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Here's a video that demos most of the features:


Edit 2/1/2011: updated with the latest mcmap, which adds support for new block types (dyed wool, music blocks, etc).

Edit 2/24/2011: updated with the latest mcmap, which adds support for the new Minecraft beta v1.3 map format.

Edit 3/6/2011: updated with the latest mcmap and Minecraft Biome Extractor, which have added support for biome rendering in the new Minecraft beta v1.3 map format.

Requires the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile.

Just Download, unzip, and run minemapper.exe.
Please note, I've changed where I'm hosting this project, and I've uploaded the source.

Please feel free to discuss here, but search for and submit bugs on CodePlex, if you don't mind. It's much easier to track there:

http://minemapper.codeplex.com/discussions
http://minemapper.codeplex.com/workitem/list/basic

I was inspired by the work of Donkey Kong on MCMap Live, but since I don't have a mac, I set out to create a similar app for Windows. I used the excellent mcmap command-line mapping tool created by Zahl.

Minemapper determines the total map size, then quickly generate virtual tiles for the entire map. Then, in the background, it uses mcmap to generate small map tile images, loading them in on the fly, similar to Google Maps.

You can pan by dragging with the mouse, and zoom by using the mouse wheel. You can also zoom to selection by holding Ctrl and dragging a rectangle.

I've added support for Minecraft Biome Extractor to show biome colors. Many thanks to these guys for all their hard work!

I've also added rudimentary support for the height slicing that mcmap provides. It's slow the first time you adjust the height for a tile, but after that the image is cached and you can just hold down the buttons to increase or decrease height and it will go extremely quickly.

I added support for cave and nether modes in v0.1.2, as well as manual slice height entry, better image caching, etc.

Let me know what you think, or if you have any problems.

Sweet! It seemed to work great. The only slight issue was when zooming in or out with the mouse scroll wheel it would jump back to it's starting position and I would have to pan over again to where I wanted to look. :-)

Thanks for this!

Great, glad to hear you like it. Yeah, I noticed the same issue when zooming with the mouse wheel. I'll see if I can get that fixed.

Looks interesting, will give this a try later.

If you're using github for the source, mind linking it? I like to keep a watch set on these repos so I know when there's updates. :happy.gif:

i like this :biggrin.gif:
thanks for makin it.
almost none of the other programs work on my comp, i'm glad i finally get to look at my entire town to plan things!!

LOVE THIS! Much faster than cartographer... but is there a way to remove chunks to see whats inside or alter the transparency of chunks?

Thanks a bunch for this little tool!

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... but is there a way to remove chunks to see whats inside or alter the transparency of chunks?

yeah i'd like to know the same thing.
i mean, i love the program so i'll use it even if ya can't see inside, but it would still be good to know :3

This is very cool. I like it a lot. Thanks.

Nice work!

Thanks for the feedback, guys. I'll see if I can add a way to change the transparency of the chunks.

@Obsidian_ no source yet, but I'll post here when there's an update.

This arouses my interest. Do you intend to add more features like MCMap Live has? (slicing, etc)

I definitely plan to add all the features that mcmap exposes (slicing, directions, biome support, etc).

I just posted an update, fixed the issue when zooming where the view would 'jump'.

Well, it crashes at me when I try to run it... Running on xp under VirtualBox.

Did it crash right when you started it? Did you get an error message you can post or send me? Do you have the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile installed?

Yes, I have the full .Net 4.0 Framework installed (Client and Extended).

This is the Error Signature:

EventType : clr20r3     P1 : minemapper.exe     P2 : 1.0.0.0     P3 : 4cdee729
P4 : system     P5 : 4.0.0.0     P6 : 4ba1dff4     P7 : 17dc     P8 : 75     
P9 : system.uriformatexception     

And this is the error window:


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And it happens right after I start it, before any window even appears. Also, I don't have Minecraft installed under Windows, only on my Linux host.

It crashes for me now whenever I try to click on the map (to drag my view around). There was no useful error onscreen, just "Minemapper has stopped working." This happens whether or not I have loaded a map into the program.

I have Windows 7 32bit and .NET 4.0 installed. Also, the last version of minemapper worked for me.

Thanks for the bug reports, guys. I've updated Minemapper.

I improved the error handling in a 3rd party library I'm using, and added basic logging support using log4net. If you still have problems, please send me the log file, found in this location:

%APPDATA%\Minemapper\Log.txt

It doesn't crash anymore, but I can't drag around my view :sad.gif:

The log is huge, but it seems to be this error:

System.InvalidOperationException: The sum of AccelerationRatio and DecelerationRatio must be less than or equal to one.
   at System.Windows.Media.Animation.Timeline.ValidateTimeline()
   at System.Windows.Media.Animation.Timeline.FreezeCore(Boolean isChecking)
   at System.Windows.Freezable.Freeze()
   at Microsoft.Sample.Controls.PanAndZoomVirtualCanvas.CreatePanAnimation(Double toValue) in C:\Source\Minecraft\VirtualCanvas\PanAndZoomVirtualCanvas.cs:line 217
   at Microsoft.Sample.Controls.PanAndZoomVirtualCanvas.OnMouseMove(Object sender, MouseEventArgs e) in C:\Source\Minecraft\VirtualCanvas\PanAndZoomVirtualCanvas.cs:line 196
2010-11-18 20:16:12,788 [1] ERROR Microsoft.Sample.Controls.PanAndZoomVirtualCanvas 

repeated over and over again with different coordinates/times or whatever those numbers are on the last line ('12,788').

Thanks for the info, sorry for the problems.

I can't recreate the issue, but I've made a change and updated Minemapper, mind downloading and trying again? You can delete the log, if it gets too big. I'll add an option to keep the log below a reasonable size limit later.