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Tools of the Trade

Sometimes, it helps to have a little bit more to work with than your trusty pickaxe. It is dangerous to go it alone, so consider taking some of these tools with you.

  • WMLL: “What's My Light Level” is a client-side mod that displays the same information as the F3 screen, but it presents it in an unobtrusive, yet always-visible, manner. The coordinate display takes the guesswork out of large builds, and the light level display warns you if the block you're standing on is under-lit. Under-lit constructions are a deconstruction waiting to happen. WMLL is recommended for all players.
  • pymclevel is a must-have for anyone with their own Minecraft world, either single-player or multiplayer. It is capable of performing basic level-editing functions, and it has helped the server weather the Snowpocalypse… three times! It runs on the command-line, so we can edit the world when it's still on the server.
  • schematic2blueprint: Have something cool in a single-player world? Want to replicate it on the server? Use the export command in pymclevel to save it as a schematic, and open it in schematic2blueprint. This program will perform a CAT scan of your schematic, presenting you with one image for each level of height.
  • rdiff-backup is an incremental backup tool that allows us to keep lots and lots of old versions of the world on the server. Save early and save often. This is a must-have for administrators everywhere.
  • pigmap produces the world's web maps. It is not the most full-featured mapper, but it's fast.
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