Gaming Hielor's Minecraft Server

[orb]

Seems like everybody is now building some dome, so I've build a small one (9x9) at floor of my lake, too.



Here's a view on what's being reflected in the previous image:


One of a few ways to get there is to dive (there's a hole in the center):


This is how it looks like from inside (YMMV, depending on the used texture pack, and whether lamp/glowstone blocks are really glowing for you or only emit the light):


The dome is a part of "Under the Grinder" Tavern, which is located under a skeleton spawner and drowning grinder.




For those who haven't visited the tavern yet here's a couple of screenshots (free arrows and bones for everybody standing on brown carpet under the glowstone):


There are 2 guest rooms with public chests, crafting table and a furnace, if you want to stay longer:


And a bathroom where you can take a shower (even fully clothed ):

 

[Arrowstar]

Orb, which texture pack are you using and how do you get everything to look so nice? That is incredible.

Also, how does one get on the Brown Line? Does it run to the Commune?

 

[orb]

Orb, which texture pack are you using and how do you get everything to look so nice? That is incredible.

The texture pack is modified Misa's realistic 64x (my own glass, gravel, tweaked colors [by using GIMP's screen and overlay layer modes] for most of other blocks), "Moody" lighting, Optifine (with disabled custom colors) for high resolution textures, better grass and snow, and for rendering optimizations, MCPatcher for Custom Colors and Better Skies, and installing minecraft.jar core mods (and some people say Optifine and MCPatcher can't be used together ), water shader mod (not the one updated to 1.3.2 at minecraftforum.net, but my own updated from 1.2.5 version to be compatible with Optifine and Forge), and modified rendering of glowstone and redstone lamps, by disabling ambient occlusion for them and adding brightness (glowing) depending on their emitted light level (my own mod - I can upload it to this or Minecraft Screenshots thread).

Also, how does one get on the Brown Line? Does it run to the Commune?

In Overworld it's for now only between my lighthouse and the tavern. The main (longer) part of it is in Nether. You can get there from the main hub, by following "Orb's Lighthouse" signs. If you're closer to blaze grinder, then head to Bio Dome - there's the other end of "Brown Line" which will lead you to Orb's Lighthouse portal.

 

[Artlav]

The West-South-Expedition's goal is to circumnavigate the south-western continent.
Dodging Deep Lag Kraken eating the boats, and staring at the lighting bugs in the hills.

Many Extreme Hills.

With extreme lighting bugs.

Many floating islands.

A new NPC village, desert temple (marked on the dynmap).

And a temorary home away from home, half-way there.

Not shown:
-Exposed ravine with emeralds
-Ravine under ice
-Jungle temple
-3x3 vertical hole almost to bedrock
-Edge of the world
-Deep Lag Kraken
-Point of small surprise

 

[orb]

I have visited today SkyCity to look around and take preliminary coordinates, as we were talking (with Eccentrus and Gerdih) about making a portal there, and I was wondering what is that column at the center inside of the plate?

It wasn't there last time I was in.

Anyway, my idea is that the Sky City portal could be placed inside the plate just under the surface (i.e. on the same level as the lighting wires, for example somewhere under the central plaza, which would be next to that column, with sandstone stairs leading outside).


By the way, the logout teleporter doesn't seem to work correctly anymore.

 

[Hurricane]

So I got minecraft a few weeks ago and remembered seeing this thread floating a lot in the 'top threads' section of the site...
Definitely I've missed quite a lot, seeing that you all have your own places..
So can anyone give me an explanation as to this server please?
By the way, I tried logging to this server (I saw you can log on like some sort of a 'guest' when you're not in the whitelist) to see what it's like, but I got a message: "outdated server!"
~Thanks in advance

 

[orb]

but I got a message: "outdated server!"

You need Minecraft 1.3.2 to play with it (http://assets.minecraft.net/1_3_2/minecraft.jar).

 

[Arrowstar]

I have visited today SkyCity to look around and take preliminary coordinates, as we were talking (with Eccentrus and Gerdih) about making a portal there, and I was wondering what is that column at the center inside of the plate?

It wasn't there last time I was in.

Anyway, my idea is that the Sky City portal could be placed inside the plate just under the surface (i.e. on the same level as the lighting wires, for example somewhere under the central plaza, which would be next to that column, with sandstone stairs leading outside).


By the way, the logout teleporter doesn't seem to work correctly anymore.

Please be sure to leave plenty of room for the wiring, just in case we need to get power to something over the center of the disc.

 

[orb]

Please be sure to leave plenty of room for the wiring, just in case we need to get power to something over the center of the disc.

There should be plenty of space left. There would be only a portal and stairs leading either one way or 2 ways to it (depending on placement and orientation of the portal, which depends on its location in Nether - which I would place there manually too).

 

[Arrowstar]

Awesome, thanks.

 

[Eccentrus]

that column is how I guided myself to make a platform under the plaza, and yes, that platform is where you ought to place the portal orb, and I have much a plenty of sandstone leftovers here which I'll utilize for the stairs there, thank you orb for all your help

 

[orb]

that platform is where you ought to place the portal orb

Well, there are at least zombies and skeletons standing on that platform now. I guess there's light level of 0 on it. At least now it's easy to locate where the center is from the plaza above (without counting blocks).

I'll get on it from above and light it up next time I'll log in, as I can't use the door leading to the lighting wires.


Do you prefer exits on east-west or north-south from the portal? If it was off-center like I thought earlier, when I didn't know what the column is for, then I'd make it east-west (note that exit from portal takes even blocks width, so it won't be exactly in the center on one of axes).

 

[Hielor]

Woo, after some offline experimentation I've discovered that I can't quite make things at the scale I wanted, so I won't need that much wool after all--as long as you've got 1000 or so it should be fine.

 

[Axertan]

I'd like to request addition of my name to the server's whitelist. My MC nick is Axertan (totally unexpected, ha!).
Thanks.

 

[Hielor]

I'd like to request addition of my name to the server's whitelist. My MC nick is Axertan (totally unexpected, ha!).
Thanks.

Can't do it right now, if I haven't taken care of it within 24 hours either post again or PM me.

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You should be added now, Axertan.

 

[Gerdih]

Seems there is a possible problem in Iron Farm, a tower wasn't working today.
I would like to know if someone have been here and he have placed a wood door.

Thanks.

P.S:

Seems me woo and orb fixed it, its working again. Say me if you find the output its too low.

 

[Bonanza123d]

Can you add me. BossOfGames

 

[Gerdih]

I remember some people saying there are problems with the portals to get to the end.
Is this true? if yes, it can be solved to use the end to take profit of it?

 

[Hielor]

Can you add me. BossOfGames

Added.

---------- Post added at 23:27 ---------- Previous post was at 23:11 ----------

The End works, and has for a while, no one's gone there though. Unfortunately I had to kill the boss dragon in order to test it. I'll be respawning the end at some point soon in order to give more people a chance at the dragon, so don't build anything there yet.

I'm torn between leaving a cleared End available (I know there's lots of farming opportunities available) and resetting it after people clear it to give more folks a chance at the dragon...but given that the dragon's been sitting there untouched for a long time, doesn't look like too many people are interested.

 

[Gerdih]

what If I build out of the main island(200meters)? would be possible for you to respawn the end when you like and the building still be there?