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I figured out a way to export fractals from Mandelbulb 3D to the game Minecraft.
1. Export using Voxelstack. Mind the Z-slices. Minecraft has a maximum (unmodded) height of 128 levels, so you will only be able to use 128 slices. You can always render more than 128 and remove slices afterwards.
2. Use a program like XnView to invert all the slices, and rename them "Layer#", where # is the slice number.
3. Start a new map in "Omen". Make sure it has the correct Height and Width. Set Depth to 128.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/73-omen-v070-minecraft-map-editor/ (http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/73-omen-v070-minecraft-map-editor/)
4. Import the layers into "Omen". Make sure they are in the same folder as the program.
5. Save as .mclevel.
6. Import into MCedit.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/13807-mcedit-minecraft-world-editor-compatible-with-mc-beta-18/ (http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/13807-mcedit-minecraft-world-editor-compatible-with-mc-beta-18/)



(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/354/6/1/mandelbulb_to_minecraft_test_by_theli_at-d4jnhtf.png)
http://theli-at.deviantart.com/#/d4jnhtf (http://theli-at.deviantart.com/#/d4jnhtf)

(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/354/c/3/mandelbulb_to_minecraft_test_2_by_theli_at-d4jnjrm.png)
http://theli-at.deviantart.com/#/d4jnjrm (http://theli-at.deviantart.com/#/d4jnjrm)

(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/354/6/7/mandelbulb_to_minecraft_test_3_by_theli_at-d4jnl8j.png)
http://theli-at.deviantart.com/#/d4jnl8j (http://theli-at.deviantart.com/#/d4jnl8j)

Thanks for sharing Mr. Genius! :dink:

Just made a couple more. A mandelbox like thing (on top), and an "Amazing Box" (on the bottom).
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/354/3/8/mandelbulb_to_minecraft_4_by_theli_at-d4joiup.png)
http://theli-at.deviantart.com/#/d4joiup (http://theli-at.deviantart.com/#/d4joiup)

Very nice!

hah.
Now if you extend it to change the materials per colour...

It would be easy to do if the voxelstack function included the colors on export. I think Omen picks materials based on the color used in the bitmaps. I have to color it by hand afterwards.

wouaaa :)

Fantastic!

What an awesome idea.  :dink:

Beautiful! This new voxelstack feature is twisting my mind.

With this tool you can import Minecraft stuff into blender

https://sites.google.com/site/mineblend/

And then you turn it into 3D prints

http://boingboing.net/2012/01/03/mineways-turn-minecraft-creat.html

i cant figure out how to do the voxelstack thingy! how? HOW? :o

but that epic one that looks like a radar dish is my target, can u post a download link for the .mclevel or a .schematic? i want it in my server im makin if thats ok with u

 Mandelbulb3d -> Upper Left Corner of UI -> Utilities tab -> Voxelstack -> Import parameter from main, Start Rendering Slices

You can also do this with Mandelbulber by setting rendering limits and creating an animation of thin slices.

it doesnt have voxelstack in utilities tab... am i outdated? or is that windows only? im a diehard mac...

Yes, you probably have to download the latest version

Just found out there's no Mac version for the update. Thanks a lot though, that explains it.

Just go with the mouse over mandelbulb 3d app and select 'Show package contents' using right button, then browse 'drive_c' folder and open 'Programs Files'.
Can you see 'Mandelbulb 3D' folder?
Now just download latest Mandelbulb 3d for windows and REPLACE the 'Mandelbulb3D' folder (with all the contents; .exe file and various folders) with the new one.
Close the folder 'mandelbulb 3D'.
Open mandelbulb 3d as usual.

BTW the wrapper works really well and minecraft's experiments are really nice!  :)

thanks for that, the folder thing worked, im trying to import now

(http://www.freeimagehosting.net/t/psga4.jpg) (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/psga4)

sorry i got back late, but i got it to work. looks pretty sweet in my hd texture pack. does anyone know if it is possible to import all the slices instead of having to import them into omen one by one?

Hey guys...

I'm back again after my PC died on me, and then I got so much into Minecraft that I let all my other interests slide backwards!
Anyway, back, and just having a problem with one part here... "invert using XnView"
I've got XnView, managed to rename all the files... But invert them... how?

Annoying! I figured out to invert the image was to invert the black and white ( :embarrass: )

But now, no matter how I name the pngs or where I put them (supposed to be in the same directory as Omen, right?) Omen doesn't load them. It gives the error "Skipped layer xxx - could not find image."

And there's no ways I'm importing one layer at a time.  :fiery:

YES, ok, figured out my above issue with the importing of the pngs. Hope this helps someone (besides me and THEMAN1138, hehe):
You need to tick off the Leading Zero thingy when making the pngs with the Voxelstock tool in M3D .. The files have to have the format "layer1.png", "layer2.png", "layer3.png" etc, (NOT 001, 002, 003...)
And yes, as the original poster says, they must be in the same directory as the Omen jar/bat files. :ok: