*4/14/2014 A new updated version of the 'world save' of this map has been added. You want to replace this with the old one if you already downloaded! Also you will need to download one very specific build of biomes o plenty mod for the instructions to work properly. See update log!!!!

*Attention!!! Please Follow My Instructions Carefully For The "Set-Up" Of This Custom Map Before Playing It In Minecraft!!!!!!!!!! This Map Is Integrated With The "Biomes O Plenty" Mod And Requires Some Simple Modifications To The Config File. Don't Panic! I'll Show You Exactly What To Do. It Is Not Hard. "IF" You do Not Follow My Special Instructions, The World Will Be Corrupted. Not By My Evil (That Comes Automatically), But Some Biomes Will Appear Not Where They Are Intended To, Some Places Will Have 50-Block-Deep Layers Of Material Missing And Bad Things That You Don't Want. Do Follow my "Set-Up" Instructions! I Will Not Hear Complaints About The World If You Neglected To Set Up This World Properly As I Explained. If You Are Having Additional Trouble or Need Help, I Will Try To Assist You Via Private EMAIL As I Have The Time (Contact Information At The Bottom Of This Description). Remember Too, This Is A Free Product That I AM Letting You Download. DO NOT Behave To Me As If You Are A Paying Customer. Kids Often Do That. In Which Case I Will Not Respond. ;)


*Download and Set-Up Instructions: See Bottome Of This Decription!

Cthulhul Mythos Fantasy Map Description:

This is my Cthulhu Mythos Fantasy Custom Map. After over 150 hours of meticulous effort (spanning four months), to make this map the best it can be, it is now complete. I used only WorldPainter software to create this map. I am here to represent those who spend a great deal of time creating custom maps in WorldPainter. I'm not doing this for the "level up" on Planet Minecraft. I do it for my own pleasure and satisfaction. To me this is a form of "Art" because I spend a great deal of time and energy and skill in creating a unique experience for the player of my custom map.

The inspiration for this map comes from manny sources. The title and main theme of the map are inspired by H.P. Lovecrafts Cthulhu Mythos. I even thought about doing a let's play series that involves pretending that I am in some of Lovecrafts macbre stories. This map could certainly qualify as a backdrop for that kind of video let's play. The Arctic coninent of the north represents "At the Mountains of Madness". The northern mountains and river vallie of the main continent are the backdrop of "Whisperer in Darkness".

Further from the theme of "Cthulhu Mythos", I think I have achieved a markable feeling of 'mysteriousness" in this map. Employing a variety of techniques to build that feeling. It has secrets to be found. It has wonder. It has realism. It has danger and more still that give it "mystery".

One of the most important qualities of this custom map is that it is fully integrated with the "Biomes O Plenty" mod. This means that many of the custom biomes from that mod are part of this map. Also, if you follow my directions carefully for the "set-up" of this map, you will find 'Biomes O Plenty' biomes generating beyond the edges of this map. Which makes for the complete integration of that mod into this custom world.

I also take a lot of inspiration from various 'dramatic landscapes' of the world. You will find dramatic landscapes all over this map. There is so much to explore.

If you explore enough you just my find a bit of Fantasia from the movie "The Never Ending Story". I'll leave that to you to discover!

This custom world is created for a 'modded' Minecraft. Specifically for the "Biomes O Plenty" mod. This is a big part of what I wanted in this map. As, it was created to fulfull the exact desires of what I want in a custom map. It's a MC dream come true for me. I hope you like it also!

Because this map is quite large, it takes up a lot of Minecraft Memory when playing I find. I only have 4GB on the laptop I use. Having more than that would be ideal! Just sayin! ;)


Here are some of the key features of this map that make it trully epic:

- Fully integrated with the "Biomes O Plenty" mod

-Full of dramatic and stunning landscapes to explore

- Diverse array of trees and forests

- Mysterious

- Complex system of  custom caves that are mysterious, beautfiul, and challenging to explore

- Vast regions of high rugged mountains

- Rivers that flow long distances

-Many cool waterfalls

-Smooth Snow

- One large mainland continent

-Several additional land continents and islands including: The Arctic, Lush island filled with giant oak trees, Japanese island (contains bamboo forest biome)

- Smooth transition to outer world map

- Polished, realistic, and overwhelmingly Epic!

*A point about realism of this map...Even though this map was terra formed for a high levels of realism and beauty (you will find some of the finest pieces of dramatic landscapes and beautiful examples of terraforming in Minecraft in this map). However it was created to 'play Minecraft'; not simply as a 'model-for-show' or a pleaser for diomonds on Planet Minecraft. You will find random pits and pools of lava and water on the map where they shouldn't be. These ugly pits were not created by me. They are created by Minecraft as part of the "populate algorythum". WorldPainter can not tell Minecraft to not add these pits. The game does it automatically. But, I will not have a map that is not populated by Minecraft. That would make for a stale lifeless world that feels more like walking through a steril model. And like I said this map was meant to be played and tobe populated by Minecraft (which also means populated by mods.) It was created to be played with mods as well . Mods also require the game to "populate" the terrain in order to see the features of the mods apear in the world. I have preserved the terra forming from the game "population" where it is most important like the beautiful cliffs and rock faces. Everywhere else is populated by Minecraft (water pools and pits and all), Just wanted to make this point clear. :)

Stats About This Map:

Width: 7,600 blocks
Length: 10,576 blocks
Area: 53,255 blocks

Tools Used: World Painter
Get World Painter: worldpainter.net

Custom Trees: Custom Tree Repository
Link to CTR: http://www.planetminecraft.com/project/native-trees-of-europe-template-repository-1779952/
Link to CTR creator's YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCHH0duP4toyTYnws3sB1dxQ

Custom Biomes: Biomes O Plenty mod
Download "Biomes O Plenty: www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1495041-172-forge-biomes-o-plenty-were-back/

Texture Pack Used In Images: Conqeust
Get Conquest texture pack: www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1452033-174-32x32-conquest-wip-weekly-updates/

Please check out my YouTube Channel where I post World Painter tutorials. I cover the finer points about using WorldPainter and show how to acheave the maximum amount of realism in custom map making for Minecraft. www.youtube.com/user/invisibleflame9

I have been creating a YouTube World Painter tutorial series that follows the progress of this map. You can follow this video tutorial series if you like by clicking here:

World Painter Tutorial series: Cthulhu Mythos

-E1: (This video lays foundation of map making in World Painter. Link provided for custom brushes.) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tq4RX0QnPw

-E2: (In this episode I start Cthulhu Mythos custom world) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0yTrmnkVmU

-E3: (In this episode I build coastal cliffs and ramble about making map look "mysterious") - www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV9yxjdQ9eA

-E4: (In this episode I I'm working on custom brushes and creating 'swiss hills') - www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjUBI1QKLTg

-E5: (In this episode we work on more custom brushes and 'sand dunes'. Map is really coming along!) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEzFsICivyg

-E6: (In this episode I give you a grand tour of map and show you how to spawn Millenaire villages from the Millenaire mod even if villages will not spawn naturually on your map.) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2htA6VCdXw

Download And Set-Up instructions For This Map:



*Important! This map as it is now is created for Minecraft 1.6.4. This means it is in a 1.6.4 seed and it will not contain 1.7 biomes. The number-1 requirment to have installed with MC to play this map is the "Biomes O Plenty" mod for Minecraft 1.6.4. version "1.1.2.51".
And it will require some minor tweaks in the BOP config file. So......
*Follow my "Four-steps to madness" below to have everything work according to plan 3:) :

Step-1: I recommend that you start first with "forge and optifine" installed together with your Minecraft. It may be also a good idea to use "magic Launcher" with these so you can switch easily between MC versions with different mods installed. I will not show you how to install this "base-set-up". However, I will point you to some great tutorials for doing this:


http://youtu.be/FiSzQlBlc5M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Vb7vEHQfA&index=7&list=FLrvh6QMUVi7NoiozJMRP37A

Link to MC Forge: http://files.minecraftforge.net/

Link to Optifine:www.minecraftforum.net/topic/249637-174-optifine-hd-d1-fps-boost-hd-textures-aa-af-and-much-more/page__hl__%20optifine

*You will need to download the version of MC Forge that is recommended for the version of Optfine you are downloading. So you want to go to the optifine site first and download.

*I also recommend using the "Conquest" texture pack for the best look of this custom world. Conquest uses a special metadata that gives various blocks in Minecraft multiple textures for individual blocks. So for example the rocks and cliffs in my map have a range of different textures from "dark-stone" to "light stone" to "Mossy stone" etc... Of couse you can use the texture pack of your choice! But in order to get the results as in the photos above and for the kind of textures I created in this map, use Conquest: www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1452033-174-32x32-conquest-wip-weekly-updates/

Step-2: Download "Biomes O Plenty" mod for MC 1.6.4 version "1.1.2.51"

*Note: You must download this specific build of Biomes O Plenty in the link directly below for this to work. Because the config file text that I will have you replace only works for this specific BOP build that I am using. Each different version of that mod has different config text. To make this easier, I have provided my own download link for this specific version of BOP:

Mod link: www.mediafire.com/download/4u5s8uiti73gzzh/BiomesOPlenty-universal-1.6.4-1.1.2.51(1).jar

Put the downloaded file of Biomes O Plenty in your "mods" folder of your .minecraft. (This is why you should have "Forge" installed because it is that easy!)

Step-3: Some tweaks with the configuation of Biomes O Plenty....Relax!.......I know! It will make you stronger! ;)

On one of the "update logs" of this project is labeled "Config Text". Click on that tab to view the text and Copy everything that is in that box (ctrl + c) and save it somewhere on your computer as a word or text document or on your hand or somewhere that you can access it later.

Open your ".minecraft" folder (I have a shortcut for mine on my desktop.) (Windows) Click "Start" - Type in the search box "%appdata%" - click on "Roaming" - and click on ".minecraft".

Once in your " .minecraft", open up the file "config". Next, you will see a file called "biomes o Plenty". Open that folder! Next, open the folder that sais "ids".

Because I have changed some of the "id numbers" for the biomes for this map, you will need to copy and paste my config file into yours so you get the right biomes as I intended for this map. It is mostly the same as the original config text with exception to that a hand full of the biome id's have been swaped with each other.

So you have copied all the text that is in the "Config Text" update log. Now that you have the "ids" folder open, erase all of it's contents and replace it with the text contents that I gave you. And click "save". You can even close it and again open it up to confirm that it's saved by scrolling down to where it sais "Cherry Blossom Grove ID" and if the number next to it sais "=184", then you are on the right track! :) Don't Close out of the "biomesoplenty" config file yet!

You're almost done!

Next, we need to tell the game to generate "Biomes O Plenty" biomes when we explore beyond the borders of the custom part of the map.  Even though this map is in the "Default World Type". Because Biomes O Plenty mod normally uses it's own "Biomes O Plenty - Wold Type" to generate the biomes in that mod. But there is currently no way for me to customize my map for that specific world type. So instead we must get into the config file and tell it what we want to do.  This part is optional but very very simple. If you want the game to generate default MC 1.6.4 biomes, (you will still have many of the BOP biomes in the custom map but not all and therefore not have access to every aspect of BOP mod.) skip this little bit and go to "Step-4" below.

With the "biomesoplenty" config directory still open ( .minecraft > config > biomesoplenty), open the text file "terraingen". Scroll down tuards the bottome (it's a little ways up from the bottom) and find the following text:

"
"biome settings" {
    B:"Add Biomes To Default World"=false
    B:"Enhanced Vanilla Biomes"=true  "

Where it sais "Add Biomes To Default World"=false , replace the "false" with "true". so it sais: "Add Biomes To Default World"=true

Make sure to save this file the way you have changed it (file > save)

Now you can close out of all of that and move to the final step! Yay! :D

Step-4:

Download my custom map "Cthulhu Mythos" world save file via the "Download" button above. It is a ".rar" file so you will need to extract it with "winrare" or whatever unzipping thingy bob you have. Place that file (after unzipping it) into your "saves" folder in your ".minecraft" that you should by now have a shortcut to for ease of access. Now play MC and enjoy! :)

*I plan to create versions of this map for MC 1.7 . Both Modded versions and vanilla versions to make things easier for everybody.

*You can help me by taking one last step after you play this map for the first time by letting me know the coords of where you spawn in this map (I just want confirmation!). Just let me know in the "comments" box below! That'd be great!  I only need a couple of you to confirm this.

For your self you can confirm that the right biomes are going to load up by adventuring to the following coords: (-12,568, 11,956). If you go there and it is "Cherry Blossom Grove" (Press F3 to find what biome you are in....it's marked by deciduous trees with pink leaf blocks), everything is as it should be. :)

*Questions, Comments, Feedback....you can email me at:

invisibleflame@hotmail.com

*Please show your support by diamond, favorite, and comment on this project! :) I welcome video reviews of this map! If you'd like a link to your video
review of my map, contact me via private email (invisibleflame@hotmail.com)


"Can I use 'Cthulhu Mythos' map on my server?"

My answer is: ......NO.....but...............

How much money do you have? More on this later...