Little blocks mod.

Hey there, first off I'd like to say that I couldn't really find a template to write suggestion's in this thread, so I apologize in advance if this is written in an improper format.

Not to mention, sorry that I'm suggesting something after being in the server for such a short period of time. I don't mean to change the server or think it's lacking something, I just think this could be an small improvement for one of the best server's I've played on so far. I mean that, really. The community and functions are fantastic and unique.

I also apologize if you don't accept suggestion's from the main server.

The little blocks mod by VengeurK seems very interesting for the main big sister server. The building for tinies could be greatly improved, and would also allow regular size players to have tiny houses inside their regular size house, allowing tinies to live in the same way as in the x8 town.

This would also give more structural complexity and diversity in micropolis. In my opinion, this would be a great benefit to any players who play as a smaller player. It would also allow more complex designs with redstone, while also creating tiny secret areas for tiny players.

The mod is here, and it also works for 1.6.2

We have already considered adding this mod a long time ago.

Unfortunately, while little blocks does come with amazing possibilities and perks, it also come with quite heavy setbacks. Because of the way the mod is built, it uses 'little chunks' as they are called, to create a special area on the block to allow for more blocks to be placed there.

However, this is essentailly creating a tiny, vanilla minecraft chunk inside a one block space, which is fine for single player worlds, as not many are placed that often. Multiplayer however, would have hundreds of these chunks all around the world placed by almost every player, quickly creating lag for everyone among various other problems.

Back when I was on dravics, we used littleblocks and I saw these problems first-hand, so I know im not just blowing hot air xP (maybe about how the chunks actually work themselves, im not a modder) and we had to go mass deleting tons of littleblock chunks just to make the server playable again, without wiping the world.

Another reason for not having it, would just be that it would be another thing players have to download to get into the server. While this might not seem much to you, some players struggle even getting the normal gulliver to work, even though mion has an installer set up xD

But yeah, while I would absolutely love it to have that mod (I would make so many tiny houses xP) its really not worth potentially wrecking the server for. I hope this is informative enough to answer this suggestion =]

That makes perfect sense, fair enough. Yes, this is informative enough indeed! Thank you for giving such a detailed response, it makes it a lot easier to understand. See you in game!

Hey all,

Shadow sums it up perfectly... granted Tarig points out that the lag issue is kinda resolved in later versions of Little Blocks, that really wouldn't help us here in version 1.6.2.  Not to mention that Big Sister is meant to be the "Stable" branch, and not amenable to changes that would dramatically impact compatibility with vanilla Minecraft.  When I imported the Dravics map, all the Little Chunks disappeared, leaving behind garrish and hideous landscapes where once there existed beautiful micro-cities... a testament to how ephemeral modded blocks can be.  ^^;

(Plus another programmer-player of ours has an interesting alternative that would offer lagless micro-housing, but it'll be a while before it can be realized, if at all.)  

And now that we're on the subject of servers, I should point out that you posted this in the LIttle Brother Brainstorming subforum, rather than the Big Sister Idea Box subforum.  So suggesting this for the main server is a moot point since it's posted in the wrong section anyway, but all is not lost as you CAN in fact suggest LittleBlocks for a Little Brother flavor (and in fact, I'm kind of shocked and amazed no one has done so yet).  

Little Brother exists as our bleeding-edge test server, where we can test out exciting new technologies that would be impossible (or at least too risky) to incorporate into the "stable" Big Sister server.  ^^

And somehow I find this picture relevant... <3

What a wonderful picture. c: Well, I apologize for posting this in the wrong section. I'll know from now on which ones to post in. Well then, I will suggest we have the little blocks mod as a part of the little brother server, that certainly would be interesting!

Cool bean, though Little Blocks by itself can't carry its own weight.  You might have to suggest it in conjunction with another cool mod or two.  ^^

The Aether 2 mod would be interesting, although I don't know if that would be the best mod to use as it doesn't really match the little blocks mod too well. I know Aether 2 was suggested in the past, but I don't know if the vote was passed, if not, then that may work.

Ah, need to do more research my friend.  We did have Aether 2 in a prior flavor (March or April, I think), and it flopped terribly.

what we Need is a super Computer to runs Little blocks mod on multiplayer perfectly XD