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I always wonder when I see these things, are players placing each block individually? Or are they mapped out in some file and fed to the server to render?
by snake_plissken 12y ago
I always wonder when I see these things, are players placing each block individually? Or are they mapped out in some file and fed to the server to render?
- DanBC 12y agoI imagine they use programs like MCEdit. You'd create parts of the hardware in Minecraft, then use MCEdit to copy and paste those parts. http://www.mcedit.net/ http://www.mcedit.net/
- xenophonf 12y agoIn addition to MCEdit, which reads and writes Minecraft worlds offline, there is WorldEdit, which can be used in-game (whether via a client-side mod such as Single Player Commands or via the official server-side plugin). If I recall correctly, with CraftScript installed one can also automate block placement. With the right config you can make this all work in SSP or SMP - WorldEdit will use blocks from one's inventory instead of creating them ex nihilo.
- Houshalter 12y agoIn classic minecraft there used to be a convenient command where you could type /cuboid or /z and then place or destroy two blocks, and it would fill the area in between. There were countless more server-side commands and mods that let you build large scale structures. Copy and pasting sections, building spheres or cylinders, making shapes hollow, etc. Flying was much easier and faster too, although it did required a mod. Minecraft now has so many more features and block types. But I miss some of those features, and building large scale structures is much more difficult.