How to develop it?

[iddm]

I am familiar with game engines in C++, however, I ahve not released any game yet. I would like to develop hematite if it is possible, however, I don't know anything about the game, the world file structure. If you publish some documentation for developers about how everything works here in the hematite, it would be very nice, everyone would be able to continue working on it.

[eddyb]

I abandoned the project when Mojang didn't move blockstate information into the world file (if it happened since I am unaware of it).

Making progress without more data in an accessible format means writing scripts that turn Java bytecode into data and I don't have the time for it, nor do I think there is much value in it.

[Arzte]

Yikes, that wouldn't be a fun thing to convert, though it does sound like an intresting side project...

[Levertion]

@eddyb the block data has now been moved into the world file, as well as making the available blocks available.
Perhaps the easiest way I can show you how this is done is through this typescript function, which runs the generator from a server jar.

Other stuff in the extractor folder works on a similar principle, tidying up the block info.

[eddyb]

I heard! I don't have the time to get involved for now, but I might later this year.

[Levertion]

Cool!

[Levertion]

As a further note:

@FVbico has created https://github.com/FVbico/MinecraftData, which contains loads of information about every single block in the game. I'm sure that he wouldn't mind a practical use of this venture.

[shymega]

@Levertion Unfortunately, that link appears to be broken. Is there a working link that you could direct to, if at all? Cheers.

[qm3ster]

@shymega might it be https://github.com/FVbico/Data-Driven-Minecraft/tree/master/minecraft/data/minecraft/blocks ?

[Dhranios]

@shymega
yes, that is the newer name of the project

EDIT: it's permanently deleted now, all files are gone, never to return; it has been for a few years

[mrmelon54]

newer versions of Minecraft 1.13+ block states can be extracted using the data generator..

https://wiki.vg/Data_Generators