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Golrith

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When I first saw them I thought it would be a perfect way of getting rid of the 10s of 1000s of pointless, useless Xychoridite crystal thingies but they are UGLY. I play with Sphax and they are just so jarring in the world. They need Sphaxifying and then maybe they will look good. Not the mod or modders fault though.
I've done the same myself, as I use Misa's texture pack as my base, so I adapted the XY blocks to suit. They look better, but it's still difficult to make them look really nice. http://forum.feed-the-beast.com/attachments/xy1-jpg.1073/
 

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...But I love the Engineering Bricks... And everything has glow maps and does cool things. But damn, that's a bit too much red, like I said. Add a slash of blue in there for the color wheel to smile upon you.

Also, at least there isn't a yellow Xyclordium, as a small mercy.
 

Katrinya

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I suspect adding a bright color like blue will make things even more overpowering. You need more muted tones, like gray or black.
 

Hydra

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This thread has been dead for too long.

BEHOLD MY EU ROOM. I apologize if the color is a bit... overpowering. Interior design was never my strong suit.

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I'm Dutch and I think you should come to Amsterdam to show us how to do a proper red light district!
 

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...But I love the Engineering Bricks... And everything has glow maps and does cool things. But damn, that's a bit too much red, like I said. Add a slash of blue in there for the color wheel to smile upon you.

Also, at least there isn't a yellow Xyclordium, as a small mercy.
I was actually looking for a yellow one earlier, but thinking back, I guess you're right. I could've make a big mistake.
 
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SpoonsV

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I'm Dutch and I think you should come to Amsterdam to show us how to do a proper red light district!

Yeah now you mention it all he is missing are the hookers!!

And he will never do a better Red Light. Though I tend to go there for a green light if you know what I'm saying.

Pot, basically.
 

Hydra

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And he will never do a better Red Light. Though I tend to go there for a green light if you know what I'm saying.

Pot, basically.

Heh, completely offtopic but anyway: if you go and buy pot as a tourist in Amsterdam you're probably going to get ripped off ;) But thanks for supporting or economy. We need it ;)
 

SpoonsV

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Heh, completely offtopic but anyway: if you go and buy pot as a tourist in Amsterdam you're probably going to get ripped off ;) But thanks for supporting or economy. We need it ;)

If you go to the Grasshopper or tourist shops you do! You don't have to be local to have a good nose!

And I happily support your country's economy with my tourism.

Dutch people are doing it right.
 

Mash

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... can the red engineering bricks stay? Out of everything in that room, those are the only real thing I like.

The rest was made around that idea.

If nothing else, if my career in interior design doesn't pan out, I can design red light districts and porn sets.
 

senderfn

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I like the idea of recreating porn sets in minecraft ;)

To be serious, I dont like Xycraft stuff at all. Engineering brocks are the best out of all but the blocks dont "fit" into minecraft, even without the usage of a special texturepack.
The guy who made them was on crack and just wanted "fancy glowing brickstuff" ;)

btw, just my own opinion, no real offence to soaryn (and his team?)
 
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To be serious, Xycraft is very useful without adding too much yet.
I agree. I can't wait to see what the more mature Xycraft involves!

As for the textures - I agree that they don't fit into the typical Minecraft style. But I'd say that's a good thing! If you ask me, Minecraft should lend itself to all sorts of building/decorating styles. Xycraft is pushing for an expansion of what's possible. It may doing so in a somewhat whacky way, but at least it's doing it!
 

Mash

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I decided to use the darker xycraft as a border with obsidian bricks filling the middle of the walls.

I also am going to do a really simple pattern in the floor with dark engineering bricks. I do love me so xycraft blocks.
 

Jess887cp

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Pics! :D

That's sort of what I did, except I used basalt pavers instead of obsidian, with silver accents. A LP boiler sunk into one of the walls. It was beautiful.


I then went into creative to check my wiring, and accidentally middle clicked a wireless transmitter. Aaaannnd my save is now broken. I hope I can recover it. Oh well, I guess it's time to start a new world anyway. I'll probably update to 1.5 and weep at the loss of my redpower stuff.
 

senderfn

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Like ever its a matter of opinions :)
The only thing I consider useful is the fabricator, this thing is awesome. Everything else is just astetic and doesnt please me. XyCraft Soil is producing lags if you are working with huge amounts, XyCraft Tanks are stolen from railcraft and made cheaper in my eyes so I wont use em.
 

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I did move to XyCraft tanks (just to test them out) and they're incredibly cheap compared to RC tanks. I really don't like the way he basically one-upped another mod author by copying something and then making it loads cheaper.
 

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I did move to XyCraft tanks (just to test them out) and they're incredibly cheap compared to RC tanks. I really don't like the way he basically one-upped another mod author by copying something and then making it loads cheaper.
Make your XyTanks out of Railcraft iron tank walls! There. Problem solved :D
 
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