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GasBandit
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And the project after that, when you can't enlarge the Z axis any more.... are you going to just double the X and Y and make a DeathAdvil?
And the project after that, when you can't enlarge the Z axis any more.... are you going to just double the X and Y and make a DeathAdvil?[/QUOTE]
Possibly!
And I should have been more clear, when I meant 'double', I actually meant on one axis. Which means technically the new sphere is 4x the size of the old one. The large lake to the north will basically be covered by a dome by the time I'm done.
GasBandit
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And the project after that, when you can't enlarge the Z axis any more.... are you going to just double the X and Y and make a DeathAdvil?[/QUOTE]
Possibly!
And I should have been more clear, when I meant 'double', I actually meant on one axis. Which means technically the new sphere is 4x the size of the old one. The large lake to the north will basically be covered by a dome by the time I'm done.[/QUOTE]
That's what I thought you meant. My statement was, as the first one was 64m in diameter, and this one is going to be 128m in diameter (which is the height limit from bedrock to sky), is the next one going to be a 128x256 circular capsule? heh
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noaxark
And the project after that, when you can't enlarge the Z axis any more.... are you going to just double the X and Y and make a DeathAdvil?[/QUOTE]
Possibly!
And I should have been more clear, when I meant 'double', I actually meant on one axis. Which means technically the new sphere is 4x the size of the old one. The large lake to the north will basically be covered by a dome by the time I'm done.[/QUOTE]
First read what I wrote about the lighting bug though. On the PA server (or one of them? not sure) they had to take an entire area out of commission due to the lowered ground level causing game-breaking lag.
Correct.
At some point between 128 and 32, some block other than glass, air, torch, ladder, etc (ie, "transparent" blocks) needs to appear. If any block below 32 has a view of the sky, then the lighting bug occurs, which hugely loads the server.
This particular lighting bug is unique to the sun. Torches, fires, etc use a different algorithm.
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noaxark
Sunlight is calculated as going straight down, yes? IE one shouldn't have to worry about 'spillage' from adjacent and higher uncovered blocks?
And the project after that, when you can't enlarge the Z axis any more.... are you going to just double the X and Y and make a DeathAdvil?[/QUOTE]
Possibly!
And I should have been more clear, when I meant 'double', I actually meant on one axis. Which means technically the new sphere is 4x the size of the old one. The large lake to the north will basically be covered by a dome by the time I'm done.[/QUOTE]
That's what I thought you meant. My statement was, as the first one was 64m in diameter, and this one is going to be 128m in diameter (which is the height limit from bedrock to sky), is the next one going to be a 128x256 circular capsule? heh[/QUOTE]
Oh crap, you may be appealing to my OCD on that...SOoooooo tempting.
Correct. Sunlight goes exactly straight down, and it's only this type of light that matters.
While "sunlight" can spread out once it passes through a block or hits a surface, that calculation is done just as the torch calculations are done, so it's ok. (for now, who knows what he'll break next update...)
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What are you guys using to calculate your circles/spheres/cylinders?
I don't know about Adammon, but I use these templates:
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figmentPez
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When I was building my rooftop garden in single player I was kinda bummed to find that out as well, but then I just built a staircase of dirt from the ground up to the top of my tower and waited for the grass to spread all the way up.
Kati built an underwater domed paradise. It took her almost 2 weeks for her to coax the grass to come down there. Rewarding, but took a while.
Also, there are still lighting bugs involving redstone torches that keep cropping up in my single-player games. Stuff keeps going solid black even though there's a torch right in the middle of it.
--Patrick
Also, there are still lighting bugs involving redstone torches that keep cropping up in my single-player games. Stuff keeps going solid black even though there's a torch right in the middle of it.
--Patrick
When I was building my rooftop garden in single player I was kinda bummed to find that out as well, but then I just built a staircase of dirt from the ground up to the top of my tower and waited for the grass to spread all the way up.[/QUOTE]
Huh, I didn't know that. It makes sense. My roof has grass on it, but i suppose that's due to the staircase I had going up at one point.
Pretty sure. I have my tower of earth and sky (goes from bedrock to the top block possible) capped so that this problem can't occur.
Check it out. East of Dirona's Inlet, mostly-east and a bit north of the death star. It has underground connections to my place and Dirona's as well.
Also check out my multi-layer open gardens in the sky. 4 layers with wheat fields on all, 64 plantings per layer. I have the water in pools UNDERNEATH each layer, all lit by lightstone.
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Jiarn
Yep I think it's time for a screenshot update!
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noaxark
Done! Sorry about the long interval, but I blame everything on recent bodily injury.
Also, it seems I kept the original chunks from the forest fire, so it's still there >.<
Will fix when I'm able.
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GasBandit
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We've got some kind of bored prankster running around putting sponge in random places, sometimes in front of people's doors, sometimes in a tree, sometimes on the ice... Frankly I think they're pretty ugly, and I think that if we go around building tiny monuments to inanity, it'll just make people afraid to build in the area because they might take whatever nonsense edifice is there to be an actual territorial claim.
This isn't the first time something's been thrown around randomly/not so randomly either... I've mentioned a couple times in game somebody put a monster spawner in the open, explored tunnels around GasBandia.
Come on, people... if you're bored, build something distinct and recognizable, don't litter the landscape with trash you think is funny. If you don't feel the creative juices flowing enough to build something, go dig up resources. If you don't feel like doing any of that, log the hell out until you do.
This isn't the first time something's been thrown around randomly/not so randomly either... I've mentioned a couple times in game somebody put a monster spawner in the open, explored tunnels around GasBandia.
Come on, people... if you're bored, build something distinct and recognizable, don't litter the landscape with trash you think is funny. If you don't feel the creative juices flowing enough to build something, go dig up resources. If you don't feel like doing any of that, log the hell out until you do.
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noaxark
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That only happens for me when attempting to view the resized versions. It's insanely huge, and I don't think picturepush's algorithms can handle doing anything with it. Try ye olde right click -> "save target as...".
I know. She's not happy. Probably going to move. She THOUGHT she was out in the boonies. Apparently not!
Ad, read the conversation about Dirona's place last page.
Edit: and btw, who has the flaming "X" and stuff that's across the pond almost directly east of my place? Kinda between my place and the "large" field of wheat, but even further east. Just wondering, as it's kinda "by itself" out there.
Ad, read the conversation about Dirona's place last page.
Edit: and btw, who has the flaming "X" and stuff that's across the pond almost directly east of my place? Kinda between my place and the "large" field of wheat, but even further east. Just wondering, as it's kinda "by itself" out there.
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noaxark
Heh, tell her to use the cartograph before heading too far out. Even though I haven't restricted it (yet) I'd rather not have any more terrain generated. I'm sure there's plenty of space already available to find a remote location
GasBandit
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Well, she kinda was... but she also built next to the largest body of water currently on the map... surely a popular destination.
I think if anyone wants to have no neighbors, they're going to have to out-drifter drifter and go a few km out. I'd recommend the first project when doing that be a rail station, though.
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Heh, tell her to use the cartograph before heading too far out. Even though I haven't restricted it (yet) I'd rather not have any more terrain generated. I'm sure there's plenty of space already available to find a remote location
[/QUOTE]Is there even a server command to do that? I didn't think you could stop terrain generation. Even if you can, I don't think it is a good idea.
Was that your one lane highway? that was damn handy for me!
No, there isn't, though I've heard you can hack the server to turn off autogeneration.
I think he's suggesting that people avoid traveling excessively and choose locations already existing on the map where possible so that terrain generation doesn't occur.
Although it's worthwhile pointing out that the map is now large enough that most large structures are lost in the noise, and only huge and gargantuan structures will be visible when zoomed out enough to see the whole map.
I had considered that already, but it would make the cartographer maps really boring
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