@Destruidor155 The printer will print it just fine, it's got a clever process where solid objects get held in place by unsolidified "sand" surrounding them. Then when removed from the 3D printer, the sand is vacuumed away and the floating object is left. If you live on a planet with gravity, this floating object falls to the ground.
@The3rdPersonViewer This was just the demo; go to mineways.com to learn more, and watch the video tutorials to figure out how to use the program. Key thing: you yourself don't need a 3D printer to make models, just use a print service like Shapeways.
@MrErichaines I understand I did this, but I highlight what I want to be printed and I don't know how to view it or what file to send for them to print.
@gaeaallard That's surprising, as the default depth is 62. Anyway, use the [ and ] keys to adjust the bottom depth of the volume you're exporting (you'll see "Bottom" change at the bottom of the window). You can also simply use the middle-mouse button to click on a place on the map to set the minimum depth. You can see how this works in my basic tutorial, in my Mineways playlist. Email me if you're still stuck.
@MrArtholones Hmm, that's odd, I haven't heard of that before. One thing I'd do is try saving to an empty directory, just in case there's some name collision with your save file names. Anyway, please write me and tell me more, and send the .zip file on.
@BinaryLp I'm not sure what you're referring to... Mineways works fine with HD textures, especially the latest version 14, which checks whether the terrain.png file has water and lava textures or not. Note that interactive previewers often don't work well with 128x128 or larger textures, due to GPU texture size limits.
@EliteCinemaGaming Please check out my basic tutorial on Mineways, you'll find it on mineways.com. Go to about 10:30 into that video and I show how to make the model ready for purchase, how to change the default material, etc.
@SilentMw3Modz Did it create a WRL or OBJ file? Did you choose textured output? I'm happy to help, but need more information - email me (email link is at the end of the mineways.com page). Another thing to avoid: "non-English" characters, i.e. things with umlauts, carets, accents, etc., over the characters.
@Knowers100 Read the mineways.com page or watch the basics tutorial. Middle-mouse click to set the depth, right-click and drag to select an area, [ and ] keys to adjust the depth.
@lax6991 Go to mineways.com and look for the link for the SAP Viewer Complete - this viewer (free) will display the WRL file pretty well. Make sure you install the "Complete" version.
can someone please help when i hit export model for 3d printing it just says that there is no terrain.png file in the same file as minewaves even though i can clearly see that there is one in the same file
@TheBravery767 If you're not on the Mac, then the problem might be that you have non-English characters (e.g. Cyrillic) in your directory path. Try installing everything in c:\temp or similar, to avoid this problem. In the latest version you can also choose which terrain.png you want to use - try that out, that might help. If you're still stuck, please email me directly. My email contact info is at the bottom of the Mineways page.
@292mario You can't, unfortunately: they don't have a scaling function like the i.materialize guys do. You have to play around in Mineways to get the height you want, but that's easy: in Mineways one of the export options is for you to set a target height, or a target price.
@nukel1ermuff1n Making some more videos, I figured it out: it's one of Camtasia's audio filters doing something weird in trying to clean up my voice-over. Not clicking that checkbox again...
@SirLovestain I think you're missing the concept: Mineways selects a part of your Minecraft world and lets you print it out. If you have a home 3D printer, print it there for a few bucks of material. If you don't, you can have a printing service like Shapeways print it for you. Yes, atoms cost money. Or you can just make pictures of the model you exported.
@SirLovestain I'm upset that people whine about things that have no relation to what is being talked about. If you think the world is full of obesity, cancer, ignorance, and lies, then do something about it instead of venting on youtube video comments.
@MrCofet Sorry, once more, didn't mean to offend anyone by my post. I was ignorant as to what was going on in the video. But I can say thanks for the mockery, pretty cool way to have a desiccation, I guess.
@MrCofet By the way, the way I had understood the video did have relation to the comment I wrote. Money being wasted on stupid things. :) I end here. Sorry MrErichaines
@xLJKx Shapeways has told me that about 25% of users don't upload the .png file along with the .wrl file. In other words, when you make the ZIP file, you much include both "yourModel.wrl" and "yourModel.png" in the zip archive file. At least, that's my guess. If that's not it, please email me (contact's at the end of the mineways.com page) and I'll help figure it out.
@tim300199 The whole message is "Error: cannot read world. Mineways has a (dumb) limitation that it cannot read files or directories with non-English characters. You can work around this problem by renaming your world. Sorry!" In other words, take the umlauted characters and whatnot out of your world's name and directory name. I really should figure out how to fix this bug, but in the meantime that's what you have to do.
@xXKyro I'm happy to help, but I'll need more information. Go to mineways.com, there's a link at the very bottom of the page for my email. Please let me know what you've done and where you're stuck.
@xXSonic64Xx Any world on your computer (either one you started locally, or downloaded, or whatever) is one you can open. Find the level.dat, then just open it! If you're on a multiplayer server, ask the admin for a place to download a copy of the world, or you'll have to ask to have some plugin installed that lets you get a .schematic file (which you have to read into MC Edit - see the mineways.com page).
@GFNetworkBeta I remember building a giant scale model of Big Ben, We had to shut it down because we forgot to set the permission for Big Ben to not be deleted but i forgot it so i had to start a new world. The last one got a massive grief while we were out.
@TKOverlord Not from me, but it's open source, so anyone's free to port it. The good news is that Mineways runs just fine under Wine on Linux (Ubuntu), and so should also run fine under Wine on the Mac. I suspect Parallels would work fine - someone want to verify this? Basically, you can run it on any platform if you work a little bit. It's not processor-intensive so should work fine under emulation.
@MrErichaines thanks for the info. im in a mac-only household, so it is difficult being a hardcore minecraft fan. when i figure out Wine, then i think ill be just fine.
@TKOverlord Let me know what you find and I'll update the web page - I want it to run everywhere, but don't have the time (or a Mac) to go cross-platform.
@TKOverlord being in a mac-only household is not a good thing. but if you ever want your maps i'll give you the file from one of your maps if you send me the world that you want it from.
@iSpawnedThere i wish, but the file size for my world is enormous, like 105 kb/mb. i dont exactly know, but it is took big to send digitally. ive tried it before.
Bordercraft texture pack, right? Will it make a difference when printing, like will your texture pack affect the products look? Great tutorial by the way.
@Z13J I've been using a variant of Quandary that I cobbled together, which I call Ancient Roots - find it on vokselia.com. It's lighter than Quandary's current dark earthtones. Really, this early demo doesn't show texture on the model created. I'll be putting up some photos soon showing how texture does and doesn't affect the results.
@minecrafta I used the SAP Viewer Complete, the link for it is on the mineways.com page. That said, a friend should be releasing a prettier previewer tomorrow, if all goes well.
@Gamezonemachinima Well, in fairness, there's also mc2obj, which includes real geometry for fences and similar. Mineways has a much friendlier interface, but is more focused on 3D printing.
@Gamezonemachinima I admit to not having pushed the limits of Mineways all that much, either, but it should scale; there are few hard limits in the code (the main ones are the "extra tiles" space for combinations of rails & redstone against various blocks). I just tried mc2obj, thanks for the inspiration. I'd say it's a toss-up on quality: mc2obj is missing newer objects (e.g. gates), there are some artifacts like gaps in cacti, but I like things like geometry for fences and especially water.
@Davezlunch For the color printer, 15 x 9.8 inches in size (about 190 x 125 blocks, 2 mm wide), but the cost is a dizzying $633.14. Search on the word "expensive" on the mineways.com page for more information on how to keep it cheap.
@heim4439 Aha, yes, I got your email: you need to download the SAP Viewer Complete, or any other VRML viewer you prefer, in order to view the WRL files produced.
@Vasil7112 No. You *can* mark up the prices for any models you put on Shapeways, that's how some people make a little income. I decided not to bother.
@MrErichaines SAP viewer cannot open WRL files. My computer does not call it a VRML in the file description. SAP viewer say "Unsupported file type" How do i fix this?
When i select my world in mineways all i can see is nothing - just bunch of grey blocks which isn't from game. I changed the terrain but still the same result. World is saved and working perfectly (version 1.0.0). Can anybody say what is the problem?
@TheEpicnessBuilder Check out the Flickr pool linked at the top of the mineways.com page; most of my orders have now reached friends and there are a bunch of examples. Textures don't print out all that well, but you can pick out details like redstone wires. I'm so happy these all basically worked and didn't fall apart.
@TheWarBullet Water and lava, yes, I use the terrain.png file's images (which are admittedly not the ones that Minecraft actually uses, but are still usually there). Sadly, the fire texture is not in terrain.png, and I didn't want to write a whole new subsystem to get its textures (wherever it is). Well, normally I *would* write such a system, but I have things I'm supposed to be doing instead.
when i export the file theres an error that says ''thers no terrain.png picture in this folder'' but there is a terrain.png for 1.0.0 in the folder (the name of the terrain is ''terrain'' help? :/
@MTVcartoon Hmmm, hard to tell from where I sit, though I'm definitely concerned. The important things are that mineways.exe and terrain.png are in the same directory, and terrain.png really is a readable png. Could you please email me the terrain.png file? Then I could give it a try.
oh my God... Dear Sir, you are my hero. You have been liked, you have been favourited and in a sec subscriptioned. Even if I never use this, I thank you for using your brilliance to enrichen the world we live in!
@ikkeheltvanlig Wow, super-kind words. Half the credit goes to Sean Kasun, whose great little minutor mapping program was a huge first step in my own efforts. I'd probably still be working on a mapping UI (and burning out - UI's not my forte) if it wasn't for his efforts.
@ps360gangsta I was just reading on some other YouTube video the comment "no one ever reads the video description" - I'll definitely now add the link in the video itself: mineways.com. You want to get the SAP Viewer Complete, there are multiple links to it from mineways.com. Have fun!
@MrErichaines what's a good program to review the vrml file before uploading it to the website? i downloaded the one you use in the video (SAP viewer) but it says my exported models can't be opened... mineways is great btw, really useful! :D
@bazi91 You need to download the "Complete" version of the SAP Viewer, not the "Minimum" version. It should work fine. Let me know if that doesn't work.
@nukel1ermuff1n "The paint! I hear it peeling!" Actually, I know what you mean, and what I can I say? Feel free to send me $100 for an OK microphone; I had a pretty reasonable one but it got trashed by our Roomba. Given that I make videos maybe once every month or three now, buying a new one is not on the top of the list.
@ogbrandon94 What's wrong with the Eiffel? Its proportions are correct, with little mods here and there so we can actually climb it. It's 1:5 scale, as I recall. Or are you just trolling?
@ogbrandon94 Ah, whew, I thought you meant the Eiffel model itself, which might have pointed to some bug I needed to fix. Yeah, two of the feet of the tower are close to some serious cliffs. I expanded the base in the other directions to get all the walkways intact.
Just wanted to confirm that this works on Linux under Wine (I'm using Ubuntu 10.10, most likely the latest version of wine).
This reminds me also of a new Blender plugin that's only been in development for a short time, Mineblend. I've been using it to render some minecraft worlds, but I'll definitely have a look at rendering with this one to compare features and all.
@JeSuisNerd Including helpful and useful information in a YouTube post? Freaky. Thanks for the Wine test, I'll note that on the page. I do have a link to Mineblend, but didn't notice that that's actually what it's called! I'll fix that.
@NixodCreations The main limiter is the "thin wall size". If you have very thin features, they might break off or otherwise disintegrate during the printing process. Search the comments here for "0.7" for more info. If you think your model's safe to print smaller, you simply change the block size to what you like, e.g. 0.35 mm per block in the white material could cut the cost by a factor of 8.
@BseagullMC a 3D printer basically makes tons of little layers that stack on top of each other. it comes made already. With a 3D printer you can make basically anything. Somebody made a working bike.
For the various full color options, not just sandstone but the others as well, what's the approx scale of 1x1x1 brick when printed? Or does the scale change the larger your selection is?
@Rendaylor You have full control over block size, it's part of that scary dialog box. The normal minimum size for the white material is 0.7 mm width per block. But, if you're making something with thick walls, you can go smaller. At a size of 0.7 mm per block, it costs about $1 to print something with 2000 blocks (plus the various fixed costs). For color printing the minimum thickness of walls is 2 mm, so it costs about $6 per thousand blocks.
@TheScars75 Just VRML97 and Wavefront OBJ currently, two common formats. It's pretty easy (for someone else ;-> ) to add an exporter for another format, and I'd be happy to fold these into the code.
WTH would happen if you make a block floating?
Destruidor155 1 week ago
@Destruidor155 The printer will print it just fine, it's got a clever process where solid objects get held in place by unsolidified "sand" surrounding them. Then when removed from the 3D printer, the sand is vacuumed away and the floating object is left. If you live on a planet with gravity, this floating object falls to the ground.
MrErichaines 1 week ago 3
So confused!
The3rdPersonViewer 2 weeks ago
@The3rdPersonViewer This was just the demo; go to mineways.com to learn more, and watch the video tutorials to figure out how to use the program. Key thing: you yourself don't need a 3D printer to make models, just use a print service like Shapeways.
MrErichaines 2 weeks ago
@MrErichaines I understand I did this, but I highlight what I want to be printed and I don't know how to view it or what file to send for them to print.
The3rdPersonViewer 2 weeks ago
@The3rdPersonViewer This is explained in the second paragraph of the "super-fast quickstart on the Mineways page. Go check it out.
MrErichaines 2 weeks ago
it worked perfectly but i tried making a 3d modle of my house and it did, but it also copied all the blocks till bedrock.... anyone help please!
gaeaallard 3 weeks ago
@gaeaallard That's surprising, as the default depth is 62. Anyway, use the [ and ] keys to adjust the bottom depth of the volume you're exporting (you'll see "Bottom" change at the bottom of the window). You can also simply use the middle-mouse button to click on a place on the map to set the minimum depth. You can see how this works in my basic tutorial, in my Mineways playlist. Email me if you're still stuck.
MrErichaines 3 weeks ago
floating block file ERROR! lol ps thats amazing
gaeaallard 3 weeks ago
Mine does work but my texture file is so random like it has all kinds of wierd textures! Why? :(
MrArtholones 3 weeks ago
@MrArtholones Hmm, that's odd, I haven't heard of that before. One thing I'd do is try saving to an empty directory, just in case there's some name collision with your save file names. Anyway, please write me and tell me more, and send the .zip file on.
MrErichaines 3 weeks ago
@MrErichaines Yeah have tryed that but i can just send you a zip file :)!
MrArtholones 3 weeks ago
@MrErichaines
Maybe its a HD texture (:
BinaryLp 3 weeks ago
@BinaryLp I'm not sure what you're referring to... Mineways works fine with HD textures, especially the latest version 14, which checks whether the terrain.png file has water and lava textures or not. Note that interactive previewers often don't work well with 128x128 or larger textures, due to GPU texture size limits.
MrErichaines 3 weeks ago
this will make penis models revolutionary
forgetfulmandude 4 weeks ago
i got to the point of buying but i cannot buy it or change material when uploaded please help thank you :D have a nice day
EliteCinemaGaming 1 month ago
@EliteCinemaGaming Please check out my basic tutorial on Mineways, you'll find it on mineways.com. Go to about 10:30 into that video and I show how to make the model ready for purchase, how to change the default material, etc.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
Mine did not create a .png file!
SilentMw3Modz 1 month ago
@SilentMw3Modz Did it create a WRL or OBJ file? Did you choose textured output? I'm happy to help, but need more information - email me (email link is at the end of the mineways.com page). Another thing to avoid: "non-English" characters, i.e. things with umlauts, carets, accents, etc., over the characters.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
I wanna make nyan cat or a giant creeper. :D
robertletsplays 1 month ago
How do I chose what I want to print out?
Knowers100 1 month ago
@Knowers100 Read the mineways.com page or watch the basics tutorial. Middle-mouse click to set the depth, right-click and drag to select an area, [ and ] keys to adjust the depth.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
i cant open up the module in 3D it makes both files but i cant open up the wrl file please help.
lax6991 1 month ago
@lax6991 Go to mineways.com and look for the link for the SAP Viewer Complete - this viewer (free) will display the WRL file pretty well. Make sure you install the "Complete" version.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
can someone please help when i hit export model for 3d printing it just says that there is no terrain.png file in the same file as minewaves even though i can clearly see that there is one in the same file
TheBravery767 1 month ago
@TheBravery767 If you're not on the Mac, then the problem might be that you have non-English characters (e.g. Cyrillic) in your directory path. Try installing everything in c:\temp or similar, to avoid this problem. In the latest version you can also choose which terrain.png you want to use - try that out, that might help. If you're still stuck, please email me directly. My email contact info is at the bottom of the Mineways page.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
how do you change the size of the model on shapeways? srry im new xD
292mario 1 month ago
@292mario You can't, unfortunately: they don't have a scaling function like the i.materialize guys do. You have to play around in Mineways to get the height you want, but that's easy: in Mineways one of the export options is for you to set a target height, or a target price.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
@MrErichaines oh thanks, didnt notice those options xD
292mario 1 month ago
Wow, this is am...OMG A SKYRIM MINECRAFT VID TO THE RIGHT!
Anyways...amazing program, I'm hoping to become an engineer of some sort in the future this looks great to play around/practice on ;D
(plus it's minecraft...)
Sergent105 1 month ago
Kurwa jak on ćlamie!
KseonCraft 1 month ago
@nukel1ermuff1n Making some more videos, I figured it out: it's one of Camtasia's audio filters doing something weird in trying to clean up my voice-over. Not clicking that checkbox again...
MrErichaines 1 month ago
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SirLovestain 1 month ago
@SirLovestain ??? Mineways is open source and free. I don't work for Shapeways. There's no virtual buying & selling here.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
@MrErichaines do you sell pieces, or anyone else, of their minecraft worlds? I saw currency below 3d models and freaked out. Sorry if I offended you.
SirLovestain 1 month ago
@SirLovestain I think you're missing the concept: Mineways selects a part of your Minecraft world and lets you print it out. If you have a home 3D printer, print it there for a few bucks of material. If you don't, you can have a printing service like Shapeways print it for you. Yes, atoms cost money. Or you can just make pictures of the model you exported.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
@SirLovestain I'm upset that people whine about things that have no relation to what is being talked about. If you think the world is full of obesity, cancer, ignorance, and lies, then do something about it instead of venting on youtube video comments.
By the way, thank you very much for this video.
MrCofet 1 month ago
@MrCofet Sorry, once more, didn't mean to offend anyone by my post. I was ignorant as to what was going on in the video. But I can say thanks for the mockery, pretty cool way to have a desiccation, I guess.
SirLovestain 1 month ago
@MrCofet By the way, the way I had understood the video did have relation to the comment I wrote. Money being wasted on stupid things. :) I end here. Sorry MrErichaines
SirLovestain 1 month ago
This is pretty cool!
sirmel11 1 month ago
@xLJKx Shapeways has told me that about 25% of users don't upload the .png file along with the .wrl file. In other words, when you make the ZIP file, you much include both "yourModel.wrl" and "yourModel.png" in the zip archive file. At least, that's my guess. If that's not it, please email me (contact's at the end of the mineways.com page) and I'll help figure it out.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
Error: cannot read world! [...] You must rename your world. Sorry! i need help please.
tim300199 1 month ago in playlist Mus ich noch kuken
@tim300199 The whole message is "Error: cannot read world. Mineways has a (dumb) limitation that it cannot read files or directories with non-English characters. You can work around this problem by renaming your world. Sorry!" In other words, take the umlauted characters and whatnot out of your world's name and directory name. I really should figure out how to fix this bug, but in the meantime that's what you have to do.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
@xLJKx I should clarify that on the mineways.com page - a WRL *is* a VRML file.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
I don't know what i'm doing, I can't open the chunk i selected into a 3d model, help?
xXKyro 1 month ago
@xXKyro I'm happy to help, but I'll need more information. Go to mineways.com, there's a link at the very bottom of the page for my email. Please let me know what you've done and where you're stuck.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
How do you open a .wrl file?
NoCussingBladeRunner 1 month ago
@NoCussingBladeRunner Read the Mineways.com page: use the SAP Viewer Complete, which is free to download.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
@MrErichaines How do i get the worlds to be open-able? im confused :(
xXSonic64Xx 1 month ago
@xXSonic64Xx Any world on your computer (either one you started locally, or downloaded, or whatever) is one you can open. Find the level.dat, then just open it! If you're on a multiplayer server, ask the admin for a place to download a copy of the world, or you'll have to ask to have some plugin installed that lets you get a .schematic file (which you have to read into MC Edit - see the mineways.com page).
MrErichaines 1 month ago
dude do you have the level.dat file for that model?
GFNetworkBeta 1 month ago
@GFNetworkBeta You can download our world from vokselia.com.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
@GFNetworkBeta I remember building a giant scale model of Big Ben, We had to shut it down because we forgot to set the permission for Big Ben to not be deleted but i forgot it so i had to start a new world. The last one got a massive grief while we were out.
GFNetworkBeta 1 month ago
will this eventually be available for mac/linux?
TKOverlord 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
@TKOverlord Not from me, but it's open source, so anyone's free to port it. The good news is that Mineways runs just fine under Wine on Linux (Ubuntu), and so should also run fine under Wine on the Mac. I suspect Parallels would work fine - someone want to verify this? Basically, you can run it on any platform if you work a little bit. It's not processor-intensive so should work fine under emulation.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
@MrErichaines thanks for the info. im in a mac-only household, so it is difficult being a hardcore minecraft fan. when i figure out Wine, then i think ill be just fine.
TKOverlord 1 month ago
@TKOverlord Let me know what you find and I'll update the web page - I want it to run everywhere, but don't have the time (or a Mac) to go cross-platform.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
@MrErichaines im going to try it for Parallels, just downloaded demo. it seems easier to use than wine
TKOverlord 1 month ago
@TKOverlord Excellent! Please do let me know if it works (fingers crossed).
MrErichaines 1 month ago
@TKOverlord being in a mac-only household is not a good thing. but if you ever want your maps i'll give you the file from one of your maps if you send me the world that you want it from.
iSpawnedThere 1 month ago
@iSpawnedThere i wish, but the file size for my world is enormous, like 105 kb/mb. i dont exactly know, but it is took big to send digitally. ive tried it before.
TKOverlord 1 month ago
@TKOverlord its not to big. upload to mediafire. com
iSpawnedThere 1 month ago
@iSpawnedThere Someone made the latest version of Mineways into a Mac-runnable app with Wine - you can now download it from the mineways site.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
Bordercraft texture pack, right? Will it make a difference when printing, like will your texture pack affect the products look? Great tutorial by the way.
Z13J 1 month ago
@Z13J I've been using a variant of Quandary that I cobbled together, which I call Ancient Roots - find it on vokselia.com. It's lighter than Quandary's current dark earthtones. Really, this early demo doesn't show texture on the model created. I'll be putting up some photos soon showing how texture does and doesn't affect the results.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
is that paper or plastic?
JAIMEJOEL13 1 month ago
@JAIMEJOEL13 Colored sandstone, actually - check out the Shapeways site for more information.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
NO SHIT!
C0reInside 1 month ago
Awesome my school has a 3d printer I am going to use the shit out of this.
letsgetcrunktv3000 1 month ago
Cool! minecraft rocks !
AvatarAcademy 1 month ago
pouce vert si t'es là grâce à korben.
stirwena 1 month ago 8
@stirwena الإبهام الأخضر إذا كنت هنا مع Korben
condog170 1 month ago
@stirwena Πράσινο αντίχειρα, αν είστε εδώ με Korben
condog170 1 month ago
@stirwena Pulgar verde si estás aquí con Korben
condog170 1 month ago
@stirwena Lorem pollex si vos es hic Korben
condog170 1 month ago
@stirwena האגודל ירוק אם אתם כאן עם Korben
condog170 1 month ago
@stirwena ನೀವು Korben ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೀವು ಗ್ರೀನ್ ಹೆಬ್ಬೆರಳು ವೇಳೆ
condog170 1 month ago
Tested sent me.
MegaNewt0n 1 month ago
This is incredible
sexidolofsatan 1 month ago
that's damn nice :D
DerTypVonNebenAn991 1 month ago
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY.
TheRealPikachu 1 month ago 18
how did you preview the file that you exported
minecrafta 1 month ago
@minecrafta I used the SAP Viewer Complete, the link for it is on the mineways.com page. That said, a friend should be releasing a prettier previewer tomorrow, if all goes well.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
i saw your league of legends file,,,, very nice. now i appreciate you more because i know you can use your head to play games. *bro fist*
TheReflectedD 1 month ago
OMG i love this program finaly i can import minecraft into my 3d design programe ^^
Gamezonemachinima 1 month ago 2
@Gamezonemachinima Well, in fairness, there's also mc2obj, which includes real geometry for fences and similar. Mineways has a much friendlier interface, but is more focused on 3D printing.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
@MrErichaines ye but the last i checked mc2obj it was extremely unstable and it could only do a small chunk of the world
Gamezonemachinima 1 month ago
@Gamezonemachinima I admit to not having pushed the limits of Mineways all that much, either, but it should scale; there are few hard limits in the code (the main ones are the "extra tiles" space for combinations of rails & redstone against various blocks). I just tried mc2obj, thanks for the inspiration. I'd say it's a toss-up on quality: mc2obj is missing newer objects (e.g. gates), there are some artifacts like gaps in cacti, but I like things like geometry for fences and especially water.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
How big of a model would it be possible to print out?
Davezlunch 1 month ago
@Davezlunch For the color printer, 15 x 9.8 inches in size (about 190 x 125 blocks, 2 mm wide), but the cost is a dizzying $633.14. Search on the word "expensive" on the mineways.com page for more information on how to keep it cheap.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
@MrErichaines Thanks for responding so quickly! will do.
Davezlunch 1 month ago
@MrErichaines please help me i cant open wrl files
heim4439 1 month ago
@heim4439 Aha, yes, I got your email: you need to download the SAP Viewer Complete, or any other VRML viewer you prefer, in order to view the WRL files produced.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
i cant open wrl files
heim4439 1 month ago
Do you get any income by selling your project to that website?
Vasil7112 1 month ago
@Vasil7112 No. You *can* mark up the prices for any models you put on Shapeways, that's how some people make a little income. I decided not to bother.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
@MrErichaines SAP viewer cannot open WRL files. My computer does not call it a VRML in the file description. SAP viewer say "Unsupported file type" How do i fix this?
TheMopia 1 month ago
@TheMopia You *must* use the SAP Viewer Complete, not just the "Minimium" [sic] version.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
@MrErichaines I told you, that your subscribers will grow fast someday. :)
mariusra11 1 month ago
Is this project on GitHub? Do you accept pulls?
w1ndwaker1 1 month ago
@w1ndwaker1 I plan on putting this all on GitHub in a week or two, once the code has settled down a bit more (and once I learn how to use GitHub!).
MrErichaines 1 month ago
@MrErichaines i cant open wrl files please help
heim4439 1 month ago
Hello, god.
zonedabone 1 month ago
Thats really fantastic, thanks for sharing!
bogenfreund0 1 month ago in playlist Mineways
When i select my world in mineways all i can see is nothing - just bunch of grey blocks which isn't from game. I changed the terrain but still the same result. World is saved and working perfectly (version 1.0.0). Can anybody say what is the problem?
over9000visitor 2 months ago
@over9000visitor I've just fixed an important bug that may have gotten in your way. Please give version 1.06 a try.
MrErichaines 1 month ago
wtf!? you've got the full version of winrar!?
kingofbaja 2 months ago 96
@kingofbaja Exactly what I was going to say.
TheMattchu1212 2 months ago
@kingofbaja Ha, yeah, I actually broke down and paid for it! Freaky, I know.
MrErichaines 2 months ago 48
@MrErichaines A winrar is you!
yetanothertubeuser 1 month ago
@MrErichaines 7zip for the win?
daviddwk 1 month ago
@MrErichaines There are the cracks :)
LoquendoItaliaFan99 1 month ago
@TheEpicnessBuilder Check out the Flickr pool linked at the top of the mineways.com page; most of my orders have now reached friends and there are a bunch of examples. Textures don't print out all that well, but you can pick out details like redstone wires. I'm so happy these all basically worked and didn't fall apart.
MrErichaines 2 months ago
does the animation print in a still block (fire, lava and water)?
TheWarBullet 2 months ago
@TheWarBullet Water and lava, yes, I use the terrain.png file's images (which are admittedly not the ones that Minecraft actually uses, but are still usually there). Sadly, the fire texture is not in terrain.png, and I didn't want to write a whole new subsystem to get its textures (wherever it is). Well, normally I *would* write such a system, but I have things I'm supposed to be doing instead.
MrErichaines 2 months ago
when i export the file theres an error that says ''thers no terrain.png picture in this folder'' but there is a terrain.png for 1.0.0 in the folder (the name of the terrain is ''terrain'' help? :/
MTVcartoon 2 months ago
@MTVcartoon Hmmm, hard to tell from where I sit, though I'm definitely concerned. The important things are that mineways.exe and terrain.png are in the same directory, and terrain.png really is a readable png. Could you please email me the terrain.png file? Then I could give it a try.
MrErichaines 2 months ago
@MrErichaines email (cant find on mineways)
MTVcartoon 2 months ago
@MTVcartoon Go to the very bottom of the mineways.com page and click on (or hover over) "contact Eric Haines". I look forward to your email.
MrErichaines 2 months ago
oh my God... Dear Sir, you are my hero. You have been liked, you have been favourited and in a sec subscriptioned. Even if I never use this, I thank you for using your brilliance to enrichen the world we live in!
ikkeheltvanlig 2 months ago 3
@ikkeheltvanlig Wow, super-kind words. Half the credit goes to Sean Kasun, whose great little minutor mapping program was a huge first step in my own efforts. I'd probably still be working on a mapping UI (and burning out - UI's not my forte) if it wasn't for his efforts.
MrErichaines 2 months ago
What program can i use to look at my model? Also, can you please give me a link to where i can get it?
ps360gangsta 2 months ago
@ps360gangsta I was just reading on some other YouTube video the comment "no one ever reads the video description" - I'll definitely now add the link in the video itself: mineways.com. You want to get the SAP Viewer Complete, there are multiple links to it from mineways.com. Have fun!
MrErichaines 2 months ago
Man..... and i get to see this after Christmas
infern96 2 months ago
@infern96 it is after christmas ...
reducedmeerkat 2 months ago
@MrErichaines what's a good program to review the vrml file before uploading it to the website? i downloaded the one you use in the video (SAP viewer) but it says my exported models can't be opened... mineways is great btw, really useful! :D
bazi91 2 months ago
@bazi91 You need to download the "Complete" version of the SAP Viewer, not the "Minimum" version. It should work fine. Let me know if that doesn't work.
MrErichaines 2 months ago 2
@MrErichaines Can you post a link to it
pop11123 2 months ago
@pop11123 Read the description. It's mineways.com
MrErichaines 2 months ago
@MrErichaines No the sap thing
pop11123 2 months ago
@pop11123 The link is on the mineways.com page - YouTube does not allow me to put links in comments.
MrErichaines 2 months ago
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MrVintis 2 months ago
@nukel1ermuff1n "The paint! I hear it peeling!" Actually, I know what you mean, and what I can I say? Feel free to send me $100 for an OK microphone; I had a pretty reasonable one but it got trashed by our Roomba. Given that I make videos maybe once every month or three now, buying a new one is not on the top of the list.
MrErichaines 2 months ago 6
Architecture from the future, from Minecraft?
ImTheGreenTie 2 months ago
Cool :)
MrNigamand 2 months ago
Did anyone notice the model of the eiffel tower is fucked up?
ogbrandon94 2 months ago
@ogbrandon94 What's wrong with the Eiffel? Its proportions are correct, with little mods here and there so we can actually climb it. It's 1:5 scale, as I recall. Or are you just trolling?
MrErichaines 2 months ago
@MrErichaines The platform where it stands on is bigger on one side.
ogbrandon94 2 months ago
@ogbrandon94 Ah, whew, I thought you meant the Eiffel model itself, which might have pointed to some bug I needed to fix. Yeah, two of the feet of the tower are close to some serious cliffs. I expanded the base in the other directions to get all the walkways intact.
MrErichaines 2 months ago
@MrErichaines oh, alright. :)
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MultiAhka 2 months ago
Just wanted to confirm that this works on Linux under Wine (I'm using Ubuntu 10.10, most likely the latest version of wine).
This reminds me also of a new Blender plugin that's only been in development for a short time, Mineblend. I've been using it to render some minecraft worlds, but I'll definitely have a look at rendering with this one to compare features and all.
Thanks for a wonderful program!
JeSuisNerd 2 months ago
@JeSuisNerd Including helpful and useful information in a YouTube post? Freaky. Thanks for the Wine test, I'll note that on the page. I do have a link to Mineblend, but didn't notice that that's actually what it's called! I'll fix that.
MrErichaines 2 months ago
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R3bel23 2 months ago
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MisterFro9 2 months ago
is this free?
Cheekia2 2 months ago
@Cheekia2 Just go to mineways.com and download. Windows only right now, unless someone wants to port it - it's open-source, so have at it!
MrErichaines 2 months ago
It’s a free open source WINDOWS program.
Linuxdirk 2 months ago
how much does it cost to print? because i have a awesome large port scene i think would be a great model.
NixodCreations 2 months ago
@NixodCreations At the Shapeways it will tell you, depends how big and what material.
raffsterclub 2 months ago
@NixodCreations The main limiter is the "thin wall size". If you have very thin features, they might break off or otherwise disintegrate during the printing process. Search the comments here for "0.7" for more info. If you think your model's safe to print smaller, you simply change the block size to what you like, e.g. 0.35 mm per block in the white material could cut the cost by a factor of 8.
MrErichaines 2 months ago
so does it print in paper?
I dont get it... or do you order it online and its plastic? im confused with the result.
BseagullMC 2 months ago
@BseagullMC when you go to the shape ways you can choose what your would like your creation to print as... like plastic or sandstone or steel, etc....
then it makes a 3d model of it for you to buy
CommandCraft 2 months ago
@BseagullMC a 3D printer basically makes tons of little layers that stack on top of each other. it comes made already. With a 3D printer you can make basically anything. Somebody made a working bike.
DerpZombie 2 months ago
and what if i want to put a chunk into a minecraft ?
rtebak07 2 months ago
@rtebak07 what?
radonas 2 months ago
@radonas you have taken some part/chunk from map. Can you put that part/chunk into another map ?
rtebak07 2 months ago
@rtebak07 yes you can i use mcedit for that just google and go to the forum page its a 3d aditor that can do literally anything
radonas 2 months ago
@radonas thanks a lot :)
rtebak07 2 months ago
MUST BUILD, NOW!
NoMorePopMusic 2 months ago
I wonder how much you would have to pay for a model of Broville v10. o.e
bestlosers 2 months ago
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ASURMlN 2 months ago
How 'bout you conjure up the Temple of Notch? :D
Jaramo1 2 months ago
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supercomputerguy123 2 months ago
Wow this is pretty insane!
raffsterclub 2 months ago
what did you use to open the wrl. file??
cartelthebest 2 months ago
@cartelthebest Nevermind i got it!! i rly need to read more!!! :D
cartelthebest 2 months ago
For the various full color options, not just sandstone but the others as well, what's the approx scale of 1x1x1 brick when printed? Or does the scale change the larger your selection is?
Rendaylor 2 months ago
@Rendaylor You have full control over block size, it's part of that scary dialog box. The normal minimum size for the white material is 0.7 mm width per block. But, if you're making something with thick walls, you can go smaller. At a size of 0.7 mm per block, it costs about $1 to print something with 2000 blocks (plus the various fixed costs). For color printing the minimum thickness of walls is 2 mm, so it costs about $6 per thousand blocks.
MrErichaines 2 months ago
Does it let you export as .blend?
TheScars75 2 months ago
@TheScars75 Just VRML97 and Wavefront OBJ currently, two common formats. It's pretty easy (for someone else ;-> ) to add an exporter for another format, and I'd be happy to fold these into the code.
MrErichaines 2 months ago