Overviewer

Overviewer
The static render of the World Map generated by the Overviewer.
Information
Type	Command-Line tool.
Status	Open-Source - Unmaintained.
Implementation	September 3rd, 2018

Overviewer is a command-line tool used to render the world map on 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 and is compatible with JVillage. It replaced the outdated 2D Dynmap plugin previously used on the server in September 2018.

Notable features

Features include:

• Searching for text in signs.
• Displaying all signs placed through Markers -> All.
• Looking up-claimed areas with JVillage integration developed by

 floskater99.

• Displaying more information about selected village and players.

• 

  Username infobox that appears upon selecting a player's head.

• 

  Town claims viewed with Overviewer.

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 claim updates.
• Poorly designed user interface.