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<div style="background:#f9f9f9;padding:10px">🧱 This page is being worked on by {{user|samcraft3}}</div>
The world map of [[RetroMC]] is located at https://world.retromc.org with an option to use 2 front-and-back-ends; map updates can take 24–48 hours for both.
 
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== BlueMap ==
[https://github.com/BlueMap-Minecraft/BlueMap BlueMap] is a renderer that creates 3D models of MC worlds, which can be viewed with a flat orthographic view or a first-person view.<br>
Initially implemented in late September through early October of 2025.
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== Overviewer ==
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  | above = Overviewer
  | above = Overviewer
  | image    = [[File:Overviewer-1.jpg|400px]]
  | image    = [[File:Overviewer-1.jpg|400px]]
  | caption1 = The static render of the World Map generated by the Overviewer.
  | caption1 = A static render of the world generated via Overviewer.
   
   
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  | data2 = Command-Line tool.
  | data2 = Command-line tool
 
  | label3 = Status
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  | data3  = Open-Source - Unmaintained.
  | data3  = Unmaintained
   
   
  | label4 = Implementation
  | label4 = Implementation
  | data4  = September 3rd, 2018
  | data4  = September 3rd, 2018
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[https://github.com/overviewer/Minecraft-Overviewer/ '''Overviewer'''] is an unmaintained open-source command-line tool used to render the world map on https://world.retromc.org/overviewer.<br>
Coded in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language) C] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language) Python], it reads the selected Minecraft save before rendering it.<br>
Pull requests on its GitHub repository are no longer addressed.<br>
On [[RetroMC]], a modified version is used to render a map of the [[overworld]] and is compatible with [[JVillage]].<br>
It replaces the outdated 2D [https://dev.bukkit.org/projects/dynmap Dynmap plugin] previously used on the server in September 2018.


=== Features ===
Some features may not be included in the base version.<br>
* Displaying all signs placed through {{button|Markers}} -> {{Button|https://world.retromc.org/signpost.png All}} and searching for text in them
* Looking up village-claimed areas with JVillage integration, developed by {{user-nonwiki|floskater99}}
* Displaying more information about selected village and players


[https://github.com/overviewer/Minecraft-Overviewer/ '''Overviewer'''] is a command-line tool used to render the world map on [https://world.retromc.org an external website]. It is coded in ''C'' and ''Python'' and reads the selected Minecraft save before rendering it. Overviewer is open-source but is now '''unmaintained''', and pull requests on GitHub are no longer addressed. On [[RetroMC]], it is used to render a world map of the [[Overworld|overworld]] and is compatible with [[JVillage]]. It replaced the outdated 2D [https://dev.bukkit.org/projects/dynmap Dynmap] in September 3rd, 2018.
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== Notable features ==
Features include:
* Searching for text in signs in {{button|Markers}} -> {{Button|https://world.retromc.org/signpost.png All}}
* Looking up [[Category:Towns|village]]-claimed areas
* Eating too much CPU and disk space
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File:Overviewer-2.jpg|Username infobox that appears upon selecting a player's head.
File:Overviewer-2.jpg|Username infobox that appears upon selecting a player's head.
File:Ovtown.png|Town claim feature in overviewer developed by {{user-nonwiki|floskater99}}.
File:Ovtown.png|Town claims viewed with Overviewer.
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== Known issues ==
=== Known issues ===
Overviewer has many known issues that are being worked on by the RetroMC development team and should be fixed (hopefully ''[[soonTM]]'').
Overviewer has many known issues that are being worked on by the RetroMC development team and should be fixed (hopefully ''[[soonTM]]''). Below is a non-exhaustive list of these problems:
* Very high CPU and memory usage, causing the website to load very slowly on low-end devices
* Infrequent world updates
* Rare town claims updates
* Poorly designed user interface

Latest revision as of 00:51, 14 November 2025

The world map of RetroMC is located at https://world.retromc.org with an option to use 2 front-and-back-ends; map updates can take 24–48 hours for both.

BlueMap

BlueMap is a renderer that creates 3D models of MC worlds, which can be viewed with a flat orthographic view or a first-person view.
Initially implemented in late September through early October of 2025.

Overviewer

Overviewer
A static render of the world generated via Overviewer.
Information
TypeCommand-line tool
StatusUnmaintained
ImplementationSeptember 3rd, 2018

Overviewer is an unmaintained open-source command-line tool used to render the world map on https://world.retromc.org/overviewer.
Coded in C and Python, it reads the selected Minecraft save before rendering it.
Pull requests on its GitHub repository are no longer addressed.
On RetroMC, a modified version is used to render a map of the overworld and is compatible with JVillage.
It replaces the outdated 2D Dynmap plugin previously used on the server in September 2018.

Features

Some features may not be included in the base version.

  • Displaying all signs placed through Markers -> signpost.png All and searching for text in them
  • Looking up village-claimed areas with JVillage integration, developed by

16.png floskater99

  • Displaying more information about selected village and players

Known issues

Overviewer has many known issues that are being worked on by the RetroMC development team and should be fixed (hopefully soonTM). Below is a non-exhaustive list of these problems:

  • Very high CPU and memory usage, causing the website to load very slowly on low-end devices
  • Infrequent world updates
  • Rare town claims updates
  • Poorly designed user interface