World Road System

[Cryptite]

Great, just use a different texture pack

 

[Artagan]

Another idea for stables.

 

[adderman500]

I think the only place where gravel looks reasonable is for roads. Since we'll get so much of it mining in the new world that might be quite a strong option. But I think the world trail changing colour/material as it progresses through the world would be a nifty idea.

 

[Artagan]

Alright, so gravel is not an option, as per Zor's terms. I don't really want the road to have a ruined or overgrown look, at least not at first. Here are some qualities that I would like the road to have:

-Lit, either by torches, lamps, or glowstone
-Blocked on either side by either fences, walls, cactus, or some kind of barrier against mobs
-At least three blocks wide, and relatively flat (no slopes steeper than one block)

Materials that have not yet been removed as options:

Hardened Clay
Dyed Clay
Cobblestone
Wood
Stone Brick
Stone
Sandstone
Snow
Dirt
Clay brick

 

[Cryptite]

I have no problem with gravel, if Zor just doesn't want gravel near his town he can update the road with materials of his choosing, but I don't see any reason why we'd need to ban gravel from the entire road system. Especially not at first when it might be easiest to lay out the roadwork with gravel, etc. We can come back later as time and resources permit and replace gravel with better blocks in the future though.

 

[mopb3]

No road of my building will ever be made of anything beyond stones!

So ima leave that bit to you lot.

 

[Artagan]

I have no problem with gravel, if Zor just doesn't want gravel near his town he can update the road with materials of his choosing, but I don't see any reason why we'd need to ban gravel from the entire road system. Especially not at first when it might be easiest to lay out the roadwork with gravel, etc. We can come back later as time and resources permit and replace gravel with better blocks in the future though.

He said he wouldn't connect his town to a gravel road, and that he wouldn't allow the server to be represented by a gravel road.

Here's a hardened clay road with fence on one side and wall on the other:

 

[adderman500]

fence on one side and wall on the other:

Nooooo! Not symetrical!

 

[mopb3]

gad that looks horrible

 

[Artagan]

fence on one side and wall on the other:

Nooooo! Not symetrical!

It's to show what both look like.

 

[Zor95]

Supposed to dye it silly.

And yeah while laying out the initial path of the road it can be gravel, but it's a very poor material for building and should be replaced whenever possible.

 

[Cryptite]

And yeah while laying out the initial path of the road it can be gravel, but it's a very poor material for building and should be replaced whenever possible.

Exactly. I think texture packs help alot though, for example John Smith makes gravel look quite medieval and sexy.

 

[Zor95]

All I read in that post was:

MAINSTREAM

 

[Cryptite]

lololol

ftfy

 

[andrekeroxd]

lololol

ftfy

Winning

 

[Artagan]

How does this look?

 

[mopb3]

Very Dark

 

[Cryptite]

Too much like a street in my opinion, not enough like a road that horses would travel on. I'm not sure if horses can jump over fences/walls (probably can), but I feel the (I'd call it the "world trail", since road seems a bit too technologically advanced for our server, anyway) should be exitable at any time. I'd also like to use redstone lamps as much as possible as they seem more realistic to me. My 2c anyway.

I still think gravel, too. Zor can have his own ugly part.

 

[Opyc]

Hey crypt could u setup at the new spawn a gravel donating station 4 people to donate gravel . It will be funded by the love of everyone on the server

Opyc

 

[Artagan]

Too much like a street in my opinion, not enough like a road that horses would travel on. I'm not sure if horses can jump over fences/walls (probably can), but I feel the (I'd call it the "world trail", since road seems a bit too technologically advanced for our server, anyway) should be exitable at any time. I'd also like to use redstone lamps as much as possible as they seem more realistic to me. My 2c anyway.

I still think gravel, too. Zor can have his own ugly part.

Uh, the term road seems too technologically advanced, but we should use redstone lamps instead of glowstone?

And yeah, it ought to be enterable from the roadside. How does this look: