Minecraft Quick Facts

About Quick Facts Tables

Format Type Identifier

MINECRAFT

Reader/Writer

Both

Licensing Level

Professional and above

Dependencies

None

Dataset Type

Reader: File

Writer: Folder

Feature Type

<source_dataset_filename>

Typical File Extensions

.mca.dat

Automated Translation Support

Yes

User-Defined Attributes

No

Coordinate System Support

No

Generic Color Support

No

Spatial Index

Never

Schema Required

Not Applicable

Transaction Support

No

Geometry Type Attribute

minecraft_type

Encoding Support No

Minecraft Geometry Support

Geometry

Supported?

aggregate no

circles

no

circular arc

no

donut polygon

no

elliptical arc

no

ellipses

no

line

no

none

no

point

no

point cloud

yes

polygon

no

raster

no

solid

no

surface

no

text

no

z values

no

Point Cloud Component Data Type Notes
x Int 32  
y Int 32  
z Int 32  
blockID UInt16

Defines the block type at this point.

See http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Data_values/Block_IDs.

Defaults to 1.

blockData UInt8

Defines additional block information.

See http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Data_values#Data.

Defaults to 0.