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Any Minecraft stuff?

TheCastellanTheCastellan Posts: 710
edited December 1969 in The Commons

Are there any Minecraft items out there?

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  • MasterstrokeMasterstroke Posts: 2,111
    edited December 1969

    can anybody explain to me what Minecraft is about and why everybody is so exited about it? I've seen it only once and it looked to me like a 1995 ego shooter without any enymies. Even my Turok game on my old Nintendo64 looked better.

  • TheCastellanTheCastellan Posts: 710
    edited December 1969

    It's game where you survive by making things out of the resources you collect. You need to avoid starvation, as well as getting killed by various monsters and hazards. The graphics are fine, I think, I like the lego like world it has, and graphics are not what makes a game, you know.

    Plus you can do all sorts of mods as well. :D

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,807
    edited December 1969

    Masterstroke said:
    can anybody explain to me what Minecraft is about and why everybody is so exited about it? I've seen it only once and it looked to me like a 1995 ego shooter without any enymies. Even my Turok game on my old Nintendo64 looked better.

    Yep, the LEGO look really turns me off on it. I have to have a believable looking world to play in.

    Man, I LOVED Turok on Nintendo 64 back in the day, wish would make a new version with current render tech and for the PC.

  • Herald of FireHerald of Fire Posts: 3,504
    edited December 1969

    I'm a massive Minecraft fan, so naturally I've been playing around with some Minecraft-related goodies in Daz Studio. There's an exporter which will allow you to convert Minecraft maps into 3D models which might be worth taking a look at. In the meantime, here's Sadie being hassled by a creeper, and a close up of the creeper himself.

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  • TheCastellanTheCastellan Posts: 710
    edited December 1969

    Realistic worlds in video games are overrated. ;)


    I'd love some Minecraft worlds one could open in Daz. :D Same for the characters.

  • Lissa_xyzLissa_xyz Posts: 6,116
    edited January 2014

    Our kids play Minecraft, but I can't get into it no matter what. Because of them though I know how to mod it even though I don't play it (I don't like them messing with system files so they come ask me to install certain mods).

    FSMCDesigns said:
    Masterstroke said:
    can anybody explain to me what Minecraft is about and why everybody is so exited about it? I've seen it only once and it looked to me like a 1995 ego shooter without any enymies. Even my Turok game on my old Nintendo64 looked better.

    Yep, the LEGO look really turns me off on it. I have to have a believable looking world to play in.

    Man, I LOVED Turok on Nintendo 64 back in the day, wish would make a new version with current render tech and for the PC.
    There's been one since 2008. It's built on Unreal Engine 3. It came out on Xbox360, PS3, and Windows.
    http://www.amazon.com/Turok-PC/dp/B000Y5DTJK

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  • Herald of FireHerald of Fire Posts: 3,504
    edited December 1969

    TheCastellan said:
    Realistic worlds in video games are overrated. ;)


    I'd love some Minecraft worlds one could open in Daz. :D Same for the characters.

    They're actually very easy to make, since you can export Minecraft worlds as OBJ files and then import them into Daz Studio. All the texturing is done for you, so all you need to do is apply opacity maps or other material tweaks. Perhaps give glowstone more of an actual glow, for example. That is precisely what I did for the above image. It's an exported file of a building I made in creative-mode Minecraft, and its surrounding area.

    As for the creeper, it was fairly easy to model but it isn't rigged, so the feet don't actually move. Due to the mesh, attempts to rig it were met with interesting complications, largely where it deformed non-moving parts. This particular creeper I modelled and mapped in 3D Studio Max. It's extremely low poly though, so doesn't really lend itself well to bending morphs.

    If you're interested, I could upload the figure for you to use, though I might redo it entirely with a higher polycount to make it a bit more flexible in future.

  • StratDragonStratDragon Posts: 3,256
    edited December 1969

    Saying the graphics hold this game back from being relevant is like saying music should be played faster so it sounds better.

  • RawArtRawArt Posts: 5,991
    edited December 1969

    My son is a HUGE minecraft fan.....hmmmm.....might be fun to make such a set (similar...of course...not the same)

  • KatteyKattey Posts: 2,899
    edited January 2014

    *whispers* Terraria is better *and runs away* :D

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  • Faeryl WomynFaeryl Womyn Posts: 3,697
    edited December 1969

    My son is big on Minecraft and has it for the computer and the xbox. You can export the world's for use in Daz????? Time to have a talk with my son...lol

    My son is always asking me to help him out with some animations involving minecraft. I did find some character models, but that's about it, so this exporting thing will really help.

  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,530
    edited December 1969

    Both of my kids are into Mindcrat, WoW, and LoL

  • David BrinnenDavid Brinnen Posts: 3,136
    edited December 1969

    Minecraft! Well... I've done a couple of video's about exporting the worlds for rendering.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cisb0aaR30
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DbvHtiA7cM

    And here is a couple of renders. Of course I've done a few. Just I have made a few videos... http://www.youtube.com/user/davidbrinnen You might find something to interest you here if you use Bryce or Wings 3D or Octane or Minecraft - or maybe soon... even... DS!

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  • Faeryl WomynFaeryl Womyn Posts: 3,697
    edited December 1969

    Hey David...Agent keeps trying to get us to use Bryce and has suggested your video's many times. I am not so sure I want to export an entire world from Minecraft, that woujld be rather large, can you select a section of the world and export only that?

  • David BrinnenDavid Brinnen Posts: 3,136
    edited December 1969

    FaerylWomyn said:
    Hey David...Agent keeps trying to get us to use Bryce and has suggested your video's many times. I am not so sure I want to export an entire world from Minecraft, that woujld be rather large, can you select a section of the world and export only that?

    You can indeed export as little or as much as you like (within the limitations of your PC). The video will guide you.

  • TheCastellanTheCastellan Posts: 710
    edited December 1969

    HeraldOfFire said:
    TheCastellan said:
    Realistic worlds in video games are overrated. ;)


    I'd love some Minecraft worlds one could open in Daz. :D Same for the characters.

    They're actually very easy to make, since you can export Minecraft worlds as OBJ files and then import them into Daz Studio. All the texturing is done for you, so all you need to do is apply opacity maps or other material tweaks. Perhaps give glowstone more of an actual glow, for example. That is precisely what I did for the above image. It's an exported file of a building I made in creative-mode Minecraft, and its surrounding area.

    As for the creeper, it was fairly easy to model but it isn't rigged, so the feet don't actually move. Due to the mesh, attempts to rig it were met with interesting complications, largely where it deformed non-moving parts. This particular creeper I modelled and mapped in 3D Studio Max. It's extremely low poly though, so doesn't really lend itself well to bending morphs.

    If you're interested, I could upload the figure for you to use, though I might redo it entirely with a higher polycount to make it a bit more flexible in future.

    Yes, please ^_^ And low poly is just fine with me. :D

  • Dream CutterDream Cutter Posts: 1,224
    edited January 2014

    FSMCDesigns said:
    Masterstroke said:
    can anybody explain to me what Minecraft is about and why everybody is so exited about it? I've seen it only once and it looked to me like a 1995 ego shooter without any enymies. Even my Turok game on my old Nintendo64 looked better.

    Yep, the LEGO look really turns me off on it. I have to have a believable looking world to play in.

    Man, I LOVED Turok on Nintendo 64 back in the day, wish would make a new version with current render tech and for the PC.

    Its the open-ended LEGO gameplay that has people hooked. The possibilities are absolutely endless. You can even build "circuits" and program them to function as a computer. The simple texture editors and what can be achieved by a 16x16 pixel resolution image is astounding - making an cool image is such a fun a challenge it is a game in itself!

    My 8yo was playing with MineCraft TnT detonation circuits late into the night Saturday giggling as he blew up virtual farm animals. I think I may have a problem on my hands....

    Time to take him gold prospecting and focus that energy where it may do us good.

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  • GigabeatGigabeat Posts: 164
    edited December 1969

    Tried Minecraft but gave me motion sickness the same way the old (DOS) Doom & Wolfenstein use to. @_@

  • StratDragonStratDragon Posts: 3,256
    edited December 1969

    the bulk of what I've seen is scattered throughout the Blender community.

    If I upgrade to Xbox1 or PS4 it will be for Minecraft...
    ...and MK10

  • icprncssicprncss Posts: 3,694
    edited December 1969

    StratDragon said:
    Saying the graphics hold this game back from being relevant is like saying music should be played faster so it sounds better.

    You mean it doesn't?

  • pwiecekpwiecek Posts: 1,592
    edited December 1969

    Masterstroke said:
    can anybody explain to me what Minecraft is about and why everybody is so exited about it?

    From what I understand, they're (Whatever "they" is) highly programmable. Its about what they DO not how they look.
  • Lissa_xyzLissa_xyz Posts: 6,116
    edited December 1969

    Katey: I'm with you. *Terraria fan*

    David: Only you can make Minecraft look utterly gorgeous. *jawdrop*

  • StratDragonStratDragon Posts: 3,256
    edited December 1969

    icprncss said:
    StratDragon said:
    Saying the graphics hold this game back from being relevant is like saying music should be played faster so it sounds better.

    You mean it doesn't?

    true you will never understand the how over rated Paco DeLucia was until you behold the sonic significance of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the BumbleBee" noodled through at 250BP/m intervals to garner the elusive youtube accolade: Greatest Guitar Player EVAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • seanb333seanb333 Posts: 1
    edited September 2014

    FSMCDesigns said:
    Masterstroke said:
    can anybody explain to me what Minecraft is about and why everybody is so exited about it? I've seen it only once and it looked to me like a 1995 ego shooter without any enymies. Even my Turok game on my old Nintendo64 looked better.

    Yep, the LEGO look really turns me off on it. I have to have a believable looking world to play in.

    Man, I LOVED Turok on Nintendo 64 back in the day, wish would make a new version with current render tech and for the PC.

    This thread is cold but I'm glad it's still here. I'm looking to do blockworld scenes, this is great that MC exports OBJ, I guess I will try that.

    @FSMCDesigns you should check out Survivalcraft if you want a more realistic environment. But it's just an app, no export to obj. I prefer it, while my kids prefer the nostalgic 64bit look of Minecraft's blocky clouds. I can't stand 'em. Generational thing I guess.

    @HeraldOfFire - thanks, those pics look awesome.

    So I will try now to create "Steve" in DAZ...

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  • rtesterrtester Posts: 38
    Herald of Fire said:

    I'm a massive Minecraft fan, so naturally I've been playing around with some Minecraft-related goodies in Daz Studio. There's an exporter which will allow you to convert Minecraft maps into 3D models which might be worth taking a look at. In the meantime, here's Sadie being hassled by a creeper, and a close up of the creeper himself.

    Do you happen to know the name of the exporter?

  • Faeryl WomynFaeryl Womyn Posts: 3,697

    There are links in David's video in the description area, just click the little down arrow to expand it.

  • Sfariah DSfariah D Posts: 26,770

    Not sure if it has been mentioned, but was there a plugin for studio that created same effect for studio?

  • Faeryl WomynFaeryl Womyn Posts: 3,697

    Can't remember who but I think there was something for Daz by Digital something or other, but don't think it was a script, think it was an environment, but it's been too long for me to remember correctly

  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,835
    edited June 2017

    To convert Daz3D assets, there is: https://www.daz3d.com/simtenero-voxelizer

     

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  • ArtiniArtini Posts: 9,835

    There is also Qubicle Voxel Editor
    http://store.steampowered.com/app/454550/Qubicle_Voxel_Editor/

    currently on sale, if you wish to create such models yourself, from scratch.

     

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