idea. If we were to go that rought a real troll could claim vechs stole it.

Quote from Titan_of_Secrets

You might like the mobs in my upcoming map then. They all use the new cmd block stuff to do things like a vampire that turns into a bat, a spider queen that lays eggs that hatch or even boss mobs made of actual blocks.

AWESOME!!!

Quote from TheXhen

Well, the fact that he was developing some Water Mobs was obvious.
He needs mobs to fill the Underwater dungeon thingy.

The fact that the mob is not a shark is cool too.
I'm hoping for a Jellyfish/Electric Eel. Crabs could be cool, too.
Thanks Jeb!

You know what I'm hoping for that would be REALLY cool?
Another creature entirely unique to minecraft, like the creeper. And with it being underwater, there would be lots of options...

I want to work on my map, but I can't stop playing Vinyl Fantasy II. My life is too difficult.

#firstmapproblems

Ooh. Idea for custom mob. A witch that, when it dies, turns into a zombie villager. Maybe give the zombie villager some potion effects, too.

Quote from Fangride

Testing the new beta forums. Sup ya'll!

I really like the subtle style change.