Wasn't Mod API sceduled to finnaly be released with the 1.5 update? Well it does not seem like it's going to, as it was not in any of the snapshots yet. Was it delayed for the fourth time?
It's not a part of any update. I think the confusion comes from the last estimate happening to coincide with the expected date for 1.5 -- they were thinking a basic mod API would be added at the end of January, and similarly they estimated that the 1.5 update would be at the end of January. But the two have never been connected.
I'm eager for this mod API. Hopefully they work it out sometime in the next couple months.
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It's not a part of any update. I think the confusion comes from the last estimate happening to coincide with the expected date for 1.5 -- they were thinking a basic mod API would be added at the end of January, and similarly they estimated that the 1.5 update would be at the end of January. But the two have never been connected.
I'm eager for this mod API. Hopefully they work it out sometime in the next couple months.
If that's true, will it be released around the same time as 1.5?
Every update since 1.2, people have been assuming that this magical new Mod API would be "included in the next update!" ...People really need to stop making that assumption.
At this rate, the safest assumption would be that we are never actually going to see the Mod API.
A couple of problems and expected features have been pushed to Minecraft 1.4. The most notable problem is the lighting issues causing black regions in the terrain. We’re looking into ways to solve this, but lighting is a very expensive calculation and we are struggling with finding a solution that doesn’t hurt framerate.
And the most notable missing feature is the modding API. Throwing out single-player was the first step in order to make the API possible, and that’s done now. We decided to release 1.3 without the API
Mod API - Official Timeline and Announcements from 2009 thru 2011
Spoiler:
Quote Statements by notch - Click on the dates to read each statement from it's source.
"Server modding will be in the form of Lua, will be fairly extensible (you will be able to make your own game modes), and will come sometime during beta."
"I’m designing it to have an open API and to be pluginable, so you will be able to write your own game mods, or automated chat monitors, or whatever else, all in java."
"With Beta comes a larger focus on polish and content, and we’ll start early on with adding proper modding support with a stable API, and we’d love all input we can get on this from the modders out there."
"* We’re starting the modding support on a small scale with 1.7. We’ll be giving the source code out to a very VERY small group of people before the release of 1.7. We’ll use those experiences to work out the final details, then we’ll get the modding api out as soon as possible after 1.7 has been released."
You're right,it wasn't scheduled for 1.5. it was scheduled for long, long before that. For instance, this Mojang post: http://www.mojang.co...o-snapshot-w27/
For something they were working on since 2009, and were "finishing up" 18 months ago, it sure is taking a long time.
You do realize Notch is no longer the lead dev right? What he says or has said means nothing anymore.
Also right in your post was that they had to push features back like the API because the game wasn't ready. Lighting bugs and all that fun, not to mention the new rendering system.
How about you get some knowledge in your mind before you spout off nonsense that has no traction.
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Don't play vanilla? You don't know **** about minecraft.
Oh, I'm fully aware of how difficult a task it will be.
What I'm also fully aware of is how long they have been "working on it."
The problem is that they keep saying how important it is, and how much they want to do it, and at the same time, it's been YEARS and we still have basically nothing. There's also people that have made simple "modloader" apps (see Forge and Risugami's stuff), and all the Bukkit stuff, etc. Yes, I realize that a fully-functional plugin API is more complex than that, but there's already been a number of random people (who AREN'T getting paid by Mojang) that have done a lot of similar work.
The fact of the matter is that it really seems that the Plugin API has fallen pretty far from the "top priority" list (if it was even ever on there in the first place). And people should really stop expecting to see it any time soon, if ever.
As for the game "not being ready," when is it going to be ready? They add new features (and in the process, create new bugs) faster than they are squishing old bugs (some of which have been around for months or even years). At this rate, the game is never going to be "ready" for the API.
You do realize Notch is no longer the lead dev right? What he says or has said means nothing anymore.
He WAS when he said those things.
Also right in your post was that they had to push features back like the API because the game wasn't ready.
Yes, they were pushing it back from 1.3 to 1.4.
Is it in 1.4? NOPE.
And that was after they said "we’ll get the modding api out as soon as possible after 1.7" (that's BETA 1.7, by the way) and "for the full release in November...includes finishing up the mod api". Was the API in the full release?? NOPE. They have been pushing it back for YEARS. During those years, they seem to have plenty of time to add new features. Face it- the game will NEVER be 'ready' for it, because they don't want to release it.
Lighting bugs and all that fun, not to mention the new rendering system.
How about they work on stuff promised YEARS ago (mod api) and leave the 'new' stuff for later?
Well, that's Mojang for ya, promising stuff, and when they said its gonna come out? well, sorry, just gonna have to wait until they say its gonna come out, which'll be never!
Oh, also, dont even get me started on what a half assed dimension the End is.
It wasn't scheduled for 1.5.
It hasn't been delayed, it will be released when it is supposed to; Which is to say, when it's ready.
Be patient, it's being worked on. The new texture format is important to the implementation of the mod API.
...but that's just like, my opinion, man.
I'm eager for this mod API. Hopefully they work it out sometime in the next couple months.
If that's true, will it be released around the same time as 1.5?
Unless you hear something different from Mojang, assume not.
...but that's just like, my opinion, man.
At this rate, the safest assumption would be that we are never actually going to see the Mod API.
You're right,it wasn't scheduled for 1.5. it was scheduled for long, long before that. For instance, this Mojang post: http://www.mojang.com/2012/07/minecraft-1-3-info-snapshot-w27/
Patient? Like waiting for 3 years?
http://www.minecraft.../#entry18286282
For something they were working on since 2009, and were "finishing up" 18 months ago, it sure is taking a long time.
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You do realize Notch is no longer the lead dev right? What he says or has said means nothing anymore.
Also right in your post was that they had to push features back like the API because the game wasn't ready. Lighting bugs and all that fun, not to mention the new rendering system.
How about you get some knowledge in your mind before you spout off nonsense that has no traction.
What I'm also fully aware of is how long they have been "working on it."
The problem is that they keep saying how important it is, and how much they want to do it, and at the same time, it's been YEARS and we still have basically nothing. There's also people that have made simple "modloader" apps (see Forge and Risugami's stuff), and all the Bukkit stuff, etc. Yes, I realize that a fully-functional plugin API is more complex than that, but there's already been a number of random people (who AREN'T getting paid by Mojang) that have done a lot of similar work.
The fact of the matter is that it really seems that the Plugin API has fallen pretty far from the "top priority" list (if it was even ever on there in the first place). And people should really stop expecting to see it any time soon, if ever.
As for the game "not being ready," when is it going to be ready? They add new features (and in the process, create new bugs) faster than they are squishing old bugs (some of which have been around for months or even years). At this rate, the game is never going to be "ready" for the API.
--Ocram
Enjoy waiting another year or so.
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He WAS when he said those things.
Yes, they were pushing it back from 1.3 to 1.4.
Is it in 1.4? NOPE.
And that was after they said "we’ll get the modding api out as soon as possible after 1.7" (that's BETA 1.7, by the way) and "for the full release in November...includes finishing up the mod api". Was the API in the full release?? NOPE. They have been pushing it back for YEARS. During those years, they seem to have plenty of time to add new features. Face it- the game will NEVER be 'ready' for it, because they don't want to release it.
How about they work on stuff promised YEARS ago (mod api) and leave the 'new' stuff for later?
Oh, also, dont even get me started on what a half assed dimension the End is.