Hi, i see that minecraft only supports 1 core, multi thread but also i see that sponge support multi thread. Can sponge support multi thread?
That kind of has a multi-part answer.
Minecraft world manipulation must happen on a single thread. Sponge doesn’t change that.
Sponge does however add in things like async lighting, which makes lighting updates happen off thread.
There are a few more things than that, but the general idea is the same. Sponge is able to make certain parts more multi-threaded, but it is not able to change the fundamental single thread-ness of the game.
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Just ro add to d4rkfly3r answer.
The only way to make Minecraft support full async is to rewrite the server from the ground up. There are two projects that I know of that do this however both are not fully stable.
- LanternPowered (Also runs Sponge plugins)
- Glowstone (Also runs Bukkit plugins)
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