Tutorials/Programs and editors/Tectonicus



Tectonicus is a 'deep' minecraft map renderer, instead of plotting blocks as pixels it generates a 3d model of your map and uses that to draw maps with a high zoom and high level of detail. Instead of producing a single image it creates lots of map tiles as well as a html file to let you view it in google maps.

= Features =


 * Runs on Windows, OSX and Linux if X or Xvfb is installed.
 * Can map single and multiplayer worlds
 * Can use your texture pack so the map looks exactly like your world
 * Shows spawn position on map
 * Shows sign positions on map, and shows sign text when clicked
 * Creates player markers by using player's custom skins, and shows their health and other stats
 * Caches results so that drawing the same map again only updates the changed areas
 * Lots of options to control zoom level, camera angle and output format.
 * Can output in either png, jpeg or gif image formats
 * Day and night drawing modes
 * Antialiasing for high quality output

= Example map =

View the example map

= Downloads =

Please view the forum topic for the latest download version

= Usage =

Download the jar file and save it to your computer. If your computer tries to open it as a zip file then right click and use 'save target as...'.

Then run this at the command line:

java -jar Tectonicus_v1.0.jar

(Remember to change the version number to match the file you downloaded). This will print out all the available options.

To map a single player world, all you need to do is:

java -jar Tectonicus_v1.0.jar worldDir=1 outputDir=C:/MyMap

This will map your singleplayer world 1 and output it to C:/MyMap. Change the number to map different single player worlds.

To map a multiplayer world then make worldDir point to your 'world' directory (the one containing level.dat). Something like:

java -jar Tectonicus_v1.0.jar worldDir=C:/MinecraftMultiplayer/world

If you are using an integrated videocard (such as Intel GMA3100), probably you need to follow next instructions.

If you are using a headless/VPS linux machine look here for a tutorial Tectonicus/VPS

Additional Command Line Arguments
= Please Donate! = If you like Tectonicus, why not donate to charity? If you do then you'll get a 'supporter' badge on your player's info popup in all Tectonicus maps. It'll even appear in maps that other people make.

Click to go to the donations page

= Tools =
 * teclp — dynamically updates players' location (direct download).
 * TectonicusPlayers, a hMod plugin that outputs positions of logged-on players in real-time (direct download).
 * Tectonicus Simplifier, a linux shell script that helps in setting some options (direct download).
 * NOTE: This is outdated and doesn't have all the current options coded in.

= Tutorials =
 * Running Tectonicus on windows command line (by mmillss)
 * German tutorial (by kleineMax)

= Your maps =
 * World map for 'The Shaft' (main map direct link) (alt map direct link)
 * HrpDrp's map
 * rknova's map
 * griffen8280's map
 * Greys0's map
 * Linecraft's RP map
 * The VaultWorks map
 * CJ-NET - Minecraft World 1
 * ridankulous map

Got a cool map? Feel free to add a link to the list above.