I think the mod needs better block and item textures. I could draw something nice. What do you think?

How's this for the Recycler?

The textures definitely need help. I do software, not art. :) If you have ideas forward them on.

It's front face for the Scrap Assessor =)

Hmm, "pile of rubble" block will be tricky to improve as it is rendered like wheat, not very convincing for rubble.

I picked it because it was easy - it takes a 2D shape and kinda makes it 3D in the world. As mentioned I am not an artist. :) Ideally I was hoping for something that looked like a pile of rocks. If you could do something like that I can change how the thing is rendered.

EDIT: Scrap Accessor - the icon logic will need to be updated to take into account a face. Not a big deal - I do like the texture.

EDIT2: Another suggestion for the pile of rubble. I also thought of making it look like a cluster of stalagmites. I recall one of the biome mods having something like that.

Here's the textures: (temp link removed)

Machine block side, bottom and top are exactly the same as Thermal Expansion, so if possible, you could reuse TE textures instead of the copy.

I couldn't think anything better for the Composter than a block with holes.

Will have to think about the pile of rubble.

Thank you! I can't tell you how thrilled I am with you doing this. I will work on integrating today. I would like to get into the pack before I do a BETA release.

On the rubble, I did googling of stalagmites for Minecraft and it seems the prefer method for rendering is sapling (essentially an X). Don't interpret this as me being hung up on stalagmites. :)

Awesome. =)

Yes, indeed, a cross texture makes more sense for the rubble. Will see what I can do and test on saplings =)

Attempting with this texture:

I guess that's an improvement. Feel free to use if you like.

Yes, it looks better.

Active face? Looks real nice!

Made some more.

So much better than what I have. Which is the forth from the the left?

This looks great! Now I will enjoy playing this mod even more!

I noticed that Scrap Assessor has top texture of a crafting table. This might be confusing. Do you want it to have a specific top texture? Same goes for the Composter, which still has crate texture for top and bottom face. I can make some new top textures for those machines.

Should have all the textures as well as code changes to support (like the Jammed face on the recycler). Let me know what you think.

Composter I was thinking about having a top surface that looks like dirt or something similar. Scrap Assessor - not sure what would be a good top. I thought about having just the normal machine top, but it doesn't feel right. I imagine the Assessor as being something similar to a worktable.

It's not really a crafting table though, nothing is crafted there. How about for Assessor top texture?

Composter top looking like dirt? Green and brown. Got it.

Those look good!

I believe all the textures were updated, so I am going to close. Thanks Grom!