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How can I improve rendering speeds of a Voxel/Minecraft type game?
I'm writing my own clone of Minecraft (also written in Java). It works great right now. With a viewing distance of 40 meters I can easily hit 60 FPS on my MacBook Pro 8,1. (Intel i5 + Intel HD ...
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Am I allowed to make my Minecraft clone open source?
I'm developing in my spare time a game like Minecraft. In fact, it isn't "like Minecraft", because I'm trying to make it a close as possible copy of it (meant as exercise for myself at the age of 16 ...
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Mods for Minecraft Server - how does it work?
Minecraft server comes as a single jar. How are mods developed? How do they interact with the original jar? What is there under the hood?
What technologies are involved there? I'm mostly a C++/Python ...
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Minecraft Mod portable torch/lantern
I have just started making a mod for minecraft, I learned how to make items and import custom png's and have gotten all of that to work. I have been searching around the code trying to find a way to ...
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Texture antialiasing?
In my Minecraft-clone style game, blocks are textured with a border that is lighter then the block color. See picture below:
To achieve this effect without the textures being blurry I use this ...
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Stuck trying to decompress sections in Minecraft Anvil files (.mca)
I've been trying to write some Java code to read .mca files, based on the information at http://wiki.vg/Map_Format and http://wiki.vg/User:Sprenger120 . I am at the point where I can read in the ...
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How do I efficiently generate chunks to fill entire screen when my player moves?
In my game I generate chunks when the player moves. The chunks are all generated on the fly, but currently I just created a simple flat 8X8 floor. What happens is that when he moves to a new chunk ...
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Bukkit saving inventory enchantments
I am working on a bukkit plugin. One thing I want this plugin to do is teleport you to other worlds on the server. However, I don't want the player's inventory to be saved.
Right now, I have this ...
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Need some help implementing VBO's with Frustum Culling
i'm currently developing my first 3D game for a school project, the game world is completely inspired by minecraft (world completely made out of cubes). I'm currently seeking to improve the ...
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Minecraft custom name laucher
I'm trying to create a custom name laucher for Minecraft. I run an offline server and was wanting to give some of my friends a laucher to use so they can play. I have done this before with a batch ...
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First Minecraft mod not working: make a new sword
I am making my first mod and cannot see what is wrong with it. I am using MCP and Modloader.
For my first mod I was going to make swords.
I started with making a new EnumToolMaterials
WOOD(0, 59, ...
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How can I remove inventory items in a Bukkit plugin?
I am making a Bukkit plugin that takes the player to a "FunZone" and allows them to do just about anything. I don't want data transferred between the two worlds. So far I have got most everything ...
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Bukkit shoot tnt where player is looking [closed]
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Bukkit shoot tnt & help with vectors
Hello. I want to shoot a piece of tnt from the players face and then let it explode when it hits the target block.
I set it up ...
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Index out of bounds, Java bukkit plugin
I'm getting index out of bounds errors in my Bukkit plugin, and it's really beginning to piss me off...
I for the life of me can't figure this issue out!
Caused by: ...
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1answer
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Bukkit shoot tnt & help with vectors
I want to shoot a piece of tnt from the players face and then let it explode when it hits the target block.
if (cmd.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("cannon")) {
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