World-First 1:1 Scale Forbidden City [Updated to 1.4.7+]

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Render of Inner Section of Forbidden City

Render of Inner Section of Forbidden City

Sunset over Harmony Plaza

1of4 3D render of a slice through the Forbidden City

2of4 3D render of a slice through the Forbidden City

3of4 3D render of a slice through the Forbidden City

4of4 3D render of a slice through the Forbidden City

Sunset over Dian'anmen gate

Gate of Supreme Harmony

Between South Gate and Partially Constructed Dianamen Gate

Our Volunteers in Front of the Completed Meridian Gate

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Posted 07/21/11 11:00:46 pm , last updated: 03/21/13 10:04:37 pm
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Subscribe to the Project 1845 Youtube Channel

http://www.youtube.com/user/BohtauriTaylor

Join us on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/project1845

Project 1845 Links

Check out the rest of Project 1845's projects

http://www.project1845.com

Check out current progress of the Forbidden City

http://map.project1845.com

As Seen on Minecraft Mondays Show, Click Here (Starts at 9:55)

Visit The Project:

You can visit it's progress of the entire project by visiting the linked server.

At play.minecraftworlds.info spawn there is a series of warp signs in front of you
after accepting the rules type /warp Project 1845
You will now be standing in the Project 1845 visitor center. Please use the info boards to find your way around
You are allowed to use flymods on the project map if your a visitor.

Statistics

Project Current Size: 880 x 2660 Blocks North to South (identical to Google Earth)
Currently Used: 4.6 Million Blocks
Current Time Spent on It: 94 Days
Version 1.0 Completion: 30th October 2011
Version 2.0 Completion: 12th febuary 2013
Total Volunteers: 38 in total so far
Forbidden City Size Comparison: 1.89% of Total Project 1845 Volume

Mods & Plugins

Version 1.0 Flymod and Essentials warp signs are used to help construction only. All materials are collected and placed 100% legit by our dedicated community on the MineCraftWorlds community server. No MCEdit or Worldedit is used on this project phase.

Version 2.0 Essentials warp signs are no longer used and we use Command blocks for teleporting around. We are however using worldedit to speed up the renovation to use blocks that have been introduced since Beta 1.9 for example, golden roofs ad marble railings etc. No MCEdit or other software that builds for you is used still.

The Big Picture

The Forbidden City is only phase 1 of many for Project 1845 so the map will continue to be enlarged with more content. You can go to www.project1845.com for more information

These are independant sections of the Forbidden City with their own project page, see more pictures and schematics of selected Items.

World-First?

Other Players have tried to make 1:1 scale models of the forbidden city. These however have been proven as all false for several reasons. For example

Firstly, several servers have claimed to 1:1 ratio of it but have built around 450x400 sized. When in real life it is approx 800 meters wide and over 2.6 kilometers long. Meaning no one has actually built to 1:1 scale before this model.
Secondly is the image above shows is only 1/3 of the offical forbidden city, there is two major section to the north (that the emperor’s used as a park) and to the south (the national religous dieties) the temples. This means players have only built the Inner Palace and not the entire complex.
Historically the emperor was never allowed to roam freely outside of the palace walls of the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace, and only ventured out to pay respect at various tombs and temples. These areas outlined above were areas the emperor was allowed to roam freely and is thus, definitely inside the forbidden city.

So in conclusion, no one has ever actually constructed the entire forbidden city complex and never in 1:1 ratio.

The Quest of Accuracy

The second main aspect of this project is accuracy. With the help of Google Earth, Internet, Archaeological reports (at the National Museum) and direct observation (And I live in Beijing at the moment). I can safely assume this will be 100% 1:1 scale and 100% accurate.

All maps i have found are innacurate enough I have to check in triplicate from other sources. For example the two maps I have added into the image slider are missing things in different elements, some maps arent to scale but have more buildings, some are to scale but don't have enough buildings to call accurate.

I have to use 3 physical maps I have next to my computer, 2 images of maps i have on digital format and also to use Google Maps just as a final check as sometimes all 6 maps tell 6 different things.

I also visit the Forbidden City in-person regularly, I have already taken over 3000 images and each time i visit I take another 3-500 images of mostly random items that no map will be detailed enough to pick up. Also, an american infantry force visited Beijing in 1901 and they took a photographer with them so i can compare them to modern-day and see what the republican and communist era's of modern day China have changed it.

Response From Mojang

"This @Bohtauri is the craziest Minecraft builder I've seen"

~ C418 Mojang Minecraft Developer

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Progress:	95
Tags:	Complex, Forbidden City, Bohtauri, China, Chinese, Asian, Authentic
Credit:	Bohtauri

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Update #45 : 03/21/2013 10:04:37 pm3/21/13

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Updated Content
New 3D renders of Version 2.0
Version 2.0 download is released with new detailing and smaller file size.
30,000 other little changes.

Update #44 : 10/26/2011 9:20:36 pm10/26/11

Download Available

You can now download in all amazing glory the world-first in Minecraft the 1:1 scale replica of the Forbidden City for singleplayer.

Dont forget, the Forbidden City is only a small tiny part of the final project 1845. Check out more info at. http://www.planetminecraft.com/project/project-1845/

Update #43 : 10/22/2011 10:54:44 am10/22/11

OMG 99 Days building, tomorrow is 100th!

7 more buildings to build then it will be completed. This time tomorrow we will be releasing a map save of the Forbidden City.

Tell your Friends!

Update #42 : 10/18/2011 1:53:53 am10/18/11

Dusted off the inactivity of this project page. the Project 1845 project page has been covering this in a lot more detail. http://www.planetminecraft.com/project/project-1845/
Added Week 14 progress map (Click it to enlarge it)
Added some profile page images.
Preparing the profile page for the downloadable map.

Update #41 : 09/15/2011 4:05:32 am9/15/11

World Record Attempt

If project1845 is completed it will become by a large margin the largest 1:1 scale replica user-built build project in the entire sandbox game genre. Lets hope we actually complete it :)

www.project1845.com is Live!

Now creating more officialism for this world record attempt we now have a new website, while it doesn't have much at the moment and more information will be loaded soon. Not only will it be a website for the Project but a source of information that can help other Roleplay builders build authentic Chinese architecture.

More Updates?

Click here for the Planet Minecraft Main Project Page.

Update #40 : 09/06/2011 10:11:41 am9/06/11

Wow, over a week without updating... lets see....

Added new tourist map
Started construction of the original Tiananmen Square
Upgraded the railway route (over 3x longer now and see 3x as much)
Qing Dynasty Archives Built
Texture pack for Project1845 under constrction, see here for details
Project 1845 Offically Released Information see here for details
Moved the entire forbidden city onto its own map OMG IT ACTUALLY WORKED!
Qing Dynanasty Steele records complex built (where they kept stone tablet memorials of historically significant people)
The 9 Dragons wall complex with foliage
North Five Halls completed
Work has begun on digging out the moat.
10th Week Aniversary coming up, look out soon for a new video with the fancy new Authentic Chinese texture pack

I wont be posting updates in here as regularly to help me spend time actually building. But all major details will be available inside the Project 1845 info page by clicking here.

Day 44 : 08/29/2011 7:41:44 am8/29/11

Presented on the Minecraft Mondays show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gPjYpr03Wg (At 9:55)
Got lots of outlines of many halls to the east of the Palace of Purity

Day 43 : 08/28/2011 1:53:14 am8/28/11

Reached the 1,000,000th block built on the project.
Created the latest youtube video in preparation of the Minecraft Mondays show tomorrow
Final preparations for the show in-game with more signposts and directional help for tourists.
Added Week 6 Progress map and a new screenshot

Today also marks a very special day that I cant tell you yet, but we have begun the paperwork for planning for the next project that'll dwarf the Forbidden City complex. You'll have to stay posted to find out more later on.

Day 42 : 08/27/2011 1:42:56 am8/27/11

Went out of town to some remote villages north of Beijing so i didn't personally get much done.

Hallways around Palace of Heavenly Purity worked on by volunteers

Day 41 : 08/26/2011 9:00:45 pm8/26/11

Added a tourist map to the main project profile
Completed more inside the Palace of Heavenly Purity
Cleaned up random chests from inside the workshop in prep for new visitors on monday

Day 40 : 08/25/2011 8:07:55 pm8/25/11

Nine Dragons Wall is completed
Archery Pavillion is completed
Northern wall corner foundations completed

Day 39 : 08/24/2011 7:44:23 pm8/24/11

Started working on Hall of Paintings entrance
Added trees to behind the Archery Pavillion
Added flooring to outdoor areas of the Palace of Heavenly Purity

Day 38 : 08/23/2011 10:50:41 pm8/23/11

Inner palace city wall nearing completion
Added a railway line on top of the wall for an easy tourist vantage point. (7 minutes long to travel along)
Paths inside Zhongshan park nearing completion
Nine Dragons Wall and courtyard nearing completion
Added World Seed Number

Day 37 : 08/22/2011 11:01:28 am8/22/11

Video Galore! Link to my youtube videos with now two videos of the forbidden city. http://www.youtube.com/user/BohtauriTaylor
Added new main Youtube Video to project Page

Day 36 : 08/21/2011 9:03:48 pm8/21/11

Layout for the "Rubber Stamp Parliment" added
Bamboo grove nearing completion
Outlines of all paths inside the Temple of Land and Grain completed

Now just got to gather the 12,000+ gravel for the paths, how fun....

Day 35 : 08/20/2011 2:19:38 am8/20/11

Added the Week 5: Progress Map Image
More paths and hallways being built

Day 34 : 08/19/2011 5:40:22 pm8/19/11

Northern Alleyway completed
More Paths added in Zhongshan Park
New Piston Elevator inside the Workshop Mine to help people return to the surface!
"Goldfish" hallways added to Zhongshan park
Bamboo Grove begun being grown
Begun taking 12-hour screenshots of the server map to compile into a video later on.

Day 32 : 08/17/2011 2:55:18 am8/17/11

Updated "how to visit" instructions
Showed Bebopvox around (Expect something on the Minecraft Mondays Show soon)
Appeared in The Minecraftian newspaper
Started work on northern section of floorspace in the Inner Palace

Day 31 : 08/16/2011 8:11:46 am8/16/11

1 Month of construction completed

Western road through the forbidden city nearing completing
Used a custom 'Minecount' script to count used blocks in construction (780,000+ blocks used!)
Outlines, Outlines and more outlines added
Added photos to picasa photo galleries that are linked in main project page.

Day 29 : 08/14/2011 3:53:18 am8/14/11

Week 4 Progress Map Added to the Images
Outlines Added
More Flooring added
Updated main project profile page with resource stats of used resources

No major buildings completed yet, this following week will be more prep work with a lot of greenspaces completed and outlines of sections added e.t.c.

Day 28 : 08/13/2011 3:50:13 am8/13/11

Low on motivation so only minor additions happened today. More outlines added in preparation to tomorrows Progress Map

Day 27 : 08/12/2011 10:33:13 am8/12/11

More Floor Added
Resource stockpile extra replenished (yes we are collecting resources by hand still)

Day 26 : 08/11/2011 7:54:08 am8/11/11

More Outlines Added
Floor behind Archery Pavilion nearing completion
Flooring Inside the Temple of land and Grain under construction
Thousands of Red Wool used today (no sheep were harmed in the making of this wool)
Added two maps to the Image List
Miscalculated progress and reduced it from 20% to 15%
Added New Section to the project page about Accuracy

Day 25 : 08/10/2011 9:50:12 am8/10/11

Main "Altar of Five Soils" is completed
North Gate to the Temple is nearing completion
Flooring layout planned for Temple Complex (alternating stone & cobblestone)
Added Warp for Temple
More inner palace outlines added.
Rebuilt warp hub so scale model now aligns identically the same as full scale project for easier understanding.

Day 24 : 08/09/2011 9:46:54 am8/09/11

Outlines of main walkways underway in Zhongshan Park Including inside the main temple area
Walled area surrounding temple complex outline completed
Small Internal moat partially completed
Minor: More walls and inner palace outlines added

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