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A schematic file (.mts) is used to import building(s) into a world with WorldEdit.
This file can be found into the “worlds/<my_world>/schems” folder.

• How to create a schematic file :
  
  1. Enter in your world (with WorldEdit enabled).
  2. Grant yourself all privileges : /grant singleplayer all¹.
  3. Press F5 to display the coordinates.
  4. Select the area to export with : //pos1 and //pos2.
  5. Create your schematic file with : //mtschemcreate <name of your schematic file>.
  
  Your schematic will appears into the “worlds/<my_world>/schems" folder.
• How to import a schematic file :
  
  1. Enter in your world (with WorldEdit enabled).
  2. Grant yourself all privileges : /grant singleplayer all¹.
  3. Move a schematic file into the “worlds/<my_world>/schems” folder.
  4. Press F5 to display the coordinates.
  5. Select a position with : //pos1
  6. Import your schematic file from the chosen position with : //mtschemplace <name of your schematic file>

¹ (name “singleplayer” by default)

You only have to type the grant command the first time.
Maybe you should say that?

minermoder27 wrote:You only have to type the grant command the first time.
Maybe you should say that?

If these are different worlds, no. This tutorial explain in this case. Export / import a schem is often in this case.

Unless you've already been on the second world before.

You can also use my handle_schematics mod for saving and importing schematics. Just install it and type /giveme handle_schematics:build 99 and put the chest somewhere.

jp wrote: * How to create a schematic file :
* How to import a schematic file :

Maybe you should add instructions on how to undo the import,
e.g. when the placement was wrong, or it damaged something.

Hi,

To avoid accidents of import, I got used to test above ground (in altitude) beforehand.
This will mark import sense, once that's done, I remove the import test and I can proceed to import at ground safely.

hajo wrote: Maybe you should add instructions on how to undo the import,
e.g. when the placement was wrong, or it damaged something.

That's where the build chest from my handle_schematics mod comes in really handy. Not only does it rotate the building the way you expect it (i.e. you'll always face the same side and don't have to manually rotate it) - it will also create a backup of the landscape so that placement of schematics can be undone.

Another simple fool-proof way to avoid ruining your world with a wrong schematic import. Simply quit the game, make a backup of the world, try it in the backup. Anytime I need to do schematics, or world-edit files, I always make a simple backup first. Just 2 minutes to make it, and it can save so much trouble.

There is also a decicated mod to edit and save schematics which is a bit simpler to use than WorldEdit (I hope):
Schematic Editor

If anyone is interested, I have a small Python library to load/save/edit schematics: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=21444.

Whenever I attempt to do this it says: "failed to place Minetest schematic." Could there possibly be a video on how to do this?

You could try MTSEdit's mod. It is a very minimal mod to load and save MTS files. It isn't a swiss army knife (you can't edit the schems with it like with Schematic Editor or with WorldEdit), it's rather the simplest tool possible to load structures. Dependency-free, works with all games.

How to use: will list the mts files in your ~/.minetest/worlds/(current)/schems folder Will load the schematic and will give you the "MTSEdit Magic Placement Wand Tool" (TM)

Now using the wand right click on a node where you want to build the structure. Simple as that. Repeat this as many times you like, it will build the same structure until you issue another "load" command.

Cheers,
bzt

Do you use .mts file to make, like sapllings to trees?

Hi there,

Does your tool preserve the sign text when importing from NBT format ( minecraft 1.16.x worldedit schem file )
I am able to see the signs but they contain no text ?

I am trying to copy over a build with a lot of signs , and so far none of the existing tools seem to be able to preserve the tile_entities stored in chunks. mc2mt doesn't do it, and mcimport doesnt handle anything beyond mc 1.12 .

Any help pointers are appreciated.
Regards,
Gary

edit: I wrote my own solution in the meantime. thanks.

How can i make schematics generate automatically in the world?

Hey!
I know that this topic is old but I've a question about mts files.
Does they exist a good tool to see it at source (like a description of the content of the file)?
Thank 🙂

Futuray-pgm wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 30, 2023 14:05

Hey!
I know that this topic is old but I've a question about mts files.
Does they exist a good tool to see it at source (like a description of the content of the file)?
Thank 🙂

Wuzzy already mentioned his Schematic Editor mod. I would say that is the best tool for the job. Make a copy of any mts file into minetest/worlds/<any_world_name>/schems and you should be able to load it by its name. Then you can view it in-game. The only information I don't think you can view from there is force_place and placement probability - though you can set them.

Thanks, it work's good! 👌

I can't believe this thread is still sticky and directs people to a vastly inferior tool.
I don't use or recommend WorldEdit to create or import schematic files because I found this tool to be vastly inferior to Schematic Editor.

WorldEdit is unable to set the Y layer probabilities. There is also no convenient method to set "void" nodes (nodes that the schematic won't modify when placed). And the way how you set the probabiliites of individual nodes by having to enter a number for every single node is just horrible, horrible UX. Force-placing nodes also does not work.

Don't get me wrong, WorldEdit is useful for editing worlds, but its schematic handling sucks. As long you only need a quick and dirty schematic exporter, it's "good enough", I guess, but even for trees it already fails because it will export the air with 100% probability, meaning if you place the tree again, it will also place the air.