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A r e n a s
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Hi everyone,

I've recently started playing minecraft and got rather into it. I was thinking I could have a go at making my own version for a bit of fun as it would be quite an interesting set of algorithms where I dont need advanced graphics to make it fun.

I was wondering if anyone could explain how the world creation of minecraft works. I imagine it would be a fairly simple algorithm using ALLOT of recession, but I'm not sure.

If anyone could explain or if anyone has a link I could reference that would be great! (I have done a quick google search but no luck).

Thanks!

A

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Neuro Fuzzy
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Quote: "ALLOT of recession"

Yes, few people know that minecraft is the cause of our economic troubles.

Notch has written some about it. He said (as I recall) that it took a long time to write, and once the algorithm was done, it took a long time to tweak the input values so that it looked right.

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I meant recersion, trouble on auto predict here!

Ah thanks, I'll have a look through his threads and see if I can find the thread.

Thanks

A

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@ A r e n a s

Check your inbox.

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Cheers comet, I've replied through mail.

If anyone has a explanation it would still be very much appreciated!

Thanks

A

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Ah, recursion has always fascinated me... I still can't comprehend how it's so useful in certain algorithms! I saw this interesting example on Wikipedia:

Quote: "A natural number is either 1 or n+1, where n is a natural number."


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Um, I think it is done in squares of terrain,each made with it's own part.

Hah, my signature is meaningless.
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I don't know... Minecraft doesn't look that good to me.

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Quote: "I don't know... Minecraft doesn't look that good to me."


For being a game where everything is generated from scratch except textures, and you can modify the whole world, it looks awesome. Especialy with a texture pack.
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Posted: 28th Apr 2012 15:50
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Quote: "I don't know... Minecraft doesn't look that good to me."


I'm sorry, what did you say?







Besides, since when do graphics define how fun a game is?

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Well I just don't like of how its just like a 3D modeling program with explosions.

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Most crude representation of minecraft possible. Have you even played it?

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The trick is to put the recursion in the algorithm before it recurses.

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It'd certainly look better without the total overuse of bloom that the video uses.



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