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Subterranean Maps

How would this work?

  • A Map and tinted Glass using a Cartography Table makes a Subterranean Map
  • Sub-Maps can only render under Y level 64
  • There will be two types of Sub-Maps: Upper & Lower,
  • Upper Maps render 64 to -16 and Lower Maps -16 to -64
  • Maps only render caves/aquifers/mineshafts/geodes you explored
  • Lower elevated caves will appear in darker shades of Grey
Colors
Block
Location
Blue,
Water,
Aquifers and Lakes,
Dark Grey,
Air,
Caves and Mineshafts,
Grey/Black,
Grimstone or Bedrock,
Base of Upper/Lower Maps,
Red,
Lava,
Lava trenches or Lakes,
Beige,
Wooden Planks,
Mineshafts or Libraries,
Green,
Glow Lichen,
All of the above,
Brown,
Tuff,
Amethyst Geodes,

 

Usage or Uses

  1. Getting Lost in Caves
  2. Backing tracking to other cave Entrances
  3. Decoration
  4. Map art
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    It would be good but, instead of having 2 or 3 map types for different Y levels, I suggest having one map that fades when the Y level changes and re-render the new graphic based on the new depth.
    If you want to lock the Y level of the map, you can do it by combining it with honeycomb (used as a wax to block copper oxidation).
    There you have it, now you can have as many maps for every Y level as you want.
    Comment if you agree my opinion or if I'm wrong

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    Registered User commented
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    I definitely agree that the map should fade between levels. I would add that this map should only display places you had direct line of sight to (whether you had actually faced that direction at the time or not).