Reading Minecraft World into Unity (using Substrate)

Quick test for reading Minecraft worlds into unity.
Note: example code uses particle for each block, so it gets pretty slow.

Compile Substrate.dll:
– download this repository https://github.com/minecraft-dotnet/Substrate
– unzip, open Substrate-master\SubstrateCS\Substrate.sln
– Solution Explorer: Right click over Substrate (NET4), Set As Startup Project
– Select Release (from the configuration dropdown in toolbar, although default “Debug” works also)
– Press F5 to compile
– Should see message in output: “========== Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========”
– Go to the output folder (shown in the output window above that previous line)
– Copy “Substrate.dll” into your unity project, Assets/Plugins/Substrate/x64/ folder
– Note: You need to compile 64bit version (which should happen by default)

Minecraft:
– Start minecraft with 1.12.2 version (apparently substrate is designed up to that version?)
– Create new world, enter into it once, then can exit minecraft

Unity:
– Test with this script: https://gist.github.com/unitycoder/e0bb32b9d6ece0b4bde7be270e2e2a6f
– Add ParticleSystem into scene, then assign it to the script (see below for my particle system settings screenshot)

References / Resources:
– Block ID’s http://media.dinnerbone.com/uploads/2013-09/files/28_00-44-23_YfmAkomVI.txt

TODO
– Use mesh (instead of particles)
– Optimize..
– Load chunks-on-demand
– Add player
– Test with unity raytracing!