“we add a thing into Minecraft and then we kind of have to change how we store level data, how we store all the save files and stuff to accommodate it. “The problem that we have in Minecraft, that I’m pretty sure every game has, is that data changes over time,” says Nathan. It's also the second library we're opening up!

DataFixerUpper does exactly what it sounds like, and it's one of the most important parts of the Minecraft game engine. “The name is so stupid that we had to keep it,” explains Nathan, unapologetically. It doesn’t even have to be a game – I’ve seen some people trying to use it on telegram chat bots, so you can just message it and it’ll do what you’re asking it to do.” Neat!īrigadier has only been available for just over a week, and already we've seen people trying to improve the code, and even make Nathan's handy readme doc a bit prettier and more user-friendly! Wait, you lot are writing stuff for Nathan for free? Are you trying to put me out of a job? It’s a great thing that people can just pick up and use in any kind of project. “We thought this would be an amazing first test of the system. “But the reality is actually extremely complicated. “A lot of people think this is a really easy function,” says Nathan. “This is supposed to help a lot with that.”īrigadier takes the random strings of text you enter into Minecraft and turns into an actual function that the game will perform (so you've got Brigadier to thank for all those sticks). “Some people don't really look at commands because they’re a bit intimidating and I totally understand why,” says Nathan. Nathan hopes that giving the Minecraft community access to Brigadier can make it “extremely user friendly one day.” After all, commands are still not commonly used by a lot of Minecraft players.

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