Tutorials/Programs and editors/Tectonicus



Tectonicus is a 'deep' minecraft map renderer written in java. It has fewer dependencies than similar programs such as Overviewer. Instead of plotting blocks as pixels it generates a 3D model of your map and uses that to draw zoomable maps with a 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 using the Google maps interface.

Features

 * Runs on Windows, OSX and Linux if X or Xvfb is installed
 * Can map single and multiplayer worlds
 * Can use custom texture packs
 * An icon is used to mark the spawn point. Clicking it shows statistics about how many blocks of each type exist in your world
 * Shows sign positions on map, and shows sign text when clicked (blank signs are not rendered as they are usually used for decorations such as chairs)
 * Creates player markers by using player's custom skins. 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, jpg or gif image formats
 * Day and night drawing modes
 * Antialiasing for high quality output

Example map
View the example map

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_v1.19.jar worldDir=C:/MinecraftMultiplayer/world

See the Tutorials for specific and additional instructions.

Cron jobs
In order to run Tectonicus at a specified time on a Linux/Unix machine you will need to add DISPLAY=:0 or DISPLAY=:0.0 for multiple monitor setups to your cron job.

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.

Tectonicus donations page

Tools

 * TectonicusGUI — guided user interface which is easy to use; written in Java.
 * teclp — dynamically updates players' location (direct download).
 * TectonicusPlayers, a hMod/Canary 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.
 * Minetographer, a multiplatform frontend for Tectonicus.
 * NOTE: Currently does not work with the latest version of Tectonicus.

Tutorials

 * Integrated Video Cards (such as Intel GMA3100)
 * Setup and run Tectonicus on a headless/VPS linux machine
 * 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
 * The VaultWorks map
 * ridankulous map
 * Craig's Map (Currently looking into a real name)
 * NimmoG and SvenJJ's crazy adventures
 * WoF-JE (we like pixelart)
 * THC Server map
 * TRTSNBN (Terra, Nether and night map)
 * Minecognix.de map
 * Yoo.dk's map
 * Sclerosis Server map

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

External resources

 * Tectonicus homepage: http://triangularpixels.net/games/tectonicus
 * Bugreports and suggestions: http://tectonicus.betaeasy.com
 * Initial MinecraftForum.net topic: http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=95739