rauli_ 12 hours ago | prev | next |

As a Linux user I'm grateful that they are still developing the Java version of Minecraft.

zimpenfish 16 hours ago | prev | next |

Yearning for the day when they post a snapshot which is actually optimised and we don't have to install 20 mods just to get adequate performance.

(Difficult to sell merch or lootboxes on that back of that which means it'll never happen...)

nottorp 16 hours ago | root | parent |

This does sound like some faint semblance of official support for java modders?

Which is shocking tbh. I think every java private server admin has nightmares where they wake up one day and read that java minecraft is being discontinued...

worldsayshi 15 hours ago | root | parent |

>I think every java private server admin has nightmares where they wake up one day and read that java minecraft is being discontinued...

If that happened I have a feeling Minecraft would fork with an open source rewrite taking over on the java side.

nottorp 15 hours ago | root | parent | next |

More likely most will just stick to their binaries for the latest version. Most MC players I know want to play the game not hack it.

saalweachter 13 hours ago | root | parent | prev |

I mean, Bedrock/Java are already pretty thoroughly forked?

nottorp 13 hours ago | root | parent |

No one who plays on private servers cares about bedrock. There are just too many helper plugins on Java.

And I don’t think bedrock is a fork, more like a reimplementation. Too many subtle differences.

zimpenfish 9 hours ago | root | parent |

> And I don’t think bedrock is a fork, more like a reimplementation.

Bedrock is the C++ rewrite they did for supporting lower-resourced systems like phones and consoles. Which is why it doesn't run horribly like the Java version does but also why it has a whole bunch of differences from the Java version that may or may not be relevant (lack of mods being the primary one!)

nottorp 7 hours ago | root | parent |

And they reduced the world update size drastically in the name of draw distance.

I want my farms to keep running while I build …

snvzz 15 hours ago | prev | next |

Hopes for Minecraft becoming open source are long dead.

Moved on to Luanti[0].

0. https://www.luanti.org/

neals 15 hours ago | prev | next |

What are all this testing features for?

emsign 13 hours ago | root | parent |

Quick and easy see-all-at-one-glance test world to see if a new feature breaks any import game mechanics.

Will also come in handy for Java modders.

imtringued 16 hours ago | prev | next |

Last time I used the internal Minecraft testing library I had a problem where it was basically blocked in release builds and you had to write a bunch of fabric mixins to overwrite the feature flag, then on top of that there was a problem with the structure blocks. It could be fabric itself adding its own code in there. I don't really remember the details.