WiP in WiP, post your screenshots!
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So, I've officially revolutionized the pre-hammer process via minecraft. I'm actually surprised nobody's done this before.
Here is what I've been doing:
Pros:
Much more confident going in than in hammer, where you place the base and back out
Can find issues with sightlines and such before putting anything in hammer
3 Dimensions for making height variation easier rather than 2-D sketches
Cons:
Very time consuming
Walls are crazy thick
Here is what I've been doing:
Pros:
Much more confident going in than in hammer, where you place the base and back out
Can find issues with sightlines and such before putting anything in hammer
3 Dimensions for making height variation easier rather than 2-D sketches
Cons:
Very time consuming
Walls are crazy thick
Pfft I did it two months ago with lego bricks, the pre-minecraft minecraft.
Minecraft is a poor imitation of the rugged tactility of LEGO bricks.
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So, I've officially revolutionized the pre-hammer process via minecraft. I'm actually surprised nobody's done this before.
Here is what I've been doing:
Pros:
Much more confident going in than in hammer, where you place the base and back out
Can find issues with sightlines and such before putting anything in hammer
3 Dimensions for making height variation easier rather than 2-D sketches
Cons:
Very time consuming
Walls are crazy thick
You're definitely not the first to do that. I tried that once between a year and two ago and it is honestly kind of terrible. Firstly, only being able to use cubes does not help you for getting an idea with scale, secondly any sightlines you catch are going to be ones you should automatically think "that's not right" to anyway and thirdly as you say it takes forever.
Nothing will beat plain old brushing out simple first.
If you use FTB, you can bypass a lot of those limitations of vanilla Minecraft. For example, Microblocks gives you more versatility than full cubes and WorldEdit is good for making large structures in seconds. Most of the mods are only usable if you have a paid copy of the game though.
so long as you put it in the centre of the room then yeah you can walk all round it
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Well, I found out the thing about me not being the first shortly after
However, it's really comfortable for me, because it's a great way to get my ideas down, just starting a new map from scratch is really intimidating (even with some experience) and I just... can't... sketch stuff up... it... just doesn't work for me.
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I too, am making an arctic map...
BTW... work in progress video of that model of the map I was making in minecraft
I'm already transferring it to hammer!
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Slowly building some assets that could fit in the arctic pack
Those look really flat, texture wise. Is there a normal map or something? If not, totally get one. If there is, totally make it more prominent.
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not sure where the point of attack is coming from in that picture but having the gun/dispenser exposed so much on the right side, if it comes from there = wasted gun set up they will be killed instantly