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Legends of the Lost War
An Open-World Adventure Map Series



At the heart of every Legend is Truth. As the Nexus and Farlanders prepare to break free, you are the final piece they need. While you discover and confront the legends and lore hidden deep in Minecraft!

More information is under the individual parts.

In this open-world style, you are free to mine, farm, and build. This allows you to establish yourself and play the story at your pace. Stuck? Get better armor or weapons. You are also (sometimes) given places to call home, but you are free to build your own.

There are two story lines, each with its own unique story line that contributes to the over all story, please note that the story will take 3-5 parts with two storylines each. Beware, not all the information is correct, and the only way to find out is to play on the other side. You are welcome to play on each side in the same world, but one side gives you another base only use it in that story line. Finally, the sides are supposed to be the same difficulty, but they cannot be perfectly balanced.

This is a challenging map, however the first one has been toned down. Each part will get subsequently more difficult. I have provided a download for both, the single player map will prevent you from getting the items and story at start due to the spawning in multiplayer. There are no major differences between single and multiplayer. In multiplayer make sure that all players are operators. Have 2-3 players in multiplayer, I was able to beat it with one friend.

While this map has been bug tested, but please report any bugs or misspellings. My friend and I are only human (no I am not the robot in my avatar.)

ANY feed back would be appreciated. Thank You.

Part 1: Revival

Part 2: Apotheosis

Rules and Notes

Playthroughs

How to Install


Downloads
Part 1-Revival
Single Player
Multiplayer
Part 2-Apotheosis
Farlander
Single Player
Multiplayer
Nexus
Single Player & Multiplayer (change unzipped folder's name to world for multiplayer)
Banners

License/Permission

Cool Idea, but what if you placed moss spores on certain blocks (cobblestone, stone bricks...) and after awhile the block will turn into a mossy version of itself. Then a similar effect for lichen spores on stone, wood, and other blocks.

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Table of Contents:

Overview
Changes in how things work
Frequently Asked Questions
[WIP] The Cubic Chunks Mod!
Gallery
Supporting this suggestion
Special thanks

[spoiler=Tl:dr]Q: Won't this increase lag?
A: Absolutely not. The title of this suggestion and big red letters at the top of this post aren't lying. If you want to know how, then I suggest you actually read this post.

Q: Will this change terrain? Will this break existing worlds?
A: No. Terrain change is not necessary. Existing worlds can be converted fairly easily with a process described later in this post.

Q: How can sunlight or rain work with infinite vertical space?
A: I suggest you read Coping with sunlight, because it's too complex for a tl;dr.

Q: I have a different question but still don't feel like reading this post. What do I do?
A: Too bad, read the FAQ. I put way too much work into this for the entirety of it to be ignored.[/spoiler]

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Overview:

In Minecraft, the sky is the limit - literally. It doesn't matter how many thousands of blocks a player has traveled, or what dimension they're in, or even if they're playing in creative or survival, the highest they can ever build is up to a height of 256. Why is that? If Minecraft can have a world that's infinite in the north, in the south, in the east, and in the west, why can't that world be infinite up and down too?

In Minecraft's earliest days, in Classic and Indev, the world was not infinite in any direction. This was because the entire world needed to be generated at the same time, and the entire world needed to be simulated at the same time as well. This led to a conundrum - the bigger the world, the more it lagged.
Notch didn't like this. He knew his players liked to explore and build large creations, so he found a way to make the world truly infinite. When the Minecraft '' class='bbc'>Infdev came out, it brought with it truly infinite worlds. Suddenly, players could travel hundreds of thousands of blocks in any direction, and never encounter a barrier, or become too laggy.
The Infdev update brought about a very large change to Minecraft worlds to accomplish this feat. For the first time, instead every world being just a single huge piece, they were broken up into a two-dimensional grid of pieces, called chunks. Through breaking the world up into pieces, this 'chunk system' enabled infinite worlds by letting Minecraft create new pieces and simulate them only when it needs to.

Why does that not apply to the vertical axis? Because the type of 'chunk system' Minecraft uses right now is a linear one, which, by using only a two-dimensional grid to map out chunks, means that it is impossible for chunks to stack on top of one another, and by extension, meaning that a single chunk must cover the entire vertical space. This brings back the problem that the Infdev update was supposed to eradicate, now only with chunks, instead of an entire world; the bigger a chunk is, the more laggy it is. You can't just increase the height limit and make chunks taller, because it will become laggier, and laggier, and laggier to do it.
That's why, to fix this, Minecraft must change over to a cubic chunk system. Under this system, 16³ block chunks are aligned on a three-dimensional grid, completely eliminating maximum height as an aspect of lag.

The immediate benefits:
•Minecraft worlds become as virtually infinite vertically as they are horizontally: The absolute limit being Y = ±30,000,000.
•A large FPS increase: Alpha testers report an FPS increase of 100~200%.
•Increase in running capability: Computers running Minecraft on Tiny render distance will handle only 30% the blocks they do now.

The possible features:
•Spherical render/load distance: Reduce handled blocks by up to 30% by cutting corners made of unneeded chunks.
•Server chunk occlusion/exclusion: Reduce bandwidth usage and defeat hackers by only sending data for visible chunks.
•Three-dimensional biomes: Save biome data per chunk rather than per block column, create volcanoes with magma chambers, underground rivers, tropical skylands floating over icy taigas, and more.

The disadvantages:
•Unloaded gravity-pause: Falling non-player entities and fluids will be forced to pause their fall if they reach unloaded chunks, but will resume falling when those chunks are loaded.
•Slow falling-pause: Players with slower computers and smaller render distances will have falling occasionally paused as they fall into unloaded chunks, until new chunks can be loaded.

The problems:
•Current sunlight and rain calculation methods cannot work with infinite vertical space: The solution to this is described here.
•Current BiomeDecorator cannot work with multiple vertical chunks simultaneously: The BiomeDecorator code must be altered to function correctly with this, or removed.
•Current cave generation method is executed an extra time for each vertical chunk created simultaneously, leading to lag spikes on world generation: Cave generation's method must be altered to suit this system more.
•Current grass/dirt generation algorithm forces additional chunk requests when chunks are loaded, causing chunks to load slower than they should: This algorithm must be replaced with something else.

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Changes in how things work:

Obviously, the implementation of this new chunk system will change quite a few things. These changes are mostly either necessary or in the interest of increased efficiency. Such changes are categorized and explained below.

How worlds will be stored:
[spoiler]How the current storage works, and what changes:
Interestingly enough, the current method of storage, the Anvil format, is derived from the storage method that the original Cubic Chunks mod used. The Anvil format stores individual chunk as a series of 16³ quasi-cubic chunks. These 'fake' cubic chunks allow for easier reference of specific data, but they still can't be separated from each other, meaning that it fails to reap the full benefits of this system. Even so, the change allowed Mojang to double the maximum height with no performance hit. Chunks are stored in groups of 32², inside 'MCRegion' files, for a total of 1024 chunks.
By nature, cubic chunks does away with the 'quasi-cubic' nonsense. In terms of chunk grouping, instead of using groups of 32³ chunks, new "3DRegion" files would contain groups of 16³. This means each 3DRegion file contains 4096 chunks, four times as many as MCRegion files. However, each 3DRegion contains only one fourth the amount of blocks. For per-chunk positional metadata, 3DRegion files would use the same number of bits as MCRegion files, after compression. Calculations show that the same area encompassed by a single MCRegion file would consume 64 kilobytes of extra space with 4 3DRegion files, which is nothing.

Converting existing worlds:
Most people are probably wondering something like "But won't this totally destroy all existing worlds?". Absolutely not; conversion could not be simpler. When a non-cubic world is loaded after the implementation of this system, a conversion process will begin and convert the entire world at once(To avoid making chunk loading take longer during play). First, all existing MCRegion files will be divided into quarters to create 3DRegion files. Then, all existing chunks are divided into sixteenths using the quasi-cubic properties to identify boundaries. After that, conversion is done.

The "isEmpty" flag optimization:
A 1-bit flag is added to each chunk, named "isEmpty". If the chunk consists of 100% air blocks, this bit is 1, any other case makes it 0. When the bit is 1, all data for the chunk besides the isEmpty flag is deleted and ignored, which reduces filesize. Empty chunks are never loaded, and locations where they occur are merely simulated as entities reside in them. The chunk will only load when something requires saving inside it.[/spoiler]

Changes to terrain, ores, etcetera:
[spoiler]Terrain:
By default, nothing will change. Small bits of terrain generation code need to be reconfigured to work properly with Cubic Chunks.

Biomes:
By default, nothing will change.

Ore generation:
By default, nothing will change.

Structures:
By default, nothing will change.

The Void:
After conversion to Cubic Chunks, the void and bedrock layer will still exist and generate as they always have. However, the void(Not the bedrock layer!) will not exist as a hard limit and is able to be moved, but not removed, by editing an associated NBT data tag inside a world's level.dat. This feature, that allows for increasing the maximum depth, is intentionally disabled without external programs, to prevent terrain change of any sort. It is intended to be used by experienced mapmakers and world generation mods only.

Superflat settings:
Existing superflat worlds will not change. However, new superflat worlds will gain a new decoration parameter, 'void'. Inclusion of this parameter will cause the void to form below the lowest defined layer. Exclusion of it will cause all layers below the lowest defined layer to copy the settings of that layer.[/spoiler]

Coping with sunlight:
[spoiler]There used to be a solution here, but it wasn't deemed good enough by Jeb. Suggest solutions in this thread.[/spoiler]

Changes to servers:
[spoiler]Settings:
There's a setting inside the Server.properties file called 'max-build-height'. The setting makes it impossible for any player to place or remove blocks above that height.
With the implementation of Cubic Chunks, a new setting named "maximum-generation-depth" would be added. The void, bedrock layers, and magma layers will generate normally at and above the Y level designated by the value of this setting.

Chunk occlusion/exclusion:
Using the raytracing methods already available in the code and used for explosion calculations, servers can identify which chunks are visible to a player, within safe assumptions, and only send the data for those chunks. This both reduces bandwidth usage, and cripples the usefulness of X-Ray cheats.[/spoiler]

Render/Load distance alterations:
[spoiler]After the implementation of Cubic Chunks, view distances' radii will apply to the vertical axis too. This reduces handled blocks in the cases of tiny and short render distances, and increases them in the cases of normal and far render distances. This can be optimized by utilizing a spherical render distance instead of a cubic one, which would reduce handled blocks in all distances except Far.[/spoiler]

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Frequently Asked Questions:

[spoiler=FAQ]Q: This is impossible.
A: No it's not. See below.

Q: Is this available as a mod?
A: Not yet! But it will be!

Q: I like X-ray! What if I don't want it to be broken?
A: First of all, breaking X-ray hacks will only be possible to do in multiplayer. That said, the system that would break X-ray would be possible to disable by the server owner. If the owner doesn't disable the system, then they don't want you using X-ray, and you should not be doing what the server owner doesn't want in the first place.

Q: I play on a PvP/Anarchy/Raid/Faction server. Won't this system let people pillar up into the sky and create a base thousands of blocks in the air and never be found?
A: No.

Q: I like Minecraft's current height limits. What if I don't want to have an infinite sky or infinite underground?
A: If this system is added, all worlds will not automatically gain an infinite underground. As stated below, the Void will remain in all worlds, even after the conversion to Cubic Chunks. The ability to remove the Void will simply be there. As for infinite space in the sky, the current build limit is over one hundred blocks above any terrain that vanilla Minecraft can possibly generate. It is ENTIRELY your decision on whether or not you take advantage of this height. If you play on a server, like stated above, the server owner can set a maximum build height. If s/he doesn't, then don't play on their server - you don't play on servers where the server owners allow things you don't like. Why would you play on an anarchy server if you hate being stolen from and killed?

Q: Will this affect Redstone at all?
A: No. This system will simply make it possible to make larger redstone circuitry than before.

Q: Won't this break existing worlds?
A: No. Existing worlds can be easily converted by dividing each MCRegion file into 4 pieces, then slicing the existing 256 block-high chunks inside them into 16 individual chunks.

Q: Won't this affect mods? Won't mod authors have a hard time updating their mods?
A: The answer to this question depends solely on the answer to the following two questions: Do parts of the modification code rely on chunk data/metadata? Does the mod author want to take advantage of the features of the new chunk system? If the answers to the first and second question are both "No", then updating a mod to this system should be very easy and quick. If the answer to the first question is "Yes", then those parts of the code will need to be rewritten somewhat, but in most cases, the changes should be fairly quick and easy. The only time that it should be hard to update a mod to this system, is if the answer to the second question is "Yes".

Q: Won't this require a total rewrite of the mod API if that's released first?
A: No. Whether or not even a small part of the mod API needs to be rewritten depends on the way that it is implemented and whether or not there are API inclusions for chunk handling and other chunk-related behavior.

Q: Could a player fall into unloaded chunks if chunks aren't loaded fast enough?
A: No, they could not, and for several reasons. Minecraft has a terminal velocity, though it might not seem like it. This velocity is slower than it should take to load new chunks below the player. In cases with exceptionally slow computers, even if the player did manage to reach an unloaded chunk, their fall would be paused until that chunk can be loaded.

Q: What would happen when water, sand, or a mob falls into an unloaded chunk?
A: Nothing. The water/sand/mob would freeze in place until the chunk is loaded and it can continue moving. You can already see this same thing happening on the horizontal axis.

Q: What will happen to the Void?
A: It will still exist, along with all its effects. The only difference is that the Void is no longer a hard limit and it can be moved. After the conversion to Cubic Chunks, the Void's location will be stored in a world's ' class='bbc'>level.dat, and this location can be changed with NBT editing tools. When and where the Void exists, chunks will cease to generate.

Q: Will this affect terrain?
A: No. However, terrain generators will gain the ability to use infinite height.

Q: Will this affect ore generation?
A: No. Ore is a part of terrain generation. As stated above, terrain will not be changed.

Q: Won't all current terrain generators be incompatible with this system and need to be rewritten?
A: No. Terrain generators work independently of chunks. When a chunk is generated for the first time, it calls the terrain generator and receives a specific section of the resultant terrain to save inside itself. Because of this, some custom terrain generators can generate steep terrain all the way to Y256, where you can experience a large, flat cut-off. Since there are no chunks above Y256 to call the terrain generator for terrain, no terrain exists there.

Q: What would happen if there's a huge solid ceiling so far above you that it is unloaded? Wouldn't you just see the sky, just with everything being completely dark?
A: Yes. This already happens on the horizontal axis, and it is an issue with sky rendering, not this chunk system. As such, this has nothing to do with this suggestion. Please do not post about this.

Q: If you go deep underground, will your plants grow/ores smelt/animals grow?
A: No, because those chunks would be unloaded, just as if you had walked far away. This is a flaw with any chunk system, regardless of shape. It is a necessary evil that allows Minecraft to have infinite worlds. The only way to fix this would be to introduce a separate new system that works with chunks as they are loaded and unloaded. This suggestion deals with the chunk system itself, and not sister processes. Because of that, that is outside of the scope of this suggestion. Please do not post about this.[/spoiler]

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[WIP] The Cubic Chunks Mod! (Tall Worlds Mod):

Cuchaz has taken it upon himself to bring us the glorious Cubic Chunks, since Mojang refuses to do so.

Cuchaz is using a API of his own creation to help assist in the making of this mod, and he's quite far along, as seen in these two tech demo videos:
[spoiler=T-Demo 1: Vertical chunk loading][/spoiler]
[spoiler=T-Demo 2: Broken height cap and no lag!][/spoiler]
With the basic functionality in place - a complete overhaul of the basic chunk system, and height limit removed - this whole concept can already be considered proven. What remains is making sure everything else functions correctly under the new chunk system. In any case, stay tuned for future updates if it interests you(If it doesn't, then you are the weakest link - goodbye!).

You can follow the mod's development in much more depth in its very own topic!

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Gallery:

[spoiler=A mountainside with an experimental engine using Cubic Chunks designed by Nocte. 960 block view radius, and 30 FPS.][/spoiler]
[spoiler=A different view of the mountainside with the same engine by Nocte. This time, with 1600 block view radius and 15 FPS.][/spoiler]
[spoiler="A video demonstrating Nocte's engine."]

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The purpose of this suggestion is to have Cubic Chunks implemented in Vanilla. Being available as a modification does not fulfill that purpose. The modification featured in this suggestion is to act as a proof-of-concept only(Note: Its being featured here is to act as a proof-of-concept. The modification itself is on its way to becoming a fully fledged modification).

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Special thanks:
Cuchaz, for taking Barteks' proof and running with it, to give us a truly functional Cubic Chunks mod.
Barteks2x, for updating the Cubic Chunks mod to 1.6.2, proving that it is possible.
Azraile, for posting the original suggestion and allowing me to take ownership of it.
Nocte, for helping resolve flaws and designing Hexahedra.
MineCrak, for a large amount of valuable insight and enthusiasm into the topic of Cubic Chunks.
aaronfranke, for helping resolve flaws.
PanJouda, for creating the original banner.
Flexico, for creating the predecessor to the current banner.
laz2727, for creating the current banner.
Robinton, for creating the original Cubic Chunks mod.
The_Watchman13, for answering all those stupid questions so I don't have to.

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Note: Many calculations and information can be found among the many posts of this topic. There are too many for me to cite here, but if you wish, you can search for them yourself.

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"So, I was mining today and stumbled upon beautiful natural glowing crystals in an underground ravine!"


"...Then I investigated a red glow I could see creeping through a tunnel shaft and found myself in the middle of a zombie hive! o__O"



Well, those are some of the things we could be saying if colored glass and colored light were added to MC!
(images above are not real screenshots. They were Photoshopped by me to show what MC could be like if this topic's proposals were implemented)

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[NOTE]Colored light and glass is something I believe all minecrafters should be able to enjoy with each other without the midleman or knowledge of mod installing. So for that reason, this suggestion is directed towards vanilla. We do however welcome mods here since it's said that "Colored light isn't possible." -_^

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Here is how it could work:

Color Glass Blocks & Changing The Color of Light


Colored Glass and Colored Light are features I have wanted to see in Minecraft for some time. I wanted to see these features implemented so bad that I have come up with some ways it could be used in the game; it would greatly increase building potential and the ability for a player to customize an atmosphere by modifying the color of light. Based on my knowledge working in the game industry as an indiegame digital artist, I know that the impact something like colored glass and light would have on minecraft would be more important than most people know. In fact, it may even be safe to say that even Mojang underestimates the aesthetic importance of colored light and being able to manipulate it.
Here is a little diagram that briefly explains my proposition:





Here is a colored light mod that CptSpaceToster in a video spotlight! check it out! (ehem you too mojang -_^) colored light IS possible and it IS necessary this video shows that:



Here is a different crafting recipe that was originally suggested by ChadGarion25. It is fantastic and gives cauldrons an actual use.



Tell me what you guys think

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Cool Ideas by you guys -_^:

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(See below for more concept art. Above screenshot is photoshopped, not a mod. All art by Papertiger)

DISCLAIMER: Please note that this is not a mod, nor a mod suggestion. This is a suggestion for Mojang to add to vanilla Minecraft.


Hello! I would like to share my ideas of how Gryphons might be a good addition to Minecraft. After deciding to post my suggestion here, I did a search and saw that there have been a few posts about Gryphons throughout the past few years. But they were quite different from what i had in mind, focused on a wide swath of mythical creatures, or mod/add-on related.

My hope is that others will share my vision for simple, balanced, non-immersion-breaking, Mojang-style Gryphons to be added to Minecraft in a future patch.

Here it goes:

A way I could see Gryphons fitting into the Minecraft universe is that in an "Extreme Hills" biome, you could find a nest either on top of a mountain, or on the side of a cliff. I imagine the nest would only be one or perhaps two blocks large and in the shape of an eagle's nest. In my opinion, the player would never see a wild adult Gryphon. The only chance they would have at seeing a Gryphon would be if they raised one themselves. Thus making them FAR more rare and special. Almost like finding diamonds. If the player were lucky enough to find one of these nests, and endured the journey to reach it, they would see an egg sitting in the middle of the nest.

The player would then follow these steps to hatch, raise, saddle and then ride their Gryphon:

1. The player would take the egg from the nest and bring it back to their home/cave/castle/dwelling and place it on a block of dirt underneath a torch.
2. The player would then have to wait a couple of in-game days.
3. After a few days pass, a baby Gryphon would emerge.
4. The player would then have to feed the baby Gryphon meat or fish once a day for a couple days.
5. After a couple days of feeding, the baby Gryphon would grow into an adult, ready to be saddled.
6. The player would then place a regular saddle, the type used on pigs, onto their newly raised Gryphon.
7. Upon being saddled, the player's new Gryphon is ready to be mounted. But that doesn't mean the player can have unlimited, overpowered flight. No sir.

BALANCE:
Just because the player has a Gryphon doesn't mean he or she is able to fly anywhere they want with no limitations. Far from it. This will be nothing like flying in creative mode. It will be a slight advantage over regular walking and jumping that the player will have earned.

• Instead of unlimited flight, like in creative mode, a Gryphon rider's flight would be slightly challenging yet still useful. Much like how boats function in Minecraft.
• In order to take off, and to stay in the air, the player would have to press their space bar for every flap of their Gryphon's wings. This means that the Gryphon, just like the player, is effected by the game's gravity. That way, it wouldn't feel like cheating. This may sounds difficult, but i think it would lead to a much more immersive Gryphon flying experience!
• Traveling via Gryphon would sometimes be slightly faster and more convenient than walking on foot, but in some cases it would also be a FAR worse alternative to walking. For example, trying to fly your Gryphon down into and through a cave would be a TERRIBLE idea.

USES:
If you have built a giant castle like my brother and I have, which i'm sure MANY of you have, then I have a feeling you'll understand why I think the best use for a Gryphon would be to quickly reach one of the top floors of your castle without having to climb all of it's inner stair cases and ramps.

But there would be many, many more uses, such as:

• Getting past mountains a little faster than on foot, and without the need to eat as much.
• Flying over lakes or rivers instead of having to swim.
• Safe late night traveling. That is, unless you get shot by a skeleton's arrow
• Being able to leave from the top floor of your castle or other large dwelling.
• FUN! Or atleast i think it would be.

GAME FITTING:
The last thing I would ever want is to suggest an idea that would ruin the immersion of Minecraft. I believe this idea would be game fitting for Minecraft because of the wonderful animals Mojang has already put into the game. When I think of Gryphons in Minecraft, I can just picture an in-game Gryphon done in Mojang's wonderfully simple yet beautiful art style... All block-ish and colorful

GAME BREAKING?:
No more than a boat would be. You would hardly be able to aim at someone with a bow, let alone actually hit them with an arrow from it. Hitting a player or mob with a sword would be even harder. In order to deal damage to anything, from bow or sword, you'd have to land your Gryphon and completely stop moving. At that point, you would actually become vulnerable due to lack of mobility (You cannot walk or run on a Gryphon, only fly. And take-off isn't instant, due to the need to flap your Gryphons wings.). This is not a mount intended for combat.

Thanks for reading and sorry for the giant wall of text.

I would like to thank Theriasis for their wonderful guide on how to post on the suggestion forum. I tried my best to follow their advice!

CONCEPT ART :
Standing:

Sitting:

Flying:

Model views:


MORE ART:
Click this spoiler for even more concept art and photos.

People love exploring Minecraft. Discovering amazing mountains, caves, and valleys procedurally generated by the infinite world generator.

What if there was another world, also procedurally generated, but with randomly created buildings, corridors, streets, bridges, towers, stairways, and canals? A world of man made structures rather than natural terrain. But one where the random generator can create all kinds of mind boggling things that no human would have the time to create.

What would Mazeworld (just a placeholder name, don't stress if you dislike it) look like?

Take 1 parts Jim Henson's Labyrinth.
Add 1 parts MC Escher sketch.
Add 1 part Mines of Moria.
Add 1 parts .


Imagine an infinite labyrinth of high stone and cobblestone walls. Passages fork, twist, and rejoin endlessly. Sometimes terrain is flat, sometimes mountainous. Passages can rise up the side of hills, or become tunnels and go straight into a mountain.

Massive towers and castles rise from plazas here and there, themselves honeycombed with stairs and hallways, and connected to other towers by massive bridges and sky-highways. The height can vary, ranging from small buildings to structures that reach the highest altitude.

The underground is porous. Stairways lead down into a infinite world of neatly chiseled tunnels, great halls, and bridged chasms.

Mazeworld would also be dangerous, for those of us who enjoy a thrill. The map would not come with any torches...meaning that all those buildings, those underground tunnels, are in perpetual darkness. Spawning monsters until you light the place up. Would these be the same creatures as you find on Earth? Maybe, but perhaps Mazeworld could have its own unique mobs instead.

Who built Mazeworld? And why? That's not really important. Perhaps the dead gods of a forgotten people. Perhaps it was always there and nobody built it, a dimension representing both order and chaos.

How would you get to Mazeworld? A portal of some kind probably. I don't think I need to randomly pick some material to make it out of since that's not really crucial to the core of this suggestion. It should probably be a little challenging to make though.

Why would you go to Mazeworld? What's in it for the player? Mostly the thrill of exploration. Finding amazing random structures no human could design. Battling hordes of creatures and turning their magnificent lairs into your safehouses. Modifying these random structures with your own edits and additions. But perhaps there could also be treasure chests here and there, waiting to be found, for people that can't be motivated to do anything without a straightforward prize.

Basically, I like this idea because it would take the splendor of the random generator in minecraft and extend it to artificial structures.

UPDATES

12/4/12 - Mazeworld is becoming a reality thanks to EyeOfTheDaev's mod. Check out his WIP thread here: http://www.minecraft...mazeworld-wip/

Check it out to follow the latest progress, or to volunteer your own coding skill to help make Mazeworld come to life.

Also, GTG3000 made some awesome banners you can use to show your support for Mazeworld:






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Okay, so I'm generally a lurker and I dislike posting, however today I recreated the entire continent of tamriel using a heightmap in minecraft, I'd like to discuss ideas about what to add and any input regarding lore and other things that I should mind. Many people have been requesting that I make it to the actual scale of the Elder Scrolls Series or at least to Morrowind scale, I may do this as this map is only a terrain at this point and anything to make people take the most enjoyment and ability to create on it I will consider. This thread is to download and test the map out as well as give comments and criticisms, I will be hosting the map and giving the I.P. address at a later time. This is the only complete Tamriel recreation that has ever been done in Minecraft and I hope you all enjoy it.

On the topic of distortions and scale differences, this map is based off of the Skyrim scale and LOD meshes that come from that game as well as extrapolation based off of existing lore maps such as:

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This means that there is some problems with the Sheogorad and the south eastern part of Black Marsh that shall be rectified with the MC Edit tools on the server and with a later map update.
Currently Summerset Isles as well as Solstheim are not included in this map, they as well as Yokuda and Pyandonea shall be added at a later date with the smaller isles.

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Intro: A kingdom collapsed

A long time ago, a special place used to exist in Minecraft where fairies would roam free and live happy lives. This kingdom, called the Great Fairy Empire, was a prosperous place of peace and harmony. That place still exists today, but it's not quite as peaceful as it used to be. Following a royal dispute and several great conflicts, the Great Fairy Empire broke off into many small factions (each led by a single ruler) and began to explore the worlds of Minecraft in search of a new place to call their home. It seems that only just now they've stumbled upon your world - which means you've got some company. These invaders aren't going to be leaving any time soon, and they seem to just keep coming, so you've got a choice to make: Will you unite the fairy factions and recreate the Great Fairy Empire? Will you become their all-powerful leader and rule the land with an iron fist? Or will you drive off the invaders by force and teach them that your world is no place for a fairy? The choice is yours to make, but be careful. With these puppies, the bite is worse than the bark.



Classes: Meet the fae


Fairies are small female humanoids with simple leaf clothing, blue wings and brightly colored hair. They have the ability to hover above the ground and fall slowly using their wings. Some fairies are timid and will flee if they are threatened, but since the fall of the Great Fairy Empire they've learned to toughen themselves and put up a fight if one arises. Fairies typically follow their leader around and roam the nearby landscape. If you decide to attack a fairy, be prepared to deal with her companions as well!

HP: 7.5 hearts - Attack: 1 - Defense: none - Aggression: may flee when hit
Special Abilities: none

Lore:

Every fairy faction you encounter will have one leader: the queen. A fairy queen is a well-respected individual who is both stronger and wiser than most fairies, and her leadership status is seldom questioned by her followers. Since a fairy queen is responsible for holding her group together, the rest of the faction will fall into chaos in her absence. However, since her followers tend to stay very close, it's not often you'll find a queen without an entourage. Her sword combined with her armor and buffed health are more than enough to help her deal with any enemies. If you want to steal some of her followers, you'll have to deal her first.

HP: 15 hearts - Attack: 2.5 - Defense: takes 1/2 damage - Aggression: always fights back
Special Abilities: spawns with a group of followers, can recruit wandering untamed fairies

Lore:

A guard is a well-trained and well-equipped fairy that serves as a personal servant to her queen. They wear wooden armor and carry matching wooden swords to help them take care of any pesky foes who dare to bother their leader. Since they tend to stay so close to their faction ruler, it's unlikely that you'll be able to take on a queen without eliminating her guards beforehand. They even have the ability to preemptively find and stop enemies that are targeting their ruler. As a companion, they're very reliable and a must-have addition to any fairy army.

HP: 7.5 hearts - Attack: 2 - Defense: takes 1/2 damage - Aggression: always fights back
Special Abilities: automatically targets enemies which are targeting her ruler

Lore:

When the going gets tough, the medics get going. Having an uncanny ability to manifest potions at will, a medic provides a team with a source of recovery in times of suffering and hardship. Medics won't actively participate in fights unless they are directly hit by an attacker. Instead, the medics will hover about the battlefield in search of teammates in need of help, and use one of two different splash potions at close range. A medic can also heal herself if there's nobody else around in need of a hand. Having a medic on your side is basically a free source of health recovery, although they can be a bit slow at providing potions when the need is dire. Besides the fact that they can occasionally heal enemies by mistake, a medic fairy is a great ally to have on any team.

HP: 7.5 hearts - Attack: 1 - Defense: none - Aggression: avoids fighting, may flee when hit
Special Abilities: can heal teammates with potions, regenerates potion after 10 seconds

Lore:

Some fairies are faster than others, and the scout is one of those fairies. Gifted with wings of an impressive size, the scout's flying ability exceeds all others. She also wears a skin-tight body suit to minimize wind resistance. She can fly faster and higher than regular fairies, so she puts her speed to use by patrolling the perimeter of her group. The scout will stick to the edge of a group and keep watch over various things. When an enemy approaches, she has several options to consider. She can flee like a coward (most often), she can race to inform her companions, or she can put her wings to some real use and perform her trademark aerial drop attack for a serious amount of fall damage. When she's not goofing around, a scout can be a very valuable companion. As strong as her wings are, she still won't be able to fly you straight up a mountain - but there's no doubt you'll eventually reach the summit with her at your side.

HP: 7.5 hearts - Attack: 1+ - Defense: none - Aggression: may flee when hit
Special Abilities: flies higher and faster than normal, can use a super aerial drop attack

Lore:

Perhaps one of the creepier varieties, rogues aren't your typical fairy. Wearing dark protective robes and living a life devoid of sunlight, they have developed a strange health condition that aids them in battle. They are resistant to the effects of the withering disease, unlike the rest of the fairies, so they are able to thrive in darkness. However, there is one particular side effect worth mentioning: the total absence of sunlight on their skin as turned their blood poisonous! They take advantage of this by coating their specially designed sleeve blades with their own venom, and then slashing their enemies to cause various negative status effects. Once that's done, they flee like a rabbit and leave the weakened foe for the rest of their companions to finish off. Even with their reduced defenses, these fairies are still very effective on the battlefield. Just make sure you don't get on the wrong end of their blade.

Rogues are a rare class of fairy that won't spawn from eggs. They can only be found in factions.

HP: 5 hearts - Attack: 1.5 - Defense: none - Aggression: flees upon successful hit.
Special Abilities: poisons foe upon hit. poison take 5-10 seconds to recharge. not affected by withering.

Lore:




Taming: Making friends

Now that you've been introduced to the fairies, you might be thinking about making friends with a few of them. Well, you can! But it's not as simple as you'd think. In order to get a fairy to become your follower, or "tame" her, you must follow these steps in order.


They Come in Groups: Assuming you installed the mod correctly, you should probably be able to find a fairy faction quite easily. They spawn in large open fields, forests, taigas, tundras or swamps during the day. They come in groups of 8-10, and always have a central leader. The faction will consist of a variety of classes and colors. They should each have two words above their head which state their faction name. It will be something like "Avian Army" or "Dainty Demons". If you see a fairy you like in the group, proceed to step two.

Can't Find a Fairy? Try standing in the middle of a large field, waiting about a minute, then take a look around. Chances are a faction will spawn nearby while you're waiting. If you already have too many followers (more than 20 on SSP), the game may decide not to spawn any more fairies to prevent spamming.

Look Above the Head: If you find a fairy that has a white tag without <these brackets> around it or with a flower crown, the fairy belongs to someone else. If the fairy has no words at all above its head, proceed to step three.






A Previous Engagement: Since fairies are loyal to their faction, they will deny any requests to become your follower as long as their queen is still around. How to solve this problem? Well, you're going to have to be a little violent. If you're playing on Peaceful you can skip to step four. Otherwise, you will need to defeat the queen in order to earn the right to recruit her followers. If you've got some TNT or Lava handy, or if you're good with a bow, it's possible to assassinate her without anyone stopping you. Otherwise, pick up a decent sword and prepare for a long fight.

Dealing with Her Guards: As soon as you attack any fairy in the faction, any nearby companions will be notified. Some fairies will try to stop you by force, some will run away in fright, and some will try to provide support for their comrades. If a fairy has smoke above her head, she is angry. The biggest problem to deal with will be Guard fairies, since they stay close to the queen and will protect her fiercely. If you manage to defeat the queen, all of her followers will instantly stop attacking you and run away in fear. At this point, you may proceed to step three.

But I Want to Tame the Queen! If you desire to take a queen as your companion, you're in for quite a fight because you have to defeat every single one of her followers to earn her respect. This can be quite tricky, since she will be trying to attack you as well most of the time. If you do defeat her, proceed to step three.






Respect for the Dead: When a fairy faction loses its leader, all the other members of the faction will go into a state of panic. They will drop what they were doing and flee from whoever managed to slay their queen. If you try to follow them, you'll only be adding fuel to the fire. You need to leave them alone for a little while to get over their loss. It usually takes about thirty seconds for them to stop crying. Once they do, you can proceed to step four.

She Won't Stop Crying! Make sure to stay out of sight. If you get too far away from them, it's possible they might despawn naturally. Stay about 16 blocks away and count to thirty. You'll know that they've calmed down once you stop seeing blue tears above their heads.

Taking it Like a Man: A queen, unlike the other fairies, doesn't cry when her faction has been defeated. Well, technically she's crying on the inside. But she's got too much pride to show any tears. Instead, you'll have to wait for her to stop pouting, which will take even longer... up to a whole minute. Once that's over with, you can proceed to step four.






Worked up an Appetite: Once a fairy calms down, she's going to be bit confused. Without a leader, fairies lose all common sense and can't figure out what to do. At this point, it should be easy to recruit them if you can convince them you're a worthy leader. And what better way to do that than offering them a nice healthy snack?
Just choose sweet treat from this list of goodies:






And right-click your fairy. She'll accept the treat, and she will officially become your follower! She is name-bound, so she will only follow you and not any other players. Her name will appear above her head, and she'll also put on a flower hat to show her trust in humans. Congratulations, you just tamed yourself a fairy! You can have an unlimited number of followers, so to tame additional fairies, just rinse and repeat. To find out what you can do with your new companion, see the next section.



Abilities: Making use of your fairies

So now you've got a fairy companion or two. What can you do with them? Well, quite a lot, to be honest. This is a heavily AI-centered mod, so what did you expect? Here's a list of the various things you can do with your flying friends. Keep in mind that these abilities only apply to fairies you have already tamed.

Identifying a fairy: A fairy that is yours will have red @ symbols around its name. Tamed fairies will not despawn.

Travelling with a fairy: A fairy will automatically follow you wherever you go. If you get too far, the fairy may take a little while to catch up to you.

Flying with a fairy: Right-click a fairy with an empty hand to make her grab your head. Hold jump key to fly up several blocks. Flight is not infinite. Scouts fly you higher.

Healing a fairy: A fairy's eyes get paler as they lose health. Right click a fairy while holding one of the taming items (shown above) to heal her fully. Sugar only heals partially.

Making a fairy stop flying: Right click a fairy on your head to make her dismount. Hold shift and right-click a flying fairy to make her land. Fairies can't fly under low ceilings.

Making a fairy sit still: Hold shift and right-click a fairy while she is on the ground to make her sit. While sitting she will stay still unless she is attacked by an enemy.

Reading a fairy's emotions: If you see tears, she's either afraid of someone or upset. If you see smoke above her head, she's angry at something. Queens don't cry, they have smoke instead.

Getting a fairy to heal you: If you have a medic fairy following you and your health is low, she will automatically use recovery potions on you and your other fairy followers.

Getting a fairy to fight for you: If you have a guard fairy or a queen fairy with you, they will pursue and attack hostile monsters that are following you (except for creepers).

Protecting your fairy: Fairies that you own cannot be damaged by your hands or weapons. Fairies on your head are immune to all damage. Fairies will try to defend themselves against attackers.

Disbanding a fairy: There are certain things in minecraft that fairies find very offensive. To make a fairy leave your party, right click her with one of the following items:

She will run away crying and become untamed. She can be re-tamed again afterwards.

Forcibly spawning a fairy: Use the purple-and-pink egg in creative mode. You can't spawn queens with these.

Making fairies teleport: Fairies can teleport to you like wolves, but only if you have an ender eye or an ender pearl in your inventory.

Other uses for a fairy: Fairies drop glowstone powder when they die.

Stealing a fairy: You can tame another player's fairy as long as that fairy is not a queen type. The player will be notified of this if they are online.

Renaming a fairy: Right click a fairy that you own with paper while she is sitting. Leave blank for her default name. Queens always have a prefix.

To make something funny happen: Name a fairy "Steve".

To change a fairy's hair style: Right-click her with a pair of shears.

More abilities and AI features will be added in later updates.


It's been a long time coming, and a lot of things have been added! The colonization update brings a lot of new features related to making your fairy society more organized and productive. If you want to hear about the new fairy class, go back up to the classes section. Other minor little details have been listed in the abilities section. What I'll list below are the details about the biggest additions: the withering disease, the post system and the job system.


The Withering Disease: Why fairies can't be miners.


The withering disease is an illness that affects fairies due to lack of sunlight. Fairies need a constant source of light in order to be healthy, and when shrouded in complete darkness for a long time, something very bad happens to them. They develop a serious condition called withering. It makes their skin and hair turn greyish and pale, and it makes puffs of green smoke come out of their bodies. It also decreases their flight duration. Most importantly, as long as a fairy has the withering disease, their health will be constantly draining until it sits at just half a heart, meaning almost any hit will kill them instantly. It's important to try to avoid this if possible, which can simply be done by keeping them in well lit areas. Now, to clarify:

A fairy will only become withered: If she remains in complete darkness for a total of one minute. Moonlight counts as light. So do dim lights such as redstone torches.

To cure the withering disease: Simply expose the fairy to direct sunlight, or feed them a speckled melon slice.



The Post System: Designate an area for your fairies.






What's a post for? A lot of things! It's basically a label which designates an area for a fairy to stay near. You can use posts to mark a fairy's house, set up a guard position, or even declare a work site. In order to set up a post, just follow these steps:

1 - Have a tamed fairy with you that you own.

2 - Place a sign down on the ground and put the fairy's name somewhere on it, all on one line. It's also case sensitive.

3 - If you want the fairy to roam further from the sign, type ~f somewhere on the sign.

4 - Stand right next to the sign with your fairy and wait. When your fairy's red @ symbols become green @, your fairy is assigned to the post.

Now that the fairy is at the post, she will stop following you. She'll stay in that general area, and try to stay within 6 blocks of the post at all times. If you included the "~f" tag, she'll roam further, as far as 12 blocks. The fairies will roam outside of this range sometimes, but they'll generally always come back if they can find a way back. Also keep in mind that if a fairy is sitting down, she will not move, even if she is at a post. As an added bonus, fairies assigned to posts cannot be stolen by other players. Multiple fairies can be assigned to the same post.

To un-assign a fairy from a post: Either make it ride on your head, or break the sign.

The most important reason for the post system, however, is the job system:



The Job System: Get your fairies to do some work for you.






Ah, the job system. This is what you guys all really wanted to see! Yes, it's true, your fairies can now be used as a cheap source of labour for various repetitive jobs. All you have to do is assign your fairies to a post, and then put a chest nearby with items for them to use. Currently, fairies can handle six different kinds of tasks: farming wheat, melons and pumpkins, harvesting wood, harvesting reeds, breeding livestock, collecting wool, and fishing. However, each of these tasks requires a certain setup, which will be explained by the following:

How does this stuff work? Fairies, unlike the player, have no inventory for holding items. Instead, fairies use chests to hold their items and equipment. Whenever a fairy uses an item, the item is used directly from the chest itself. Fairies must be within 6 horizontal blocks and no more than 1 vertical block of the chest in order to access it. Fairy jobs are context sensitive, so fairies will do different things depending on what items are present. Here's a complete and comprehensive list of what fairies can currently do:

- pick up certain items from the ground and place them into nearby chests.
- use hoes to create farmland from dirt or grass
- plant wheat, pumpkin, or melon seeds on farmland blocks
- place reed blocks near the water where they will grow.
- destroy wild grass blocks for seeds
- harvest fully grown wheat plants for seeds and wheat
- harvest melons and pumpkins
- harvest reed plants at least 2 blocks tall
- use axes to cut down trees
- passively destroy nearby leaf blocks if an axe is in the chest
- pick up fallen log blocks and saplings
- plant saplings in appropriate areas where they will grow
- give wheat to animals (for breeding) if they are ready to mate and a pair is present
- shear sheep that have wool on them
- go fishing using fishing rods in nearby chests
- collect the fish they catch
- pick up edible food on the ground (must correspond to their preferences)
- eat food to recover health if they are hurt

No fairy has any specific job. Jobs are defined by what is in the chest. But there are four specific jobs that the fairies are most suitable for, which will be listed below:




At a farm, fairies will hoe the ground, plant seeds, and harvest the fully grown wheat/pumpkins/melons. Just leave them for a while and they'll eventually fill out their plot, producing hundreds of wheat and seeds over the span of a few hours. They can also harvest pumpkins for whatever reason, and melon slices which they can eat if they get hungry.

What you need to do:
- pick out a flat area for the farm to be in.
- put down a post, and put a chest directly next to the post.
- make little water sources around the farm with appropriate spacing, like above.
- get some workers on the farm: the more, the better.
- make sure the workers don't run out of hoes. one iron hoe should last a typical farm a very long time.
- keep in mind that melons and pumpkins need space to grow next to a vine: the fairies are aware of this.

What you need to Provide:
- hoes. the more the better.
- seeds. again the more the better. fairies can get more seeds by cutting down wild grass.
- (optional) bonemeal. fairies can use bonemeal to insta-grow plants.




Forestry workers will plant trees, chop them down when they're grown, collect the logs and saplings that fall, and start again. Fairies have a clever ability: when they use their axes to cut down a tree, it eliminates every log block in the tree (usually) in a single swipe. However, for every log that the tree has, the axe gets damaged that much. With a forest operation set up, fairies will infinitely harvest log blocks until their chest fills up or until they run out of axes. If you want, fairies can even be used to take down a giant jungle tree - just remember to use a sturdy axe.

What you need to do:
- pick out a flat area for the forest to be in.
- put down a post, and put a chest directly next to the post.
- get some workers on the forest: the more, the better.
- make sure the workers don't run out of axes. one iron axe should last a typical forest operation a very long time.
- keep in mind that larger trees take will do more damage to the axes being used.
- do not set up a forestry station near a wooden house. if a tree connects to a log house, the fairy's tree cutting algorithm may cause them to destroy part of the house.

What you need to Provide:
- axes. the more the better.
- a handful of saplings, or one tree to get saplings from.




Reed farms are a little different because no hoes are required, meaning that a reed farm needs no maintenance whatsoever and you can generate an infinite amount of reeds over time without having to check back in. What you may run out of is chest space, though that's generally a good thing. With a reed farm you can generate tons of paper that you can use to give all your fairies custom names! Or you can use the generated sugar to feed and tame more fairies! It's a dual-purpose farm.

What you need to do:
- pick out an area near lots of water for the farm to be in.
- make sure that the shore is composed of sand, grass, and/or dirt.
- put down a post, and put a chest directly next to the post.
- get some workers on the farm: the more, the better.
- make sure that there's no ceiling so the plants can grow high.
- make sure none of your fairies are named "Floppy-butt" because that name is terrible.

What you need to Provide:
- just some reeds to start with. fairies will plant more as they make more.




Animal breeding facilities are meant for the obvious: breeding animals. Starting out with a small amount of animals, ending up with a large amount. Fairies can manage an animal breeding facility all by themselves, giving wheat to animals when they are ready to breed. The animals that they can currently breed are pigs, sheep, cows, chickens, and mooshrooms. Support for ocelots and wolves will come later. As long as there is wheat in the chest, the fairy will continue to breed animals. All the rules for regular breeding by the player still apply. If left for a while, the room will become overpopulated and bursting with animals. It's your job to figure out what to do when it gets to that point.

A smart idea is to build a small farm outside of the breeding facility, and make the farmer and the breeder share the same chest. This will ensure a steady supply of wheat.

What you need to do:
- build a small room that is secure so the animals and the fairy can't get in and out. the room should be small, 5x5 to 7x7 is good.
- put down a post somewhere, and put a chest near that post.
- get a fairy worker in there. one is usually enough for a small room.
- get some animals up in there. at least two of the same type.
- figure out how much wheat you need. remember that two wheat is needed to produce one animal.
- figure out what to do with the horde of livestock you're about to unleash.
- keep in mind that fairies can easily fly over short walls. make a roof on your building.

What you need to Provide:
- wheat. just wheat.




Sheep shearing is a lot like animal breeding, except you're producing cloth blocks instead of more animals. There's also a bit of a twist to it. Sheep don't regrow their wool over time. Instead, the replenish it by eating grass. So you have to make sure that there is a source of replenishable grass nearby. After a while you'll notice that you have a lot of cloth blocks in the chest. That's a good thing, it means the shearing facility is working. Also remember that you can color your sheep and get them to produce colored wool.

It's a good idea to combine a breeding facility with a shearing facility by just putting wheat and shears in the same chest.

What you need to do:
- build a small room that is secure so the animals and the fairy can't get in and out. the room should be small, 5x5 to 7x7 is good.
- put down a post somewhere, and put a chest near that post.
- get a fairy worker in there. one is usually enough for a small room.
- get some sheep. the more the better.
- figure out what to do with all the wool you'll be making over time.

What you need to Provide:
- shears. they do wear out so provide a bunch.
- a source of grass that will regrow itself. expose it to sunlight and stuff. and make sure it does grow back.




It cannot be denied that when you take cute things and give them fishing rods, they become even more cute. This is one of the laws of the universe. A fishing fairy is more than just cute however, they are quite useful. They can reel in a lot of fish, and will catch one almost every time they cast out. They use their rods in reel-time, waiting for the lure to bob, just like players do. Their rods won't catch anything other than fish though, so you don't need to worry about being hit by them. Another thing to note: they sit down while fishing.

What you need to do:
- pick out a nice flat fishing spot, in an area like the one above.
- put down a post somewhere, and put a chest near that post.
- get some fairies to go fishing. two or three is good.
- figure out what to do with all the fish you'll be getting.

What you need to Provide:
- fishing rods. they do wear out so provide a bunch.
- a large supply of beer.




Future Additions: The two remaining major updates



The ARENA Update:
Inspired by the popularity of Clay Soldiers arena battles, this mode will allow players to stage mob fights for entertainment purposes.
- Configurable "politics mode" - makes wild or user-created fairy factions fight each other naturally.
- Fights will be to the death, instead of just until the queen is dead.
- Server commands for spawning a user-specified custom faction with ease (with a custom name, maybe?)
- Configurable team-colored hair and outfits to better tell factions apart.
- Configurable setting to make all fairies brave so they won't run away from battles.
- Scout AI of wild facions will be updated so they can inform their faction of nearby enemies.
- Medics will be forced to duke it out if they are the only ones remaining.

The WAR Update:
This update is mostly server based, adding PVP options. But it also adds a mount. So it's a bit of an oddball.
- Server commands will allow players to declare each other as Enemies, Allies or Neutral(default).
- A fairy will attack an enemy player or a follower of an enemy player on sight. A war won't stop until peace is declared by both players.
- Players won't be able to hurt allied fairies, or take them, or get them to follow, but will be able to heal them.
- ALSO Adds a mount to the game. It will be too small for the player to ride but fairies can ride it. It will be a surprise.


Other Things for future updates:
- Two more secret classes, each will be added in a separate update.
- Crying noises and more sound effects.
- Configuration/Options: Change spawn limits, enable/disable fairy stealing, spawn specific fairies using commands, turning messages on and off, etc.
- Maybe, possibly, fairy reproduction...? Not until WAY later.

Things that will NOT be added:
- Making the player become a fairy.
- Controlling fairies remotely.
- fairy miners, and here's why.








Information: What you need to know

Compatibility Info:

- This mod is made for Minecraft client 1.2.5 and server 1.2.5. It is made for ModLoader with Forge.

- It currently has no known incompatibilities or issues with other existing mods.

- It is not currently made to work with bukkit servers (though it may eventually if someone assists me with that).

- Entity ID 65 is used for the fairies, and Entity ID 64 is used for their fishing hooks. No item IDs or block IDs are used.

- Fairies are considered by the game to be EntityAnimals, but all breeding functionality has been disabled (for the moment).


Client Installation:

YOU MUST INSTALL THE CLIENT VERSION TO PLAY ON FAIRY-ENABLED SERVERS.

Step 1: Make sure you have Risugami's ModLoader installed. It can be found on this page. Many other mods use ModLoader as well. Several tutorials exist to help you with installing it.

Step 2: Install Risugami's AudioMod using basically the same method you used to install ModLoader. It can be found on the same page.

Step 3: Install the client version of LexManos' Forge. It can be found here. You still need to have this installed even if you are not going to be playing on servers. Again, just like ModLoader.

Step 4: Download the client version of the fairy mod from one of the links below - your choice. Extract the files from the rar archive. (the mod won't work if you just drag the downloaded file into your mods folder)

Step 5: Take the folder titled "mod" and copy-paste it into .minecraft/resources. If you do this wrong you won't be able to hear any fairy voices.

Step 6: Take the zip file named "fairymod.zip" and copy-paste it into .minecraft/mods. If you don't have a "mods" folder, make a new one. Alternately, you can extract the contents of "fairymod.zip" and move them into minecraft.jar using an archive utility.

And now you're done! You should be able to start playing the mod in single-player or multi-player mode.



Server Installation:

(Only required if you want to host a fairy-enabled server)
You have to enable flying in the properties or players may get kicked randomly.

Step 1: Install the server version of LexManos' Forge. It can be found here. Remember that these files go into your server jar, not your client jar.

Step 2: Download the server version of the fairy mod from one of the links below. Extract the files from the zip.

Step 3: Move the extracted files into your server jar using an archive manager such as WinRAR or 7-zip.

And now you're done! The mod should show up in your server console when you start it up.








Downloads: Yes, downloads.


MediaFire Links - for the cool kids

* Client: FairyFactions_C_125_forge.rar - For Minecraft 1.2.5

* Server: FairyFactions_S_125_forge.zip - For Minecraft Server 1.2.5

Dropbox Links - mirrors in case the above dont work

* Client: FairyFactions_C_125_forge.rar - For Minecraft 1.2.5

* Server: FairyFactions_S_125_forge.zip - For Minecraft Server 1.2.5


Older Versions - outdated
* Client: FairyFactionsCV1.2.5.rar - For Minecraft 1.2.5
* Server: FairyFactionsSV1.2.5.zip - For Minecraft Server 1.2.5
* Client: FairyFactionsCV1.1.rar - For Minecraft 1.1
* Server: FairyFactionsSV1.1.zip - For Minecraft Server 1.1


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The community needs to enlighten me on this, because I can't figure it out. Why do people complain when a newly added block or item doesn't have 15 different uses? What ever happened to personal choice? Isn't that a big part of sandbox games?

Why is it such a big deal for some to disagree with an idea just because a similar idea already exists in the game?


The main issues where this matters is new blocks, decoration items, and new combat items.

New block/decorative options

I don't see why the game should be restricted to blocks with a purpose. We have many blocks that are only used to build with. I don't understand why people are against adding decorative blocks into the game. Building is a large part of the game and is the main element that makes Minecraft a sandbox. It's like saying we shouldn't improve building in Minecraft.

Weapons

I don't see why each weapon added needs to be completely unique in order for it to be considered. It's like the game would be ruined if a reskinned version of the sword was added to the game. I really don't see why. It would just add a layer of choice that many other games let you do.

People go so much further than that. A new weapon could have unique properties, but the properties aren't unique enough. I don't see why someone can view an extra option as a bad thing, imagine how I feel when someone says my weapon isn't unique enough. If it is somewhat unique it should be considered, because it adds variety.

Why should Minecraft be exempt from things like daggers and shortswords, because of the sole reason that Minecraft already has a sword?

How is this a sound reason to not include something?


There are many things that fall under these categories. I don't see why this is such a big issue with some people. It's like they don't even consider whether it would even affect them when they state their opinion. Why should something not be added solely for the reason that some specific person wouldn't use it when they play?

I don't think it is right for people to just assume everyone plays like they play, everyone has the same interests that they have, and want the same things that they do. Does anyone else agree that we should be supporting things that complement the Minecraft experience? It shouldn't matter whether it is needed or not if it allows a unique flavor to the game and promotes creativity. I think creativity and variety fits Minecraft best and I don't see why people disagree so often about simple considerations and most of the time they don't even provide valid reasons.