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Why did Mojang make a whole new edition instead of just rewriting Minecraft in C++? (gregtech.eu)
submitted 1 week ago by lena@gregtech.eu to c/minecraft@lemmy.world
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Basically title, this thing with two editions of the game slows down development because they now have to write the same thing twice and it splits the userbase. They also don't want to make Bedrock edition for Linux for some reason.

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Would it be possible to ensure mod compatibility tho?

No. That’s the whole point of Java, it’s quite hackable.

It doesn’t need a rewrite TBH, it just needs a little optimization. Heck, a few performance critical components can be written in C++ or whatever within the Java code.

[–] lena@gregtech.eu 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That’s the whole point of Java, it’s quite hackable.

Wouldn't being hackable allow mojang to add compatibly to the C++ edition? I do agree that it just needs optimization though, some mods like Sodium already do this. Check out Fabolously Optimized

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

The minecraft mod scene you are describing is built around Java and changing Java code within the game, there is no way around that.

Bedrock already has a modding API of sorts.

Sodium, Optifine and such are all living testaments that some random coder can run circles around Mojang in their free time.

I mean, I love mojang, but what you are asking for is basically not possible.