how can I make a plugin that writes letters in blocks? like mineplex

I''ve tried making a plugin that writes words in block, but it wasnt very easy because i had to set block on every position to make it look like this: .

is there any other way to do this without having to setblock on every position? it took me days to get the xyzs right. that video was taken from pocket edition and i wrote it in php. now im trying to develop plugins for bukkit too.

 

how will i write with blocks?

 

where/how can i get a font? java.awt.Font?

 

Hey there. Nice idea to make a letter writing plugin. Unfortunately I have to say that there is no option than making relative locations of where the block should be placed against the other. But I found an easy way of doing it. Why don't you write a code that will write all the locations of the selected areas that contains letters and give it the letters name. Such as a.txt so you don't have to write it anymore. You can you worldedit for this. And if you do need some help I can support with that.

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I've made this "block writing letter" and it works pretty good. just not what i wanted. it sets blocks likr a text, facing up and not vertical thats facing you when you just stand on the ground

 

how can i transform it?

 

Okay, there are a few different ways to approach the problem:

1. Create a font manager and also a base class for each letter. In the base class have a 2d array with x, y, and the pixel color at that location. Write another function that returns a block array with the starting location passed into it. Then populate the array with the 2d class array based on the pixel's color.

What the first solution provides is a way to make a word array, basically a sentence. Call some method in font manager like createSentence and pass the starting location and sentence array. It would then call the function in the base class that returns the block array.


2.
Copy and save with world edit and link in with their API to paste it.

 

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