Cubic Chunks: Reduced lag, infinite height, and more [The #1 Suggestion Thread of all time!][Updated! 6/14]
Poll: Which parts of this system do you like?
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Poll: Which parts of this system do you NOT like?
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Poll: Do you support this system's implementation overall? (If yes, if
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Regional difficulty would need *some* tweaking, and the entire tool crafting system would need a total overhaul. I think that levelling and stats would be a little too... World of Warcraft-esque for minecraft, and it also wouldn't be necessary if there were more distinct tiers in the crafting aspect of the game. The real problem is that, once you get diamonds, you're 99% of the way to the highest level of progression. The remainder of the "progression" is grinding XP for enchantments.
Long story short; Minecraft lacks depth. There are countless different things, but most of them are very shallow. Animals... you find animals, done. Crops... you break a grass, done. Mining, you break a couple of rocks, done.
Cubic Chunks is right at the top of the list in terms of necessity and overall benefit, but I assure you that the list is very very long.
Anyway, I think we are getting very off topic...
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Might I suggest a new topic for discussing said list?
I actually don't like that idea. It takes away most of the benefit of the infinite depth/height side of Cubic Chunks.
Not having a height limit benefits Creative mode, Not having a depth limit benefits Survival, less lag benefits everything.
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I wouldn't suggest actually making it harder to mine, it would be better to add a new, harder, form of stone. The deeper you go, the more common it would be.
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and ravines there should be bigger then, too (like 3 to 400 m deep or so so you need to be careful where you dig even with FeatherFall)
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That would be a pretty cool idea!
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Isn't that kinda logical?
They never said they want to rework the chunk-system.
They are (as always) working on the Mod-API behind the scene's, fixing bugs, and adding new features.
Implementing Cubic-Chunks for real (without any game breaking bugs) would take a long time, and I bet they would tell the modders about it instantly, since otherwise updating world-gen mods (Which currently is based on chunks a bit! Namely just the very first stage of it! (Rhyme not intended)), and any other mod that works on chunks, would take an incredible long time to update.
Tl;Dr: But if they drink a lot of coffee and work hard on it, they could still manage to do it pretty fast in a resonable amount of time, and they would tell the community about it instantly.
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I think most of us were already aware of the latter, as that's old news, but are you sure about the former? Has it been confirmed by Mojang that they're NOT in fact going to adding the new system in 1.7 (if so, that would mean they're paying close attention to the suggestion)? Even if you're correct, which you probably are, it's no surprise. My guess is IF they are paying attention to us, they are waiting for us to finish the mod so they don't have to work on it as much. Also know that it doesn't have to be directly referred to as "the Cubic Chunks update" for it to be a possible addition.
What would be the point? You would need to actually have it in completed form released first for it to be of any use to modders; otherwise, it would just be like warning them of what's to come, but instead, they wouldn't be able to prepare, because they need to make modifications to their mods that are built off the code and technical changes made by the update. Most modders rely on MCP (Minecraft Coder Pack) too, which is only updated per update.
Mojang has a tendency to be secretive about big additions for the sake of getting people anticipated, as we're probably seeing with whatever this "community-oriented feature" is. If they haven't revealed it already, then my guess is that they're adding red dragons.
Oooooooooooooooold news.
But I have to ask, is this still being developed by the modder for the newest versions of minecraft(is he still working on it actively?), or has Mojang taken interest perhaps?
I'm sure many people want to see this system useable
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They're making a mod of it for demonstration purposes.
So yes it's going to be an actual mod