Chapter 1. Instant Minecraft Designs How-to

Welcome to Instant Minecraft Designs How-to, a guide on how to become a Master Architect with WorldEdit CUI and VoxelSniper GUI.

I can't tell you just how stoked I am that you have bought this book. I really hope you get a lot out of it. When you start building using the tutorials in this book, I expect that you at least have a rudimentary knowledge of how Minecraft works. If you don't, just take some time and get to know the various controls and features of Minecraft; it really doesn't take long to get the hang of it.

The main intention of this book is to introduce you to the use of the very powerful mods: WorldEdit CUI and VoxelSniper GUI. If you have ever seen some truly amazing Minecraft structures and wondered how on earth they were built, chances are they were built using these mods. That's not to say you can't build truly amazing Minecraft structures without these mods; you can, but it just takes a lot longer. These tools make your workflow in Minecraft exponentially more efficient and effective, leaving that much more time for you to get creative.

At the start of the book, I'll gently introduce you to some of the more commonly used commands in WorldEdit CUI, and a little bit of VoxelSniper GUI's functionality. I'll start off by walking you through almost every action and cover each step fairly comprehensively. As your familiarity with using these tools increases, so does the level of complexity of each recipe. By the end of this book, you should be able to see a structure, immediately start planning out and solving design problems, and finally formulate an action plan to create it in Minecraft.