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1 CONTENTS AT A GLANCE 1 Introduction Basic Redstone Redstone Logic Gates Advanced Redstone Miscellaneous Redstone Server Hosting and Tools qcraft ComputerCraft Modding with Forge Example Mod: Thorium More Modding Examples A Resources A Index v

2 CONTENTS Acknowledgments... Introduction... xiii xv 1 Introduction... 1 What Is Minecraft?... 1 Minecraft Versions... 2 Getting Started... 3 Basic Crafting... 3 Forging... 4 Creative Mode... 5 Cheats... 7 Redstone... 7 Using Mods... 7 Making Mods... 8 Installing the Example World... 8 Summary Basic Redstone The Very Basics Obtaining Redstone Coordinates in Minecraft Placing Redstone Redstone Power Levers Buttons Pressure Plates Tripwires Redstone Blocks The Redstone Tick Rate vii

3 viii Contents Torches Redstone Lamps Redstone Repeaters Comparators Pistons Making a Door Hoppers, Dispensers, and Droppers Hoppers Dispensers Droppers Summary Redstone Logic Gates Basic Logic Gates Inverters AND Gates De Morgan s Law Or Gates XOR Gates Logic Gate Example Clocks RS NOR Latches Monostables T-Flip-Flops Logic Theory Binary Logic Diagrams Summary Advanced Redstone Block Updater Detector Switches Making Piston Doors Building a 2 2 Door Building a 2 2 Flush Door... 52

4 Contents ix Block Swappers The Very Compact Block Swapper The Flush Block Swapper Piston-Tape Memory Displays Summary Miscellaneous Redstone Rails and Minecarts Rails Minecarts A Minecart Example Liquid Physics Lava Water Hoppers Command Blocks Player Traps Command Block Player Trap A Redstone Player Trap TNT Cannons Summary Server Hosting and Tools Server Hosting Server Hosting on a LAN Server Hosting Using Hamachi Server Hosting Using Port Forwarding Server Properties Options Renting Servers MCEdit Minecraft, Python, and Pi Installing Minecraft on the Raspberry Pi Running Minecraft Connect to the Pi from a Second Computer Summary... 99

5 x Contents 7 qcraft Getting qcraft Installing the Example World Quantum Dust Essence of Observation Essence of Superposition Essence of Entanglement Automated Observers Quantum Computers Quantum Portals Summary ComputerCraft Installing the Example World A Computer Block Getting Started Example Code A Light Chaser Example Computer Networks Disk Drives Monitors Clock Example Turtles Summary Modding with Forge Overview of the Modding Process Preparing Your Computer Install Minecraft Installing Java Adding Java to Your Path Installing Eclipse Installing Forge Setting Up Eclipse

6 Contents xi A Quick Tour of Eclipse Java Basics Packages Classes Member Variables Methods Classes and Instances Inheritance Public and Private Naming Conventions Summary Example Mod: Thorium Setting Up the Project Creating a Project Creating a Package Linking the Projects Basic Block Ore Creating the ThoriumOreBlock Class Packages and Eclipse Creating the Thorium Mod Class Creating the mcmod.info File First Run Making the Mod Usable Adding a Custom Texture Creating a Texture Image File Localized Names Spawning Ore Blocks Mining Thorium Forging Thorium Ore into Thorium Creating a New Block Adding a Crafting Recipe Making Thorium Glow Summary

7 xii Contents 11 More Modding Examples Releasing a Mod Building a JAR File Installing a Mod More on Modding Item Example: Cooked Bone Item Example: Hardened Diamond Item Example: Obsidian Axe Armor Example Armor Item Classes Armor Texture Files Adding Armor to the Mod File Armor Recipes Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) Changes to the Mod Class The BlockSwitchableLight Class The SmallThingsGUI Class Summary A Resources A Index

You can find in this appendix any block or item that you don t recognize

Appendix Blocks, Items, and Crafting Recipes You can find in this appendix any block or item that you don t recognize immediately in Minecraft (see Tables A1-1 and A1-2), and you can find any crafting