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Considering the Minecraft (unmodded) resolution (that is, its lack of it), I cannot help but to look at this as a giant wasted effort... and I am writing this a
by BugWatch 5y ago
Considering the Minecraft (unmodded) resolution (that is, its lack of it), I cannot help but to look at this as a giant wasted effort... and I am writing this as someone who has seen some amazing looking creations. But, while it might be easier to do, one meter is just too large for any decent experience with a more personal "face-to-block" virtual street walk.
Having it built out of 20-centimeter sided blocks (with 1 meter as a starting option, and maybe even 10 cm for high-detail) would make it wastly more useful. For example, those could be useful for OpenStreetMap, a project everyone benefits of. Meanwhile, this will likely just disappear and just be written about as a footnote somewhere. Of course, the whole issue could be sidetracked if other primitives (with unconstrained sizes) were allowed/used.
This lack of detail in construction was always my main issue with Minecraft, and its large blockiness usually goes so far as to induce/exacerbate my motion sickness.
Speaking of OSM, they are currently taking the very easy-to-produce and simplistic parametric approximation approach through surveys, mainly via the StreetComplete app ("How many floors does this building have?", "Shape of the roof", etc.).
Also, and I really am compelled to say this, StreetComplete is one of the most functional and most logical complex android apps I have ever encountered. It really shows it is built by the users, for the users.
- dragonsky67 5y agoI think this is a wonderful project being worked on by dedicated people who are taking the shortcomings of the technology and creating something amazing. Like anything art, the value is in the joy of the creator. The consumer of course has the right to dislike or like depending upon their taste. That said, I believe you should always acknowledge the skill and dedication of the creator, whatever their creative choice of media.
- seoulmetro 5y agoWithout the use of computers, 1m^3 blocks seems bad, but 0.5m^3 blocks seems impossibly harder.
- tzot 5y agoI assume you mean (0.5m)³, which is 0.125m³.
- seoulmetro 5y agoI don't know exactly what I mean. I just read 1m^3 somewhere.
- Datagenerator 5y agoDidn't they mention Minetest which doesn't have limited height? The tectonic mod [1] creates amazing mountains and accurate layers of bedrock. 1) https://github.com/DokimiCU/mg_tectonic https://github.com/DokimiCU/mg_tectonic