Terrarium adds a new world type: 'Earth'. As the name implies, this is a world type that generates an unfolded replica of planet Earth! The world is highly customizable, allowing for extensive tweaking to match your own needs.
To fit within the constraints of Minecraft such as height limit and view distance, the world is not at a 1:1 scale. Instead, the default is 1:40m (1 block per 40 meters). However, this can be controlled with a scale slider in the customization GUI.
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Warning
As the Earth is quite big, all relevant data cannot be stored within the mod. Data will be instead downloaded as needed and later cached for later use. This does unfortunately mean that the mod will need an internet connection when visiting new places.
Creating a World
An Earth world can be simply created by cycling the 'World Type' option. From here, the world can either be created right away with default settings or customized through the 'Customize' button.
This will open a new customization GUI, displaying all available properties on the left and a preview of the world on the right.
Whenever a setting is changed, the preview will be rebuilt around the selected spawnpoint. This allows you to judge how your world will look.
Note that the default preset is not survival ready -- no ores or resources will be spawned. These can be enabled through the 'Survival Properties' section.
Navigation
No matter the scale, the world will be quite big. To allow easy navigation, the command '/geotp' has been introduced. This can be used in two ways:
- /geotp <latitude> <longitude>
- /geotp <place name>
The first does as would be expected -- you give a latitude and longitude and it takes you there. However, the latter will instead perform a Google Maps geocode to find a location based on the given name.
Along with /geotp, this mod provides another command: /geotool. This command takes no arguments, and when executed, opens up a UI containing a few options:
- "Where am I?" -- Clicking this will display a map with your current location marked
- "Go to place" -- Clicking this will display a map with a movable marker, allowing teleportation
- "Display Panorama" -- Clicking this will find the closets Google Street View panorama and immerse the player within.
Servers
While Terrarium has clientside features, it functions completely as a serverside-only mod. This means a player connecting to a server with the mod does not need to have it installed to join (this includes Vanilla clients!)
However, if a client does have the mod, they will have access to more features such as Street View and the /geotool map, which would not be possible without the mod installed.
To create an Earth world on a dedicated server, you will need to set level-type=terrarium.earth in your server.properties file. To configure the world, you will first need to install the mod on your client. Once you have the mod installed on your client, start the world creation process as if you were creating a new singleplayer world. Go to the "Customize" screen, and change the settings to your liking. Once here, though, don't create the world. Instead, press the '...' button that appears next to the world preview. In this screen, you will see a copybox which you can select to copy the world settings to your clipboard. Once you've copied this to your clipboard, paste the copied text after the "generator-settings=" property in your server.properties. Now, when you start the server, it should generate a Terrarium world with your selected configuration.
My only wish is that there is an option to enable borders which could be made simply from a cobblestone wall, this allows me to build near the border and know if I crossed it
Thanks and I hope you take my idea into consideration in a future release. :)
Any possibility of releasing an update/version that makes Biomes O' Plenty realistically compatible with Serene Seasons? For example, when it reaches winter, it snows in tropical regions like Mexico due to the placement of temperate biomes (ie Grasslands) in these areas. Similarly, I've found spots where it doesn't snow in usually cold regions of the world (Savannah biome in Canada).
I think a solution to this would be to a) filter out certain biomes by latitude, or b) use a Koppen Classification map overlay to filter out certain biomes by climate type.
Thanks and I hope you take my idea into consideration in a future release. :)
Hi, I'm trying to use this for a server for a few friends but only want to work with a small portion of the world, is there any way of shifting the origin point of the map generation to another location in the world? Like putting 0 0 in NYC or Boston instead. There are no options in the config for anything so I was unsure if this was even possible. Currently, if I left it as is we'd be working at like 300k in two directions which can be frustrating for coordinates. Thanks.
In reply to AubriTheHuman:
You can change the worldspawn to anywhere you want when making the world under the in game world creation options. The button for its underneath the map, and once you've got the world customized to your liking you can just follow the instructions on this page to put it onto your server.
I've encountered an odd issue where modded structures will spawn multiple times in the same exact spot, facing different directions and sometimes stacking up into the sky on top of copies of themselves. Is this something anyone else has seen before/have an answer to?
I just recently updated the mod, however, when I try to spawn in a Millenaire village, the game freezes and crashes after about 30 seconds. I've fiddled with the settings, and neither the compatibility feature nor the Cubic Chunks mod seems to be the problem. Additionally, naturally-spawning Millenaire structures seem to spawn on chunks of dirt about 10 blocks off the ground. The only other mod I have installed is MapWriter. Any suggestions as to what I should do? Thanks :)
In reply to tenzin3241:
Hey! Hmm, this is weird. Could you share the crash report?
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In reply to tenzin3241:
Looks like you're running out of memory - try allocate more RAM to the game :)
In reply to gegy1000:
I tried this but it simply won't work. I've also tried making my settings lower-quality and reducing view distance, etc. I have a fairly decent computer that has not had any trouble with RAM before. No matter how much RAM is dedicated, Minecraft always crashes roughly a minute after spawning in the village. I might have to revert to the old version, because I never ran into any problems with that.
I have a few questions
1. Does this mod work with other mods, I plan on using it i a mod pack to use with my friends.
2. Does this mod give the real world ore deposits so for example Austrlia would have iron rich zones, or germany having aluminum rich zones (in case of being modded.
3. Is the world generated in a certain map projection? If so which?
The last one isnt really important just curious.
About 3:
Im pretty sure this mod uses Mercator map projection but I could be wrong. Looks a lot like it though.
In reply to beaversforlife12:
Hi!
1. Yeah! Sometimes there can be issues with other mods that add world generation, but *mostly* these should all work. If something isn't working, feel free to report it on the issue tracker and I'll take a look into it :)
2. It doesn't- currently, ores are all just randomly generated. This is something I want to look into doing in the future, though.
3. The world is generated by the Equirectangular project. Ideally, I want to add an option to change this later on, but it does introduce some complexities relating to optimization.
Can I use this in 1.12.2??
In reply to darealmaxmuaz:
Yep! This mod is for 1.12.2 :)
Hey I have another question how do you find out where you are? I just loaded on and I have no clue where I am and I want to go vist other places and stuff like dat. :)
In reply to slyrixz:
You can use the /geotool command to open up a map :)
In reply to slyrixz:
you can just type /geotool and look for the map
hi!
I’ve got some questions I wanted to ask about this mod:
-Is it compatible with modded ore generation or other generation like for example oil pockets(from mods like galacticraft and such)?
-Is the world a finite world (Does it have a world border where the real world would stop or does it go infinitely like a minecraft world)?
-Somewhere in the comments you said this mod probably doesnt support biome-adding mods, But does it support mods that for example change already existing tree types (for example dynamic tree mod)?
-Is there a way to change cave generation with a mod that has that function?
That’s all I wanted to know. Thanks for replying if you do and sorry for the amount of questions lmao.
Anyways have a great day! This mod is very cool!