Ok, so this maybe a long post, but please bear with it................
Right, so, the whole question i had about people adding mods after the pack can be completely forgotten, as I spoke to Slowpoke about it, and He has agreed to add our own pack to the launcher which can contain all the mods and configs that we desire. So, this will save time on installation etc etc, and will make our time easier to deal with support for the map as well (which is great, cause as you know, gamers like myself and Akabane are extremely lazy).
For those that were wondering what mod we found to use for the NPCs, heres a link:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/833003-145-custom-npcs-splanmp/
With this we can make the map seem alot more fluid, and make it seem like there is actual life in the map.
The mod is under the creative commons license, so we wont have to worry about mod permissions, but to be on the safe side, we are letting the mod author know about what we are doing by adding it to the launcher. This task will be handled by Slowpoke obviously, and he has agreed to do so as well (YAY!
).
I also believe that there is a function to add custom sounds to the NPCs as well, and there could be a chance we might get Akabane doing some voice acting for the map (as well as any others that may want to help).
Just so everyone is aware, the server is still down waiting on a reply from Slow to get the mods required, and a possible inclusion of Azanor's Thaumcraft to the server would be great as well, as we can start working on magic early. (yeah, theres magic, didn't you know about the Mage's Guild? hmmm, well now you do).
So, with the server still down, and the mods not public, we are still unable to let anyone join to help us out (as much as we need it *cough*).
Right, time for the fun part..........
For, the few of you who have been following this post from the start, you may recall I added some pictures here and there direct from the map, or from sections that we are working on. You may also recall that the server was rolled back, and we lost alot of these pictures, so, I decided to include into this post, those pictures that were lost, just so the people that are just coming across this post, know a little bit more about it is all.
Before I re-link these pictures, I'm going to add another link to the overall map, so you can reference where the pictures are taken:
http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq42/Akabane101/MapofKinereath.png
Alright, the 1st photo is still posted towards the start of the whole thread, and it shows the starting area in the state of Koreath.
Before you ask, yes, everything we have made on this map is being hand built, and so far only with 2 people working on it.......
The second Picture shows the undercity of the capital town of Kynareth, in the state of Koreath:
The third picture shows the Great Tree in the town of Gnarlwood, in the state of Marshlands (Keep in mind that the Marshlands has 2 main towns in it):
The next 3 pictures all show the auto-Ore replenishment system that we plan on using for the mining areas of the map, for those that remember it, the system hasn't really changed that much, but for those who don't know about it, well, put it this way. We needed a way to have mining areas in the map (as we have removed all ores from the world), and we wanted a way to replenish these ores once they were mined, and in a way that we could control when they respawned, and how often they did so. back when I 1st posted this, I set out a challenge to see if anyone in this thread could figure out how myself and Mattabase came up with the way this does work, Keeping in mind that all the wiring had to be completely invisible to the player. In the entire time that I had this challenge up, only one person managed to figure it all out. I'm sorry, I forget your name as the PM was deleted from the server fail, but congrats to that person (you know who you are).
Right, and now onto something very awesome!!!!
The next picture is something from the map that hasn't been shown before.........
Before you view this picture, you have to keep in mind that:
A - This was built 100% legitly in
survival.......
B - I'm not going to tell you what this is for just yet....... (So don't ask).
and
C - I give mad props to rondouglas (FunshineX) who actually built this structure.
Here's a link to his Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/rondouglas
Alright, here we go...:
That is all........
Have fun!!!
Until next time....
~Umbra~