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{{Infobox projectvideo game
| title = Reforj
|type=[[Minecraft]] seed finding
| developer = {{Plainlist|
|launched=2019–2020
* [[4J Studios]]
|website=
* [[Stampy]]
|current_status=Active
}}
|name=Minecraft@Home
| engine = Elements Engine
|country= United States
| genre = {{Plainlist|
* Multiplayer
* Sandbox
* Survival
}}
}}
 
'''Minecraft@Home''Reforj' (sometimes referred to as '''MinecraftAtHome''' due to technical reasons) is aan communityupcoming project[[open that helps to find iconicworld]] [[MinecraftSurvival game|survival]] seeds[[Sandbox and unique world seeds.{{Efngame|Insandbox]] Minecraft,game playersbeing are able to generate a preset worlddeveloped by inputting[[4J a 'seed' during world creationStudios]].}} They are best known for their involvement in finding the Minecraft title screen world seed<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=BoldingSmith |first=JonathanGraham |date=20202024-0709-19 |title=Minecraft playersconsole maydeveloper have4J foundStudios theare worldmaking ofReforj, thetheir titleown screenopen world survival game |url=https://www.pcgamerrockpapershotgun.com/minecraft-playersconsole-maydeveloper-have4j-foundstudios-theare-worldmaking-ofreforj-thetheir-titleown-screen/open-world-survival-game |access-date=2024-0910-1323 |work=PCRock, GamerPaper, Shotgun |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Herobrine]] world seed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite webnews |last=GravelleBolding |first=CodyJonathan |date=20212024-0110-2405 |title=The team that made Minecraft Herobrineconsole Worldedition Seedis Discoverednow Aftermaking 10their Yearsown blocky builder |url=https://screenrantwww.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/the-team-that-made-minecraft-herobrineconsole-worldedition-seedis-discoverednow-creepypastamaking-historytheir-own-blocky-builder/ |access-date=2024-0910-1223 |websitework=ScreenRantPC Gamer |language=en}}</ref>
 
== Projects ==
 
=== Pack.PNG ===
Pack.PNG is a cropped screenshot [[PNG]] image found in the files of Minecraft. The image was first introduced and implemented in Alpha 1.2.2a<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |last=Sayles |first=Lauren |date=2020-09-08 |title=Minecraft fans have discovered the iconic pack.png seed |url=https://www.pcinvasion.com/minecraft-fans-have-discovered-the-iconic-pack-png-seed/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=PC Invasion |language=en-US}}</ref> when texture packs were first introduced and served as the default texture pack icon until Release 1.13.2.<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |date=2020-09-05 |title=Seed for "most iconic image in Minecraft history" found after eight month search |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/seed-for-most-iconic-image-in-minecraft-history-found-after-eight-month-search |access-date=2024-08-15 |work=Eurogamer.net |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2020-09-05 |title=Seed for Minecraft's famous pack.png world has finally been discovered |url=https://www.ginx.tv/en/minecraft/minecraft-s-famous-pack-png-world-seed-has-finally-been-discovered |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=GINX TV |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Federowicz |first=Evan |date=2020-09-09 |title=Minecraft Fans Have Discovered The Iconic Pack.PNG Seed: This Can Be Seen As Both The Default Resource Pack Image And The Server Selection Icon |url=https://happygamer.com/minecraft-fans-have-discovered-the-iconic-pack-png-seed-this-can-be-seen-as-both-the-default-resource-pack-image-and-the-server-selection-icon-81438/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=HappyGamer |language=en-US}}</ref> It is currently used as the default [[Minecraft server]] icon,<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Minecraft - Secret of the Picture Solved After Months of Searching |url=https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/minecraft-secret-of-the-picture-solved-after-months-of-searching/zf23e5 |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=Gamepressure.com |language=en}}</ref> albeit in a greyscale variant.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /> The search started on 14 January 2020, when YouTuber SalC1 uploaded a video named 'The Mystery of the Minecraft pack.png file'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trahan |first=Philip |date=2020-09-05 |title=Minecraft Fans Find Sought-After Map Seed |url=https://gamerant.com/minecraft-pack-png-seed-found/#:~:text=SalC1%20put%20out%20the%20call%20for%20the%20community%20to%20find%20the%20pack.png%20seed%20in%20January%20of%20this%20year |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-29 |title=The project 'pack.png' to reach 'that landscape' displayed by default in Minecraft finally arrives at the promised land |url=https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20200929-minecraft-pack-png/#:~:text=The%20'pack.png'%20project%20was%20started%20by%20YouTuber%20SalC1%20.%20In%20the%20following%20movie%20released%20by%20SalC1%20on%20January%2014,%202020 |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=GIGAZINE |language=en}}</ref> After the video was published, SalC1 contacted developers of [[Mojang Studios]] on [[Twitter]] if they had any information on the image file. [[Markus Persson]], the creator of ''Minecraft'' responded, being unable to answer the question. On September 5, 2020, the seed was found at around 5am in the morning, revealing it to be 3257840388504953787, ending a 8 month search.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last1=Reporter |first1=Imogen Beckhelling Former News |last2=Beckhelling |first2=Imogen |date=2020-09-07 |title=Minecraft fans have discovered the location of the "most iconic image in Minecraft history" |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/minecraft-fans-have-discovered-the-location-of-the-most-iconic-image-in-minecraft-history |access-date=2024-08-16 |work=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |language=en}}</ref> Interestingly, the seed was reportedly in the last 5% of seeds searched.<ref name=":42">{{Cite web |date=2020-09-05 |title=Seed for Minecraft's famous pack.png world has finally been discovered |url=https://www.ginx.tv/en/minecraft/minecraft-s-famous-pack-png-world-seed-has-finally-been-discovered |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=GINX TV |language=en}}</ref>
 
=== Minecraft Title Screen Seed ===
From Beta 1.8 to Release 1.13.2, a panorama screen was used in Minecraft's title screen.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Shepherd |first=Harry |date=2020-07-20 |title=What is the Minecraft title screen seed? |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/minecraft-title-screen-seed/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |work=PC Gamer |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-07-19 |title=Minecraft fans find seed for famous title-screen background panorama |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/minecraft-fans-find-seed-for-title-screen-background-panorama |access-date=2024-09-13 |work=Eurogamer.net |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Tomlacko |date=2020-07-18 |title=BIG NEWS! We have found the SEED of Minecraft's title-screen background PANORAMA! |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/hthrmk/big_news_we_have_found_the_seed_of_minecrafts/?rdt=58575 |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=r/Minecraft}}</ref> The panorama shows terrain of Minecraft filled with trees, a cliff and water. User Tomlacko began this project after being interested from the pack.png project by the community. The world seed was found on July 18, 2020 at approximately 5:45AM UTC,<ref name=":2" /> revealed to have two valid seeds: 2151901553968352745 and 8091867987493326313.<ref name=":3" />
 
=== Herobrine World Seed ===
The [[Herobrine]] World Seed project was started by andrew_555 (also known as Kminster).<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2021-01-24 |title=Minecraft's Herobrine world seed has been discovered |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/minecrafts-herobrine-world-seed-has-been-discovered |access-date=2024-09-12 |work=Eurogamer.net |language=en}}</ref> andrew_555 reportedly took 50 hours to write the code to find the seed and took months of debugging to fix.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The seed was found on January 16, 2021, with the seed being revealed as 478868574082066804.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chalk |first=Andy |date=2021-01-22 |title=Minecraft's infamous 'Herobrine' world seed has been found |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/minecrafts-infamous-herobrine-world-seed-has-been-found/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com |access-date=2024-09-12 |work=PC Gamer |language=en}}</ref>
 
== Reverse engineering method ==
Due to the difference in world generation for each project, a unique method is used for each project to crack the seed. A recreation is normally used to accurately narrow down the shape of the terrain. A program called 'BOINC' is used to let contributors contribute their processing power to narrow down seeds, usually being used in the last stages of a project.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Pack.png seed reversal methodology |url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PpZqHWXPLjOsXf_T7uyH4rWuxUMxzBlxvv5gm19P_Z8/edit |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Google Docs |language=en}}</ref>
 
The game is built on 4J Studios' ''Elements Engine'' and set to be released on [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Xbox]] and [[PlayStation]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.ign.com/videos/reforj-official-pre-alpha-gameplay-trailer |title=Reforj - Official Pre Alpha Gameplay Trailer - IGN |date=2024-10-04 |language=en |access-date=2024-10-23 |via=[[IGN]]}}</ref>
=== Pack.PNG reversal method ===
Since the image was so low quality in the game files, AI upscaling by using thousands of Minecraft screenshots was used, resulting in a more crisp 512x512 image. From then, a recreation of the image was beginning construction in order to get the location of where the screenshot was taken. They managed to find the Z coordinate by using the pattern in the clouds.<ref name=":62">{{Cite news |last1=Reporter |first1=Imogen Beckhelling Former News |last2=Beckhelling |first2=Imogen |date=2020-09-07 |title=Minecraft fans have discovered the location of the "most iconic image in Minecraft history" |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/minecraft-fans-have-discovered-the-location-of-the-most-iconic-image-in-minecraft-history |access-date=2024-08-16 |work=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> Water orientation was used to find the direction of where the image was taken.
 
[[Stampy|Joesph Garrett]], also known as Stampy, has confirmed that he is helping on the project.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-09-17 |title=Minecraft console studio making new creative survival sandbox game |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/minecraft-console-studio-making-new-creative-survival-sandbox-game |access-date=2024-10-23 |work=Eurogamer.net |language=en}}</ref>
'BOINC' was then used to file down the potential seeds to 700,000. The candidate seeds were then filtered through another program to check if they matched the height of the terrain of the recreation, resulting in the seed being found.<ref name=":52">{{Cite web |last=Federowicz |first=Evan |date=2020-09-09 |title=Minecraft Fans Have Discovered The Iconic Pack.PNG Seed: This Can Be Seen As Both The Default Resource Pack Image And The Server Selection Icon |url=https://happygamer.com/minecraft-fans-have-discovered-the-iconic-pack-png-seed-this-can-be-seen-as-both-the-default-resource-pack-image-and-the-server-selection-icon-81438/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=HappyGamer |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":62" /><ref name=":7" />
 
== External links ==
=== Title Screen reversal method ===
Tomlacko managed to find the exact coordinates and version by looking at the metadata of the images and the tall grass placement.<ref name=":2" />{{Verification failed|date=September 2024}}{{Efn|In Minecraft, tall grass is set to a random offset and is the same in each world.}} The seed was cracked by using the biome bending algorithm in Beta 1.7.3 and using it to narrow down potential world seeds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Documentation of the original panorama seedcracking project |url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSZ7uMfEtV_xpslMqjZzDh_-Xb0PtpfLXNHFjpLTi7zmp2e1HX5y-Z8t9JFp1_16FhQYmI0h9qkok-5/pub#h.x8v2wj2srbl2 |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=docs.google.com}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=September 2024}} The seed was reportedly found in the first third of seeds filtered.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
 
* [https://reforj.game/ Official website]
== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}
 
== References ==
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