suggestion Plugin Support

[Shane 2.8k]

Hey everyone, I'm just swinging by to drop my yearly post and then skedaddling.
This is something I have not seen brought up in this section besides maybe 2 posts that went nowhere and have been long closed.

We've already seen users in these forums achieving amazing things like Volumetric Lighting and Real-time Reflections.
These are things that aren't even supported in the current version of Mine-Imator (As far as i know) but we have still managed find find ways to either fake them or make them work without native support from the software itself.

I think the next logical step would be adding plugin support, or even just making an API for Mine-Imator.
I've never used C++ but over the last 2 years I've been learning how to code as a hobby and have found APIs to be an amazing tool for developers to use.
An API (or any other way to manipulate the code) for Mine-Imator would allow us, the users, to come up with whatever suggestions we'd like and actually implement those suggestion ourselves.

I've been slowly transitioning from using Windows to Linux (ubuntu btw xd), and I've noticed that in Linux, most of the packages are user-made and open source.
Hell, the operating system itself is open-source - meaning that if you wanted to customize and edit the very operating system you're running on your computer, with enough technical knowledge and know-how, you could theoretically craft a unique experience for your device.

I was wondering what would happen if Mine-Imator would take the same approach, where, In a few years from now, we might have a whole forum section dedicated to user-made plugins.
Do you want Ray-Tracing in Mine-Imator? Boom, there's a plugin for that. Walking cycle automation? Boom, there's a plugin for that. etc, etc.

 

Everything I just said is a big shot in the dark. There are lots of things to address like virus  and exploits via plugins, how to even implement such a thing, or whatever else that can turn this idea off, but I did want to at least get a discussion going about this thing.

Also, a little disclaimer:
I am by no means discrediting the Mine-Imator development team. Heck, I wouldn't achieve 250k subs on YT without them, They really made a banger software here.
I am also not claiming to be some god-tier programmer who can remake Mine-Imator or something, I'm just a forum user with an idea.

I'd really like to hear your thought on this suggestions.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk, I was cringy minecraft school kid xddd

[LacaMenDRY 1.3k]

This is what I've been Trying To Do.