Is this understanding correct, in comparison to the old proposal, that the differences are:
PalettedBlockArea is to be forgotten, and the existing structures should be extended to use a global palette, which is mostly static and only partially dynamic.
The changes appear to be less fundimental to the server, but also much less incremental, so this will basically have to be done in one go.
Personally, this proposal appears sensible and if you want to go ahead with it and can complete it you should.
One small point, is that I really don't like adding comparison operators to the Block struct that actually compare BlockType. It would be much clearer in use to to Block.Type() == xyz
PalettedBlockArea is to be forgotten, and the existing structures should be extended to use a global palette, which is mostly static and only partially dynamic.
The changes appear to be less fundimental to the server, but also much less incremental, so this will basically have to be done in one go.
Personally, this proposal appears sensible and if you want to go ahead with it and can complete it you should.
One small point, is that I really don't like adding comparison operators to the Block struct that actually compare BlockType. It would be much clearer in use to to Block.Type() == xyz