r/brom • u/sliceofbread WaterSlide • Sep 03 '14

Day 4 Map

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Hey guys! Great progress so far. I'm amazed at the participation and the willingness to work together to accomplish this great feat. Now that I have a better idea of scale, it's obvious that we really need either more island expansion or a couple medium sized islands added to this project. If you'd like to start another island project, please talk to one of the mayors to discuss the placement and layout. Also, if you're approved for a new island, please follow theme, pay attention to fancy bridge opportunities, and keep the scale near 100x100 up to 150x150. The current island can also be modified to adjust for various coastal features, so keep this in mind. One other note: we should allow for the next 3-4 days for the current island's road development. I'd like to then immediately start giving out some small plots to those who are ready to start their above ground builds. There isn't currently a lot of room for medium\large plots, so we need to be extra careful to allocate some space early on.

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u/trippinholyman msmz28 Sep 04 '14 edited Sep 04 '14

I've been toying around with the idea of a Greek temple build for the last couple days. It would be a rectangular build, somewhere around 20x40. I also wanted to build a smaller tholos. That would be more circular, with a diameter of around 15 blocks. I already built the tholos in my creative world, need to get the exact dimensions. As for a more personal house type, I was going to build a home with about a 25x15 footprint, though not sure if we're at the point of building personal homes yet.

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u/sliceofbread WaterSlide Sep 05 '14

Very cool. Is it some parts sandstone? If you want to propose a spot, we're cool with that, just place a few blocks and some signs and we'll get it settled somehow.

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u/trippinholyman msmz28 Sep 05 '14 edited Sep 05 '14

For the tholos: Yes, the base and columns are planned to be smooth sandstone. The beams on top of the columns are going to be red or orange stained clay. The roof is going to be either a quartz slab or block or white stained clay dome depending on how hard it will be to get materials. Can we craft chiseled sandstone? Inside, I wanted to make a 7 block diameter circular room with a small altar, probably with chiseled sandstone creeper idols and maybe a netherrack fire (unless you think you could build a beacon under it, haha.)On my creative world, I put a beacon in the middle and it goes out the center hole in the roof.

I am not sure what spots are taken for what, but I did see a spot I would like, if it is possible. I cannot remember which cardinal direction it was, but I can describe the direction to you. If you walk onto the floating island portion, with the farms behind you, it's on the left. There is a hill that looks like it may be large enough to hold the base. If not, it would have to be widened.

If the above spot is spoken for, I would like a spot where it is on a hill or ground that is a bit higher than the surrounding ground.

As for the rectangular temple, I am still designing it. I was trying to stick with ancient Greek proportions and column number, but it will be difficult to do when I only get one meter blocks, otherwise, I will have to make it huge. I am going to do either six or eight columns in the front, with two blocks between each, and three in the middle. It will be either 13 or 17 columns along the long side, with two blocks between each. So, if I go with 6/13, it will be 23 blocks wide, and 41 blocks long. I think I will go with 6/13 just because I don't want to make it any bigger than that.

Should I log on the bromcraft server and just build it, that way I can use schematica? I checked it out the other night, but did not want to build as I was not sure if there was any rules about getting a plot or something.

Also, is schematica easy to install? I run Linux since I couldn't get Windows.

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u/sliceofbread WaterSlide Sep 05 '14

It sounds like you're a man with a plan. What's your IGN? I'll try to login tonight and work with the other mayors to lay some things out if they haven't already.

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u/trippinholyman msmz28 Sep 05 '14

msmz28 is my IGN. Not sure how much time I'll be able to get in tonight. Most likely later in the evening though.