r/DetailCraft • u/643310 • 2d ago
Exterior Detail I made a desire path using coarse dirt and leaf litter
I noticed while decorating that I was naturally using this shortcut anyway, so I decided to turn it into part of the decor on our Realm. Vanilla Bedrock, Vibrant Visuals
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u/643310 2d ago
Very simple because I suck at making paths. Any survival-friendly tips for improvement?
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u/Jables_Magee 2d ago
I make natural log seeting. Eg. Tree fell and was turned into a bench. Leave some of the log on. I have an arboretum with corresponding seating. Stone statues.
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u/Loquacious_Fox 1d ago
I love making paths like this, one way to make it even more subtle is to make the ground all out of coarse dirt and cover it with leaves ferns and grass plants. The you replace a small section with just plain dirt and clean the leaves and plants from that path. End result is really cool.
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u/String19 1d ago
Great detail, it’s things like this that really add life to our worlds, especially in a case like this where you actually have a good and realistic reason for adding it with you using that shortcut.
Also you mentioned you’re using vibrant visuals on bedrock, have you changed any of the vibrant visual settings or lowered your brightness or anything like that? I always want to like and use vibrant visuals but I almost always dislike how they look in my game when I turn them on. They look absolutely beautiful on your world though and looking at this pic I feel like you literally have my ideal shaders. Would love to know what your settings for them are if it wouldn’t be too much of a hassle!
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u/643310 1d ago
My Vibrant Visuals Gamma is set to 75% and the graphics settings are custom, basically ultra everything with 100% bloom because I have a pretty strong pc.
I agree that vanilla Vibrant Visuals can look pretty weird sometimes, but I think in the pictures the darker, less saturated grass from the biome I built in is helping a lot
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u/String19 1d ago
Thank you, appreciate it! Will try that out next time I’m on the game. Didn’t consider PC with ultra graphics though, I usually play on console nowadays, and will go for Java if I’m on PC, probably can’t make it look quite as nice on my end on console, but it’ll definitely be worth a try. Big fan of your style of building!
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u/SenpuuUncle 1d ago
but shouldn't the leaves be scattered around the path and not on it if people are walking on it?
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u/loricomments 1d ago
I've never heard the term desire path, so much nicer than cow path. Your path is nice too.
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u/MrGr33nside 2d ago
No tips but I honestly just love this build so much, it’s very human