First upload to PMC.

UPDATED TO 1.7.2

CITY:
-Added church on the sort of west side
-Extremely naturized the area
-Added a farm on the outer west side

CASTLE:
-Major design changes
a)The floor is now wood via the connected textures in the recourse pack
b)The walls are different as well
-Fixed the command blocks at the front door
-Furnished the two bedroom

LANDSCAPE:
-Smoothed out the front landscape
-Added lamps along the outer path around the hold

NATURE:
-Went bat-shit insane with the new flowers and bushes
-Double-Tall grass is pretty much everywhere
-Used the new flowers in front of the castle

MISC.:
-General fixes and improvements

NOTABLE PROBLEMS:
-The castle and much of the hold is part of a mountain biome. After the 1.7 update, mountains biomes have snow in them. So right now, there will be snow within the hold. I am working through this.
-If you dig into the new landscaping, you will fall into pretty much a giant hole. I will not be filling those in, too much work. It's just noteworthy.

UPCOMING FEATURES:
-More landscape improvements
-Improvements on the new buildings
-More nature
-Changing the biome data within the hold so it doesn't snow in it.

PLANNED FEATURES:
-Many new buildings
-Docks along with boats
-Finished landscaping

NOTES:
-I plan on reaching far out past the hold and deep into the landscape. With that I would hopefully be able to convert this map into an adventure map. Someday...

UPDATED TO 1.7.4

CITY:
-Brand new Docks district
-Begun construction on a new castle/mansion located in the docks district
-Added a wall separating the docks and the main city
-Added a farm in front of the Docks-City gate
-General improvement and interior decoration
-Improved Landscaping
-Added a second mine on the east side

CASTLE:
-Improvement on the interior decoration
-General changes

DOCKS DISTRICT:
-Added them
-Consists of a small dock with a boat, a castle/mansion on a nearby hill, an Easter Egg, and a few buildings

LANDSCAPE:
-Instead of evening it out on the west side, I have added a wall, only for time sake
-On the east side, the mountain currently looks very, VERY weird. That will be fixed in due time, or be used to some advantage
-Added some trees here and there, just to add some nature
-General additions and improvements

FARMS:
-Added a new farm on the south side, which is a copy of the farm on the east side
-Added a wheat field to the south side farm, and a carrot and tomato garden
-New wind mill along with the south side farm
-New horse stables located by the south side farm

MISC:
-Added villagers in the shops so you can buy things from them

NOTABLE PROBLEMS:
-There is still snow falling in the city. I'm working very hard to fix this, but it may take a while
-Depending on your computer, activating the Easter Egg by the docks could cause your game to crash. !!!MAYBE!!!

UPCOMING FEATURES:
-Finishing the unfinished buildings in the Docks District
-More building in the Docks District
-Landscaping Improvements
-General expanding on the city(?)
-More work on the second mine

PLANNED FEATURES:
-General expanding on the city
-More things done with the docks Easter Egg
-Updating to 1.8
-Castle Overhaul(?)
-Improved Landscaping
-A second town somewhere in the map(?)

CITY:
-Major expanding apon the city
-Added a new district west of Archimedes Hold, essentially, it's the poor-er side of town
-Replaced many of the flowers in the city with oak wood leeves, just to add "character"
-Expanded the docks district with the intenstion of it being the richer side of town
-Major decorationings in the docks district
-I have begun work on a new city/town far west of Archimedes Hold named RiverRun
-Attempted to add a sewer system, but things went wierd.
-General improvements

CASTLE:
-Reworked the second flight of stairs, as well as the room it leads to
-Completely emptied the castle of all decor. I plan to completely revamp the castle

LANDSCAPE:
-Begun smoothing out the mountain on the east side that the castle sits on
-General Improvements

TOWNS/AREAS:
-Have begun work on a few new towns/areas located throughout Wintercast
-The most prominant is RuverRun located to the west of Archimedes Hold
-A new area is the Temple of Kings, located far south of Archimedes Hold
-In Tarendale, the Island, I have begun adding various things to make the place more "alive"

MECHANICS:
-Implimented a teleportation system for faster traveling
-The system consists of four locations, Archimedes Hold, RiverRun, Temple of Kings, and the Spawn location for the story

STORY:
-Have officially begun working on a story for this map
-I have made the spawn for when you begin, as well as made three different characters
-I have chosen the starting locations for all three characters, and basic background stories

NOTABLE PROBLEMS:
-It's STILL SNOWING in parts of Archimedes Hold
-The second castle in the docks districts is still incomplete
-A wierd and uncomplete sewer system that may go abandoned

UPCOMING FEATURES:
-Smoothing of the mountain on the east side
-More work on the story
-More redesigning within the castle
-General expanding apon the new areas
-A fixed sewer system(?)
-A new way to teleport to the island(?)

PLANNED FEATURES:
-A finished second castle
-More work on the story
-Update to 1.8
-Along with 1.8, I plan to use many of the new commands and mechanics
-New way to teleport to the island
-Villager shops in the... well... shops
-Redesigning the castle
-A fixed sewer system(?)
-A new major city on the island(?)
-New province of Wintercast(?)

V0.5.0
It's been a long time since I've had a major update for this map. Unfortunately, this isn't a very big update, but it introduces a lot of new features that I plan to use in the future.

Buildings:
-I have added a new building style that is, in a way, universal. I'm going to say U-Buildings whenever I talk about it. It fits almost anywhere, is easy to build, and is highly customizable. I've so far added it in Archimedes Hold and RiverRun.

Gameplay:
-This is in very early development, but I've added a JOB system. I've only set up two jobs, and the villager shops. I plan to add more. Right now, the only jobs are Miner and Farmer.

-I have added a "Natural" border around Archimedes Hold and RiverRun. I have done this in efforts to establish the bounderies of where the gameplay(Adventure, should I get to it) will take place. I still want this map to be open world, but this does limit it greatly.

Travel:
-On the WEST side of Archimedes Hold, you will find a gate. That gate, when entered, will teleport you to RiverRun. There is a gate there, but it still needs working on. It's works, but it teleports you to a different location.

MISC:
-Most flowers in the map have been changed to leave blocks, in efforts to make the map more natural and rouged.

NOTES:
-I am making an effort to ustalize more of the advanced textures in the texture pack. So when using it, pleace be sure to have MCPATCHER or OPTIFINE installed.

NEXT UPDATE:
-More U-Buildings
-More work on the JOB system
-Advancements on the travel system
-More interior re-working on the castle
-Working gates using the new command system
-A revamped shop system(?)

PLANNED:
-A revamped shop system
-Finishing the second castle on the south side
-More work on the other islands
-An ALPHA release of the Adventure story
-Paths to replace the teleportation system(?)

V0.6.0
Anotehr new update is here. And this time, there's more features than last time, along with a new travelling system and general advancements.

Buildings:
-The new U-Buildings I introduced in the last update have been dotted all over Archimedes Hold. And they fit perfectly. There are three "neighborhoods" in Archimedes Hold. One by the enterance to the docks, one by the south entereance to the castle, and one by the NEW MARKETPLACE.

-That brings me to my next addition, the market place. It's not much, and only has a few stalls, but I plan to make it more usefull in later updates.

Gameplay:
- I have improved the natural borders around Archimedes Hold, and have added some to RiverRun and Temple of Kings.

-The spawn has been completely overhauled. When you spawn in the game, you now spawn in a room, that leads to a hall. Just follow the intructions, and you will be fine. I don't wan to spoil anything.

-I have made some progress on the JOB system. It's still in very early development, but it's coming along.

-A new system in the map has been added. There are now HOMES!!! Or will be. I've established three different locations, and plan to add the ability to select which home you can own in the spawn area.

Travel:
-I have totally revamped the travel system. What you do now is go to the docks, enter the boat's lower deck, and you we teleported to a ship out at sea. There, you will be able to select where you can travel.

-The travel gate to RiverRun is still active. I have fixed it so it takes you to the enterance gate in RiverRun.

MISC:
-I have removed all spruce trees by the castle and in the town, and have added bigger, and nicer trees.

-I have also removed most double tall grass on the map.

-I have smoothed out, or made them look better, the mountains on the edge of Archimedes Hold.

-General Changes and Improvements.

NOTES:
-Updating this map has become more hard for me to do. I'm currently in college. So that's a biggie. When i'm done, I plan to get a job, so that's another thing. So, updates aren't coming as often as I'd like, but don't fret, they'll still come.

-A lot of the u-buildings don't have chimneys. That'll be fixed later.

NEXT UPDATE:
-U-Building's added to RiverRun
-Finishing the marketplace
-Advancements on the HOME and JOB systems
-Improvements on the nature in the area
-A travel gate to Temple of Kings
-Updated Castle interior(?)

PLANNED FEATURES:
-Bringing U-Buildings to the other lands
-Paths between RiverRun and Archimedes Hold, taking away the need for teleportation
-Actually implimenting the JOB and HOME systems officially
-Updated Castle interior
-More work on the Story to the map
-Updating to 1.8

Totally overhauled the description to match my other map's description.

A little note- there is no new download, I'm polishing off some stuff right now, and I'll have a new download ready within the next couple days.

This is the last Update to Wintercast: Archimedes Hold that I will be doing for a very long time, if not the last.

There's so much to list within this update, I've actually forgotten some of the things in it. It was originally supposed to be a landscape/nature overhaul.

Originally, the landscapes of the whole islands were going to be very different. I will include download links for each of them. They are very unfinished though, so play at your own risk.