| # AfterBlock Texture Pack Strategy |
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| ## Current Asset Set |
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| - 3,200 generated relic textures |
| - 3,200 generated 3D item model JSON files |
| - 3,200 `minecraft:paper` custom model data overrides |
| - 70 everyday object archetypes |
| - 10 material finishes: paper fiber, brushed metal, soft plastic, painted wood, canvas cloth, glass glow, rubber grip, enamel badge, aged brass, and screen phosphor |
| - 6 variant display profiles: pedestal, wall-left, wall-right, tabletop, showcase, and handheld |
| - 32 contact-sheet screenshots |
| - browser gallery for all 3,200 materialized isometric previews |
| - searchable/filterable full-library HTML with copyable `/give` commands |
| - Gradio Object Atlas for paging through the pack inside the live Space |
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| Open locally: |
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| ```text |
| assets/afterblock_textures/gallery/index.html |
| ``` |
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| Screenshots: |
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| ```text |
| assets/afterblock_textures/gallery/contact_sheet_01.png |
| assets/afterblock_textures/gallery/contact_sheet_02.png |
| ... |
| assets/afterblock_textures/gallery/contact_sheet_32.png |
| assets/afterblock_textures/gallery/library_report.json |
| ``` |
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| Resource pack skeleton: |
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| ```text |
| resource-pack/AfterBlockMuseum/ |
| ``` |
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| ## Minecraft Rendering Strategy |
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| Each museum relic maps to: |
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| - a 64x64 item texture with deterministic material marks |
| - a 3D model JSON with blocky `elements` |
| - material and finish metadata exposed in the manifest and Gradio inspection wall |
| - GUI/ground/fixed/first-person/third-person display transforms |
| - per-variant display profile and orientation metadata |
| - a `custom_model_data` ID on `minecraft:paper` |
| - a museum packet field under `minecraft.resource_pack_item` |
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| This lets the server use one base item, `minecraft:paper`, while rendering thousands of different relics. |
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| ## Why 3D Models Matter |
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| PNG-only items feel like flat stickers. AfterBlock uses model JSON shapes so different relic categories read differently: |
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| - books and notebooks: thin rectangular slabs |
| - monitors: screen + stand geometry |
| - bags: box body + handle |
| - bottles: tall body + cap |
| - lamps: shade + stem + base |
| - controllers: wide body + grips |
| - keys: ring + shaft |
| - mugs: cup + handle |
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| The textures carry color, material, and symbolic detail; the model geometry carries silhouette and orientation. |
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| ## Scale Strategy |
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| To reach thousands of objects without hand-drawing every file: |
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| 1. Classify object into an archetype. |
| 2. Pick base geometry for the archetype. |
| 3. Generate color palette from object/memory/image fingerprint. |
| 4. Add deterministic variant marks. |
| 5. Emit PNG + model JSON + manifest row. |
| 6. Map `custom_model_data` into the Minecraft bridge packet. |
| 7. Render a browser/Gradio preview that shows material, shape, pose profile, and `/give` command together. |
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| The current generator does this deterministically, so an object can be recreated from prompt, owner, and artifact metadata. |
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| ## Inspection Strategy |
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| The repo now exposes the pack in three ways: |
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| 1. `assets/afterblock_textures/gallery/index.html` shows every item with search, kind filters, model path, and copyable `/give` commands. |
| 2. `assets/afterblock_textures/gallery/contact_sheet_01.png` through `contact_sheet_32.png` provide screenshot-friendly proof pages. |
| 3. The Gradio app includes an Object Atlas and collapsed inspection appendix so judges can inspect PNG previews, materials, model paths, shapes, pose profiles, and `CustomModelData` values without leaving the Space. |
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| ## Next Upgrade |
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| Use a real vision model for uploaded images: |
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| ```text |
| photo -> object class -> palette -> archetype geometry -> resource-pack item -> Minecraft pedestal |
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| The app already accepts an optional relic image and stores an image fingerprint. The next step is replacing the local color fingerprint with a VLM classifier. |
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