The Modder Who Changed Minecraft Forever

[@RandomSageless]

You can join my Discord here: discord.gg/EtvkZwVJ8U Consider supporting me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/randomsageless Hello Everyone, I hope you enjoyed this video, it's a major shift in direction from my normal content and I'm thinking of making other history based videos that go over neat little stories. I also spent about a month working on my skills as an editor and scriptwriter, I may have gone a bit overboard so please tell me if the transitions and animations were too much. Going forward it'll probably mellow out as I was trying a lot of different things. While there really isn't a lot of scrutiny in the Minecraft community about getting claims made in videos correct, it's still important to me, and it's necessary to warn that most of the video comes from Paul Spooner's perspective and what he's said about it, as far as I know Notch and any others haven't really chimed in, so it's unlikely this story is 100% accurate, still, I try to find evidence of anything I say, a lot of the citations on the MC wiki are broken links or not relevant to what's written so I try to leave all that out. So hopefully it's like.. >90% accurate!

[@RP3X7]

My god this was interesting AND informative! I do miss rathnir videos, but consider me entertained!

[@privatechannel1272]

Did we just talk about Minecraft trees for 13 minutes?

[@hitwid]

No

[@matiirl]

cheese

[@redjazzjrSRM]

Well yes one of my used to be favourite mod/scripts.

[@greffen]

to say that his influence was "felt" in the beginning of the modding community is an understatement, he was THE guy to go to. awesome video sage, the editing on this one was actually peak :D

[@RandomSageless]

ye, I honestly didn't know exactly how popular he was exactly so I didn't want to overstate his contributions. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@peripheralarbor]

Thanks! I would have stayed more connected to the modding community, but the promised modding support never materialised officially and I didn't want to do a bunch of unofficial modding only to have it patched out.

[@greffen]

@@peripheralarbor I say this as a dude who runs a KZbin channel based around really old school minecraft, and in doing research your name proved to be everywhere! If that really is you, and I'm pretty sure it is (haha), thanks for watching this video! And thanks for taking the time to actually send out comments, and especially thanks for doing it to *me*, someone who cares so much about your work for the community :D

[@thetele8646]

What happened to modding content in Minecraft? I know it's still huge but I don't think it's as big as it used to. There used to be so many mod reviews but nowadays it's not as popular, I don't see modded minecraft series being as popular the same way a few years ago. Is it because the vanilla game is good enough for content then a few years ago when the normal game kinda needed mods to actual make content long term. I think the constant updates kinda kill mods too since code changes and you have to manually update the mods. The modding API on java is abandoned but I think it's being carried on bedrock in spirit (probably because of the marketplace) even though modding isn't as good as on java.

[@CaptnCat1]

Look who i found here! Hey greffen!

[@Grem_MC]

It’s great that your keeping the lesser known history of the game’s development alive

[@RandomSageless]

Thank you!

[@djangelinfinity]

Wth, why did the Nintendo logo flash at 7:52 ??

[@agmass]

@@djangelinfinity SSBM. That's why

[@naejelangelogonzales6623]

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[@StuffandThings_]

Early Minecraft seems so chaotic and magical, there's just so much mystique around them. While Minecraft may someday be toppled as the king of its genre, the history is truly unmatched and irreplicable .

[@GuyllianVanRixtel]

Now it's just chaotic lol.

[@cubycube9924]

@@GuyllianVanRixtellol old Minecraft was just chill gaming and now i don’t even know what’s going on in the game anymore

[@pierrotA]

In the early minecraft, you could not run, fly, or swim. No recipies book, and the only way to have an op items was to find it in a chess. It was a totally different game, way more slow and mysterious. A true exploration game.

[@GuyllianVanRixtel]

Not like some of the earlier versions had a chest with every single item in the game.@@pierrotA

[@djangelinfinity]

Wth, why did the Nintendo logo flash at 7:52 ??

[@stranger2642]

man i feel bad for the guy to be so important but not known by new players

[@defense200x]

not known by anyone and dismissed by notch, sad

[@defense200x]

at least notch got to make millions -.-

[@wabbajocky8235]

​@@defense200x*billions

[@JenInMinecraft]

I remember adding mods to Minecraft Alpha, having to modify the jar file (to remove META-INF) and seeing the folder/files named "PaulsCode". Always wondered what that was.

[@chamber_hiro256]

you just unlocked a memory

[@Firesgone]

Shoot, I didn't notice that file personally. But I've undoubtedly glanced past it many times.

[@DonnaPinciot]

Wait, I thought that was all just sound library stuff? Did it have anything to do with this Paul? EDIT: Looking at the jars, all I see is sound things in that folder, nothing related to... anything else.

[@ThePC007]

Ah yes, I remember having to remove META-INF and there being no way to remove a mod once you’ve installed it, haha. Although I swear mods back then were seemingly much more stable than they are now. These days I spend so much time debugging random crashes when installing mods. :/

[@DartMonkey2]

No; That's a different Paul. The PaulsCode folder is the 3d sound system library Minecraft uses.

[@MrLordSith]

I didn't know the dirt huts were meant to be for official villages, wow!! Great video

[@splashlikesmapping]

same

[@kice1102]

i might be wrong but i think they had that design because villagers were originally going to be pigmen

[@MrLordSith]

@@kice1102 That's probably it! I forgot about that... Makes a lot of sense now

[@thompsonevergreen8006]

well, the guy got paid, and he did get credited, so in the end it was a good story, a story about how a player of minecraft got to help develop the game

[@RandomSageless]

Yeah I suppose that's good haha

[@B463L]

They shoulda paid him way more than $500. That shit's just criminal

[@jktech2117]

​@@B463Leh... notch didnt knew it was going to be come a big hit, it was still a very niche indie dev. you cant compare the billions from when notch sold the game to the not much he had at the time. minecraft had a very small player base.

[@jktech2117]

​@@B463Lworse than this was bill gates that bought DOS for almost no money knowing it was gonna be a hit since it was a huge step forward in the quality of life for the average computer user.

[@Gandhi_Physique]

@@B463LSeems perfectly reasonable to me, provided the information in the video is accurate.

[@TryHardCentral]

Man when notch tried to turn mc into a hardcore fantasy game it actually looked so beautiful

[@peripheralarbor]

Thanks for making this video! I'm honored to have been a small part of the Minecraft experience, and it's nice to be remembered. 3:08 Yes, you did mess up the description of the distinction of a script from a mod, but you acknowledged it so kudos. 5:18 It's worth mentioning that starstone got an unofficial nod from the modding community by the addition of meteor impacts in the hexit modpack. Here's a video I made recently with more details: kzbin.infojtJYMgkFmsE

[@RandomSageless]

Hey Paul, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I had no idea the starstone script was added to Hexxit, would have mentioned it if I did.

[@tycathedrawer]

Wait is it actually you?

[@SadNathan]

Bro he's here,Hi man

[@peripheralarbor]

Hi@@SadNathan I hope you're doing well!

[@Nocfairy]

Legend!

[@xGOKOPx]

The copyright dispute about tree code seems weird. If Notch wanted Paul to do work for him, he should've hired him. That would place them in a pretty clear place legally regarding the code

[@peripheralarbor]

That would have been great, but Notch only wanted to employ people who were local and could come into the office physically. In retrospect, I should have offered to move but it wasn't clear at the time how popular Minecraft would become.

[@uiteh7036]

OMG IT'S YOU@@peripheralarbor

[@redmadness265]

​@@peripheralarborImagine how Minecraft would've turned out if you two worked together more

[@TheDigitalDragon]

The title and description do sound interesting, can't wait for the video to release.

[@therealloganyt237]

Ok

[@seanrrr]

The more I hear about the early Minecraft days, the more I realize how advanced they actually were. I started paying attention to the game in Alpha, and bought it in Beta. I always had the impression that things before these versions were very primitive and simple. However, with you and several others making videos on Classic/Indev/Infdev versions, I realize they were far from simple. Until recently, I had no idea they were making such intricate builds and creating fairly advanced mods and server plugins back then. Very cool to learn about!

[@thetele8646]

Probably because vanilla minecraft was pretty barren back then. You don't see alot of videos on modded minecraft anymore since vanilla is decently filled.

[@birdblackbird4766]

I went on many servers ast that time and scripts to generate awesome terrain were so common back then

[@flamingcookies]

I like this video's visual style, it feels really unique and high-effort. Nice work!

[@leomaso7894]

i love seeing little sneak peeks of the way things ended up. stuff like this reminds me that we really do all have the capacity to make a meaningful difference, even if in this case his contribution was largely something i hate dealing with whenever a big tree grows and its annoying to chop down... lol

[@RandomSageless]

I feel like large trees should have had a function to be chopped down a lot easier, the spooners trees in 415 were very annoying but now we have several biomes with massive trees that take hours to clear, but I suppose those are features you could build into, like treehouses and such. Im still glad it isn't the entire world 😅

[@leomaso7894]

@@RandomSageless you could say that again…

[@leomaso7894]

@@Spite_Fire i am angry how long it took me to understand that stupid joke

[@absoluterage6147]

I feel like large trees should have had a function to be chopped down a lot easier, the spooners trees in 415 were very annoying but now we have several biomes with massive trees that take hours to clear, but I suppose those are features you could build into, like treehouses and such. Im still glad it isn't the entire world 😅

[@leomaso7894]

@@absoluterage6147 I feel like large trees should have had a function to be chopped down a lot easier, the spooners trees in 415 were very annoying but now we have several biomes with massive trees that take hours to clear, but I suppose those are features you could build into, like treehousee and such. I’m still glad it isn’t the entire world 😅

[@samrude001]

His idea to change trees by "modding" is potential reason we have bigger oak trees and spruce, jungle biomes what a legend

[@mau2172]

Great video. Despite the mundaine nature of the story, the presentation of the video really did manage to make it as compelling as many others pertaining to the game's legacy. I love that little stories like this one get to be told to so many people.

[@MoreEnderPlayer16]

4:08 There is no where to run!!!

[@thoughtfullAI355]

All of your videos are all incredibly amazing, I watched this video yesterday and forgot I didn’t comment anyways I absolutely love how u document ur scripts and I’m more or so considering buying your patron not for the early acces to videos but to support ur channel

[@RandomSageless]

I'm so glad you enjoy the videos I make, if you do wanna support me on Patreon that'd be awesome.

[@bibekdas7449]

Wow These history vids are really intesresting. It's a shame we forgot him and many other people who changed the game in some way but I hope he returns back someday!

[@Akuretaki_Nikolay]

this was my first video of you, great ! i love it

[@RandomSageless]

Wow, thank you!

[@thalmoragent9344]

0:27 Man, what an intro sequence. The art, the music... quite something you've made in just those few seconds alone, and it all led to a great video essay.

[@luhvmelody]

Amazing video, it really made me feel like I was going on a journey back the infdev days. Great job.

[@RandomSageless]

That's the vibe I wanted to go for so awesome that you enjoyed it!

[@luhvmelody]

@@RandomSageless I'll definitely sub, you should do some more Minecraft history!

[@CatDevz]

Based anti-copyright Paul

[@BoxBlair]

Very interesting and well made video on someone I’d only briefly heard about. Well done

[@genjithefox337]

I feel like the Developer should be know by everyone.

[@johnm9263]

In some of the earliest days of modding, you had to compile the jar yourself, even if the code was already supplied This is one of the reasons behind the forge modloader Then, the only thing that you had to modify manually was removing or modifying the META-INF file Now, we have everything automated, and installers or clients handle all of the hard work of installing mods But modding itself is still somewhat daunting for those who are inexperienced, even with tools like MCreator

[@Amir-04]

Just wanted to say that im actually really confused, why you dont have more subscribers. Your editing, storytelling is on top. And Overall you seem like a good guy. Really 10/10 Content. I would enjoy more of minecraft lore videos ;)👏

[@RandomSageless]

I don't upload often enough, but I will try to change that going forward 🙂

[@panglois]

It's very interesting to learn more about the history and the forgotten people that made the game of our childhood while learning some technical stuff. Thanks for that video and well done!

[@AnslordMC]

Thank you for sharing this information! This develepor was a pretty good chunk of minecraft's todays.

[@delavanty]

The meteor star craters are a mod to this day made by different people which is epic

[@-Zer002-]

Man I love your videos, the great quality, the great edition, keep going like that

[@RandomSageless]

Thanks, will do!

[@Red_Epicness]

Awesome video, glad yt recommended it to me. Cant wait to see more

[@tjb3171]

Love this super-high quality vid!!

[@tanmaychoudhary8632]

i can't be the only one who saw that nintendo copyrighting everything reference at 7:53

[@LastToFailMC]

For those who are wondering paul still has a KZbin channel which has videos and streams about his involvement. Even him fully explaining his perspective. Also, his involvement was even more so that what was mentioned here. He was the scripter at the time.

[@infsai]

omg that voice is so smooth, can you read me to sleep?

[@TurtlesN0W]

i am genuinely so hyped, would like to see what its about

[@Gaxyz]

this is insane and great editing, i love these videos and JUST started watching

[@harry_kr]

awesome video! crazy good gags and editing!

[@ribclicker]

Knowing dwarf fortress, hearing him saying how it could benefit from a 3d version made me laugh (For anyone who doesn’t know what dwarf fortress is, it would be literally impossible to make it 3d without getting rid basically everything.)

[@beowylfen]

Dwarf Fortress is 3D though, we have X Y and Z

[@shogunbirds6589]

@@beowylfen3D rendering they mean

[@heckoff7904]

There's only really one problem with making it 3d tbh. which is that it would feel weird to see everything be the same size (giraffes taking up the same space as elephants or as dwarves). Other than that, the game ain't that special, man. It's just like any other city builder. Which are all just Sims but simulating more parts of the world.

[@lubosbeneda8132]

It would be actually nothing special if Dwarf Fortress would be in 3D, there is plenty of simulace games like this. You would just be switching between floors like in The Sims

[@ribclicker]

@@lubosbeneda8132 you never played the game haven’t you?

[@DaftWullieFeegle]

Wow! Finally something about minecraft i didn't already know. Really good content, you've earned my sub!

[@RobTFilms]

finally, a minecraft history video covering something super obscure that i didn't already know about!!!

[@AirzGD]

this is SUCH a well made video. kept me watching the whole way through! subscribed.

[@RandomSageless]

Awesome, thank you!

[@hitwid]

This video should be called: "Forgotten minecraft developer who changed trees forever."

[@melonheadwt]

Thank you spoon, you will never be forgotten

[@nicolaswith3780]

After every update it takes me some time to get used to it but I think it’s nice to see that the simple game that it once was is now a game full of interesting things to do and explore

[@GuyllianVanRixtel]

Here is a tip for making tall trees. 1- Place down an oak sapling. I'm unsure this will work with others. 2- Make a small ring 4 blocks above it, with a 1 block gap in it for the tree to grow. If 3 above, you get a round tree. 3- Bonemeal until it grows, or just wait.

[@BIackVenom]

nice vid! I just want to point something out, you said the 4 primary kinds modification are mods, texture packs and so on. But I would rather use the word resource pack instead of texture packs. The major difference between these too is, that texture packs only change the texture and resource packs also change other things like sound. It isn't a big deal but a small detail, that might help some people searching for looks on the minecraft world. I hope you guys learned something new, anyway good day to you all 👋

[@RandomSageless]

Sorry, they were called texture packs the first few years I played and I've always struggled to remember to call them resource packs since then, haha.

[@BIackVenom]

@@RandomSagelessno problem it isn't a bad thing to say texture packs to resource packs, its just some "funfact" which is nice to know

[@AblauJos]

Minecraft has always been infinite, but each update has made it more and more infinite.

[@GuyllianVanRixtel]

It hasn't always been infinite. This was explain in the video.

[@gareth461]

When I first started playing there was an invisible wall after about 1000 blocks

[@jktech2117]

​@@GuyllianVanRixtel man didnt meant literally, he meant infinite in all the possibilities you can do. since the first version, the flat one 256x256 world minecraft is infinite. youd be amazed what you can do with not so many blocks available.

[@jktech2117]

​@@gareth461mobile/videogame or really early java?

[@Gandhi_Physique]

Minecraft has never been infinite. Even today the world stops. Though it is very large and almost nobody will ever use most of a world. Maybe someone that does something super insane, but they would be using external programs and/or tons of people.

[@NotKnafo]

im guessing its the paulscode in the game files

[@BakeBakePi]

That's so interesting! Great video!

[@ContentCreatorOfAverageQuality]

geez, he should’ve got a little bit more than 500 dollars, he’s pretty much the reason minecraft is what it is now. He didn’t deserve to fade away and go unrecognised by most players.

[@localgamerz..]

Crazy to think I was playing this in indev until 1.12.2. The amount of creativity this game sparked in my teens is truly amazing. The most fun thing I think was playing it and there was no information as to what you could make in crafting tables. You'd sit for hours putting random blocks in trying to figure new things out.

[@hitwid]

I wish paul made his own version of minecraft or was the leader developer.

[@___________________________-.-]

I wonder what Minecraft would have become if Paul was the creator

[@RandomSageless]

He mentioned how he preferred the Classic versions of Minecraft, so we would have probably seen Minecraft stay in finite worlds.

[@connorpayne2671]

3:48 A mod is anything that modifies the original copy. Technically resource packs are also mods, but by the way people use the word mod a resource pack is different than a mod. Because of what the word mod means you'd be right to call them that

[@imluctor5997]

for the plugin vs mod part: A plugin changes the behavior of things. For example you can already use the chat and send messages in it. So you could code a plugin to for example be able to start a timer that shows up in the chat. A mod on the other end is litterly changing/adding code to the actual game therefore requiring the client (people who want to use the mod) to download it. In plugins we use things like events to for example detect when you right click a npc to send you to a game like skywars.

[@imluctor5997]

you could still modify your server with plugins to make something that's already used in a mod. But you can't add blocks with plugins so some servers out there use resource packs (sometimes requiring optifine) to make it feel like a mod. I believe with optifine you have the ability to have for example 2 textures for a diamond sword. If the one sword has a specific name added to it the texture will change. So you can have like 10 diamond swords with each their unique texture and you can then configure the plugin to do something different with each sword based on their name. Items also support NBT data its like adding a specific data to an item and it can also be useful to do something different depending on what NBT data the item has.

[@WRLDOfSad]

Hope he gets more recognition that he deserves, you too

[@dogewasfound]

this is gonna blow up. you are so underrated

[@qwertayguy5080]

Pretty high production video

[@birdblackbird4766]

man this is where all those cool trees on many servers came from. I wonder if paul spooner ever looks back at minecraft

[@Phiwin]

I love how you made the eyes like Herobrine when the beat dropped with saying 1000000 people

[@Glitchmaster331]

I've been thinking about having a place in my Minecraft world for memorials of important people in Minecraft's history that for whatever reason are no longer currently active in Minecraft's history. People like Roger Badgerman or C418 (if this stuff between him and Microsoft rn doesn't work out in the end). I think now I'll have to throw in a tall oak tree for this Paul. Thanks for the video, man!

[@Visnetter]

Wow this video really stood out against the now same paced mimecraft content. Most people upload hardcore or like an I did this in minecraft type of video but this was something else. Thanks dude

[@RandomSageless]

Glad you enjoyed a change of pace!

[@zian01000]

Even searching his username on youtube dont show anything releated to him

[@tr7zw]

Cheers from the 3d skin layers dev, awesome Video.

[@RandomSageless]

Huge thanks for making that mod, adds a lot more perceived depth to MC skins.

[@tr7zw]

@@RandomSageless I just love seeing my mods randomly used in videos :D

[@GROwasnotXD]

The editing of this video is so good!!!

[@jktech2117]

i am slowly developing a mod in b1.7.3 that will be a more rpg mod trying to bring minecraft closer to what notch done, the name of the mod will be rubydung. rn i am adding decorative stuff because its easier but in some weeks i move to new mechanics. right now i am changing the light system to we get colored lights (im having to fix 98 errors now XD)

[@RandomSageless]

Best of luck

[@jktech2117]

@@RandomSageless thx!

[@ThumbKnuckle]

Someone finally covered this and not just in passing.

[@DolyPierce]

6:53 the fact that camman uses a minecart instead of walking since hes too obsessed with them lmao

[@cosmomcfloso5820]

Dam such a underrated video

[@Invalid-user13k]

Oh yes the influence was big

[@Ratich]

0:52 that seems more like a Cathedral than a castle.

[@north_87]

6:51 *camman casually riding away with a minecart*

[@budgethewudge]

something bouta go down?

[@PaladinLagnir]

It's wild to look back at the developent history of Minecraft compared to the corprate hellstate the game is in now.

[@Epic_carpet]

old minecraft is bad,in the indev version it was getting better

[@jktech2117]

​@@Epic_carpetclassic to even 1.6.4 is old mc, but ik you meant classic. i am still in beta versions

[@squiandy]

ur very underrated, u have great editings and i enjoyed the video. Keep up the work

[@fletchermed]

Bro used the unknown c418 songs 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@skycatminepokie]

3:50 Pretty dang accurate. I wasn't around for "scripts," but they're known as jar patches nowadays. Scripts sounds like a poor term for it, but there's no reason that wouldn't have been different nearly two decades ago.

[@teknixstuff]

To clarify: a script runs outside the game and modifies the world files, much more like mcedit or nbtexplorer than worldedit (plugin) or /data (command/datapack), and is nothing like a mod or resource pack.

[@MrPro-YT]

Hello from Australia 🇦🇺! I really liked this video and it seemed very high quality for the views it got. My advice would be to try to upload more often and maybe the algorithm will work in your favour and you could even make alot of money from youtube! You got a new sub!

[@RedSntDK]

$500 out of Notch's net worth of roughly 1.2 billion dollars is around 0.00004166%.

[@DailysasterXD]

The fact that the player with camman18 skin went into a minecart is really funny

[@christophermorin9036]

His work probably inspired the BigTrees mod that I used all the way up to Minecraft 1.8. Sad that he got the short end of the stick with Notch...

[@PanIntegralus]

You've been blessed by the algoritm, my dude. Congrats!

[@RandomSageless]

Waking up to having 30K views is definitely crazy haha

[@6372jxct]

This is such a great video!

[@SupersuMC]

Now I want to try his castle script out.

[@RandomSageless]

you can them somewhere in his MC Forum profile: www.minecraftforum.net/members/dudecon

[@badgercode]

Great video dude!

[@RandomSageless]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@redjazzjrSRM]

Worry not! This civil might hath "nerded out" about trees. For I speak for the trees and hand longer discussions far larger than 13 minutes of a day! By the way this guy reminds me of Lorax the spokesperson of the trees.

[@Prime_Rabbit]

Paul's kid is going to see this and be like "omg, i thought dad was just lying to me this whole time!!!!"

[@techbot4341]

Needed more minecraft content to watch while eating, found it, sub++

[@TheAmyrlinSeat]

this is giving me flashbacks

[@marcellgere9907]

So you did these trees!!!

[@Baconator20000]

I cant believe that mojang didn't allow the big oak tree

[@samclark6573]

6:54 anyone else see steve just phase through that wall. Is that barry allen??

[@sirRooy]

You are so underrated

[@apuppy1858]

13:13 Hello everyone, this is YOUR Daily Dose of Internet

[@MavoTheGreat]

Holy shit dudecon. What an OG.

[@irwainnornossa4605]

Date is year, then month and day!