DirectX is use on many platforms not made buy Microsoft, plus imagine if modders could take advantage of advanced DX11 or DX12 features like tessellation, ambient occlusion, or PhysX. There could choose to keep the classic look of Minecraft or change it to look like it is running in Cryengine with better performance then the current Shader mod. like MonsoonMally said, current coding methods will one day be outdated and it would be more beneficial to start over. Might as well use whatever is the best available platform for coding.
I highly doubt Mojang would give modders access to such low level functionality of the engine. The SDK or plugin interface is usually only a bridge to the gameplay component of a game, not the engine stuff. Don't forget that C and C++ modding is essentially a no-go without talking to a specially written interface or play with a specally written SDK for the game, no sane person is going to edit raw machine instructions to write a decent mod, at best the "mods" we would get would be the usual trainers or cracks. What we have now with the Java bytecode is a modder's luxury by comparison.
By the way, isn't PhysX a hardware feature specific to nvidia GPUs?
For me it's not about the code but about design. When you redesign something you don't have to adhere to what was, but think about what you would want it to be. Think about the difference between Demon Souls vs Dark Souls.
It will happen in 2015! WOW! WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE!!
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Well, i think it won't get a sequel. And if it does, what would be different about it? Better graphics? Minecraft isn't supposed to have good graphics. I think it will just stay, "Minecraft."
They are doing that for 1.8, rewriting large sections of the game from scratch to be more plugin-friendly and potentially faster and more stable.
Lol. Faster and more stable. Can someone then please explain to me why I get 15 FPS on the snapshot when I normally get 55 - 60?
(No, seriously. Why do I get less FPS on a snapshot?)
Honestly, I don't want sequel because I've started playing Minecraft awhile ago. I want the same feeling how I played than and now. If there was Minecraft 2. There would be different graphics, different tools, etc.
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Well, if you think about it, right now we're at 1.7.9, then next update is 1.8 so sooner or later it will be Minecraft version 2.0
I think you could consider that as Minecraft 2 in a way...
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Well, if you think about it, right now we're at 1.7.9, then next update is 1.8 so sooner or later it will be Minecraft version 2.0
I think you could consider that as Minecraft 2 in a way...
That was two years ago?! Now I feel like an old player o.O
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I hope this game never gets a sequel. Or a cash shop for ingame items. Games with sequels AND a cash shop get pretty annoying. Yes, I'm talking about YOU, The Sims 3. Soon the Sims 4 will be out, and none of the stuff you bought in the store will work with it I think... >:-(
Well, if you think about it, right now we're at 1.7.9, then next update is 1.8 so sooner or later it will be Minecraft version 2.0
I think you could consider that as Minecraft 2 in a way...
There won't be 2.0, it'll just go 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.5674, etc., unless for some reason in the future they decide to make 2.0.
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there might be a sequal if they decided to do a whole different thing with it tho but usually some sequals no matter how good the first game is isn't always as good and might just make minecraft look bad.
Don't think it will ever happen, maybe a minecraft 2.0 update with huge changes but not minecraft 2. There's no need to make a second game of something that has no story and can be easily modified and improved infinitely.
Don't think it will ever happen, maybe a minecraft 2.0 update with huge changes but not minecraft 2. There's no need to make a second game of something that has no story and can be easily modified and improved infinitely.
I highly doubt Mojang would give modders access to such low level functionality of the engine. The SDK or plugin interface is usually only a bridge to the gameplay component of a game, not the engine stuff. Don't forget that C and C++ modding is essentially a no-go without talking to a specially written interface or play with a specally written SDK for the game, no sane person is going to edit raw machine instructions to write a decent mod, at best the "mods" we would get would be the usual trainers or cracks. What we have now with the Java bytecode is a modder's luxury by comparison.
By the way, isn't PhysX a hardware feature specific to nvidia GPUs?
.............mcf isnt gone???????????????
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Well, i think it won't get a sequel. And if it does, what would be different about it? Better graphics? Minecraft isn't supposed to have good graphics. I think it will just stay, "Minecraft."
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Lol. Faster and more stable. Can someone then please explain to me why I get 15 FPS on the snapshot when I normally get 55 - 60?
(No, seriously. Why do I get less FPS on a snapshot?)
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Well, if you think about it, right now we're at 1.7.9, then next update is 1.8 so sooner or later it will be Minecraft version 2.0
I think you could consider that as Minecraft 2 in a way...
That was two years ago?! Now I feel like an old player o.O
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Y'know? I bought Minecraft because I thought it was a war game where you had to create tactically placed proximity explosive devices...
It was actually just 1 year a go. I honestly thought that it was this year that they did that
There won't be 2.0, it'll just go 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.5674, etc., unless for some reason in the future they decide to make 2.0.
You can just call me Canary.
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