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10/17/12 Current v1.4.2 Muscled RPG
-New lapis, diamond, coal, restone and emerald ore
-New lapis block
-New wood planks
-New crafting table
-New stone bricks
-New nether brick
-New enchanting table
-New tools
-Raised saturation on water
-Color corrections
-Updated to 12w41b Snapshot

9/29/12 v1.4.1 Muscled RPG
This is an almost complete overhaul, so here's the major list
-Retextured all the natural terrain blocks:
-stone, dirt, cobblestone, gravel, sand, clay, obsidian, wood
-All new ores
-New stone bricks and half slabs
-New wood and iron doors
-New bricks
-New glass
-New redstone repeater
-New enchanting table
-Better ore blocks (except lapis)
-Color tweaks on almost everything
-Planed mod support (maybe...)

9/16/12 v1.4 Muscled RPG
-Sneak peak of upcomming overhaul
-Updated to Minecraft 1.3.2

6/3/12 v1.3.4 Muscled RPG
-Touched up the new wood
-Textured jungle sappling
-Fixed some tiling errors
-Fixed redstone bug
-General tweaking

4/5/12 v1.3.3 Muscled RPG
-Added 1.2.5 support
-Edited new sandstone textures
-Edited new wood textures

3/18/12 v1.3.2 Muscled RPG
-Fixed sappling bug

3/8/12 v1.3.1 Muscled RPG
-Added 1.2.3 compatablity
-New lilly pad
-Fixed Myceillium discoloration
-New default sidegrass
-Edited Redstone lamp
-Edited circular stone brick

2/9/12 v1.3 Muscled RPG
-Added snapshot support
-New leaves
-Some new icons
-Edited brewing stand
-New ender egg
-Fixed odd looking lapis ore
-Better sugar cane
-Minor tweaks

1/13/12 v1.2.6 Muscled RPG
-Added 1.1 support
-Lowered saturation levels of wool colors
-Redited bow pull-back
-Changed achievement bg
-Edited kz background
-Edited sun and moon
-Added slightly more depth to cobblestone
-Retextured furnace
-Retextured piston

1/1/12 v1.2.5 Muscled RPG
-Darkened and recolored GUI
-Recolored some wood textures
-Edited particles
-Fixed dial bug causing lag
-New tall grass
-New ender egg texture

12/22/11 v1.2.4 Muscled RPG
-All New GUI!
-New wood underside
-More small improvements

12/13/11 Muscled RPG v1.2.3
-New bricks
-New mellons
-New soul sand
-New Bow
-Edited mushrooms
-Edited cauldron
-Some small improvements
-A couple of bug fixes

11/30/11 Muscled RPG v1.2.2
-New stone slabs
-New dirt
-Edited pumpkins
-Updated ores
-New wood tiling
-New ore block tiling
-New mushroom textures
-New cake!

11/15/11 Muscled RPG v1.2.1
There are a lot of changes, so I'll just list the big ones:
-New stone and ores
-New stone bricks
-New half steps
-New pumpkins
-New wooden and iron doors
-New ore blocks
-New sponge
-Updated endstone

10/30/11 Muscled RPG v1.2
-Changed tools
-Changed pistons
-Edited ore blocks
-Changed cactus
-Edited beds
-Some other crap I can't remember

10/25/11 Muscled RPG v1.1.2
-Added Prerelease 5 compatibility
-Updated doors
-Updated chests
-Updated workbench
-New Glass
-Added more transparency to water
-Small cosmetic changes

10/22/11 Muscled RPG v1.1.1
-Added more transparency to water
-Added textures to door, trapdoor and bookcase
-Changed glass
-Added some item changes
-New torches!

10/14/11 Muscled RPG v1.1
-Added 1.9 Prerelease 4 compatibility
-Changed wood textures
-A bit more changes

10/13/11 Muscled RPG v1.0
-First Post!
-Edited most of terrain
-Barely edited items

Please visit the thread for the idea mentioned in the poll and contribute your thoughts/concerns/ideas to insomniac_lemon. I have sent a message to Dinnerbone and will attempt to communicate with Jeb directly regarding this matter.

I would like to take a moment to address a serious concern I have after looking around the higher-resolution texture-pack community. Many of these packs, including some of the most popular ones (I’m not going to name names) are using textures from sources such as cgtextures.com and google images. While this may seem an easy way to do business, it is illegal. It is also detracting from their personal artistic integrity to use such sources, and an anonymous person contacted the owner of a site “cgtextures.com” and forwarded me the contents of the message.

I am delivering the personal message from the creator of cgtextures.com that states the terms and conditions of using his textures.

Hi,

Redistributing textures by themselves or in texture packs is not allowed (even when the textures are modified), the license is pretty clear about this:

It is NOT permitted to:
- Sell or distribute any of these textures in an unmodified form, or where the derived product you are selling or distributing is a Texture or a collection of Textures. IN OTHER WORDS: Do not sell or distribute any of these textures (modified or not) by itself or in a texture pack ...

Redistribution is only allowed when bundled with a 3D model, and in this case credits to CGTextures have to be given (a small credit text mentioning that images from CGTextures have been used).

If you can keep a lookout and stop people from offering these textures on adf.ly that would be great. It’s not as bad as when people offer my textures in raw form on websites like Megaupload (at least some creativity was involved with the Minecraft texture packs), but it is against the terms of use and too confusing for other people.

Thanks for the compliments on the website, we’ll do our best to keep it updated with good stuff!

Kind regards,

Marcel Vijfwinkel
http://www.cgtextures.com

Some screenshots of the pack in action on the (OLD)Official Minecraft Unions’ Server:

I create a banner for each pack of the week that is chosen. Feel free to copy the image to your thread if your pack is chosen
Here are some screenshots of the featured pack in action on the TAU server! Feel free to submit your own!

How we choose what we feature:


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PREVIOUSLY FEATURED PACKS:

We, the artists who provide the Minecraft community with a service, have entered into a union. This is something that is necessary, and will hopefully help us to protect our artwork and better provide our services to you. There have been numerous instances where we wish that we had collective bargaining rights [for example, the new license policy], and because of everything, we are formally declaring a union to help protect us, which in turn helps us to continue to provide you with the artwork that keeps your Minecraft experience unique and original.

Our mission is to group together to be able to provide unified feedback for changes that are proposed and/or implemented, both to the policies of this website that apply to texture artists, and changes to the game that could severely impact our creative implementation of artwork.

I’m reaching out to the community here for support of the union. Anyone who has created artwork for the game that would like to join, please comment below with something meaningful. Feel free to suggest ways to improve the union, and anything you would like to see happen as a result of the union’s ratification of incorporation.

When applying, please comment with a link to your thread.
***If you apply without providing a link, an image, and a request for your emblem, we will refer you to this section of this thread’s OP to read the guidelines for application***
WIP are acceptable but if you have only a few textures done, we may want to wait until you have more completed.
Please post an image of your original work (preferably a daytime screenshot]. An admin will respond as soon as we determine it is original work.

Admin criterion:
-You must be an established texture artist and be voted in by a majority of the current admins
-There must exist an open admin position

General criterion for joining the union:
-You must have contributed AND POSTED a downloadable compilation of works of your artwork. Please note the stipulations above regarding WIP’s. Please include a link to your work in the application comment.
-You must be willing to support the union and join in voting from time to time.
-You must conform to posting guidelines [outlined below].
-The work you do has to be original, that is to say that if you are simply applying a filter or smudging someone else’s texture, it doesn’t count.
-Remix artists, you have no place here, this is to protect original art. Dokucraft continuations and other communal packs that have individual contributors are okay but are under much scrutiny.
-You must read the OP and check for changes as often as you can. ***PLEASE READ THE EMBLEM INFORMATION SECTION***
-When applying, please specify which emblem you would like.
-We refuse to accept “bucket-fill” packs. Period.
-Simple packs (for the most part) do not take much skill to create; therefore, if you create a simple pack as your submission, I warn you in advance that you are under much more scrutiny before being initiated.

We work together to ensure that our artwork remains our own, and have emblem secured membership that shows that the artist is backed by the Union, in case of discrepancies and/or loss of intellectual property. This emblem is the symbol that represents a license of creative works, which is outlined here.

A few words of clarification:
“The emblem (and it’s different ranks) does not and should not replace your license. And for everyone who doesn’t want a license-- too bad, it’s required on the forums now, so you’ll just have to deal with it. There are a lot of very simple and easy to copy-and-paste licenses out there, so it shouldn’t take you more than a minute to throw one up on your OP.

That said, having a Union emblem at the bottom of your OP will not only identify you as a member, it will also-- with time and exposure-- come to be a quick reference for anyone looking to potentially use your textures. Again, they should also read your license, but if they see a diamond emblem they know right off the bat that the answer to any of their requests is no.

The point of both the emblem and the Union is to try to protect you guys, the texture artists. To that end, we are trying to come up with a unified, stream-lined system that will supplement licenses and help to simplify the legal conundrums that go along with them. It may take some time, but with a bit of luck and a lot of advertising this will become something that everyone uses on a regular basis, and which will help to cut down on the current confusion.” -steelfeathers

There are two main parts to the emblem.
The first: A gold letter Tau means Admin, a silver Tau means Member.
The second: There are 4 levels of licensing ownership represented by your emblem, which is chosen by YOU, which is why you must be given the emblem.

Wood: The lowest level. Having this on your pack indicates that your textures can be used by anyone-- with or without explicit permission-- for any purpose, including remix packs. NOTE: As a precaution, the default expectation of this rule is that the textures cannot be used with adfly links. If you don’t care if someone uses adfly links with your pack, be sure to say so in your written license.

Iron: A moderate level of security. Having this on your pack indicates that your textures can be used by anyone-- with or without explicit permission-- for any purpose, including remix packs, so long as credit is clearly given to the original author both within the zip file (as a readme) and on the original post of the remix. NOTE: As a precaution, the default expectation of this rule is that the textures cannot be used with adfly links. If you don’t care if someone uses adfly links with your pack, be sure to say so in your written license.

Gold: A strict level of security. Having this on your pack indicates that your textures can only be used after written permission is obtained from the creator of the pack. It also indicates that adfly links on remixes are never acceptable, under any circumstances.

Diamond: The highest level of security. Having this on your pack indicates that your textures cannot be used for any remixing or redistribution purposes whatsoever, including re-posting to a different website. It also indicates that adfly links on remixes are never acceptable, under any circumstances.


Fellow artists, please include your emblem [given by admin] on your ORIGINAL POST [mandatory] and your banners/signatures [optional]. This is now the new standardized emblem set! Thanks for your cooperation.

ONCE AGAIN LET ME RE-ITERATE THE FACT THAT YOUR EMBLEM MUST BE GIVEN BY AN ADMIN!!!

1. Anything posted in this topic not in direct reference to the union or texture-related content will be reported and deleted.
2. When posting pictures of art in development, please don’t post “night” or “storm” pictures without also uploading one in daylight.
3. If you are posting more than one picture in a comment, please put the rest in a spoiler. If you do not know how to do this, please ask someone.
4. Be polite, and know your role. That is to say if you are a member, you should not be telling people whether or not they can join. That is an admin’s decision.
5. Be sure to follow all of the forum rules.
6. DO NOT QUOTE THE ENTIRE OP!!!
7. Feel free to ask for help on textures, ask for feedback, and provide information about changes to the game.
8. When posting videos, please include them in a spoiler with some description as to what they are about.
9. You MUST include your emblem in your threads on this and any other forum (including but not limited to Planet Minecraft).
10. You must be willing to support the union by voting in ALL union-sponsored polls.
11. The emblems are a standard. If including in your signature, it must be the official TAU-sanctioned emblem.





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1. Anyone blaming the Union for things that happen on someone’s private server, we are not liable. The other thing, any personal servers are just that. Personal. The person running that server can choose what rules he/she wants. But, my fellow union members,if you choose to play on a private server, I expect you to represent the Union in a positive manner. If I hear any namecalling, threats, insults, griefing, or anything of the like coming from a union member, regardless of whether it is a private server, a comment thread, or other place, let it be known that you will be given ONE warning to stop. If you continue, you will be banned from the union. This union is about building community, not the destruction of it.

2. Any of he-said she-said stuff needs to be handled elsewhere. This thread is not the place to act like children, and I am telling you now I am not your mother or father. Be adult about situations. My advice, if someone is treating you wrong: IGNORE THEM and TELL AN ADMIN. Thank you.

3. If you have an issue with someone in the union or something they said/did and the situation heats up, tell an admin. We cannot have contention in this place. We need to represent the union in a positive way.

This section has been moved to a new thread.

We have decided that the best idea for alternate textures is to decide who wants to be a part of the community of people interested in making alternate textures. Being a part of this community is OPTIONAL. If you decide to be a part of the alt community, please comment saying clearly that you would like to be involved in it.

The rules of the alt community:
1. You can create alternate textures only for other members of the alt community.
2. The alternate textures must be presented to the original artist for approval for publishing.
3. The original artist is under NO obligation to use your alternate texture, but if they do, credit must be given in written form.

As people join this community, I will post their names here.
If any argumentation arises as a result of this concept’s introduction, please do not comment but instead PM the admins regarding your issue. If too many people complain, we will just get rid of this section. So play fair and be nice.

Current alt community members:
1. 42and19
2. Drfrozenfire
3. pwned1711
4. Oys
5. Haruhiko123
6.

Texture pack reviews part 1: Bordercraft
Texture pack reviews part 2: Enchanted
Texture pack reviews part 3: The pack of Dorian Grey
Texture pack reviews part 4: Sevenfour’s Ornate
Texture pack reviews part 5: Mythos
Texture pack reviews part 6: Drasavil
Texture pack reviews part 7: Resonance
Texture pack reviews part 8: Silent Night
Texture pack reviews part 9 1/2: Deuteros
Texture pack reviews part 9 2/2: Deuteros
Texture pack reviews part 10: Glimmar’s Steampunk
Texture pack reviews part 11: Repiticraft
Texture pack reviews part 12: 21st century-craft
Texture pack reviews part 13: Mirtazapine Augmented Reality
Texture pack reviews part 14: Xaiwaker
Texture pack reviews part 15: Chromatose
Texture pack reviews part 15: Thistle pack
Review of Appleslinky’s Isolation Texture Pack
Review of Drfrozenfire’s Synthetic Reality version 4.0.3 Texture Pack
Review of Emperor DOOM’s VonDoomcraft Texture Pack
Review of Croco15’s Grimpack Texture Pack
Review of Leostereo’s Squareswept Texture Pack
Review of 42and19’s Remnant Texture Pack
Review of Steelfeathers’ Dollhouse Texture Pack
Review of ds777fighter’s DSCraft Texture Pack
Review of lilyo’s Jungle Ruins Texture Pack

Xaiwaker: an interview with Xaivern
21st Century-Craft: An interview with dr_pootis
Mirtazapine Augmented Reality: an interview with Pdeobear

Texture pack tutorials part 1: Introduction
Texture pack tutorials part 2: Installation
Texture pack tutorials part 3: The technical side of creation
Simple guide to help ores seem “embedded” in stone
The Comprehensive Guide to Understanding MCPatcher’s Features (For Texture Artists)


Texture pack tutorials Bonus: Optifine
Texture pack tutorials Bonus

-Create a test track to show off pack development

1. Drfrozenfire
2. Theevilpplz
3. imnumberfour
4. appleslinky
5. Jobs2k
6. 13thMurder
7. JimmyWalker97
8. peytonisgreat
9. corner_g

1. The Fiftyniner
2. e7TopHat
3. Spirituality
4. Croco15
5. 8bitN
6. Emma_Saxon
7. vexx32
8. dr_pootis
9. Proloe
10. Haruhiko123
11. pwned1711
12. Mmm Octopie
13. JOESCHIRMJAGER
14. iixiil
15. D.F.Y
16. Oys
17. lordarmadillo
18. TheNewerBakery
19. Lilyo
20. Darkaine
21. dorianGREY326
22. Rarrasdas
23. Eviscerator11
24. Chalarie
25. Blockheadindustries
26. thecrazydudesrd
27. ds777fighter
28. Degraph
29. xaivern
30. Strdr
31. Korthos
32. kanokarob
33. kabonos
34. supr_g33k_7120
35. Matonk
36. CaduceusGUILT
37. nick248
38. VeteranGoblin
39. drybones41
40. MLGM
41. DeadBeyond
42. Zomxilla
43. Grugsy
44. omega234
45. Danori
46. TizNarniaz2
47. Scuttles
48. Amalah
49. crowshadow
50. Dante80
51. X_Paragon_X
52. TheMirror
53. OrangeAle
54. TheGurw
55. TheMadWolf
56. Yushatak
57. Leostereo
58. Disethas
59. Die442931
60. Jaedumuth
61. DMc298
62. Valaadus_
63. aussie_modder
64. Traceroy
65. Dan2098
66. celticguy08
67. loSe
68. Mine4eva
69. VPtKm
70. D1amondF1st
71. Pdeobear
72. Norwayguy
73. GTG3000
74. Epicmidget
75. Blaziken584
76. JamieLow
77. XSSheep
78. Unh3lpful
79. Abakkus
80. arminrulezzz
81. crowemat000
82. bonemouse
83. Zeroniite
84. WubbaDuckii
85. Toofifty
86. walliwall
87. Browen
88. Magnus743
89. MopyDream44
90. Thistle
91. lordofsax
92. grar
93. scyp10
94. Darkshied001
95. epiclinkfan101
96. DanCraft
97.rbailey5
98. Anlijental
99. Losm
100. Levaunt
101. ClipTy
102. HappyTinkles
103. gaminglord
104. KDStudios
105. Teknician
106. insomniac_lemon
107. Fire_Fist
108. DicloniusHuman
109. 42and19
110. Emperor DOOM
120. minihilly
121. jhaynie123
122. Nuttyprot
123. cowsareawesome
124. Alanay
125. SofiJP
126. Gigfran_Enfys
127. turek279
128. Mutro
129. Cholecan
130. Neoncube123
131. ditomonkey
132. Stronghold257
133. Ancentras
134. Fishy von Mint
135. represent601
136. Dudeofawesome673
137. adigregorio
138. Verticity
139. minionsdevil
140. Develsaa
141. epiclizard99
142. vfd42
143. BlueBoxStar
144. Sven10
145. Reec3ty
146. Steelfeathers
147. NorthenerSouth
148. samohtj
149. corner_g
150. Deonyi

8bitN
13thMurder
42and19
Abakkus
adigregorio
Alanay
Amalah
Ancentras
Anlijental
appleslinky
arminrulezzz
aussie_modder
Blaziken584
Blockheadindustries
BlueBoxStar
bonemouse
Browen
CaduceusGUILT
celticguy08
Cholecan
ClipTy
corner_g
cowsareawesome
crowemat000
crowshadow
D.F.Y
D1amondF1st
Dan2098
DanCraft
Danori
Dante80
Darkaine
Darkshied001
DeadBeyond
Degraph
Develsaa
DicloniusHuman
Disethas
ditomonkey
DMc298
dorianGREY326
dr_pootis
Drfrozenfire
drybones41
Dudeofawesome673
ds777fighter
e7TopHat
Emma_Saxon
Emperor DOOM
epiclinkfan101
epiclizard99
Epicmidget
Fire_Fist
Fishy von Mint
gaminglord
Gigfran_Enfys
grar
GTG3000
Haruhiko123
iixiil
imnumberfour
insomniac_lemon
Jaedumuth
JamieLow
JimmyWalker97
jhaynie123
Jobs2k
JOESCHIRMJAGER
kabonos
kanokarob
KDStudios
Korthos
Leostereo
Levaunt
lordarmadillo
lordofsax
loSe
Losm
Magnus743
Matonk
Mine4eva
minihilly
minionsdevil
Mmm Octopie
MopyDream44
Mutro
Neoncube123
NorthenerSouth
Norwayguy
Nuttyprot
omega234
OrangeAle
Oys
Pdeobear
peytonisgreat
pwned1711
Rarrasdas
rbailey5
Reec3ty
represent601
samohtj
Scuttles
scyp10
SofiJP
Steelfeathers
Strdr
Stronghold257
supr_g33k_7120
Sven10
Teknician
thecrazydudesrd
Theevilpplz
TheGurw
TheMadWolf
TheMirror
TheNewerBakery
Thistle
TizNarniaz2
Toofifty
turek279
Unh3lpful
Verticity
VeteranGoblin
vexx32
vfd42
VPtKm
walliwall
WubbaDuckii
X_Paragon_X
xaivern
XSSheep
Yushatak
Zeroniite
Zomxilla

We are taking donations to help us pay for our website, server, and our teamspeak If you have adfly proceeds you would like to contribute, we would be most appreciative. If you have anything else, that is also fine. We have used the money donated so far to pay for a website and hosting, and future proceeds will go to help support TAU-sponsored contests, in order to provide cool prizes.

We have also branched out and created a union for the modding community:
The MU: The Modders’ Union

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