So I finally upgraded my main world to 1.5.1 after Mo' Creatures updated, unfortunately though; I couldn't get it to work. I started with a brand new clean, vanilla Jar file, and follow the instructions, but it just wasn't working no cretures. Then, it kept crashing Minecraft. I never had any problems when I did it for 1.4.7 and I used all new updated versions of the GUI jar, Forge and the other one. Still nothing. So although I am in 1.5.1 it's now mostly vanilla apart from Rei's Mini Map.
Just before I updated I made a back-up save of my main world and took down the old portal that I said I was going to do from the old Portal room. I haven't removed all the Netherrack from that room yet, but I have got a lot of it down. The new portal room is now down all the way past the mob area (The old one being half-way down the stairs to said area), through another room full of lava pools - it's at the very bottom of the mountain after all; and and past another few winding dug out corridors. The area it's in is where I blasted to bedrock a few years ago, to see how much left of the mountain there was. So I did have to build up the big crater in the floor, covering the bedrock, but it is here, surrounded by lava pools; that the new portal area is situated. I backed up the old DIM files for the current nether as well and removed them in the save file; upgraded to 1.5.1 and reset my Nether. Despite the portal generating on a small island of Netherrack, (Just enough to house the portal) and being surrounded by lava, I have a nice new portal. The new Nether Quartz is abundant, and I already have a stack and a half. I played about with it in the crafting table, not actually to create stuff, but just to see the methods, more-so for the special "Decorated" Quartz blocks.
World #3 Update
As you can see, I haven't done a great deal more except continue the snow walls, finished bricking; and added the half-slopped roof to this side of the house. The only trouble with the half slopped roof is, I wasn't sure how to finish the top of it off, keeping in mind it also over-hangs at the front to create depth.
The over-hang of the stairs just - stops, when it gets to the top, not sure how to improve this yet. I have also started the roof round the back of the house as well:
Compared to the real house I'm basing it off, I realized the dirt building withe the flat ceiling, shouldn't actually exist! I think it's where the central staircase up is located, but this was done first before I actually had any idea what the building was going to look like.
I am also starting a new project, before on my creative world, I made a cave home and was going to do a legit version of this, but that changed when I created a new 1.5.1 world. So I was going around, looking for a nice cave, and having great trouble finding one - when I spotted a ravine. Pretty soon the idea changed and the save went from Cave home to 1.5.1 Ravine home. legit.
So this is the ravine in question:
The actual idea came when I thought that the main body of the ravine could be come the grande "Main entrance", a great hallway if you will leading off to other areas (Caves) being rooms. There is actually another ravine as well full of lava. At one end there's a cave that goes down, but not very far at all dropping off into the ravine itself, which is full of lava. So I carefully dug my way down, turning off into the mountain and creating the rest of the way down to the lava ravine floor with cobblestone blocks. I plan to strip the sides of the main ravine down so there smooth, no over-hangs, apart from a little at the very top, just as a reminder that it's a ravine.
The natural ravine, floor level:
After clearing shots:
As you can see by the last picture, I made a natural way up as their was not waterfall from the top to access the ravine. It's also because I got so excited at the thought of this project, I went down to explore and forgot to take any wood planks or even logs with me, so I literally had 1 wood planks and couldn't make sticks. I was very fortunate where I chose to make the stairs as half way up I just hit dirt, luckily as my pick was about to break and I had no idea how much I had to go up. Thank-heavens for dirt! I will naturally cover the top of the ravine with glass to shelter from the rain and mobs dropping over.
Opposite where I had made the stairs, there was another little cave but it led up to the surface not downwards. I only found this area after making the stairs as maybe it might have been a better way down. Anyway, as it broke to the surface there was a fairly flat area, which I realized would be a good area for any far, as food was getting critical at this point and I needed to star being self efficient as soon as possible.
In the last picture the two small farms are just round the corner (After a dip to a cave) from the wheat farm. In time this area will be home to all my wheat, melon, potatoe and carrot farms.
Since I began making this post I have glassed 3/4 of the top of the ravine top. More news will follow soon of the continued update of this new project!
