09-10-2019, 05:57 AM
I think it should be possible to actually implement most of the 1.13 protocol while still using current block representation, @tigerw was right, one can see the "shape of the terrain" and that's enough for the start. And then it could be switched, once ready. So I'll try to adapt his code.
I suppose it would make sense then to branch off the 1.13 development into a separate branch, where individual increments could be merged. The way I see it, first a lot of code is gonna go away, I'll cut off generator, loader, lighting calculator, anything that uses the blocks extensively, I'll keep just the bare minimum to make it possible to log in using the 1.13 protocol. Then it should be possible to switch the underlying representation a bit more easily, and finally add those features back in, one by one.
I suppose it would make sense then to branch off the 1.13 development into a separate branch, where individual increments could be merged. The way I see it, first a lot of code is gonna go away, I'll cut off generator, loader, lighting calculator, anything that uses the blocks extensively, I'll keep just the bare minimum to make it possible to log in using the 1.13 protocol. Then it should be possible to switch the underlying representation a bit more easily, and finally add those features back in, one by one.