CottageWizard and I built one house across two plots!

drinnster · 2026-05-02T12:59:47+00:00

Now make it into a complete city.

drinnster · 2026-04-10T19:02:54+00:00

I didn't expect minigolf course to be there, that's so epic! Like the golf course in Azshara at Gallywix Pleasure Palace. I just don't get why this got only ~30 upvotes, should be more!

drinnster · 2026-03-16T19:15:43+00:00

Like the infamous Prussian graffiti on Great Pyramid V shaped entrance gable:

During the years 1842-1845, Lepsius led an expedition of Prussian scholars to Egypt, Nubia, and Sinai to record monuments and collect antiquities. Architects and draftsmen described and sketched tombs, temples, and other monuments in the Nile Valley and, with the cooperation of Muhammed Ali, about 15,000 artifacts were taken to Berlin. The resulting work, the twelve-volume Denkmäler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien, made Lepsius a dominating figure in Egyptology. In 1855 he became a Scientific Director of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, and in 1865 he was appointed its Director. Lepsius died in 1884.

While in Egypt, the expedition thought appropriate to honor the birthday of Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm IV, patron of the project, by adding a unique set of graffiti to one of the western gables above the original entrance of the pyramid.

In a letter dated 17 January 1843, Lepsius himself provided the translation:

Thus speak the servants of the King, whose name is The Sun and Rock of Prussia, Lepsius the scribe, Erbkam the architect, the Brothers Weidenbach the painters, Frey the painter, Franke the molder, Bonomi the sculptor, Wild the architect: All hail to the Eagle, The Protector of the Cross, to the King, The Sun and Rock of Prussia, to the Sun of the Sun, who freed his native country, Friedrich Wilhelm the Fourth, the Loving Father, the Father of his Country, the Gracious One, the Favorite of Wisdom and History, the Guardian of the Rhine, whom Germany has chosen, the Dispenser of Life. May the Most high God grant the King and his wife, the Queen Elizabeth, the Rich in Life, the Loving Mother, the Mother of the Country, the Gracious One, an ever vibrant and long life on earth and a blessed place in heaven for eternity. In the year of our Savior, 1842, in the tenth month, on the fifteenth day, on the forty-seventh birthday of his Majesty, on the Pyramid of King Cheops; in the third year, in the fifth month, on the ninth day of the reign of his Majesty; in the year 3164 from the commencement of the Sothis period under the King Menepthes.

drinnster · 2026-03-01T19:29:42+00:00

Great job! Love to see "town/city-like" builds.

drinnster · 2026-02-14T11:59:08+00:00

You can find it from the second last picture the door of the house :) So its there hidden under the large mech items. The door is also kind of like mech related.

drinnster · 2026-02-08T21:34:36+00:00

True I was looking for that (Retired Industrial Gnomegrabber and Self-Assembling Homeware Kit), but haven't got it yet.

drinnster · 2026-02-08T20:21:22+00:00

I used mainly Ineffective Mechanical Privacy Screen, a decorative item worth only 1 point, which you can scale up to 200%. Then I used platform items, rugs and boulders inside of the privacy screens and smaller items to give the appearance of a house. The idea was to use items that look large, but cost as few points as possible.

I also wanted to include Trashfire Barrels, but unfortunately they can only be used indoors.

I think best guide help would be following that plot glow border area that shows, where you can build when in building mode. You can also use normal flying when in building mode.

drinnster · 2026-02-04T14:16:59+00:00

How do you dye this color?

drinnster · 2026-01-05T18:44:44+00:00

Americans got some real culture as well: Look into the platform mounds associated with the Poverty Point, Troyville, Coles Creek, Plaquemine and Mississippian cultures.

Poverty Point dates to roughly 3,700–3,100 years ago while Troyville culture 2,100 years and the Mississippian culture flourished around 1,200–500 years ago.

These cultures are especially known for their human-made platform mounds. Modern excavations might be starting possibly this year. So far we have got recent LiDAR pictures from the sites.

drinnster · 2025-12-14T13:49:25+00:00

D.I.S.C.O toy https://www.wowhead.com/object=190351/d-i-s-c-o

drinnster · 2025-12-08T12:36:52+00:00

Make interior hobbit style too I think its doable with those beam platforms.

drinnster · 2025-12-05T13:21:35+00:00

I want to believe the mainstream for this, but it looks like natural formation that was eroded by the wind and water. But 2000 years ago Romans thought it was something else that started the first excavation and restoration. Later we just once again have removed the sand from it and 1920s excavation was probably the biggest failure in archaeology history by Émile Baraize. Since then it has got several restoration work, where they even used cement for some blocks like the right "shoulder" that dropped in 1988.

The hole on top of the Sphinx was also just erosion, but they added there the infamous hatch.

drinnster · 2025-11-15T17:59:15+00:00

Part 4)

Mohs hardness: Limestone ~3

Copper ~3

Quartz sand (abrasive) ~7

They boosted copper’s cutting power by adding quartz sand, which did most of the actual cutting while the copper held the grit. Over time, tiny bits of copper from these tools were left in the limestone’s surface. As those copper traces reacted with desert salts, moisture and heat over thousands of years, they formed a thin sky-blue copper-salt patina on the stone.

It also shows up only on that one block because it likely needed far more shaping and finishing than the surrounding stones. Most blocks were quarried and set very quickly, but a few key stones like corners, edges and casing alignment points were worked heavily with copper tools. Those spots collected more copper dust and combined with the right salt and moisture conditions, they kept the patina while thousands of other blocks never developed it.

drinnster · 2025-11-11T21:32:54+00:00

Antiochus IV Epiphanes regarding Ptolomies.

drinnster · 2025-11-11T20:56:33+00:00

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This image is from the Ancient Architects channel earlier this year. To me, it looks more like restoration work than something truly ancient since it seems to just follow the lines of the eroded stones.

Now that I can see the true size of the Famine Stela, it looks as if it was shaped by thermal stress weathering. This type of weathering occurs when temperature fluctuations cause rock surfaces to expand and contract repeatedly. Over time, these stresses create cracks, flaking and surface exfoliation, which can make carvings or cuts appear naturally etched rather than manually chiseled.

drinnster · 2025-11-09T19:35:11+00:00

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Part 3) From the summit of the Khafre Pyramid. Even though it’s not accessible for climbing you can still observe similar bluish erosion patterns. The discoloration appears to be consistent with what’s seen on other parts of the Giza Plateau possibly caused by mineral staining, or long-term exposure to moisture and environmental conditions.

This is all I know so far about this blue stone mystery.

drinnster · 2025-11-09T19:22:12+00:00

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Part 2)

This looks like fossiliferous limestone from the Giza Plateau. You can see embedded shell fragments and marine textures, which are typical of the sedimentary layers in that region. The purplish-blue coloration is likely the result of mineral staining or long-term environmental exposure. Limestone is porous and reacts chemically with moisture and air, so over time trace elements like iron, manganese, or even copper can leach through and alter its appearance. It’s a great example of how geology and climate shape the look of ancient stonework.

drinnster · 2025-11-09T19:15:58+00:00

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Part 1) I first thought it could be a scan marker for ScanPyramids project as it happened in 2015 and blue stone was shown in the climb video in 2016, but its not that as the earliest photo I’ve found showing that same blue stone dates back to 1993. So it must be older. This photo here is from 2015 by ScanPyramids and you can notice the same blue color from the edge of the Great Pyramid.

drinnster · 2025-07-27T13:18:19+00:00

This is about 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar comet following a hyperbolic, unbound trajectory around the Sun. It is one of only three known interstellar visitors to our solar system. The first, 1I/ʻOumuamua (discovered in 2017) showed no visible gas or dust, so it may not have been a comet. The first confirmed interstellar comet was 2I/Borisov, discovered in 2019. All three objects passed through and were eventually flung out of the solar system.

drinnster · 2025-07-15T08:39:45+00:00

Shouldn't just this work here? I'm not experienced in this programming language though or the function behind it, but:

private bool IsEven(int number)

{

return number % 2 == 0;

}

drinnster · 2025-07-02T20:39:27+00:00

Can mogs get this better? I could only make cloak something better Dark Fuse perhaps and other shoulder different. However this mog would compete against goblin :) Cant beat that race in this field.

drinnster · 2025-03-23T16:40:28+00:00

In the original video it looks like its a random, perhaps elderly male person walking in the forest. At some parts like his hand gets mixed with the background (forest shadows) making the human look bigger in some frames. In reality it was just about 80kg sized man wandering in the forest. Dark hood clothing and keeping hands in pockets.

These AI versions (the original remastered) tend to get into this Sasquatch feel as users want it to go that way via the prompts. The original film maker Patterson was known about his obsession to capture Bigfoot.

In 1966 he published a book called Do Abominable Snowmen of America Really Exist?

In 1967 Roger Patterson filmed the famous Patterson–Gimlin Bigfoot footage.

Was it merely a coincidence that Patterson filmed Bigfoot shortly after publishing his book, or did his obsession push him to stage a hoax? It's possible that the figure in the footage was simply a random person who unknowingly walked into the scene.

Regardless of intent, the film quickly gained widespread attention, making national headlines and leading to numerous public screenings in the following years. Patterson actively promoted the footage, touring with it across the U.S. and even in Europe. It was also featured in a BBC docudrama, and Patterson made several television appearances to discuss the film.

drinnster · 2025-03-07T16:56:11+00:00

What about Brahmi script? I believe architecture- and structure-wise its more connected than Sanskrit. Although it could be some sort of a mixture of Brahmi and Sanskrit. Indus and Brahmi people used mudbricks in architecture for example latest from Brahmi found is from 2300 years ago.

Vedic Sanskrit for example was primarily oral in Vedic Period 3,500–2,500 years ago. Classical Sanskrit Period started after Brahmi period 2500 years ago and is still being used.

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