Hello, I'm N8thanH, and welcome back to Across the Map. I apologize for being absent a few weeks at a time, but today, I have lots to show you guys! There has been lots going on around Bluesun Village, the town on our private server. So, for today, I thought I'd show you guys what's been going on.

Fire-Cat and ThunderrrCat have been doing a lot of the work around the village, and they made a new renovation shop together. It's quite a modern-looking build.




I especially love their basement workspace. The entrance is right behind the desk.


They even have stalls and a special exit for their work mules. I bred one a long time ago, and I guess Fire-Cat took an interest in using one. I could use a workshop like the one they have. I don't have a place to put my mule. But, I did make space beneath my shop.

They even managed to incorporate Granite, AKA Block Impossible.

The mule exit is just off to the side of the store.

They've also helped with a bunch of improvements to the main areas of town, such as a new plaza by the community center, a new Nether portal entrance, and a little fountain area in front of our old hotel.

I helped out a bunch with the portal and town plaza. :D




They even renovated the outhouse/Lgamerross' former slot machine. Unbelievable. 0_o


Of course, I've been doing things, too. I made a couple of boat docks next to Lgamerross' old house. It's to the far left in the above photo. I wish he'd play with us again. I don't think he plays Minecraft anymore.


I did a little modification to the redstone circuitry for these docks. They're exactly like the one I showed you during my redstone gadget post, except there is a small redstone line that locks the side of the memory cell/RS-NOR latch that's closest to the button.


Caution: REDSTONE TALK BELOW! You may skip it if you don't like redstone!
 The lock runs from the dot of redstone under the pressure plate; the one that makes the water disappear. (Note that there is a repeater in that dark space.) Because of the torch, when that redstone dot is being powered, the torch is off, and you can activate the opposite side (by pushing the button). But, that dot turns off when the memory cell is flipped by doing so and the torch turns on, and the redstone on the far right can't activate anymore. In other words, activating the right side locks the right side.

Because the line on the far right is constantly being powered, nothing on that line will get powered, including that dispenser linked to the repeater on the far right, since dispensers must go from not being powered at all to being powered. But, as soon as the dot is powered again by hitting a pressure plate, the lock is disabled., and you are free to re-power it again to fire the dispenser.

Okay. I'm done being a redstone geek, now.

So, what does this new little lock circuit do? Well, it allows you to dispense multiple boats. Sometimes, the boats go back into the hoppers, so that helps. Overall, it makes this device a lot more friendly to my crazies. They love my little circuits for a reason.


 If I ever do a tutorial, I will include the lock. I most likely will sometime. Maybe after I get my LP going again. I have footage that I recorded a few months ago. I digress...

I also made a little boardwalk on the other side of the lake, since we are now getting some residents around there. These houses were built by the Cats. (I thought they were a renovation buisness. ._. ) The one on the top is Noah's house. (He told me I could use his real name.) Mintz' is on the right in this photo.

Oops. I left my texture pack on for this one. Ah,well. Enjoy this little demo. Any opinions? I'm thinking the pack may be too bright. It looks fine to me, but my screen is kind of blue-ish.

Let's go to Noah's first. Here are some screenshots from around the house. I will caption where each one is, but I don't feel like giving a detailed tour, since this isn't a building showcase. Maybe another time. I don't really know.

A more clear (and less dark) view of the house. The Cats seem to have developed a modern house style.

Fire-Cat came up with that blanket trick a while ago. It looks cool.

The verdict was that the boys wouldn't appreciate one of their typical kitchens, so they came up with more effective work spaces.

Hallway, second floor. The staircase is just right of the kitchen.

Bedroom, first door down the hallway.

Second door down the hallway: The... office.

At the end of the hallway, there is a staircase. It leads into the attic, which is here.

Next is Mintz's house. His was actually built first. He did have a house before, but the Cats offered to build him a bigger one. There are now some stands that we're renting out to people where his old house was.



I'll give you guys some glimpses of the house, now. The whole house is only one floor except for the attic and basement, but I don't know if they count as bungalows.

This is the entrance. Truth be told, this room could just as easily be at the back of the house.

His awesome workroom, to the right of the hallway.

The bedroom. On the left of the hallway.

The basement. The staircase the end of the hallway.

Like Noah, Mintz also got a workroom in the attic. There is a ladder to get up here just across the hallway from the stairs.

 Mintz wanted me to showcase me a bit on here, so I thought I'd show off what else he's been up to with us: a drained underwater temple. We raided it a long time ago, and we've used the sponges to drain it. He said he wants to turn it into a hotel of sorts, so we've been contributing to it.

This is the grand entryway.

The front desk. A lot of this place is still empty.

The staircase to the second floor.

This is the supply closet I created. :D

This area will be the shopping area.

The central area where the gold was is still flooded.

This is the questboard. I suppose I should mention that this place is called the Adventure Hub.

All our hotel rooms are at the top. Hurray for special treatment! :D

The top exit. It can be swum out of.

 In other news, Mintz has decided to turn the treehouse club he built into a fight club.



I almost forgot to mention that ThunderrrCat had her own house redone. I'll run through it as usual. Her house is pretty interesting in terms of layout. It sort of has a cozy feel.

ThunderrrCat lives just outside of town.

The staircase is to the right of the kitchen. (Left if you're looking from the point of view from the screenshot above this one.

This is her bedroom. It's just by the railing of the staircase.

I'm not sure what this space is, to be honest.

Well, that's all that I have to show you guys today. As always, I appreciate your comments, feedback, and suggestions, and thanks for stopping by!

 I'll see you all next post. Until then!

Hello! I'm N8thanH, and welcome back to Across the Map!

Last weekend, I did a little project with the Cats; Fire-Cat and ThunderrrCat, mostly just for the fun of it. This little build has no practical use, other than being a surprisingly fun to hang out inside of.

So, not long ago, I found an old spider dungeon inside of the basement of myself and Fire-Cat's basement. There are some pretty crazy ravines down there. So, out of boredom, the Cats and I decided to turn it into a spider cage.

You can get to it from our basement...


Under our house...


Inside these ravines.

The waterfall towards the background to the left is how we get out.

That ravine on the left is where the cage is. This time, the exit is the rightmost waterfall.

This area was mined out years ago. I mean, in real-life years. I was randomly wandering these caves, possibly because some punk punched me in. I can't recall. As you walk through that ravine on the left, as seen in the screenshot above, you'll find the spider cage inside of a small side tunnel.



Here is the entrance, which is around and behind the structure for some reason! Actually, I know exactly why: so you get a nice view of the cage when you walk up to it...

Sign above doors: "01 Scuttle Ave."

Yeah, this is the house. There isn't a lot to it, but I'll show you what there is.

Up front, we have a light switch to stop the spawner, and doors that I specially oriented not to allow spiders to escape. I used the Acacia Wood Doors here to enhance the bug cage gimmick. Well, now I can say I've used them on the Default texture pack. :I


Here is the interior. The Cats and I decided to make some small tree-like things and placed some carpet. Just an interior to remind anyone of when they would catch bugs as small children. I remember how I'd always capture every ladybug I found during the summer when I was about six. I feel bad for the little critters, even though they probably don't have emotions. At least I tried to feed them aphids from the plant pots. :c

I'm being watched...

The glass panes have been annoying. I think the panes would be better if you could manually adjust them somehow. Some sort of tool item, maybe? Unfortunately, there isn't much I can do about it. :t

Around the house, I installed some wooden walls, which I pretty much hacked together. The walls are made of spruce wood planks and dark oak wood and the floor is Brown Stained Clay, which works well with a wooden palette.  The lighting is just enough to light the hallway without monster spawning, but spaced as to brighten the cage interior as little as possible. The only reason the interior is bright in the below photo is because I turned on the lighting for some reason.


There is something else to show you guys. It's down this cave, and throughout everywhere you guys have seen throughout the cave screenshots...


What happens when you get two comedian Cats in a cave, with extra things to play with? Something like this...

i tRanSlatE SiGn. ZOOm, SatURn fOnt iS HaRD tO REaD. i KaY-O witH tHat. :3 (I decided to switch on my new font pack, which is the Mr. Saturn font from Earthbound. I'm now a giant freak for that game. <3

(The screenshot above this text and the two below are inside Demented Windows inc.)

This is a cave at the mouth of the cave where the cave is. I took advantage of the existing work station when setting up there.

This is up the exit-fall.

Well, that's it for today. As always, your feedback is appreciated, and thanks for reading! This time, I think I'll end things off with a selfie with Fire-Cat, since she's in the room with me as I write, playing on our server.

Say... Fuzzy Pickles!

Well, I'll catch you guys next post. Until then!