Bukkit

@TheSuperSouthpaw

There were versions that had some of these features, but they used org.bukkit.craftbukkit and net.minecraft.server code. It changes every Minecraft version and it's location (called "package") changes every craftbukkit version. In tha past I trued to use reflection tricks to find this package at runtime, it worked on all versions from 1.2.5 to 1.6, but update 1.7 changed too many things (no more block IDs in terrain generation, bukkit still needs Block IDs for terrain generation). In addition, Bukkit API requires blocks in different format that Minecraft terrain generator uses as of 1.7, and beta generator produces it in yet another format (at the end of terrain generation I need to convert it). Converting it back and forth between 3 different formats to support vanilla features would be too slow (especially when done using reflection, which allows to do a lot of things not normally possible, but is also very slow).

So in the first 1.7 compatible version I removed this feature. I also started working on other plugin. Unfortunately I don't have enough time to work on it. The idea was to ask user to put old minecraft jar into some location, the plugin would take classes from this .jar file, transform them and then use as it's own classes.

I will try to reactivate this project, but I can't promise anything. If I get it working again I will post code on github (you will see link here).

If you really need version specific stucture generation, I can do that, but it will be compatible with only one craftbukkit version (by the same version I mean everythibg with the same CB-X.Y(.Z)-W, ie. CB-1.8-R0.1, CB-1.7.2-R0.3).

@bigredguy2

It's probably a bug. I'm wondering why noone reported it before... I totally forgot about this option. I removed it from config but didn't remove the feature. I will fix it soon.

@IllidanS4

I've already seen your plugin and I really like it.Great plugin. I even used it on my (lan) server.

As for nether support: If you read the comments: I'm (still) working on plugin that will allow to use terrain generator from any minecraft version (by reading that version .jar file, transforming class bytecode and loading the transformed classes). It will support both, bukkit/spigot and Sponge (initially only sponge). It will be very easy to add nether generation support to it. Unfortunately I don't have enough free time to finish my projects so I don't know when it will be finished (I'm currently also working on terrain generator for TallWorldsMod, and have a lot of more important things to do).

When I started working on 173generator plugin I considered adding nether generation but I didn't see any reason to do it. Nether terrain didn't change since nether was added aside of farlands and new structures/ores. There are no nether biomes that change terrain properties etc...

But there is something you can do to add nether support yourself at the cost of the need to update your plugin for every single craftbukkit/spigot release and hardcoded dependency on 173generator (yes, NMS/OBC code, and as far as I know there are no other alpha/beta terrain generators) Far lands are no longer generated for very simple reason: someone added special if() to noise generator check for x/z coordinates and wrap them around if they exceed some value. My 173generator plugin contains the old version of noise generator (if I recall correctly, NoiseGeneratorPerlin, NoiseGeneratorOctaves etc..). And you can actually replace noise generator in vanilla nether generator class (ChunkProviderHell or ChunkProviderNether). You simply need to extend vanilla noise generators and forward all method calls to my noise generators. Then use reflection magic to access private fields in vanilla classes, construct the new noise generators with the same data and again use reflection to replace noise generators in ChunkProviderHell/Nether. If you have more questions - send me PM.

PS. it would be nice if you would publish your plugins source code, especially since you are using open source licenes. As far as I know, LGPL actually requires it.

@Gymnasiast

As soon as I clean up the code I will create github repository for this project and setup jenkins server (I already have one and it's doing almost nothing).

And I added it as experimental project on bukkit.dev (TerrainVersionChanger)

EDIT: Project approved as experimental.

@Gymnasiast

Unfortunately, this project probably won't help too much. My plugin actually needs to use javassist library to load and transform classes from old Minecraft versions. Because Minecraft is obfuscated and MCP licence doesn't allow to redistribute their mappings - I need to create my own deobfuscation mappings for classes I use. And some classes need to be replaced with custom implementations that call bukkit API (or work directly with NMS). The hardest part is getting populator working. There are some parts of it that have no direct translation to Bukkit API. One of the first things beta 1.7.3 populator does is generating dungeons. It requires Bukkit based implementation of classes like Item, ItemStack, TileEntitySpawner, TileEntityChest and possibly some other classes.

Unfortunately, it's possible that bukkit.dev staff won't approve it. I won't see until I try...

I started working on new plugin that will theoretically allow to use terrain generator from any Minecraft version (by putting old Minecraft client/server .jar file to configuration folder). Currently it's able to load beta 1.7.3 client jar and generate basic terrain (no populator yet). If I actually get it fully working (and it gets approved, there is some chance it won't be approved) - it will completely replace 173generator.

It's exactly 1 year since the last update. And over the last year the plugin works without any update. Bukkit is awesome!

@Beraxor

Only terrain (+tree growth code, but not bonemeal). No new ores, mineshafts etc, but all game features are the same as in latest version.

@Flaming_Leo

I will update the plugin this week.

EDIT: It turns out that it does work on 1.7.10: http://i.mcstats.org/173generator/Game+Version.borderless.png

Create a ticket here: https://github.com/Barteks2x/173generator/issues

I need: Crash log, Craftbukkit version, other plugins installed.