User talk:KungFuHamster

wait, obscurification? does that mean, he's purposefully tried to prevent modding?--Kizzycocoa 17:09, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Kizzycocoa: The thing with Java is that the bytecode that Java compiles to is easily decompiled. Most games like Call of Duty or Doom or Half Life 2 etc. are written in C++ or similar languages that compile into object code that cannot be easily decompiled. Using obfuscation on Java source makes it a little harder to reverse engineer the Minecraft code, but not impossible. Notch has a right (and probably a legal obligation) to try to protect his source code, but this vulnerability to decompiling is a weakness of the language and won't go away. -- KungFuHamster
 * wow, ok. sorta off, if I may say so myself. modding is what helps the community. such a shame IMO that he wants to stem the modding community.--Kizzycocoa 12:27, 10 November 2010 (CST)

If Notch fails to try to protect his source code, it's possible he may lose the right to prosecute someone who, for example, just changes the name and tries to sell it themselves and making profit off of Notch's work. I can't blame someone for wanting to retain rights to something they created.

How are people supposed to have a conversation in the wiki talk page? This seems awkward just editing the page. How do you add your "signature"? I'm not a big wiki person.
 * well, add a double-colon at the stat of your message first, and ad the end, add two -'s, and 4 ~'s. or click the pencilly icon in the bold, italic, hyperlink etc. bar.


 * and I guess. still, modding support is a must. I mean, look at Gmod. still used today. I'm not sure if it can ever be killed.--Kizzycocoa 18:35, 10 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, the new "texture pack" support actually says "Mods and Texture Packs" so maybe official mod support is in the pipeline. He's said in the past that he wants to create an API to support modding. --KungFuHamster 14:50, 10 November 2010 (CST)

Maybe you should make a guide for Linux. --Jtl999