So idk if any of you know of the Minecraft program’s, amidsts or MCA Selector. Two programs I absolutely enjoy using for my worlds, plus, their Free Open Source Software.

Anyways, there my story…

So I’ve been a Minecrafter since 2014, since the Xbox 360 days. I then switched to the Java edition of Minecraft in 2019 when I obtained my first pc on my 11th birthday. I made a server that I made for me and my friends / sister when they occasionally jump on and wanna play. In that server, we had an amazing time, building and creating memories. The seed is what’s most important here.

> Main Point

Is it possible for me to create program, preferably a GUI, that lets the user draw out the seed of what they remember. So similar to how you would draw things in krita, but more for a Minecraft top down world view. Amidst or MCA Selector POV. I’m not sure if it’s possible or if Minecraft will even allow such activity. Which I’m not sure why it wouldn’t.

Using the MC Seed API if they have such thing??

It’s just when your in a seed for more then 2 years, you get attached and just love the terrain it has.

Idk man, I just spent forever in that world seed, built amazing stuff. Regardless if I used commands, cheats etc, I just wanna find the seed again using this technique that I hope it’s possible.

  • Dojan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I’m not sure what you’re asking is even possible, for various reasons. A seed is a value used to generate other values. The procedural map generation in Minecraft is deterministic, meaning that if you provide the same seed, and use the same map generation algorithm, then whenever you generate a world using that seed it will end up identical.

    The map generation procedure changes a bit from version to version though, so a seed in the early Java versions of Minecraft won’t map 1:1 to current Java or bedrock versions.

    What you’re asking is to draw an approximate map, and from that determine the seed. That feels much more complicated, I’m not sure the process is reversible.

    That said, I’m not super into Minecraft and could be entirely wrong. I’m approaching this from the perspective of a developer.