Client-side chunk generation (WIP)

[fathom trout]

I got a protochunk, lighting and etc aren't done yet.

My usecase is loading minigame maps, and eventually I'll try hooking it up with Bobby.

[fathom trout]

this chunk isn't real

[pseudo igloo]

What can it be used for?

Just interesting

[fathom trout]

i'm seeing how viable it is for my minigame mod, the world data is technically already on the client

[sacred apex]

Hmm so, you’re generating chunks on the client side that match the generator settings of the server?
Are you syncing block updates?

What happens if the server has custom world gen?

Looks cool!

[fathom trout]

there isn't client-side generation for regular servers, it's just client side for my minigame maps, since my maps are stored the the mod's JAR file, which needs to be present on the client as well as the server, the client already has all the info it needs to generate them itself

[sacred apex]

ah interesting

[worldly crow]

are the chunks getting evicted at some point ?

[fathom trout]

that will be done after i figure out why it's buggy

[deft ridge]

There should, they won't have the block updates, but just generating the terrain would be nice

[fathom trout]

i cant implement it for regular servers since it would involve replicating the random methods, which are really hard to create client-side

[deft ridge]

Couldn't you just get the seed and use the integrated server methods ?

[fathom trout]

here's the thing, there is no integrated server

nor is there a ⁨ServerLevel⁩

[deft ridge]

I know, but the player still have the code, even if it's not running, so if the generation is vanilla you could use an accessor and use that to generate the terrain ig (all you need is the server's seed)

[fathom trout]

unfortunately you can't

a lot of the constructors require passing in a ⁨ServerLevel⁩ or a ⁨MinecraftServer⁩

[deft ridge]

Okay