hematite

A simple Minecraft written in Rust with the Piston game engine

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Getting Started

Download SDL2 binaries from https://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php
Copy SDL2.dll to C:\Rust\bin\rustlib\x86_64-pc-windows-gnu\lib, also in Hematite's root folder.

$ brew install sdl2

$ sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev

Should get you going without problems, if you find any issues please file them.

This method is only for personal use. Never distribute copyrighted content from Minecraft.

<version> = 1.8.1

In the Minecraft Launcher, click the button "New Profile"
Type in a profile name, for example "experimental"
Check "Enable experimental development versions"
A message warns you about keeping backups of your worlds. Click "Yes" (remember to do backups)
In the drop down "use version", select <version>
Click "Save Profile"
Click "Play" (this will download the snapshot)
Quit Minecraft
Check out where is your Minecraft folder located (section below)
Copy <minecraft_folder>/versions/<version>/<version>.jar to the assets folder in Hematite
Rename the file to <version>.zip and open it
Copy the minecraft folder from the new zip file put it in the Hematite assets folder
Optional: you can remove <version>.zip it's not required anymore
Run hematite with: cargo run --release "<path_to_minecraft_world>"

Minecraft folder: %appdata%\minecraft

Worlds folder: %appdata%\minecraft\saves\<world>

Minecraft folder: ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft

Worlds folder: ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/saves/<world>

Minecraft folder: ~/.minecraft

Worlds folder: ~/.minecraft/saves/<world>

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