Block, bedrock of world

• Code location: /core/block.js

• Block is the basic data unit of Meta Septopus. By connecting blocks together, a complete Septopus World is constructed. Each block is 16m*16m in size as the physical world.

• The Septopus Engine uses dynamic loading to load the blocks in the area where the Player is located only, which greatly reduces the amount of data loaded.

• Block has basically the same functions as Adjunct, but it is not Adjunct. It is the basis of Adjunct positioning and needs to implement more functions.

Functional Description

• Block mainly implements the following functions

  Method	Function	Sample
  hooks	The hook called by the engine by default	reg,init
  transform	Methods for performing data conversion operations
  attribute	Implementation of data editing to modify attributes
  menu	Front-end display during editing operations
  task	Missions triggered by the mechanism

Block Definition

• A Block has only one owner, confirmed by on-chain data. This is also how Septopus participants are identified, and they participate in Septopus interactions by owning a Block.

• The data definition of Block is as follows:

      [
          [
              0.2,        //elevation
              1,          //block status
              [],         //adjuncts list
              999,        //game mode setting, optional
          ]
      ]

Relationship with Adjunct

• All adjuncts are positioned relative to the Block. The lower left corner of a Block is at [0,0], and the upper right corner is at [16,16]. For example, if a Box is positioned at [3,4] and placed in a Block at [x,y], its position in the World will be [16x+3,16y+4].

• By adopting this method, Block data can be regarded as a whole, and deploying from one Block to another is extremely simple, just copying the data.

Restrictive measures

• If a user creates data on a Block that is inconsistent with the World's worldview, Meta Septopus provides Block-level management measures to address this. When a player disagrees with the Block's content, they can submit a Complaint to the World Owner for processing. If the complaint is true, the World Owner can perform a Ban, and the Septopus Engine will not display the corresponding content.

• Since Adjunct rely on Block for positioning, their size and position can be detected to prevent items from being placed in other Blocks.