Is there a way to make a perfect dome reasonably fast?

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I've used the shape builder linked above. It was an older version and I had a lot of fun running along behind the turtle shoving stacks of stone bricks in it ;)
 
Ieldra said:
@Celestialphoenix:
I don't have a problem with placing the blocks. I have the Building Helper after all, and I do want to build hemispherical. Also, the ceiling drips are a trait of certain blocks. For instance, normal glass won't have them. Modded blocks often have them because they're derived not from glass but other blocks, in order to avoid vanish-on-breaking I guess.

I will consider AE glass. I like it and . Expensive though.

@all:
This thread was about an automated or semi-automated way to make a perfect dome. I already know efficient ways to build one manually.
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TURTLES does no one hear me....no one?
 
Ieldra said:
Modded blocks often have them because they're derived not from glass but other blocks, in order to avoid vanish-on-breaking I guess.
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From what I remember of the 1.5 code base, the drop on breaking was a single line of code that needed to be added and set to true rather than the default of false for glass. Now you have me wondering if modded glass is set off of the block class, and if so, why it is.
 
Building guide domes will be asymmetrical as well if one side is an odd one an even number. Same with mffs. Remember to account for the placing of the projector when calculating the dome.
 
Hmm. You could use a filler to make a solid cube that is as tall as you want your dome to be, dig down into the center block til you hit the ground level and place the building guide there. Then just remove blocks from the outside and hollow out the interior. I would definitely make sure to have a wand of equal trade so I could use cheap building material until the dome is finished. Semi manual.
 
Sphere/dome turtle script:
http://pastebin.com/aLMDhttP

how to use:
Code: 
-- usage: sdbuild <type> <radius> [-c]
-- type should be either dome or sphere
-- radius is distance from centre - total width is actually 2 * radius + 1
-- the structure will be built with its lowest point on the level the turtle is at
-- the block the turtle starts on will be the horizontal centre
-- if -c is passed, will only calculate number of blocks required and not build
 
Thanks, rhn, that's extremely helpful for future builds. I don't think I'll be able to use it here though, since if the turtle starts at the centre, the area needs to be unoccupied by other structures in order for the script to work. Or doesn't it?
 
Ieldra said:
Thanks, rhn, that's extremely helpful for future builds. I don't think I'll be able to use it here though, since if the turtle starts at the centre, the area needs to be unoccupied by other structures in order for the script to work. Or doesn't it?
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From what I can remember it just needs to be started at the center. It then moves out along the radius and then builds the whole sphere staying out there. So you will need the 1 center block to be free and a 1x1 tunnel out to the perimeter to be free.
 
I applaud you my good sir. I spent a day just building an AE mac 64x64x64, even with a Filler. I imagine that must have taken a rather long time.
 
can you use worldedit? i believe that has commands to build many shapes in game, including spheres/domes. unfortunately, it is a creative mode tool, i dont know how well it would work in a survival environment. i would highly recommend making backups of your world before using it as well, ive seen many weird things happen when using this mod ;)

KingTriaxx said:
I applaud you my good sir. I spent a day just building an AE mac 64x64x64, even with a Filler. I imagine that must have taken a rather long time.
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why. WHY. just...why ;)
 
steve g said:
can you use worldedit? i believe that has commands to build many shapes in game, including spheres/domes. unfortunately, it is a creative mode tool, i dont know how well it would work in a survival environment. i would highly recommend making backups of your world before using it as well, ive seen many weird things happen when using this mod ;)
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The question is, do I find it acceptable to cheat that way, even if I pay the cost in resources by throwing them away? If I did, I could just the Building Guide, which I vaguely recall can build things if you switch to creative mode. I'm not all that averse to the idea, given that I have a mod which is supposed to automatically build domes but doesn't make good ones.
 
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