upgrading Usamot

[Lazybones]

Playing around I did generate a bunch of "interesting" or "challenging" start spawn locations such as starting on a small island in a chain of small islands, etc, but those would require a long equipmentless swim for resources.

Lenny has already put one into an over viewer render... unless he beats me to it I might do something along the same lines and setup a poll.

[Mr. Analog]

If you all want to get on Skype or Google hangouts I can record with Fraps,  next Yogscast maybe haha?

[Tom]

lol!

[Thorin]

That AMIDST tool is cool!

Some more that stuck out to me:

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mesa and desert to the north, 1000 blocks
extreme hills to the west and south, 700 blocks
start on plains with different forests around (including flower forest)

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mesa to the north, mesa islands to the west-south-west, about 1500 blocks
desert nearby
forests nearby
extreme hills and extreme hills+ within 1000 blocks
savanna to the south
swampland scattered around
ocean nearby

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start on plains
mesa to the west, within 500 blocks
extreme hills to the east, within 100 blocks, and northwest, 1000 blocks
desert to the southwest, within 500 blocks
forest nearby
ocean within 500 blocks
long river nearby
mushroom island to southeast, 1000 blocks and across ocean
swamp to southeast, 400 blocks but across extreme hills
savanna south and southeast, flanking desert

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start in forest
extreme hills and extreme hills+ right next to spawn
large mesa to southwest, 1000 blocks away
plains to southeast, 500 blocks (for horses, cows, etc)
swampland nearby
1500+ blocks to desert

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extreme hills north, 200 blocks
large mesa northwest, 1000 blocks
desert west, 1000 blocks
plains south and west, 300 blocks
start in forest
swamp southwest, 200 blocks
savanna west, 800 blocks

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village about 60 blocks from spawn
mesa to west (across water), 700 blocks
extreme hills to north, 500 blocks
start in plains, forest nearby

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start in forest
mesa immediately south
extreme hills immediately west and 200 blocks north
plains within a 100 blocks
desert 1000 blocks north
ocean 200 blocks east
savanna 800 blocks north

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goodsized mesa 500 blocks north
extreme hills 100 blocks west
small plains nearby
start in forest with river
inland ocean nearby
swamp 200 blocks northwest
desert and savanna 600 blocks southwest

[Lazybones]

That AMIDST tool is cool!

Some more that stuck out to me:

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mesa and desert to the north, 1000 blocks
extreme hills to the west and south, 700 blocks
start on plains with different forests around (including flower forest)

-2209940330633673540
mesa to the north, mesa islands to the west-south-west, about 1500 blocks
desert nearby
forests nearby
extreme hills and extreme hills+ within 1000 blocks
savanna to the south
swampland scattered around
ocean nearby

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start on plains
mesa to the west, within 500 blocks
extreme hills to the east, within 100 blocks, and northwest, 1000 blocks
desert to the southwest, within 500 blocks
forest nearby
ocean within 500 blocks
long river nearby
mushroom island to southeast, 1000 blocks and across ocean
swamp to southeast, 400 blocks but across extreme hills
savanna south and southeast, flanking desert

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start in forest
extreme hills and extreme hills+ right next to spawn
large mesa to southwest, 1000 blocks away
plains to southeast, 500 blocks (for horses, cows, etc)
swampland nearby
1500+ blocks to desert

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extreme hills north, 200 blocks
large mesa northwest, 1000 blocks
desert west, 1000 blocks
plains south and west, 300 blocks
start in forest
swamp southwest, 200 blocks
savanna west, 800 blocks

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village about 60 blocks from spawn
mesa to west (across water), 700 blocks
extreme hills to north, 500 blocks
start in plains, forest nearby

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start in forest
mesa immediately south
extreme hills immediately west and 200 blocks north
plains within a 100 blocks
desert 1000 blocks north
ocean 200 blocks east
savanna 800 blocks north

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goodsized mesa 500 blocks north
extreme hills 100 blocks west
small plains nearby
start in forest with river
inland ocean nearby
swamp 200 blocks northwest
desert and savanna 600 blocks southwest

FYI the tool has a built in screen shot and cut and past for seed names... I just copied the seed name then ran the capture pasting the seed name in.. made for easy image generation..... Your descriptions are detailed however.

[Thorin]

Yeah, it took me a while to figure out what colours meant what on your screenshots, that's why I did the detailed info.  Kind of lists why I think it's a good seed for what we're looking for - mesa and extreme hills and desert nearby (desert for glass, of course!).  I also like having savanna somewhere kinda close because it's an interesting new biome.

[Thorin]

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humongous mesa
several extreme hills biomes nearby, I checked in Minecraft and at least a couple of mountains, one higher than the clouds
spawn on a forested hilly island with easy access to the mainland
savanna's a little further and not that big
desert's a couple thousand blocks away
HUMONGOUS MESA

See the screenshot - the red/pink area to the northeast, east, southeast, and south is one giant mesa/mesa plateau/mesa plateau F set of biomes.

edit: grey is extreme hills (aka mountains), darker greens are different types of forests or forested hills, light green are plains, cyan is swamp, orange is desert.

[LennyLen]

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humongous mesa
several extreme hills biomes nearby, I checked in Minecraft and at least a couple of mountains, one higher than the clouds
spawn on a forested hilly island with easy access to the mainland
savanna's a little further and not that big
desert's a couple thousand blocks away
HUMONGOUS MESA

See the screenshot - the red/pink area to the northeast, east, southeast, and south is one giant mesa/mesa plateau/mesa plateau F set of biomes.

edit: grey is extreme hills (aka mountains), darker greens are different types of forests or forested hills, light green are plains, cyan is swamp, orange is desert.

There's not much in the way of wildlife at that spawn compared to some of the others however.

[Lazybones]

not really narrowing at this point.

There are some things we really NEED near spawn:
- trees!
- Animals for food till farming is established
- horses would be nice (plains biom near by)
- sand (because glass is nice)
- mesa (lots of clay for fancy builds)

Am I missing anything?

[Lazybones]

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- Spawn on a beach
- Lots of trees
- small swim to some desert islands

[Mr. Analog]

I hope a server upgrade is soon, my install even through Magic Launcher after updating has no sound anymore lol

...any seed is good seed

[Lazybones]

I hope a server upgrade is soon, my install even through Magic Launcher after updating has no sound anymore lol

...any seed is good seed

No, spawning in any of the treeless biomes kinds sucks.

[Mr. Analog]

I've been on worse seeds...

Small island, nothing around for miles, single tree. It was like Minecraft Survival Island!

[Lazybones]

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Healthy start, lots of sand, some nice little islands.. mesa isn't too far.. Animals

[Lazybones]

I have rendered all of the spawn points for both My recommendations and Thorins's at max view distance 32x32, seed name and descriptions included in mouse overs.

Minecraft_SEED_Spawns - Imgur

http://imgur.com/a/7oDT5