Midas Silver - Block ID and Tile Entity Changer
updated by agaricus, based on mIDas GOLD by Laurence Reading, originally developed as mIDas by Pfaeff
IMPORTANT NOTE:
I am not responsible for any damage or data loss that may occur using this tool.
Downloads
Latest builds are available from Buildhive:
What is mIDas?
Midas Silver is a very simple tool for Minecraft that allows you to change the IDs of certain blocks and items in your world files. You can for example replace all blocks of dirt with blocks of cobblestone if you want to. This tool is especially useful for modders and mod users, because it allows to exchange IDs during the development process. It also changes the IDs inside of chests and in your inventory, and has several other optional conversion features.
Which Minecraft versions are supported?
This tool currently works with all Minecraft versions that use the Anvil world format (1.2 and higher). It has been tested with version 1.5.1. It should work with future versions, if the level format isn't changed drastically. For older world formats, see mIDas Gold or the original mIDas.
Compilation and Installation
To build Midas Silver:
- Install Apache Maven
- Run
mvn package
The standalone jar will be generated in the target "target".
To use, run the console command java -jar target/midas-silver-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar.
Usage
Run the jar with no arguments for help.
The --input-save-game and --patch-file arguments are required.
You need to select a savegame first (you can add external savgames using the "add savegame" button).
Depending on the world size, this may take some time. Note that this process can not be undone. If you exchange ID 15 with 0 for example and then change 0 back to 15, all blocks that were 0 before now get changed, too. There is an option for backing up your region folder, but it is recommended to do a manual backup.
Patch File Format
The file given to --patch-file should be a text file, with each line of the format:
oldid -> newid
where either id can be with or without metadata (blockid:metadata or just blockid). Block and item IDs are supported.
Comments begin with "#" and are ignored.
Conversion Plugins
Several "plugins" for handling ID conversion are integrated, and can be enabled/disabled as desired.
ConvertBlocks: converts blocks in the world. Can be disabled with --no-convert-blocks
ConvertItems: converts items in "Items" NBT. Can be disabled with --no-convert-items.
ConvertPlayerInventories: converts items in player Inventory NBT. Can be disabled with --no-convert-player-inventories.
BuildCraftPipesPlugin: converts pipeID NBT with block/item ID conversion. Can be disabled with --no-convert-buildcraft-pipes.
New in Midas Silver:
ProjectBenchPlugin: converts RedPower2 Project Table tile entities to bau5 Project Bench tile entities. You can convert the block ID as well in the patch file.
DumpTileEntitiesPlugin: dumps tile entity NBT for debugging
ChargingBenchGregTechPlugin: converts IndustrialCraft2 Charging Bench to GregTech Charge-O-Mat tile entities
Sourcecode
The sourcecode can be found on GitHub: https://github.com/agaricusb/midas-silver
Original source on Google Code: http://code.google.com/p/midas/ and https://code.google.com/p/midas-gold/
Additional notes
- I only tested this tool under OS X , so there might be problems on other systems. Though it might work with some restrictions.
- There is no GUI in this version, only a CLI (use mIDas Gold if you want a GUI).
Bugs/Suggestions
Found a bug or have a suggestion to make? You can use the bug tracker on GitHub: https://github.com/agaricusb/midas-silver/issues Feel free to fork, branch, etc. Midas Silver was developed as a fork of mIDas Gold for my own needs; it is open source (GPLv3) so can be changed by anyone for any purpose, enjoy :)