This is a birds-eye view of a piece of mine cart track. It ends on the right side where it enters some wooden structures. To the left it enters a tunnel in the mountain and passes through all the way to the other side where in similar wooden structures attached to the cliff-face. Unfortunately I […]
The mine cart sky bridge stretches over our heads to the mountains in the distance. If you look closely you can see those are the cliffs which have the wooden buildings on the side of them- it’s nearly out of render range. I like this shot because you can see wonderful terrain generation here. It […]
This is a distance view of the wooden cliff-side houses with the mine cart sky bridge connecting to it from the right. Honestly, I think the mine cart tracks do kind of ruin this view, especially the way you see it taking that corner to dodge some trees. The wooden structures on the cliff face […]
This view of the cliff-side wooden structures lets you see the supporting parts underneath to make them look a little more realistic. From this angle you can also see the glass panels in the roof. I like doing this to get some daylight coming in and reduce some of the claustrophobia that you get from […]
Here is a view of the first two structures of the cliff-side housing. From the clouds you can gauge the elevation of these buildings on the side of the cliff. The stone structure on the right is where mine carts end up- a kind of simple train station with a floating platform. Inside the left […]
These are wooden structures built on the side of a cliff face high off the ground. This view is from a flying position. On the right you can see the incoming mine cart tracks, fashioned into a floating cart station. Inside the first wooden building you can see some glass panels holding back water, I […]