Source for 1.8 rendering improvements (semi-technical)

[Hambeau]

This link was tweeted by Notch a little while ago.

It should illustrate how complex even one of the subsystems in MC can be.

Part 1:
http://tomcc.github.io/2014/08/31/visibility-1.html

Part 2:
http://tomcc.github.io/2014/08/31/visibility-2.html

I find it interesting that the new 1.8 rendering improvements stem from attempts to help MC Personal Edition run on slower phones and devices.

 

[ratchet freak]

This link was tweeted by Notch a little while ago.

It should illustrate how complex even one of the subsystems in MC can be.

Part 1:
http://tomcc.github.io/2014/08/31/visibility-1.html

Part 2:
http://tomcc.github.io/2014/08/31/visibility-2.html

I find it interesting that the new 1.8 rendering improvements stem from attempts to help MC Personal Edition run on slower phones and devices.

no that surprising, mobile has tighter specs to work in, so there is more incentive to work within those boundaries which can then be backported

all that research could have been done last year before 1.0 but there was no incentive to