Re: Apple logo

[datawiz <rich.martin@gmail.com>]

Wow, that is too cool. I don't play Minecraft, but my teenage son does. I'll have to get him to log in and check it out. Clever indeed, sir! Well done!


On Sunday, May 5, 2013 12:41:10 PM UTC-4, BLuRry wrote:
> On Saturday, May 4, 2013 10:29:26 AM UTC-5, Steven Weyhrich wrote:
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> > So exactly how does one use a plugin in Minecraft to run an Applesoft program? What it is displayed on?
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> I replaced the map renderer on the fly to render a copy of the apple screen dithered to 128x128.  Text isn't readable so I trap calls to $FDED and send the captured text to the player as in-game messages.  All in all it works pretty well. :-)
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> The plugin also renders a setup that mostly resembles a computer using sandstone stairs to look like the computer and a sandstone block for the monitor.  I hang a sign on the back to make it look more like the old green-screen.  On the front I hang an itemframe and place a map in it.  Lastly, a button on the side is used to activate.
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> An event listener looks at button presses and determines if the button is pressed anywhere near an itemframe holding a map.  If detected, it looks for a book in your hand.  If it finds a book then it runs the program in the book.  This makes it possible to edit programs in a rudimentary way as well as sharing programs with others.
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> There is a hangout in there called the "Call -151 Bar" where I set up a computer in the back room as well as dispensers for both empty books and for completed programs.  Hoppers are used to capture any items that are returned, so you can create programs and add them to the collection when you're finished. 
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> Have fun with it!
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> -B