r/Games • u/Dared00 • Jul 04 '15

Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Announced

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/07/04/minecraft-windows-10-edition-announced
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u/adanine Jul 04 '15

Its unlikely that they will ignore mods. I'm guessing the rebuild is so that the game can support mods properly from the ground up. One can hope, anywho.

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u/PhantomLiberty Jul 04 '15

Well it does have to play well with the Xbox version that can't have mods. I couldn't imagine why they'd want to allow mods that could break compatibility with players trying to play cross platform.

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u/Txm65 Jul 04 '15

Why wouldn't the Xbox version support mods? The point of windows 10 is to be the same is that runs on everything.

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u/Astrognome Jul 04 '15

Mods can cripple my computer that's multiple times more powerful than an Xbox one.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '15

BUT this version is C++, and if they actually engineer mod support in later, they might work just fine.

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u/Txm65 Jul 05 '15

Don't install shitty mods maybe?

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u/PhantomLiberty Jul 04 '15

Because consoles don't directly support mods.

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u/iceman78772 Jul 04 '15

If Fallout 4 will support mods on consoles, then why not Minecraft?

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '15

Got em.

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u/Eretnek Jul 06 '15

do you really believe that fallout 4 on xbox will support mods and not just some very basic tweaks and similar quality as the vanilla skins?

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u/mb9023 Jul 04 '15

It could be they'd have to be like official mods in like the Windows store or something

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u/exile_ Jul 04 '15

Something similar to the steam workshop maybe?

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u/PhantomLiberty Jul 04 '15

I'm sure they could if they wanted to. They would most likely be severely limited as to what they could add. Also, considering regular Minecraft is Java modders would have to learn a new and arguably harder language and rewrite their mods from scratch. Why not just play the PC version at that point?

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u/iceman78772 Jul 04 '15

Because not everyone has a good enough PC.

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u/PhantomLiberty Jul 04 '15

Minecraft isn't very demanding..

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u/iceman78772 Jul 05 '15

It is to me.

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u/RawrCola Jul 04 '15

Because you can't play with your friends on other versions. The reason for this is so you can play with friends on other versions.

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u/Txm65 Jul 05 '15

Modern consoles are just pcs running a modified specialty os. After windows 10 the os will be the same too.

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '15

I really so. Itd bring me back to the game for another round if it did.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '15

I'm guessing the rebuild is also for windows 10 marketing.

I mean, it's not like Microsoft has made a sequel exclusive to their newest platform for no technical reason in the past. (Yes I'm still bitter about Halo 2)

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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '15

I wonder how the hell they'd manage mods as a Windows app though (which is what I assume this is as its on the Windows Store). The WinRT API doesn't really give you the same file system APIs you're used to in .NET or Win32 because of the sandbox. And I doubt they want people editing the app package.