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	'''McRegion''' is a [[Minecraft:mod]] created by Ryan 'Scaevolus' Hitchman in 2010 that adds a new file format for storing chunks in [[Minecraft:Minecraft]]. McRegion was integrated into vanilla Minecraft as the [[Minecraft:region file format]], and Ryan Hitchman is credited in the [[Minecraft:credit sequence]] as "additional programming".<ref>http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/mods-discussion/1346703-mod-mcregion-v5-optimized-saves-1-2_02#p2619453</ref>		'''McRegion''' is a [[Minecraft:mod]] created by Ryan 'Scaevolus' Hitchman in 2010 that adds a new file format for storing chunks in [[Minecraft:Minecraft]]. McRegion was integrated into vanilla Minecraft as the [[Minecraft:region file format]], and Ryan Hitchman is credited in the [[Minecraft:credit sequence]] as "additional programming".<ref>http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/mods-discussion/1346703-mod-mcregion-v5-optimized-saves-1-2_02#p2619453</ref>
	==Features==
			== Features ==
	The mod's new file format functions the same way as the region file format. This is the [[Wikipedia:Binary file\|binary file format]] for storing Java Edition [[Minecraft:chunk]]s from [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.3\|Beta 1.3]] to [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.1\|1.1]]. Each file stores a group of 32×32 chunks called a '''region'''. The format took the place of the [[Minecraft:Java Edition Alpha level format\|Alpha level format]], which had been in use since the [[Minecraft:Infdev]] development phase, where chunks were stored in individual files on the file system. The file does not begin with a [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Magic_number_(programming)#In_files\|magic number]], unlike [[Minecraft:wikipedia:List_of_file_signatures\|other file formats]], and begins directly with the header. The format has been superseded by the [[Minecraft:Anvil file format]]; however, the Anvil file format made changes only to the [[Minecraft:chunk format]] and changed the region file extensions from ".mcr" to ".mca".		The mod's new file format functions the same way as the region file format. This is the [[Wikipedia:Binary file\|binary file format]] for storing Java Edition [[Minecraft:chunk]]s from [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.3\|Beta 1.3]] to [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.1\|1.1]]. Each file stores a group of 32×32 chunks called a '''region'''. The format took the place of the [[Minecraft:Java Edition Alpha level format\|Alpha level format]], which had been in use since the [[Minecraft:Infdev]] development phase, where chunks were stored in individual files on the file system. The file does not begin with a [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Magic_number_(programming)#In_files\|magic number]], unlike [[Minecraft:wikipedia:List_of_file_signatures\|other file formats]], and begins directly with the header. The format has been superseded by the [[Minecraft:Anvil file format]]; however, the Anvil file format made changes only to the [[Minecraft:chunk format]] and changed the region file extensions from ".mcr" to ".mca".

	The McRegion format was adopted nearly unchanged, except for the addition of a table of chunk update timestamps. [[Minecraft:JahKob]] has claimed that this format is up to 7 times faster than the previous system.<ref>http://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-dev-diary-new-block-magic-fiddles/</ref> The difference in a world's total file size between the Region file format and the Alpha level format is negligible.		The McRegion format was adopted nearly unchanged, except for the addition of a table of chunk update timestamps. [[Minecraft:JahKob]] has claimed that this format is up to 7 times faster than the previous system.<ref>http://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-dev-diary-new-block-magic-fiddles/</ref> The difference in a world's total file size between the Region file format and the Alpha level format is negligible.
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'''McRegion''' is a [[Minecraft:mod]] created by Ryan 'Scaevolus' Hitchman in 2010 that adds a new file format for storing chunks in [[Minecraft:Minecraft]]. McRegion was integrated into vanilla Minecraft as the [[Minecraft:region file format]], and Ryan Hitchman is credited in the [[Minecraft:credit sequence]] as "additional programming".<ref>http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/mapping-and-modding/minecraft-mods/mods-discussion/1346703-mod-mcregion-v5-optimized-saves-1-2_02#p2619453</ref>
==Features==
The mod's new file format functions the same way as the region file format. This is the [[Wikipedia:Binary file|binary file format]] for storing Java Edition [[Minecraft:chunk]]s from [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.3|Beta 1.3]] to [[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.1|1.1]]. Each file stores a group of 32×32 chunks called a '''region'''. The format took the place of the [[Minecraft:Java Edition Alpha level format|Alpha level format]], which had been in use since the [[Minecraft:Infdev]] development phase, where chunks were stored in individual files on the file system. The file does not begin with a [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Magic_number_(programming)#In_files|magic number]], unlike [[Minecraft:wikipedia:List_of_file_signatures|other file formats]], and begins directly with the header. The format has been superseded by the [[Minecraft:Anvil file format]]; however, the Anvil file format made changes only to the [[Minecraft:chunk format]] and changed the region file extensions from ".mcr" to ".mca".

The McRegion format was adopted nearly unchanged, except for the addition of a table of chunk update timestamps. [[Minecraft:JahKob]] has claimed that this format is up to 7 times faster than the previous system.<ref>http://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-dev-diary-new-block-magic-fiddles/</ref> The difference in a world's total file size between the Region file format and the Alpha level format is negligible.
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