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Does anyone know if there are any quantified building codes in realms that you own? It's generally understood that you can build whatever you want as long as its purpose isn't to harass people or be ugly but I've seen a handful of cases where they had to take down what they built.

Is there a build height limit near spawn or anywhere else?
Are there certain block types that can't be a primary build material near spawn or somewhere else, like cobble or netherrack?
Are there some structure types not permitted, like derp towers or floating trees-clouds?

The reason I ask is because I would like to build a project that might go up to sky limit and I would hate to find out half way through that some random aspect of it wasn't permitted within a certain distance from spawn or something.

I have a tower sitting in the middle of 4 realms near-ish to spawn that goes to the height limit, and it is perfectly fine: http://map.minerealm.com/map/#/-107/64/-429/-2/0/0

Then of course, there is Intelli tower, which is basically right next to spawn.

I don't think there are any official rules against anything. However, building a super tall structure right outside of the spawn or something would probably be inadvisable. Tall structures are best viewed from a distance, you see. Basically, if Intelli deems it "ugly" and it is extremely close to spawn, he will ask you to make it better. If you don't, the realm gets disbanded. This is very rare though. Netherrack and cobble generally look ugly when used, so it's probably best to use them extremely sparingly.

Basically, use your judgement when building it.

shaddowdemon wrote:I have a tower sitting in the middle of 4 realms near-ish to spawn that goes to the height limit, and it is perfectly fine: http://map.minerealm.com/map/#/-107/64/-429/-2/0/0

Let's be fair now, we all know that tower was build by cloudtheclow. At least give him some of the credit, even if he did sell the realms to you.

The-Jack-DeCk wrote:

shaddowdemon wrote:I have a tower sitting in the middle of 4 realms near-ish to spawn that goes to the height limit, and it is perfectly fine: http://map.minerealm.com/map/#/-107/64/-429/-2/0/0

Let's be fair now, we all know that tower was build by cloudtheclow. At least give him some of the credit, even if he did sell the realms to you.

He said he has the tower, he never specifically stated that he built it

As for the question in the OP, the only regulation I'm aware of is that you can't obstruct movement of players, at least around spawn. So make sure there are either ways to go around the tower or to go through it to the other side. I don't think there are any other "building codes" but you might want to wait for a staff member to comment if you're worried about that.

The-Jack-DeCk wrote:

shaddowdemon wrote:I have a tower sitting in the middle of 4 realms near-ish to spawn that goes to the height limit, and it is perfectly fine: http://map.minerealm.com/map/#/-107/64/-429/-2/0/0

Let's be fair now, we all know that tower was build by cloudtheclow. At least give him some of the credit, even if he did sell the realms to you.

Cloudtheclow is/was my roommate. I mined about half of the obsidian, placed several obsidian columns, built a large part of the elevator shaft, designed the roof lighting for snow melting, and placed ALL of the floors. I provide roughly 90% of the resources for Clow and its projects. Why you discredit me? D: Yes, the design is mostly his though.

As for the realms, I purchased them for the tower. Yes, that's right, I owned them before the tower was built. Just to clear it up, I am one of two members of the city of Clow... the other being cloudtheclow.

shaddowdemon wrote:

The-Jack-DeCk wrote:

shaddowdemon wrote:I have a tower sitting in the middle of 4 realms near-ish to spawn that goes to the height limit, and it is perfectly fine: http://map.minerealm.com/map/#/-107/64/-429/-2/0/0

Let's be fair now, we all know that tower was build by cloudtheclow. At least give him some of the credit, even if he did sell the realms to you.

Cloudtheclow is/was my roommate. I mined about half of the obsidian, placed several obsidian columns, built a large part of the elevator shaft, designed the roof lighting for snow melting, and placed ALL of the floors. I provide roughly 90% of the resources for Clow and its projects. Why you discredit me? D: Yes, the design is mostly his though.

As for the realms, I purchased them for the tower. Yes, that's right, I owned them before the tower was built. Just to clear it up, I am one of two members of the city of Clow... the other being cloudtheclow.

I hate to be argumentative here, so I won't persist, you know more about the building than I do. The thing is, the neighbors of that realm refer to it as cloudtheclow's tower. I'll just throw that out there for you if you want to inform people that you also provided a huge deal of effort for that creation.

No worries Jack. It's perfectly fine that they call it that. It might also be because it is called Clow tower, and people associate Clow with cloudtheclow, instead of the City of Clow. Him and I do not get picky over credit of creations though. I only said something because you called me out =] We generally say the property is owned by Clow instead of either him or I, since everything in Clow is a joint effort between the two of us (and lately some help from a third).

Edit: Heh.. maybe we should make a sig x.x

shaddowdemon wrote:
Edit: Heh.. maybe we should make a sig x.x

You should.

There are no codes outside of spawn, but it is important that spawn gives a good impression.

Buildings directly adjacent to spawn, and within te nearest 16 or do realms are expecte to look quite good in order to impress new players and set a standard for the server.