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Raspberry Pi version please!
This is awesome, Chris.
I tried to get it working on a Raspberry Pi 2 and generated a small world OK, but the save format looks to be different for minecraft-pi than what's being generated. I imagine this is because minecraft-pi hasn't been updated in years and the save format has moved on.
If you can get it working I'll happily write some documentation. Also happy to test if you don't have a Pi handy.
I have done a bit of research and it seems that it's an entirely different save file format; http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Old and only 256x256 so I really don't feel it's worth the effort. Sorry Jeni.
OK. I thought it would be worthwhile because if the higher proportion of code clubs/schools that would have access to Raspberry Pis than Macs or full Linux boxes, if kids are your target for this as you implied in the video.
But I appreciate that the fact it's an entirely different save format makes it a huge piece of work. Probably better for me to lobby for Minecraft Pi to be updated to use the new save format!
I'd like to do this on a Minecraft server running on a Pi - not Minecraft Pi but the full version, accessed through another machine - but I'm stuck at the perl modules bit. Any suggestions as to where I look for inspiration?
The only module it needs is ImageMagick which it uses to get the colour of a pixel out of a PNG. I'm tempted to try to find an alternative which would simplify installation no end...
Hi, I've done quite a bit of work on this tonight and it no longer has the dependency on ImageMagick. I wrote a cheap and cheerful PNG parser as part of the tool. You'll still need Archive::Zip but that's much easier to install.
Let me know how you get on.
Thanks Chris - much appreciated. Just working on it now and it seems to be generating the world ok but I've yet to explore it. Will report back as soon as I have a clue how I'm doing :)
Thanks. I'd love to hear about how you get on.
On 30/01/2016 17:35, Lucy Knight wrote:
Thanks Chris - much appreciated. Just working on it now and it seems to be generating the world ok but I've yet to explore it. Will report back as soon as I have a clue how I'm doing :)
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I'm stuck somewhere - being new to running a Minecraft server, I'm not sure where I'm going wrong. I have a functional (if laggy and crashy) server ... I have a generated world called Highfield based on the SO postcode, in the 'saves' folder - but when I join the server I just get a standard generated wooded hills biome new world. I'm likely missing something obvious ... Is there a special trick to forcing the server to use the generated world?
Probably need to copy the file into the actual Minecraft saves folder ... do you see it as an option on single player?
On 31/01/2016 11:41, Lucy Knight wrote:
I'm stuck somewhere - being new to running a Minecraft server, I'm not sure where I'm going wrong. I have a functional (if laggy and crashy) server ... I have a generated world called Highfield based on the SO postcode, in the 'saves' folder - but when I join the server I just get a standard generated wooded hills biome new world. I'm likely missing something obvious ... Is there a special trick to forcing the server to use the generated world?
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No, it doesn't show up in single player - I tried creating a new world there and forcing it to take the name of the generated world, but that didn't work. I'll try placing the file as you suggest and go from there. I assume the Minecraft saves folder is on the client side? Sorry for the amateur questions :(
Here's a tip to find it; in the game use "open resourcepacks folder" feature... the resource pack folder is in the same parent as the saves folder...
On 31/01/2016 13:03, Lucy Knight wrote:
No, it doesn't show up in single player - I tried creating a new world there and forcing it to take the name of the generated world, but that didn't work. I'll try placing the file as you suggest and go from there. I assume the Minecraft saves folder is on the client side? Sorry for the amateur questions :(
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OK, found that ok :) I've got stuff happening but all it will generate for me is a 1000-tile square of bedrock! this happens every time at this point, whichever postcode i try ... -500..500,-439 -500..500,-438 -500..500,-437 -500..500,-436 -500..500,-435 failed to open /Users/lucyknight/Sites/geocraft-master/saves/Highfield2/region/r.-1.-1.mca: No such file or directory at /Users/lucyknight/Sites/geocraft-master/lib/Minecraft/Region.pm line 273. SAVING REGION r.-1.-1.mca ..
Hmmm. Are you local to Highfield? If so it might be easier to solve in person!
On 03/02/2016 21:12, Lucy Knight wrote:
OK, found that ok :) I've got stuff happening but all it will generate for me is a 1000-tile square of bedrock! this happens every time at this point, whichever postcode i try ... -500..500,-439 -500..500,-438 -500..500,-437 -500..500,-436 -500..500,-435 failed to open /Users/lucyknight/Sites/geocraft-master/saves/Highfield2/region/r.-1.-1.mca: No such file or directory at /Users/lucyknight/Sites/geocraft-master/lib/Minecraft/Region.pm line 273. SAVING REGION r.-1.-1.mca ..
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Sadly not - I'm all the way down in Torbay! though we're hoping to use this for a hack somewhere in Exeter in a couple of months, so if I haven't got it working by then we'll bribe you with cake to come along and see what you can do?
Is it remotely possible this is an internet connection issue? My wifi has a tendency to blip every once in a while, I could get a hard wire connection and see if that makes a difference.
Success! Managed to generate the Highfield file, daughter is exploring it now :) I think the wifi issue might have been the last hurdle, I got an Ethernet adapter for the MacBook today and made sure I had solid connection the whole time it was generating the world. Next step - maybe I should write the definitive n00bs guide ...
Great news! The system doesn't fail when it misses data, but maybe I should chose a block as an "error" block if there's no map tile loaded? Or make a report a the end?
On 04/02/2016 21:24, Lucy Knight wrote:
Success! Managed to generate the Highfield file, daughter is exploring it now :) I think the wifi issue might have been the last hurdle, I got an Ethernet adapter for the MacBook today and made sure I had solid connection the whole time it was generating the world. Next step - maybe I should write the definitive n00bs guide ...
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Both would be helpful. Anything that flags the errors without stopping the whole process would be a bonus, helps people like me navigate through it