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I've taken to retexturing individual biomes, rather than individual textures.And of course i've added the 1.7 blocks as well.


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diamond ore.



opinions?

i want this pack to go with an apocalyptic feel as its sort of core theme, wrapped in a steampunk asthetic. thus, all ores will be post consumer items... as in abandoned, garbage, scrap, or just plain lost.

in this case, diamonds are in some sort of locked box.

the question here is... green handle because it looks nicer (just my own opinion) or diamond handle because its well... a box of diamonds?

suggestions? feedback?

Quote from Mooshroomilk

Wow, I think the stone and numbers three and four sands look really amazing I also really like the number one grass texture, however I think from the side-on screenshot it needs a little work, I don't want to criticize much because you are still working on it.

Maybe instead of incorporating the steam punk theme into the base elements, because steam punk is something thats created by people use some of the alt textures to incorporate the theme like the alt sandstone's and wood.
Over all I really like it and am looking forward to it.

criticism is a good thing! im making a texture pack for all to enjoy, so i want to keep all of the elements generally agreeable, and get feedback on what works, and what doesn't. feel free to criticise.

if you are talking about the angle of my cobble screenshot, i was getting it like that intentionally due to there being a tiling issue (id originally had just a facebook page for this texture pack, and people notice that the cobble was tiling badly, so i kept updating the screenshot as i worked on it, it was problematic)

but... im not sure what you mean about the steampunk. my texture pack will be apocalyptic as it's core theme, but with a steampunk asthetic. like.... the remains of a steampunk society perhaps. but of course ill be adding a few references to things i like, because i can, like zombie meat being soylent green and such.

Quote from jdwarfer

The diamond ore is weird but interesting.
The idea is good but you should make the diamond bigger, and the machinery smaller.
Maybe just a part of gearwheel and pipe behind or beside the ore. And the lock is out of place IMO. The ore itself should be more visible anyway.

perhaps a crack in it somewhere showing sparkly things inside?

edit: removed due to some mistakes i just noticed. ill put it back soon.

yeah, those who dont get the reference might not appreciate it... i was thinking of doing some alternates (optional textures, provided i can get one of those customziers for my pack) with normal ores for some where it fits the theme of the texture pack... so pretty much everything but redstone, since im pretty sure thats going to be copper piping full of wires (which can be seen at the corners due to there being no elbow pipes)

Quote from XXCraftermanXX

I think the screenshots released look nice. I like the way the diamond ore looks. Perhaps the pickaxes (or at least the more advanced pickaxes such as the iron and diamond ones) can be some sort of ore-extracting drills that extract the ore out of the machinery? I'm not all that good about working out how texture packs should look, but I like texture packs that change the feel of minecraft, and I think something like that would. Just suggesting, I'll favorite this texture pack and check out how it's going periodically.

yep, i was thinking of making the higher powered tools look redstone powered... depending on what i decide on for redstone wiring's texture.

Quote from bidwesco1

ireally like the idea you have but the sides of the grass try to remove the black specs it would be alot better if you did and also the diamond i dont like the look maybemake like an alternate terain png for another diamond look but everything else looksa bit cool keep trying bro you have great potential

i could definately get rid of the black specs... grass sides are increadibly hard, not only because the main grass texture is monochrome and gets its color added by the game, and the sides do not, but because its just not possible to make the grass both look good and tile evenly into the sides due to the textures only connecting to each other vertically and horizontally (basically, to do this every side of the block would have to be identical to each other and thus could not tile, but that makes it rather hard to stick the grass sides on properly)

as for the diamond, i could certainly add in an alternate texture.

there are a few websites out there that allow the person downloading a texture pack to customize it before downloading, as in for any textures the artist may have done different versions of, its possible to choose which ones to include in the pack. like this site for example: http://minecraftcustomizer.net/browse i plan to use a similar site to that.

Quote from zamaj

The sand and top of grass look great, however the cobblestone looks ugly. I'm sorry I can't put it any other way. The stone is okay, but I would give it slightly more definition. The ores are okay. I think that they should look like they're embedded in the stone, instead of just a picture pasted onto the stone. I think everything should just have a bit more dimension and be less smooth. I wouldn't be so critical if I hadn't seen that you wanted criticism. I think this is a wonderful idea and I don't know if you need/want any help, but I wouldn't be opposed to doing a few textures for you... or maybe just possible textures or something...? If you want to I'll post a screenshot of kind of what I'm thinking... i you don't want any help, that's completely fine too and I understand.

i do appreciate the criticism. i was having huge problems getting the stone to tile properly, because i was quite simply doing it wrong... i was using the make seamless tool because i was a bit rusty at gimp and forgot how to offset the layer. ive figured it out now, and ill definitely consider doing a bit more with stone. and grass too, i dont like the grass that much...

but as for making the stuff look more embedded in the stone, ill work on that. what i was going for was a stone with a horizontal texture so i could make it sort of tendril-y. look at the lapis or, and how its embeded, thats more what i was thinking, but its not quite right.

as for doing some textures for me, no need, id rather do them all myself, but any advice on method is appreciated.

as for the cobble, ive since made it far less yellow, and is just a bit warmer than solid gray. i had f.lux on when i textured that... made it hard to judge the color. but if its the shape, cobble is just rather hard to think of anything for.

Quote from zorg626

This pack is really amazing, and it looks like it has tons of potential. I have a suggestion though, maybe the diamond ore could have like a glass panel on the box so you could see the diamond inside, I think that would maybe prevent some confusion.

im not sure that would really fit in well, but i was thinking maybe something like it being cracked, and a piece of the box is missing showing diamonds inside.