User Interface
Chunky's UI is built using JavaFX and is separated into three panes which can be slid to increase/decrease screenspace of the different components. These panes often have tabs which contain additional controls. There are three main panes; The left pane handles Render Controls (to be covered on a separate page), the middle pane is for previews (both 2D and 3D), and the right pane is for general options.
Map
Chunky displays an overhead 2D Map view of your world within the center pane under the Map
tab, highlighted in red in the above image, and should be the default view when you launch Chunky. While this view can be used for mapping purposes it's primarily used for making chunk selections for renders much easier. There are two available modes for the Map; At (map) Scale
13 or greater you will be shown individual blocks and for a Scale
of 12 or under you will be displayed a biome view.
Controls
Left click
and drag to move the viewport (also see Map View tab)Left click
to select/deselect a Chunk (atScale
16 or higher) or a Region (atScale
15 or lower)Shift
+Left click
and drag to create a draggable rectangular chunk selection. Note - Shift does not need to be held continuously only Left click does; On release selection of Chunks is made.Ctrl
+Shift
+Left click
and drag to create a draggable deselection rectangular areaMouse wheel
to change Map Scale (also see Map View tab)Right click
to open a menu with some Selection and Render related options
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Biome view
As mentioned before, at Scale
12 or below Chunky will auto display a biome overview opposed to a block overview.
Right click menu
The right click menu provides some selection and render related controls.
New scene from selection
- Create a new 3d scene from selectionClear selection
- Clears the selectionMove camera here
- Moves camera to the coordinates of the right clickSelect camera-visible chunks
- Selects chunks visible to 3d camera frustum and within the Maps current viewport. An example of the view frustum can be seen below.
Map View tab
This tab allows you to pick the world and dimension you wish to view and a few options on how to view it.
Current World
- Displays the currently selected Minecraft world-
Change World
- Opens prompt to select a Minecraft world -
Reload
- Reloads currently selected Minecraft world Dimension
- Displays the different dimensions of Minecraft if available.Scale
- Adjusts the current area of view of the 2D MapMin Y level
Max Y level
Coordinates
- Provides X,Z coordinates of the Maps viewtrack player
- Centers Maps view on players positiontrack camera
- Centers Maps view on 3D Cameras position
Select World
World list
- Reads the worlds in your Minecraft directory and displays a table of results. World name, Directory, (Game)Mode, and Seed.Change world directory
- Allows you to pick a different directoryBrowse for another world
- Allows you to locate a worldLoad selected world
- Loads selected world
Chunks Tab
This tab provides access to chunk related features.
-
Clear selection
- Clears current selection -
Export chunks to ZIP
- Exports selected chunks to a .ZIP archive -
Export view to PNG
- Exports current map view to a .PNG image -
Delete selected chunks
- WARNING - Deletes currently selected chunks. Chunks will be generated again when the world is opened again in Minecraft. Chunky is NOT responsible if you do not have a backup.
Options Tab
This tab has a few options in it...
Edit resource packs
- Allows you to select a Resource Pack.zip
or Minecraft.jar
for textures.Disable default textures (needs restart)
Single color textures (needs restart)
- Averages block textures into single color.Show launcher when starting Chunky
- Toggles whether the Chunky launcher shows when starting Chunky.Open Scenes Directory
- Opens the directory Chunky uses to store scenes.Change Scenes Directory
- Changes folder used for the scenes' directory.
Resource Packs
Items higher in the list take priority over lower items.
Up
- Move selected pack upDown
- Move selected pack downAdd
- Add new packRemove
- Remove selected packApply
- Apply changes
How to correctly add resource packs
-
Add
-
Select either a
.zip
or a minecraft.jar
(found within .minecraft/versions/x/x.jar) -
Left Click
a resource pack in the list and useUp
/Down
to move resource packs. Packs higher in the list will take priority over those below, including the latest Minecraft .jar which should be loaded by default (would be noted in thedebug console
). -
Apply
-
You may need to hit
Reload
under the Map View Tab and/orReload Chunks
if you have an active render; This should be done automatically...
About Tab
The About tab has a few useful links in addition to Chunky's copyright and credits.