Re:Classic Minecraft now free online
by zapzupnz on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @05:31PM
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I wonder if cubic chunks is possible to add to Minecraft through modding, or to its nearest open-source 'competitor' (for lack of a better term), Minetest.
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Yes, there are cubic chunks mods
https://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding-ja...
It would require a hugely significant engine rework. Networking, IO, world generation, entity AI, etc
Basically any part of the code that reads/writes chunks in the world or just references some kind of chunk-related data-type would have to be altered
Another user has posted a link to a mod for 1.12 that seems to do cubic chunks. I wouldn't have thought networking would need to be altered for servers where all users have the appropriate mods installed on the client; world generation and entity AI would follow already-established rules about how loaded chunks relate to unloaded ones.