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    Paint_Ninja

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    • Looking for someone to maintain CraftMine

      It’s no secret, CraftMine has been abandoned - but that doesn’t mean it has to end.

      I’m going to keep this short and sweet as otherwise I’m probably going to end up writing paragraphs of nostalgia of what the modpack has achieved over its lifetime: I don’t like seeing great something die out, so I am now officially looking for someone to maintain CraftMine.

      I am offering absolutely everything I have in the area of modpack development and the Minecraft modding industry in general to anyone who is willing to maintain the pack and whom I trust. This includes:

      • All my knowledge on the subject including the special methods or “secret sauce” that I use to make CraftMine to the great standard it is. This includes my “secrets” and ideas on how I did the backwards-compatibility, no lag with shaders, the good stability and unique features of the pack
      • Full client and server source files (and binaries for every single build) for every modpack I’ve made, both internal experiments and public packs
      • All branding, concept art, marketing material, etc…

      Additionally, I would enjoy having a chat answering any questions you may have and would love to work on the pack with you for a while to make the switch-over as smooth as possible.

      Note: I’m posting this to UWM Staff first as you’re an amazing team and I want to give you lot the opportunity before anyone else. If you’re too busy or don’t want to takeover development, it’s no problem.

      Update: This thread is now public so that anyone has the opportunity now. Please reply to this thread or contact me if you’re interested.

      posted in General discussion maintain craftmine looking someone
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    • CM Screenshot contest

      Hellooooo!

      With CMv4.2 development underway, I thought it would be great if we could have a newer look to the menu system and wanted to get you involved, yes, you! Wouldn’t it be great if you could showcase your favourite bits of CM that you took pictures of yourself to anyone who starts up the game? Now’s your chance!

      I’m looking for screenshots of CM ingame that show what you love best. I personally will pick out some of my favourite entries and they’ll be in the new update.

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      Rules

      • Must be taken with CraftMine v4.1 Standard or Ultra edition with all settings on defaults, no additional mods
      • The HUD/GUI must be hidden (press F1 to toggle HUD/GUI visibility)
      • No jpgs, original untouched png screenshots please!

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      Tips

      • Dark-ish images look best on the menu system, bright colours don’t seem to blend well with the grunge border
      • Avoid a very busy image (e.g. lots of things all cramed into one screenshot)
      • If you’re trying to showcase a build, put it to the side of the image if possible as the middle will be partly obscured by the menu buttons and CM logo
      • If you get an error saying “Request entity too large” when trying to upload your image, upload it to somewhere like imgur or dropbox manually then copy the link to the image and paste it into your post
      posted in News & Announcements contest
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    • RE: Bad Connection

      @AndreSPL said: “It would help if you add OptiFine to the server and modpack”

      Just letting you know… You cannot add Optifine server-side as it only modifies client-side aspects and the internal server on singleplayer. ;)

      posted in Support
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    • RE: Optimisation/collaboration Steve's Adventure Craft [1.3.0.0 update]

      @Bent Hello,

      Thank you for letting me be a part of the new Steve’s Adventure Craft development. I just wanted to inform you that I have finished doing basic Rapido optimisations and have managed to achieve an impressive ~105fps improvement in addition to a 20 second shorter load time and higher average TPS! :tada:

      posted in Chitchat
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    • Optimisation/collaboration Steve's Adventure Craft [1.3.0.0 update]

      Hello,

      I’m the author of the somewhat similar pack also on the UWM network called “CMv4” or “CraftMine v4”. I would like to contribute to Steve’s Adventure Craft by applying some of my optimisation techniques I use in CMv4 to your pack. This will undoubtedly improve performance significantly/noticeably and will allow the pack to run at higher framerates and tickrates, allowing for higher settings and more mods to be added without as much concern about performance.

      If you like, I can discuss some of the techniques I plan on using to optimise Steve’s Adventure Craft if you accept my request to collaborate with you on the pack. All I ask in return is credit and recognition for my optimisations, and that they are not publically shared without my permission.

      Best regards,
      -Ninja

      posted in Chitchat 1.3.0.0 update performance gain sac news
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    • RE: Modpack art

      Looks great but personally I wouldn’t include the main menu items (at the top of the image) in the modpack art. The slight 3D effect on the logo is also a subtle but welcome addition.

      posted in Chitchat
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    • RE: 1.4.0.0 Mod Suggestions

      Meanwhile I’m experimenting with 128x, 256x and 512x textures for a future version of CraftMine Ultra with special shader depth mapping… :P

      posted in Feedback
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    • RE: CraftMine v4

      Thanks for the vid showcasing the spawn, Bent!

      Here’s an early technical demo of CraftMine’s “sense of atmosphere”, showcasing the new environmentally-aware sound engine during the development of v4:

      posted in Custom creations zone
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    • CraftMine v4

      CraftMine logo
      The future is here.

      CraftMine has been in development since 2011 and publically available since late 2012 (on the Technic Launcher v3, before the Technic Platform was made public). It contains a lot of mods that have been modified or made exclusively for the pack, making it somewhat more unique than an average “generic modpack”.

      With CraftMine v4 we have focused on making the pack openly with anyone from our community being able to give us feedback, suggest new features and changes of any kind - even if there isn’t a mod for it yet… ;)

      We also have many exclusive features in CraftMine that aren’t found in most other packs, such as a custom sound engine that is aware of your surroundings, the type of block you step on and more, as well as a revamped smarter mob AI that means animals will attack you back if you attempt to kill them, zombies can chase you if you try to run away, etc…

      A lot of work has been put into immersion and gameplay, with the majority of the mods in the pack modified to remove features that may be confusing to new players who aren’t used to modpacks, add features, and change some. All of the textures in the pack are made in-house with contributions from our community welcome, and are in a style that’s aimed to be as close as Vanilla as possible.

      Oh, and a bonus feature is that by design the pack is forwards- and backwards- compatible as much as possible, allowing for older clients to play on newer servers, or vice-versa, whilst reducing the need for map resets in the process!

      Think of CraftMine as a hybrid between a modpack and a version of Mojang’s Vanilla Minecraft from the future. ;)

      Get CraftMine on the Technic Platform here: http://www.technicpack.net/modpack/craftmine.3370
      Join our official CraftMine server with the IP: craftmine.unitedworldminers.com

      posted in Custom creations zone vanilla+ adventure atmosphere stunning 1.7.10
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    • RE: Playing Questions

      Why not get some friends to play CM with you? ;)

      posted in General discussion
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    Latest posts made by Paint_Ninja

    • RE: The thread where everyone may put their funny comics/memes/whatevs!

      https://i.imgur.com/65rTjSW.mp4

      posted in Cafe Lame
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    • RE: Looking For Someone To Maintain CraftMine

      Moved the original post so it’s now public. You can see it and respond to it here: https://forum.unitedworldminers.com/topic/538/looking-for-someone-to-maintain-craftmine/1

      posted in News & Announcements
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    • Looking for someone to maintain CraftMine

      It’s no secret, CraftMine has been abandoned - but that doesn’t mean it has to end.

      I’m going to keep this short and sweet as otherwise I’m probably going to end up writing paragraphs of nostalgia of what the modpack has achieved over its lifetime: I don’t like seeing great something die out, so I am now officially looking for someone to maintain CraftMine.

      I am offering absolutely everything I have in the area of modpack development and the Minecraft modding industry in general to anyone who is willing to maintain the pack and whom I trust. This includes:

      • All my knowledge on the subject including the special methods or “secret sauce” that I use to make CraftMine to the great standard it is. This includes my “secrets” and ideas on how I did the backwards-compatibility, no lag with shaders, the good stability and unique features of the pack
      • Full client and server source files (and binaries for every single build) for every modpack I’ve made, both internal experiments and public packs
      • All branding, concept art, marketing material, etc…

      Additionally, I would enjoy having a chat answering any questions you may have and would love to work on the pack with you for a while to make the switch-over as smooth as possible.

      Note: I’m posting this to UWM Staff first as you’re an amazing team and I want to give you lot the opportunity before anyone else. If you’re too busy or don’t want to takeover development, it’s no problem.

      Update: This thread is now public so that anyone has the opportunity now. Please reply to this thread or contact me if you’re interested.

      posted in General discussion maintain craftmine looking someone
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    • RE: Swift

      Development of Swift is underway and will initially be a more simplified version of the earlier idea. Instead of rewriting the rendering engine entirely, it will instead add adaptive graphics support for per-device/device-specific optimisations.

      What adaptive graphics does is automatically adjust your graphics settings depending on your current average framerate to provide the best possible visuals without any lag. This also can provide better performance than if someone manually adjusted their video settings - as not all scenes will provide the same complexity - some areas might be a busy built-up town with lots of stuff to render, other areas might be a nearly empty world like a spleef minigame for example. With Swift, when you join that spleef minigame and get insanely high framerates beyond what your monitor can provide, Swift automatically increases your settings so the game looks better while still being as smooth as your monitor permits. When you enter that busy town, Swift’ll detect that you’re lagging and will automatically turn settings down in a conservative manner, in an attempt to improve performance without downgrading the visuals too noticeably.

      Additionally, Swift will notify you if it detects that you’re still lagging after it tries everything it can to improve performance, giving you advice on what other things you could do to improve performance that are out of Swift’s reach (e.g. it might recommend you to get a better graphics card, or switch from integrated to dedicated graphics, or it might recommend that you close anything else you have open that’s CPU-intensive like Google Chrome, or to update your drivers and how to do so, etc…)

      posted in Hidden category
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    • RE: How to setup a proxy server with redirects?

      @Bent Yes, however I unfortunately abandoned the project due to my lack of dynamic code knowledge (such as PHP) and the lack of time to learn it. I was working on a Technic Launcher fork and wanted to route API traffic normally but redirect the “Discover” page to a custom one provided by verified pack authors depending on what packs are most frequently launched. The launcher’s design could also be further customised by the pack author (just like you could change your pack’s background image on the Modpacks tab, you could change the blue tab bar to any colour you want). Additionally there were plans to enable installing and launching packs directly from a website with an embeddable one-click button through the use of command line args support.

      If anyone has good knowledge with PHP and wants to work on this project, I’d be happy to revive this project and work on the client-side features.

      posted in Cafe Lame
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    • RE: "Technic Scraps" - A good idea or a potential problem?

      Edit: Amaxster has disclosed that the selectors cannot select their own packs, however it is still unclear what rules they are bounded by and if they are moderated by anyone.
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      posted in Hidden category
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    • "Technic Scraps" - A good idea or a potential problem?

      So today I started up the Technic Launcher to see if anything’s changed in the aspect of poor packs being promoted on the launcher’s default “Discover” pack. It turns out that they have indeed changed something and it could be a good idea… if done right.

      They’re calling it “Technic Scraps” and are really pushing it on the launcher. They also announced that they’re officially stopping making any official packs and treating these “Technic Scraps” as official packs for short periods of time until the next volume comes out.

      Now initially I thought this was a fantastic idea, but I’m pessimistic about how it’ll work out considering past issues with corruption within the Technic Staff, so I decided to look into it a bit more:

      • First off, two of the three featured packs have very short descriptions and none of them have any evidence of legally redistributing any of the content included within them… not a great start.
      • There are no group votes by the Technic community. While they accept suggestions, it is ultimately a select subset of staff who choose what goes there and what doesn’t - regardless of the community’s opinion.
      • There’s no rules or moderation on that subset of staff. As some of the staff also make their own packs and Technic has been known for corrupt staff a couple of unfortunate occasions in the past, it is entirely possible that some packs will get completely blacklisted from this featured list and the staff’s own packs featured in favour of preventing competition.

      It’ll probably work out great and I hope that it does. I probably won’t actually try any of the packs though as I don’t play many games at all anymore.

      posted in Hidden category idea potential technic problem scraps
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    • The end of CM?

      TL;DR: Yes. I have stopped working on CM indefinately but I’ll still be answering questions and helping people out and welcome anyone who wants to maintain the project and keep it alive.

      Hello.

      I regret to inform the UWM staff that I have lost most of my interest in CraftMine development. I have been aware of my gradually loosing interest for a long time and have attempted many things to keep the pack alive, including a whole new development mindset, getting some people to work on the pack alongside me as a team, be semi-open-source and overall very open with the community, attempted to contribute to other modpacks on the UnitedWorldMiners network and more.

      I will still respond to any support requests and questions about CraftMine, however development of new features, pack updates and maintenance have stalled indefinitely from my behalf.

      The last update to CM was on the 1st of July and was published a week or two later to the “Latest version” channel of the modpack options on the Technic Launcher. It’s stable - just incompatible with the official server and no server files exist for it.

      If anyone is interested in maintaining this amazing project, please contact me. I’ll be more than happy to provide some of my knowledge of how I develop CM to the standards it is and also provide the full source code and files of all the versions I still have on me. And of course I’ll add you as a contributor to the original pack listing so you can post new versions and so on, on the official page that’s been around since forever. Even though I’ve stopped pack development, I’ll be happy knowing that my work has made people’s lives better and that it still lives on to this day. Hey, maybe I’ll even submit the occasional contribution if I’m interested - the main reason I lost interest is because barely anyone noticed.

      I just want to thank everyone who has helped make CraftMine possible for such a long time - especially Matty Lofthouse, and UWM (and Bent). Without Matty, CraftMine would’ve never existed. Without UWM, the new CMv4 would have never been possible.

      Btw, if you’re considering taking CM down from your Solder, that’s no problem - just let me know in advance so I can back up all the versions hosted on there.

      Goodbye :(

      posted in Hidden category craftmine goodbye
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    • RE: CM Screenshot contest

      Sigh… It’s been a whole month and I’ve got just one entry for this contest. I guess I have no choice but to close this contest and not go ahead with community-made screenshots on the main menu as there just doesn’t seem to be an active CraftMine community anymore. :(

      posted in News & Announcements
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    • RE: CM Screenshot contest

      @Nick Sorry but this isn’t the right place to ask for that. This is for screenshot competition entries, please use the help & support section for general queries.

      Unfortunately the shaderpack in CraftMine is an exclusive and is specifically designed for CM. While manually grabbing the shaderpack from CM and putting it on another modpack may work (for personal uses only, no redistribution permitted), the performance may be worse and possibly glitchy with mods not in CM.

      posted in News & Announcements
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