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Buildings made of purely Xycraft decorative blocks?
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PeggleFrank
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I don't use them because if I move at all I get a massive screen tear, whether I'm using vsync or not. I would actually use them if they didn't have an animation.
Lambert2191
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you can turn the animation off in the xycraft configs.
PeggleFrank
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...Oh.
Well, I guess I'll have to rebuild my base out of xychoridite/xychorium blocks then.
They are better as accent blocks, however I did one room at bedrock level to house a milking room.
whats the blocks on the roof?
Poppycocks
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Xy only buildings are a blight. They're the pulsating cancer of minecraft houses, the puss filled warts of architecture. It's hard to build something looking worse than a xyblock house. The nauseating gaudy constructs from hell will give you a headsplitting migraine with a certainty only matched by a genetical predisposition for migraines.
Do not build them, you will rue it.
Do not build them, you will rue it.
Barbarian Kitten
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Poppycocks
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I build my buildings out of engineering bricks. Yay hexes.
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Engibricks are an exception that proves the rule.
PeggleFrank
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Poppycocks
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I started this thread as I'm attempting to make something purely out of Xycraft. And I need some opinions about this.
I like Xycraft from a functional perspective. It doesn't allow mobs to spawn, allowing me to make rooms that have less light. But from an aesthetic perspective, it's a challenge to work with.
This is what I built on my test world, which will become the basis for my underground vault/museum in my SMP world.
This is a work in progress, and comments would be highly appreciated.
And yes, the spoiler tag is for people who don't like looking at Xycraft builds.
I like Xycraft from a functional perspective. It doesn't allow mobs to spawn, allowing me to make rooms that have less light. But from an aesthetic perspective, it's a challenge to work with.
This is what I built on my test world, which will become the basis for my underground vault/museum in my SMP world.
This is a work in progress, and comments would be highly appreciated.
And yes, the spoiler tag is for people who don't like looking at Xycraft builds.
The vault would look something like this:
I intentionally made this room dark because it's a vault. It's meant to have little to no light. Almost all of the Xycraft blocks you see here are made with Dark Xychorium. The 2nd floor of the vault uses Light Engineering Bricks. The ceiling and some of the walls are made with Dark Engineering Bricks.
On one side of the wall, there's a light switch to illuminate the glass casings and tool racks
The problem with Xycraft blocks in general is that the patterns are too strong to be used as a general purpose material for a wall or ceiling. But here, the glass casings and the tool racks lessen that effect, making it easier to look at.
On one end of the room, we have the display case for armors.
The casings are made of Xychorium Shield, primarily because they have an interesting pattern which gives an impression that it's a ruin from an advanced ancient civilization. I make use of nether brick slabs as accents, as they serve both as a step to access the armors when the glass case is open (they can open and close via pistons), and to give contrast to the strong pattern of Xychorium Shield.
And finally, the second floor will be housing some of the stuff I want to display in chests and portable tanks. An example:
Those are orange structure blocks, and they work well as pedestals for these crystal chests.
I intentionally made this room dark because it's a vault. It's meant to have little to no light. Almost all of the Xycraft blocks you see here are made with Dark Xychorium. The 2nd floor of the vault uses Light Engineering Bricks. The ceiling and some of the walls are made with Dark Engineering Bricks.
On one side of the wall, there's a light switch to illuminate the glass casings and tool racks
The problem with Xycraft blocks in general is that the patterns are too strong to be used as a general purpose material for a wall or ceiling. But here, the glass casings and the tool racks lessen that effect, making it easier to look at.
On one end of the room, we have the display case for armors.
The casings are made of Xychorium Shield, primarily because they have an interesting pattern which gives an impression that it's a ruin from an advanced ancient civilization. I make use of nether brick slabs as accents, as they serve both as a step to access the armors when the glass case is open (they can open and close via pistons), and to give contrast to the strong pattern of Xychorium Shield.
And finally, the second floor will be housing some of the stuff I want to display in chests and portable tanks. An example:
Those are orange structure blocks, and they work well as pedestals for these crystal chests.