I really like the idea of creating your own books.
But, even though I go to an art school for the visual arts, I don't really like the painting idea. One is because it starts to get kinda complicated. Make the crafting a little more simple I would say.
This is an amazing idea, giving a use for books and a better way to display art would make Minecraft so much more than simply carving tunnels and building giant temples.
Will you be adding a post about music? In my opinion, music is another form of art that far surpasses the rest. :biggrin.gif:
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Oh my god. So much support! I am ecstatic! This is crazy awesome! RESPONSE TIME!
Quote from halfwing »
I have a few suggestions (more will probably come to me later)
First, if you right click on a scroll that has been placed, you should get a pop up that tells you what was written on it. Seems a much easier way to make a public notice or something, without players having to break it just to read it.
Second is mass producing books. It would be a shapeless recipe, and would be 1 blank book, 1 written in book, and 1 ink well. The recipe would leave the written book and the inkwell (giving the inkwell some damage) and would consume the blank book, to produce an exact copy of the one you have written. This can be helpful when mass producing books to give out, like guides, or rules of the server. Same might also apply to other forms of art, like scrolls, paintings, or...
Maps! Instead of only using an inkwell on a scroll, you can choose to use a palette and make a map. This would be the exact same as a custom painting, but on a portable medium you can open up anywhere. Obviously this won't be limited ONLY to making maps, but that would probably be the best use for it.
Player capes have been requested ever since the staff ones were added. This seems like a good way to have them. Just have a 'cape' slot in the inventory, that you can equip it with. No affect stat-wise, but would look nice. The recipe for the cape would be:
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Editing a cape would be the same as a painting, requiring a palette.
Last suggestion for now: Have an artists table. It could be be crafted as:
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In order to edit a piece of art, you would have to right click the table, it will then have a blank menu pop up, with 2 empty spaces on top, one for the medium (scroll, canvas, or book), and one for the ink (Palette or ink well) . Depending on what you put in, it will change the bottom of the menu to whatever is needed to edit that piece of art. Putting in a book and an inkwell will let you write in the book. Putting in a scroll and a Palette will let you draw on the scroll, Putting a canvas and an inkwell... will bring up nothing. If this is done, then you can scrap the duplicate book idea, and just have a button on the Artists Table menu to make a copy of it. Also, if you are sticking to the 'need dyes in inventory to edit' idea, then there could be a built in area to the side of the menu to store ink (and only ink) in, and it will always draw from that pool of ink before pulling it out of your inventory.
The writers table would consolidate everything, and would help slow down griefers, since they would have to take down the painting, bring it to their own table, edit it, and then place the painting back up (which, lets face it, a griefer would just steal the painting at this point). Although that does also ruin the entire point of maps, since you wouldn't be able to edit them as you are exploring.
1. Good idea. Will add.
2. Also good idea. Also will add.
3. Don't think wee need this. Just make a ledge to put your painting down.
4. I like capes, but I think they should just show your emblem.
5. This would just make it unnecessarily harder to edit stuff, and, as you said, would ruin maps. How about you can just you can stamp and edit-lock paintings as well as books and scrolls.
Quote from arirish »
The books suggestion is SIMILAR to the one in my sig (though that has some additional interesting bits you might want to look at regarding security etc.). I support. Oh, but I think bookcases should only hold a SINGLE chest's worth. I reckon that's more than enough for one block. Heck, maybe even only 9, like a dispenser GUI...
The scrolls idea is fantastic, but I think you should be able to read them by right-clicking, rather than having to break them off. That way I could put up a town proclamation and people could read it without having to take it down and pass it around.
Also, stamps = win. Tying it in with the flags/emblem idea is genius. But listen, have it be made with gold. Why? Because gold is soft - soft enough to carve an emblem in.
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Yes! Brilliant! More practical uses for gold!
And yeah, I guess a double chest would be too big, because the main advantage is that they look nice. In fact, nine is good.
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Another excellent idea. I would've replied sooner but I was at Palm Beach (The land of no internet acess). Anyway, my idea was that once books are in a bookshelf nobody but the owner can take them. If you click them, you just read the book. Then people can read the books but not steal/greif them. It's like a library where you can't rent them out! Anyway, if you're gonna do the art of music, PM me because I've got heaps of ideas.
In my post it says that only you can edit books once you've stamped them. And I guess you'd have to have guards if you want to keep people from steeling.
Quote from halfwig »
I would suggest having two 'done' buttons. Draft and Publish. Clicking Draft will create the written copy of the book, and anyone can add to or delete from it. Clicking Publish will also create it (maybe with a different sprite to show its been published?) and then only the creator of the book can edit it.
This is basicly what stamping does.
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It looks like those are real mods. Is there a download link? Even if they are hard to use i could probably fix them up.
Sorry, no mod. Just clever texturing and image-hacking. :smile.gif:
Thanks everyone for your support! I'll work on those edits and get and update it as soon as I can!
why not yellow dye instead of green? you can make every color with white, black, red, blue, and yellow. with green you can make everything that doesnt need yellow. green is made from blue and yellow not the other way around.
why not yellow dye instead of green? you can make every color with white, black, red, blue, and yellow. with green you can make everything that doesnt need yellow. green is made from blue and yellow not the other way around.
I already talked about this. I'm using light mixing.
If only all suggestions were like this...
But, even though I go to an art school for the visual arts, I don't really like the painting idea. One is because it starts to get kinda complicated. Make the crafting a little more simple I would say.
Will you be adding a post about music? In my opinion, music is another form of art that far surpasses the rest. :biggrin.gif:
1. Good idea. Will add.
2. Also good idea. Also will add.
3. Don't think wee need this. Just make a ledge to put your painting down.
4. I like capes, but I think they should just show your emblem.
5. This would just make it unnecessarily harder to edit stuff, and, as you said, would ruin maps. How about you can just you can stamp and edit-lock paintings as well as books and scrolls.
Yes! Brilliant! More practical uses for gold!
And yeah, I guess a double chest would be too big, because the main advantage is that they look nice. In fact, nine is good.
In my post it says that only you can edit books once you've stamped them. And I guess you'd have to have guards if you want to keep people from steeling.
This is basicly what stamping does.
Sorry, no mod. Just clever texturing and image-hacking. :smile.gif:
Thanks everyone for your support! I'll work on those edits and get and update it as soon as I can!
Scrolls can be drawn on, as can books.
adventure craft: viewtopic.php?f=1032&t=128281
If you stamp a book with your emblem and then change your emblem, what will happen?
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I already talked about this. I'm using light mixing.
Try to keep comments to the most recent topic.
I don't think so. It would just change to look different. There is no problem like that with skins (unless I'm wrong).
Can't wait for the rest.
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Maybe it could be one of those "link threads" where people post links to their ideas which could use emblems?
I had it like that, and ran a vote. You guys lost, sorry.