BioCraft: The Island of Mata Nui and Skins

Calebmar12 · October 2, 2016, 12:45am

Make it the 20th i need a birthday present

Wolk · October 2, 2016, 1:49am

I think Ga-Koro looks odd buuut… Kind of a flaw of the game. It needs more green blocks. All the current blocks have this odd feeling to it, with no real, proper green found anywhere in the game but in the grass of certain biomes… Have you tried to use stained clay?

Anyways, nice to see an update on this! And, please, make the gamenight a bigger deal than the art stream Eljay!

Eljay · October 2, 2016, 1:51am

We may rework how those blocks work with a full-blown texture pack, because you aren’t wrong. However, I can assure you they are green, just different shades. Stained clay is much greyer, so we opted to go with the fresher looking colors.

I like the sound of this.

Zero · October 2, 2016, 1:56am

#where’sthecandleheadcult?

Kan · October 2, 2016, 5:27am

See, this man asks the real questions here.

MakutaTexxidos · October 2, 2016, 9:28am

I Second that.

Leoxander · October 2, 2016, 12:23pm

I am really looking forward to this now.

Froku · October 2, 2016, 7:21pm

You think there’ll be skins for other types of Matoran? Lightning and Iron would be pretty interesting.

Eljay · October 2, 2016, 7:26pm

I am only making skins for Matoran we’ve seen in MNOG 1 and 2. If people wish to make their own skins with what we release, they are more than welcome to.

legomaster1378 · October 2, 2016, 8:17pm

WOAH! Since when does Minecraft have dynamic lighting/shadows?

Don’t judge me. I haven’t played in over a year…

This looks really great guys! I’d love to go exploring with other Boards members on the game night.

Would you guys have mobs enabled on the game night? (possibly with custom Rahi skins implemented via a resource pack?)

Eljay · October 2, 2016, 8:20pm

It’s a mod, what people use called Shaders. It still looks like normal otherwise. =P

Dunno about mobs. It’s unlikely, but we’ll discuss it. Additionally, the Resource Pack won’t be done yet by the game night, so no.

legomaster1378 · October 2, 2016, 8:41pm

Alright. I just think doing an objective-based survival on a map like this would be really cool. Maybe that’d be something for the community to work on…

Syobnaf · October 3, 2016, 1:20am

Well congrats, I’m so happy for you guys and gals at TTV, the Bionicle Community as a whole, and myself for having access to this wonderful resource! When I started following TTV two summers ago, I found the old Biocraft videos and was subsequently disappointed to find that the project hadn’t been completed, and I can only imagine how much it must mean to you to finish it. As some of you may know, MNOG is my favorite videogame of all time, and I relish the opportunity to explore the Island of Mata Nui once more in a much more blocky aesthetic. Now I guess we all have to wait for The Legend of the Toa Skyrim mod…

Indigogeek · October 3, 2016, 1:33am

Oh great… I said MNOG 1.5 would be done when Biocraft is done…

Eljay · October 3, 2016, 10:12am

Cool news, folks.

All the Matoran skins are done. Additionally, one of our former hosts made Turaga skins a while back. Those, plus the Takua skin, will be released in the days leading up to our Game Night this month. That’s a total of 82 skins.

After the Game Night, we’ll be releasing the Toa skins. That’s the default skins for every Toa, their Golden Masks, and every mask they had to collect. Those aren’t quite done yet, but it should be somewhere around over 100 more skins.

Game Night is this month, however we aren’t sure just yet. It’ll be after this weekend for sure, so we’ll keep you all posted!

SpeisCheese · October 3, 2016, 2:37pm

For those who don’t know. It is possible to use those Matoran Skins for Custom NPC’s. It is a mod which allows you to create your own NPC. It has many settings, models and even a quest system. If you want a great variety of different Matoran, instead of those boring villagers, I recommend you this mod. Sadly, it isn’t out yet for the 1.10.

Eljay · October 3, 2016, 2:38pm

Oooh, do send me a link. And that’s fine, we’re gonna run the server on 1.9.

SpeisCheese · October 3, 2016, 2:43pm

I can help you with it. It is pretty difficult at the beginning, because there are so many options. But with the time, it is actually very simple.

To place new skins for the Custom NPC mod, you will first have to install it, and you also need Forge first.

Wheatley · October 3, 2016, 2:43pm

How do i download this? And when will the game night be announced?

Eljay · October 3, 2016, 2:45pm

Out of curiosity, is this server or client side? As in, does it function like a plugin to where only we need it, or like a mod to where everyone needs it?

The map is not yet up for download, but will be soon. And the Game Night will be announced after the 8th.