I have to apologize… I totally missed the map test links above (only clicked the last part which took to their sites).
Now that I look at the maps I must say Summer is the best one for the map. It too has some busy feel on the textures but the colors are best. The only tiles I absolutely dislike in Summer are the wool/carpets again (tiled) and the light clay bricks texture.
But I think while these textures by no doubt look good on the game itself the map benefits from less busy textures… and these are all busy. If we are to pick one of these then I give my vote to Summer with some modifications.
Forgot to change them to Ozo.
Edit: Oh bricks not blocks … ok yeah:
I encourage @LucasFin to modify/edit Summerfields to his liking. There should definitely be a pack around with tiles wool and carpets.
Problem I see in Summerfields is that woods looks terible from above in my oppinion. I like the way Joli did it but Lucas disagrees … ozo is a little too grey … well.
I just don’t know how exactly to do it best that’s why I would like to hand it off.
Oh ok. I though you meant clay itself. That’s another stilistic thing that was inspired by Jolicraft … I think Jolicraft changed them to yellow primarily to keep with his color palette … and to make them look like clay.
Ok I’ll do another pack combination.
So I did some work. Taylorhill and the Swamp Clay camp are now attached to the rail system. This finishes my initial rail project. From one end to the other it takes over 30 minutes of continuous travel!
And how about a little something to find?
There is a warp to get you started plus a sign on the map once it updates, although that won’t help you all that much. No cheating in the labyrinth! And no, the portal doesn’t work… yet.
EDIT: Hm, I just went through the labyrinth without my shader mod and realized that it is way too easy on normal minecraft. I’ll probably improve it sometime in the future, including adding some more traps to the course.
Sorry, but that would be a huge project – and I have enough to do as it is. I hope the labyrinth was enjoyably doable but not all too easy? I’ll continue improving it as I have time / get ideas.
So, any opinions on Microsoft buying Mojang? I fear for my Linux version of the game – I will not continue playing if they stop releasing for Linux, as much as it pains me to say that. I hope it won’t come to that, but it is Microsoft…
I doubt there’s much reason to fear. Unless MS want to rewrite Minecraft in something other than Java then it’s only a .jar file at the end of the day. No particular special support for Linux needed.
