Purpose

Schematic2BLS is a tool used to convert a Minecraft schematic file (.schematic) into a Blockland Save File (.bls).

This tool was created to do a last attempt at finishing my Mario 64 Project on Blockland by myself, with the goals of saving time, and applying what I have learned from my Computer Science major in university from undergrad to graduate school.

Requirements

As of the time of this writing, Schematic2BLS will only recognize Stone blocks in a .schematic file when reconstructing a model in Blockland, since this was originally designed to be a program to run after making a schematic file using binvox.

In addition, this program supports scaling to smaller cubes that are not included in Blockland by default. Listed are some optional add-ons to include in your Blockland installation if scaling is below 4:

• 2x Cube

Usage

Schematic2BLS can be used as a CLI application. To use it, you will either have to download the latest release executable [RECOMMENDED], or download the source code, compile the code, and then run the executable.

Either way, it is recommended to run this program in a Terminal or Powershell environment, whichever is most appropriate for your Operating System. The way to run this program is as follows:

./schematic2bls <path_to_schematic> [scaling_factor], where

• <path_to_schematic> is the location of your schematic file to be translated.
• [scaling_factor] (Optional) is the type of cube bricks to use by default for scaling purposes. Without specifying this, the default factor is 4.

Once executed, a newly created file called <schematic_file_name>.bls will be in the current directory.

Compilation Steps

1. Clone this repository via git, or download the ZIP file via clicking the Code button on GitHub.
2. Download Rust if you have not already.
3. Navigate to where you downloaded/unzipped the source code, and run cargo build --release.
4. Navigate to the newly built executable under the directory target/release.