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--- tutorial:chunkgenerator [2022/09/07 04:20] – created draft version, github repo coming soon miir
+++ tutorial:chunkgenerator [2022/12/05 16:35] (current) – added clarification to multithreaded chunk generation miir
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-===== Custom Chunk Generators (DRAFT) =====
+===== Custom Chunk Generators =====
 ''ChunkGenerator''s are the mechanisms by which the game generates the world. They handle terrain shaping, surface building, and biome placement.
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 <code java>
 public class ExampleChunkGenerator extends ChunkGenerator {
-    /* this is a very important field, we will come back to the codec later
+    /* this is a very important field, we will come back to the codec later */
     public static final Codec<ExampleChunkGenerator> CODEC;
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     /* this method builds the shape of the terrain. it places stone everywhere, which will later be overwritten with grass, terracotta, snow, sand, etc
-     by the buildSurface method. it also is responsible for putting the water in oceans. */
+     by the buildSurface method. it also is responsible for putting the water in oceans. it returns a CompletableFuture-- you'll likely want this to be delegated to worker threads. */
     @Override
     public CompletableFuture<Chunk> populateNoise(Executor executor, Blender blender, NoiseConfig noiseConfig, StructureAccessor structureAccessor, Chunk chunk) {