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User Interface

Overview

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

Overview

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 (at Scale 16 or higher) or a Region (at Scale 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 area
  • Mouse wheel to change Map Scale (also see Map View tab)
  • Right click to open a menu with some Selection and Render related options
Prior to left-clicking an outline of the highlighted Chunk will be shown. After left-clicking the outline will be filled in and Selected.
Prior to left-clicking an outline of the highlighted Region will be shown. After left-clicking the Region outline will be filled in and Selected.
Draggable selection Right click menu

Biome view

Biome view at scale 12

As mentioned before, at Scale 12 or below Chunky will auto display a biome overview opposed to a block overview.

Right click menu

Right click menu

The right click menu provides some selection and render related controls.

  • New scene from selection - Create a new 3d scene from selection
  • Clear selection - Clears the selection
  • Move camera here - Moves camera to the coordinates of the right click
  • Select 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 with Camera frustum

Map View tab

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 Map
  • Min Y level
  • Max Y level
  • Coordinates - Provides X,Z coordinates of the Maps view
  • track player - Centers Maps view on players position
  • track camera - Centers Maps view on 3D Cameras position

Select World

Select world dialog

  • 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 directory
  • Browse for another world - Allows you to locate a world
  • Load selected world - Loads selected world

Chunks Tab

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

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

Resource pack manager

Items higher in the list take priority over lower items.

  • Up - Move selected pack up
  • Down - Move selected pack down
  • Add - Add new pack
  • Remove - Remove selected pack
  • Apply - Apply changes

How to correctly add resource packs

  1. Add

  2. Select either a .zip or a minecraft .jar (found within .minecraft/versions/x/x.jar)

    zip jar

  3. Left Click a resource pack in the list and use Up/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 the debug console).

    Resource pack manager

  4. Apply

  5. You may need to hit Reload under the Map View Tab and/or Reload Chunks if you have an active render; This should be done automatically...

About Tab

Resource pack manager

The About tab has a few useful links in addition to Chunky's copyright and credits.

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