uNmINeD

Rendering blocks using textures:

Real shadows:

Compared to current heightmap based shadows (look at the tree shadows in the middle):

This is what a world looks like when it’s rendered using in-game biome tints.

This is a Terralith world rendered using biome foliage colors read from the datapack:

Many features have been added this year, like Bedrock support, tile caching, biome and blockstate styles, shadows, virtually infinite zoom, saved map settings and more. uNmINeD has improved a lot, now it supports older Minecraft versions, block styles can be defined using JavaScript, and it works on Linux and macOS thanks to AvaloniaUI. A huge amount of work and sleepless nights were spent on optimization, now it’s incredibly fast and uses low amount of memory.

Upcoming:

• Some docs and howtos
• Image/web export improvements
• Custom map markers
• Entities and POIs, villages, mobs, etc.
• Players
• GUI improvements
• Selection tool
• Chunk data view/export
• Block highlighter/finder
• Overlays (biomes, caves, chunk properties, statistics, etc.)
• Rendering blocks using in-game textures
• Better shadows
• Better error handling and reporting
• Source code release of the Minecraft world reading libraries

Coal ore distribution in Minecreaft Java Edition 1.17.1 vs 1.18:

Experimenting with biome dependent water colors:

The first result of biome conditional rendering (can you find the savanna?):

Update: it will work with 1.12 worlds as well:

The very first render using block textures:

The first biome render using random colors 😀

Far view of a large anarchy server at 1:512 (1 pixel = 512 blocks = 1 region):