Minecraft Spawn (archived by Mimus)

[Thor]

Well we have the thing that mimus drew to build after. Granted it's not the most detailed thing but I'm sure we can settle on some dimensions for towers and such. Improvisation has worked out for me in the past and I'm sure it will in the future as well. So I suppose we can improvise some of the build and see how it fits in with the rest.

-Thor

[Duka]

Don't count on me, I quit playing MC.

[Hani]

Don't count on me, I quit playing MC.

I know the reason why u quit mc :S

but come on dude, come bak to the town and i will grow u up rich bak again

[Duka]

No, I am fed up with MC

[Thor]

This has nothing to do with our server's spawn but just to let you guys know that 1.8 is out now. So someone should update the server or do we need to wait on bukkit and other stuffz?

-Thor

[Ligustah]

We follow the Bukkit release cycle. Given that the version we are currently using is considered unstable, I wouldn't expect 1.8 too soon.

-- Ligustah

[Mimus]

We have now set up the general outline of the spawn palace.

Instead of gathering at one certain date, I think it would be easier andmore efficient if we just work on the spawn whenever one of us is online and/or feels like either building or collecting.

To make sure everyone knows how and what to build, I set up a dirt model with the lines of the palace. We have one main building (rectangle) and 5 towers with different sizes.

Every tower has several levels --> it gets smaller in width the more height the tower has. Also, we have more or less the same roof style (just different sizes due to different towers) on all builds.

After we finished the walls, we can start designing the interior, the exterior (garden, posts, fountains etc.) and other stuff. We might aswell give everyone who wants to one room with the obligation to build it >desert-style<. But thats just a side note, since first of all the palace itself has to be built :P


To make it easier for us we start building it all in sandstone, and the roofs with dirt. Later, after the rough palace is finished, we can start detailing the walls, make shiny gem roofs or add curvy lines in the walls, windows etc. But for that we need either lots of gems or, as alternative, coloured wool - lots


Happy building.

PS: all these notes are also in short at some signs put up near the palace :P There is also an example roof.

[Mimus]

Okay, now that so many of you helped flattening the land, collecting sand and building the towers etc., we finally have the full outer setup of the spawn palace.

Now are a few things to think about and tell ya:

First of all i roamed a bit with John today and we thought about how to fill the spawn builds, especially the big one, with rooms.

Because oriental big builds usually have big windows, it would be a shame to put in multiple levels, cause it looks bad if the window is higher than one level - but on the other hand, only on level will mean a very high ceiling and also less space/rooms.

After some thinking we found a suitable solution and want to hear YOUR OPINION: Maisonette Style.
Maisonette Apartments, to have an example, consist in general of multiple, usually 2, levels, but instead of a full ceiling with one hole for the stairs you kinda have a "free" ceiling. So you have multiple levels, but a free and airy feeling because there is no full, opaque ceilin
EXAMPLE: [img]http://wohnideen.minimalisti.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/maisonette-wohnung-mit-schickem-design-wohnzimmer.jpg[img]

Talking about windows:

In front of the palace there are a lot of builds, including windows, pillars, exterior decoration, shop design and some material examples. I would ask you to go around, take a look and decide for the ideas you like the most and write them into one of the books you can find at the chests placed there in order to make your "vote".
If you want to add an idea of your own just message me and i will give u access to build there
The ideas with the most votes will be implemented in the palace.

What else is there to do apart from the voting?

Because we will start adding pillars etc. AFTER the vote is over, you can now do some other things for the spawn:

1. Think about a nice entrance. a head, a big door, a gate....whatever, and tell us about it
2. Behind the palace, between the big towers, there will be the in this thread mentioned "marketplace" with shops, trees, pathways etc. for you guys to place some safe shops to trade with others, and to have a single place where the tradings happen, to people wont have to run from house to house. Tell us about your ideas for this marketplace. layout, pathways, style of the shops etc.
You can ofc also start building the rough structure of the marketplace, meaning changing the ground from stone/dirt to sand, flattening and filling up what needs to be flattened/filled, and expand this flat area as much as you desirethe marketplace to be expanded.
3. BRIDGES! I have seen some awesome bridges already on the server and im sure you guys are good with this kinda stuff. We need a lot of connections between the spawn buildings. Build some bridges from tower to tower, tower to big building, in different heights and lenghts Use your imagination, but please make sure to stay in the "oriental"style concerning colour etc.
My favourite: Sandstone, strong colours and LOOOOOTS of details like hanging fence pieces, buttons etc. <3 would love to see that
4. Think about some rooms and where they shall be in the spawn. Main room like entrance hall and rules in the big build, ofc. But what to put in all these towers?

Anything else i did not mention here but that you would like to see cn ofc also be posted and discussed :P


Mimi

PS: dont forget to look at the minecraft update thread, theres new stuff u should know + some things like money value to be decided about

[John]

I've taken the liberty to lay down some carpet and build some example stairs to the newly build floor

[Thor]

I'll work on the door/grand entrance.

-Thor