11 files changed, 317 insertions, 189 deletions

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 181b286e9..70728706d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -201,5 +201,9 @@ if (NOT MSVC)
 	string(REPLACE "-w" "" CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG     "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
 endif()
 
+if(${BUILD_TOOLS})
+add_subdirectory(Tools/GeneratorPerformanceTest/)
+endif()
+
 add_subdirectory (src)
 
diff --git a/Tools/GeneratorPerformanceTest/CMakeLists.txt b/Tools/GeneratorPerformanceTest/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8adc88882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tools/GeneratorPerformanceTest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+project(GeneratorPerformanceTest)
+
+include_directories(../../src/Generating)
+include_directories(../../src)
+include_directories(../../lib)
+
+add_executable(GeneratorPerformanceTest GeneratorPerformanceTest.cpp ../../src/StringUtils ../../src/MCLogger ../../src/Log ../../src/BlockID ../../src/Noise ../../src/Enchantments ../../src/BlockArea)
+
+target_link_libraries(GeneratorPerformanceTest Generating)
+
diff --git a/Tools/GeneratorPerformanceTest/GeneratorPerformanceTest.cpp b/Tools/GeneratorPerformanceTest/GeneratorPerformanceTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75d18149f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tools/GeneratorPerformanceTest/GeneratorPerformanceTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+#include "Globals.h"
+#include "ChunkGenerator.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
+	cChunkGenerator Generator = cChunkGenerator();
+}
diff --git a/src/Bindings/ManualBindings.cpp b/src/Bindings/ManualBindings.cpp
index f1160f941..e7c66c6fb 100644
--- a/src/Bindings/ManualBindings.cpp
+++ b/src/Bindings/ManualBindings.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "../Entities/Player.h"
 #include "../WebAdmin.h"
 #include "../ClientHandle.h"
+#include "../BlockArea.h"
 #include "../BlockEntities/ChestEntity.h"
 #include "../BlockEntities/CommandBlockEntity.h"
 #include "../BlockEntities/DispenserEntity.h"
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "../BlockEntities/NoteEntity.h"
 #include "md5/md5.h"
 #include "../LineBlockTracer.h"
+#include "../WorldStorage/SchematicFileSerializer.h"
 
 
 
@@ -2234,6 +2236,63 @@ static int tolua_cHopperEntity_GetOutputBlockPos(lua_State * tolua_S)
 
 
 
+
+static int tolua_cBlockArea_LoadFromSchematicFile(lua_State * tolua_S)
+{
+	// function cBlockArea::LoadFromSchematicFile
+	// Exported manually because function has been moved to SchematicFileSerilizer.cpp
+	cLuaState L(tolua_S);
+	if (
+		!L.CheckParamUserType(1, "cBlockArea") ||
+		!L.CheckParamString  (2) ||
+		!L.CheckParamEnd     (3)
+	)
+	{
+		return 0;
+	}
+	cBlockArea * self = (cBlockArea *)tolua_tousertype(tolua_S, 1, 0);
+	if (self == NULL)
+	{
+		tolua_error(tolua_S, "invalid 'self' in function 'cBlockArea::LoadFromSchematicFile'", NULL);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	AString Filename = tolua_tostring(tolua_S, 2, 0);
+	bool res = cSchematicFileSerializer::LoadFromSchematicFile(*self,Filename);
+	tolua_pushboolean(tolua_S, res);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+
+
+
+static int tolua_cBlockArea_SaveToSchematicFile(lua_State * tolua_S)
+{
+	// function cBlockArea::SaveToSchematicFile
+	// Exported manually because function has been moved to SchematicFileSerilizer.cpp
+	cLuaState L(tolua_S);
+	if (
+		!L.CheckParamUserType(1, "cBlockArea") ||
+		!L.CheckParamString  (2) ||
+		!L.CheckParamEnd     (3)
+	)
+	{
+		return 0;
+	}
+	cBlockArea * self = (cBlockArea *)tolua_tousertype(tolua_S, 1, 0);
+	if (self == NULL)
+	{
+		tolua_error(tolua_S, "invalid 'self' in function 'cBlockArea::SaveToSchematicFile'", NULL);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	AString Filename = tolua_tostring(tolua_S, 2, 0);
+	bool res = cSchematicFileSerializer::SaveToSchematicFile(*self,Filename);
+	tolua_pushboolean(tolua_S, res);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+
+
 void ManualBindings::Bind(lua_State * tolua_S)
 {
 	tolua_beginmodule(tolua_S, NULL);
@@ -2249,6 +2308,11 @@ void ManualBindings::Bind(lua_State * tolua_S)
 			tolua_function(tolua_S, "GetFolderContents", tolua_cFile_GetFolderContents);
 		tolua_endmodule(tolua_S);
 		
+		tolua_beginmodule(tolua_S, "cBlockArea");
+			tolua_function(tolua_S, "LoadFromSchematicFile", tolua_cBlockArea_LoadFromSchematicFile);
+			tolua_function(tolua_S, "SaveToSchematicFile", tolua_cBlockArea_SaveToSchematicFile);
+		tolua_endmodule(tolua_S);
+		
 		tolua_beginmodule(tolua_S, "cHopperEntity");
 			tolua_function(tolua_S, "GetOutputBlockPos", tolua_cHopperEntity_GetOutputBlockPos);
 		tolua_endmodule(tolua_S);
diff --git a/src/BlockArea.cpp b/src/BlockArea.cpp
index 910661f60..194e2d68a 100644
--- a/src/BlockArea.cpp
+++ b/src/BlockArea.cpp
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "Globals.h"
 #include "BlockArea.h"
-#include "World.h"
 #include "OSSupport/GZipFile.h"
-#include "WorldStorage/FastNBT.h"
 #include "Blocks/BlockHandler.h"
 
 
@@ -266,7 +264,7 @@ void cBlockArea::SetOrigin(int a_OriginX, int a_OriginY, int a_OriginZ)
 
 
 
-bool cBlockArea::Read(cWorld * a_World, int a_MinBlockX, int a_MaxBlockX, int a_MinBlockY, int a_MaxBlockY, int a_MinBlockZ, int a_MaxBlockZ, int a_DataTypes)
+bool cBlockArea::Read(cForEachChunkProvider * a_ForEachChunkProvider, int a_MinBlockX, int a_MaxBlockX, int a_MinBlockY, int a_MaxBlockY, int a_MinBlockZ, int a_MaxBlockZ, int a_DataTypes)
 {
 	// Normalize the coords:
 	if (a_MinBlockX > a_MaxBlockX)
@@ -327,7 +325,7 @@ bool cBlockArea::Read(cWorld * a_World, int a_MinBlockX, int a_MaxBlockX, int a_
 	cChunkDef::AbsoluteToRelative(a_MaxBlockX, a_MaxBlockY, a_MaxBlockZ, MaxChunkX, MaxChunkZ);
 	
 	// Query block data:
-	if (!a_World->ForEachChunkInRect(MinChunkX, MaxChunkX, MinChunkZ, MaxChunkZ, Reader))
+	if (!a_ForEachChunkProvider->ForEachChunkInRect(MinChunkX, MaxChunkX, MinChunkZ, MaxChunkZ, Reader))
 	{
 		Clear();
 		return false;
@@ -340,7 +338,7 @@ bool cBlockArea::Read(cWorld * a_World, int a_MinBlockX, int a_MaxBlockX, int a_
 
 
 
-bool cBlockArea::Write(cWorld * a_World, int a_MinBlockX, int a_MinBlockY, int a_MinBlockZ, int a_DataTypes)
+bool cBlockArea::Write(cForEachChunkProvider * a_ForEachChunkProvider, int a_MinBlockX, int a_MinBlockY, int a_MinBlockZ, int a_DataTypes)
 {
 	ASSERT((a_DataTypes & GetDataTypes()) == a_DataTypes);  // Are you requesting only the data that I have?
 	a_DataTypes = a_DataTypes & GetDataTypes();  // For release builds, silently cut off the datatypes that I don't have
@@ -357,7 +355,7 @@ bool cBlockArea::Write(cWorld * a_World, int a_MinBlockX, int a_MinBlockY, int a
 		a_MinBlockY = cChunkDef::Height - m_SizeY;
 	}
 
-	return a_World->WriteBlockArea(*this, a_MinBlockX, a_MinBlockY, a_MinBlockZ, a_DataTypes);
+	return a_ForEachChunkProvider->WriteBlockArea(*this, a_MinBlockX, a_MinBlockY, a_MinBlockZ, a_DataTypes);
 }
 
 
@@ -448,85 +446,12 @@ void cBlockArea::DumpToRawFile(const AString & a_FileName)
 
 
 
-bool cBlockArea::LoadFromSchematicFile(const AString & a_FileName)
-{
-	// Un-GZip the contents:
-	AString Contents;
-	cGZipFile File;
-	if (!File.Open(a_FileName, cGZipFile::fmRead))
-	{
-		LOG("Cannot open the schematic file \"%s\".", a_FileName.c_str());
-		return false;
-	}
-	int NumBytesRead = File.ReadRestOfFile(Contents);
-	if (NumBytesRead < 0)
-	{
-		LOG("Cannot read GZipped data in the schematic file \"%s\", error %d", a_FileName.c_str(), NumBytesRead);
-		return false;
-	}
-	File.Close();
-	
-	// Parse the NBT:
-	cParsedNBT NBT(Contents.data(), Contents.size());
-	if (!NBT.IsValid())
-	{
-		LOG("Cannot parse the NBT in the schematic file \"%s\".", a_FileName.c_str());
-		return false;
-	}
-	
-	return LoadFromSchematicNBT(NBT);
-}
 
 
 
 
 
-bool cBlockArea::SaveToSchematicFile(const AString & a_FileName)
-{
-	cFastNBTWriter Writer("Schematic");
-	Writer.AddShort("Width", m_SizeX);
-	Writer.AddShort("Height", m_SizeY);
-	Writer.AddShort("Length", m_SizeZ);
-	Writer.AddString("Materials", "Alpha");
-	if (HasBlockTypes())
-	{
-		Writer.AddByteArray("Blocks", (const char *)m_BlockTypes, GetBlockCount());
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		AString Dummy(GetBlockCount(), 0);
-		Writer.AddByteArray("Blocks", Dummy.data(), Dummy.size());
-	}
-	if (HasBlockMetas())
-	{
-		Writer.AddByteArray("Data", (const char *)m_BlockMetas, GetBlockCount());
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		AString Dummy(GetBlockCount(), 0);
-		Writer.AddByteArray("Data", Dummy.data(), Dummy.size());
-	}
-	// TODO: Save entities and block entities
-	Writer.BeginList("Entities", TAG_Compound);
-	Writer.EndList();
-	Writer.BeginList("TileEntities", TAG_Compound);
-	Writer.EndList();
-	Writer.Finish();
-	
-	// Save to file
-	cGZipFile File;
-	if (!File.Open(a_FileName, cGZipFile::fmWrite))
-	{
-		LOG("Cannot open file \"%s\" for writing.", a_FileName.c_str());
-		return false;
-	}
-	if (!File.Write(Writer.GetResult()))
-	{
-		LOG("Cannot write data to file \"%s\".", a_FileName.c_str());
-		return false;
-	}
-	return true;
-}
+
 
 
 
@@ -2018,89 +1943,6 @@ void cBlockArea::ExpandNibbles(NIBBLEARRAY & a_Array, int a_SubMinX, int a_AddMa
 }
 
 
-
-
-
-bool cBlockArea::LoadFromSchematicNBT(cParsedNBT & a_NBT)
-{
-	int TMaterials = a_NBT.FindChildByName(a_NBT.GetRoot(), "Materials");
-	if ((TMaterials > 0) && (a_NBT.GetType(TMaterials) == TAG_String))
-	{
-		AString Materials = a_NBT.GetString(TMaterials);
-		if (Materials.compare("Alpha") != 0)
-		{
-			LOG("Materials tag is present and \"%s\" instead of \"Alpha\". Possibly a wrong-format schematic file.", Materials.c_str());
-			return false;
-		}
-	}
-	int TSizeX = a_NBT.FindChildByName(a_NBT.GetRoot(), "Width");
-	int TSizeY = a_NBT.FindChildByName(a_NBT.GetRoot(), "Height");
-	int TSizeZ = a_NBT.FindChildByName(a_NBT.GetRoot(), "Length");
-	if (
-		(TSizeX < 0) || (TSizeY < 0) || (TSizeZ < 0) ||
-		(a_NBT.GetType(TSizeX) != TAG_Short) ||
-		(a_NBT.GetType(TSizeY) != TAG_Short) ||
-		(a_NBT.GetType(TSizeZ) != TAG_Short)
-	)
-	{
-		LOG("Dimensions are missing from the schematic file (%d, %d, %d), (%d, %d, %d)",
-			TSizeX, TSizeY, TSizeZ,
-			a_NBT.GetType(TSizeX), a_NBT.GetType(TSizeY), a_NBT.GetType(TSizeZ)
-		);
-		return false;
-	}
-	
-	int SizeX = a_NBT.GetShort(TSizeX);
-	int SizeY = a_NBT.GetShort(TSizeY);
-	int SizeZ = a_NBT.GetShort(TSizeZ);
-	if ((SizeX < 1) || (SizeY < 1) || (SizeZ < 1))
-	{
-		LOG("Dimensions are invalid in the schematic file: %d, %d, %d", SizeX, SizeY, SizeZ);
-		return false;
-	}
-	
-	int TBlockTypes = a_NBT.FindChildByName(a_NBT.GetRoot(), "Blocks");
-	int TBlockMetas = a_NBT.FindChildByName(a_NBT.GetRoot(), "Data");
-	if ((TBlockTypes < 0) || (a_NBT.GetType(TBlockTypes) != TAG_ByteArray))
-	{
-		LOG("BlockTypes are invalid in the schematic file: %d", TBlockTypes);
-		return false;
-	}
-	bool AreMetasPresent = (TBlockMetas > 0) && (a_NBT.GetType(TBlockMetas) == TAG_ByteArray);
-	
-	Clear();
-	SetSize(SizeX, SizeY, SizeZ, AreMetasPresent ? (baTypes | baMetas) : baTypes);
-	
-	// Copy the block types and metas:
-	int NumBytes = m_SizeX * m_SizeY * m_SizeZ;
-	if (a_NBT.GetDataLength(TBlockTypes) < NumBytes)
-	{
-		LOG("BlockTypes truncated in the schematic file (exp %d, got %d bytes). Loading partial.",
-			NumBytes, a_NBT.GetDataLength(TBlockTypes)
-		);
-		NumBytes = a_NBT.GetDataLength(TBlockTypes);
-	}
-	memcpy(m_BlockTypes, a_NBT.GetData(TBlockTypes), NumBytes);
-	
-	if (AreMetasPresent)
-	{
-		int NumBytes = m_SizeX * m_SizeY * m_SizeZ;
-		if (a_NBT.GetDataLength(TBlockMetas) < NumBytes)
-		{
-			LOG("BlockMetas truncated in the schematic file (exp %d, got %d bytes). Loading partial.",
-				NumBytes, a_NBT.GetDataLength(TBlockMetas)
-			);
-			NumBytes = a_NBT.GetDataLength(TBlockMetas);
-		}
-		memcpy(m_BlockMetas, a_NBT.GetData(TBlockMetas), NumBytes);
-	}
-	
-	return true;
-}
-
-
-
-
 void cBlockArea::RelSetData(
 	int a_RelX, int a_RelY, int a_RelZ,
 	int a_DataTypes, BLOCKTYPE a_BlockType, NIBBLETYPE a_BlockMeta,
diff --git a/src/BlockArea.h b/src/BlockArea.h
index 075cc99ec..59bc0f241 100644
--- a/src/BlockArea.h
+++ b/src/BlockArea.h
@@ -12,18 +12,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-
-
-
-
-// fwd: World.h
-class cWorld;
-
-// fwd: FastNBT.h
-class cParsedNBT;
-
-
-
+#include "ForEachChunkProvider.h"
 
 
 // tolua_begin
@@ -68,13 +57,13 @@ public:
 	void SetOrigin(int a_OriginX, int a_OriginY, int a_OriginZ);
 	
 	/// Reads an area of blocks specified. Returns true if successful. All coords are inclusive.
-	bool Read(cWorld * a_World, int a_MinBlockX, int a_MaxBlockX, int a_MinBlockY, int a_MaxBlockY, int a_MinBlockZ, int a_MaxBlockZ, int a_DataTypes = baTypes | baMetas);
+	bool Read(cForEachChunkProvider * a_ForEachChunkProvider, int a_MinBlockX, int a_MaxBlockX, int a_MinBlockY, int a_MaxBlockY, int a_MinBlockZ, int a_MaxBlockZ, int a_DataTypes = baTypes | baMetas);
 	
 	// TODO: Write() is not too good an interface: if it fails, there's no way to repeat only for the parts that didn't write
 	// A better way may be to return a list of cBlockAreas for each part that didn't succeed writing, so that the caller may try again
 	
 	/// Writes the area back into cWorld at the coords specified. Returns true if successful in all chunks, false if only partially / not at all
-	bool Write(cWorld * a_World, int a_MinBlockX, int a_MinBlockY, int a_MinBlockZ, int a_DataTypes = baTypes | baMetas);
+	bool Write(cForEachChunkProvider * a_ForEachChunkProvider, int a_MinBlockX, int a_MinBlockY, int a_MinBlockZ, int a_DataTypes = baTypes | baMetas);
 	
 	/// Copies this object's contents into the specified BlockArea.
 	void CopyTo(cBlockArea & a_Into) const;
@@ -85,12 +74,6 @@ public:
 	/// For testing purposes only, dumps the area into a file.
 	void DumpToRawFile(const AString & a_FileName);
 	
-	/// Loads an area from a .schematic file. Returns true if successful
-	bool LoadFromSchematicFile(const AString & a_FileName);
-	
-	/// Saves the area into a .schematic file. Returns true if successful
-	bool SaveToSchematicFile(const AString & a_FileName);
-	
 	/// Crops the internal contents by the specified amount of blocks from each border.
 	void Crop(int a_AddMinX, int a_SubMaxX, int a_AddMinY, int a_SubMaxY, int a_AddMinZ, int a_SubMaxZ);
 	
@@ -233,6 +216,7 @@ public:
 
 protected:
 	friend class cChunkDesc;
+	friend class cSchematicFileSerializer;
 	
 	class cChunkReader :
 		public cChunkDataCallback
@@ -291,9 +275,6 @@ protected:
 	// Expand helpers:
 	void ExpandBlockTypes(int a_SubMinX, int a_AddMaxX, int a_SubMinY, int a_AddMaxY, int a_SubMinZ, int a_AddMaxZ);
 	void ExpandNibbles   (NIBBLEARRAY & a_Array, int a_SubMinX, int a_AddMaxX, int a_SubMinY, int a_AddMaxY, int a_SubMinZ, int a_AddMaxZ);
-	
-	/// Loads the area from a schematic file uncompressed and parsed into a NBT tree. Returns true if successful.
-	bool LoadFromSchematicNBT(cParsedNBT & a_NBT);
 
 	/// Sets the specified datatypes at the specified location.
 	void RelSetData(
diff --git a/src/ForEachChunkProvider.h b/src/ForEachChunkProvider.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70cd2196a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ForEachChunkProvider.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+#pragma once
+
+class cChunkDataCallback;
+
+class cBlockArea;
+
+class cForEachChunkProvider
+{
+public:
+	virtual bool ForEachChunkInRect(int a_MinChunkX, int a_MaxChunkX, int a_MinChunkZ, int a_MaxChunkZ, cChunkDataCallback & a_Callback) = 0;
+	
+	virtual bool WriteBlockArea(cBlockArea & a_Area, int a_MinBlockX, int a_MinBlockY, int a_MinBlockZ, int a_DataTypes) = 0;
+};
diff --git a/src/Generating/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Generating/CMakeLists.txt
index e1ba299fc..793f48890 100644
--- a/src/Generating/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Generating/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ file(GLOB SOURCE
 )
 
 add_library(Generating ${SOURCE})
+
+target_link_libraries(Generating OSSupport iniFile)
diff --git a/src/World.h b/src/World.h
index 933e3ba6f..d7a7241d1 100644
--- a/src/World.h
+++ b/src/World.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "Item.h"
 #include "Mobs/Monster.h"
 #include "Entities/ProjectileEntity.h"
+#include "ForEachChunkProvider.h"
 #include "Scoreboard.h"
 
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ typedef cItemCallback<cCommandBlockEntity> cCommandBlockCallback;
 
 
 // tolua_begin
-class cWorld
+class cWorld : public cForEachChunkProvider
 {
 public:
 
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ public:
 	bool IsChunkLighted(int a_ChunkX, int a_ChunkZ);
 	
 	/** Calls the callback for each chunk in the coords specified (all cords are inclusive). Returns true if all chunks have been processed successfully */
-	bool ForEachChunkInRect(int a_MinChunkX, int a_MaxChunkX, int a_MinChunkZ, int a_MaxChunkZ, cChunkDataCallback & a_Callback);
+	virtual bool ForEachChunkInRect(int a_MinChunkX, int a_MaxChunkX, int a_MinChunkZ, int a_MaxChunkZ, cChunkDataCallback & a_Callback);
 
 	// tolua_begin
 	
@@ -360,7 +361,7 @@ public:
 	Prefer cBlockArea::Write() instead, this is the internal implementation; cBlockArea does error checking, too.
 	a_DataTypes is a bitmask of cBlockArea::baXXX constants ORed together.
 	*/
-	bool WriteBlockArea(cBlockArea & a_Area, int a_MinBlockX, int a_MinBlockY, int a_MinBlockZ, int a_DataTypes);
+	virtual bool WriteBlockArea(cBlockArea & a_Area, int a_MinBlockX, int a_MinBlockY, int a_MinBlockZ, int a_DataTypes);
 	
 	// tolua_begin
 
diff --git a/src/WorldStorage/SchematicFileSerializer.cpp b/src/WorldStorage/SchematicFileSerializer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45fd967bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WorldStorage/SchematicFileSerializer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+
+#include "Globals.h"
+
+#include "OSSupport/GZipFile.h"
+#include "FastNBT.h"
+
+#include "SchematicFileSerializer.h"
+
+bool cSchematicFileSerializer::LoadFromSchematicFile(cBlockArea & a_BlockArea, const AString & a_FileName)
+{
+	// Un-GZip the contents:
+	AString Contents;
+	cGZipFile File;
+	if (!File.Open(a_FileName, cGZipFile::fmRead))
+	{
+		LOG("Cannot open the schematic file \"%s\".", a_FileName.c_str());
+		return false;
+	}
+	int NumBytesRead = File.ReadRestOfFile(Contents);
+	if (NumBytesRead < 0)
+	{
+		LOG("Cannot read GZipped data in the schematic file \"%s\", error %d", a_FileName.c_str(), NumBytesRead);
+		return false;
+	}
+	File.Close();
+	
+	// Parse the NBT:
+	cParsedNBT NBT(Contents.data(), Contents.size());
+	if (!NBT.IsValid())
+	{
+		LOG("Cannot parse the NBT in the schematic file \"%s\".", a_FileName.c_str());
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+	return LoadFromSchematicNBT(a_BlockArea, NBT);
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+bool cSchematicFileSerializer::SaveToSchematicFile(cBlockArea & a_BlockArea, const AString & a_FileName)
+{
+	cFastNBTWriter Writer("Schematic");
+	Writer.AddShort("Width",  a_BlockArea.m_SizeX);
+	Writer.AddShort("Height", a_BlockArea.m_SizeY);
+	Writer.AddShort("Length", a_BlockArea.m_SizeZ);
+	Writer.AddString("Materials", "Alpha");
+	if (a_BlockArea.HasBlockTypes())
+	{
+		Writer.AddByteArray("Blocks", (const char *)a_BlockArea.m_BlockTypes, a_BlockArea.GetBlockCount());
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		AString Dummy(a_BlockArea.GetBlockCount(), 0);
+		Writer.AddByteArray("Blocks", Dummy.data(), Dummy.size());
+	}
+	if (a_BlockArea.HasBlockMetas())
+	{
+		Writer.AddByteArray("Data", (const char *)a_BlockArea.m_BlockMetas, a_BlockArea.GetBlockCount());
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		AString Dummy(a_BlockArea.GetBlockCount(), 0);
+		Writer.AddByteArray("Data", Dummy.data(), Dummy.size());
+	}
+	// TODO: Save entities and block entities
+	Writer.BeginList("Entities", TAG_Compound);
+	Writer.EndList();
+	Writer.BeginList("TileEntities", TAG_Compound);
+	Writer.EndList();
+	Writer.Finish();
+	
+	// Save to file
+	cGZipFile File;
+	if (!File.Open(a_FileName, cGZipFile::fmWrite))
+	{
+		LOG("Cannot open file \"%s\" for writing.", a_FileName.c_str());
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (!File.Write(Writer.GetResult()))
+	{
+		LOG("Cannot write data to file \"%s\".", a_FileName.c_str());
+		return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+bool cSchematicFileSerializer::LoadFromSchematicNBT(cBlockArea & a_BlockArea, cParsedNBT & a_NBT)
+{
+	int TMaterials = a_NBT.FindChildByName(a_NBT.GetRoot(), "Materials");
+	if ((TMaterials > 0) && (a_NBT.GetType(TMaterials) == TAG_String))
+	{
+		AString Materials = a_NBT.GetString(TMaterials);
+		if (Materials.compare("Alpha") != 0)
+		{
+			LOG("Materials tag is present and \"%s\" instead of \"Alpha\". Possibly a wrong-format schematic file.", Materials.c_str());
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	int TSizeX = a_NBT.FindChildByName(a_NBT.GetRoot(), "Width");
+	int TSizeY = a_NBT.FindChildByName(a_NBT.GetRoot(), "Height");
+	int TSizeZ = a_NBT.FindChildByName(a_NBT.GetRoot(), "Length");
+	if (
+		(TSizeX < 0) || (TSizeY < 0) || (TSizeZ < 0) ||
+		(a_NBT.GetType(TSizeX) != TAG_Short) ||
+		(a_NBT.GetType(TSizeY) != TAG_Short) ||
+		(a_NBT.GetType(TSizeZ) != TAG_Short)
+	)
+	{
+		LOG("Dimensions are missing from the schematic file (%d, %d, %d), (%d, %d, %d)",
+			TSizeX, TSizeY, TSizeZ,
+			a_NBT.GetType(TSizeX), a_NBT.GetType(TSizeY), a_NBT.GetType(TSizeZ)
+		);
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+	int SizeX = a_NBT.GetShort(TSizeX);
+	int SizeY = a_NBT.GetShort(TSizeY);
+	int SizeZ = a_NBT.GetShort(TSizeZ);
+	if ((SizeX < 1) || (SizeY < 1) || (SizeZ < 1))
+	{
+		LOG("Dimensions are invalid in the schematic file: %d, %d, %d", SizeX, SizeY, SizeZ);
+		return false;
+	}
+	
+	int TBlockTypes = a_NBT.FindChildByName(a_NBT.GetRoot(), "Blocks");
+	int TBlockMetas = a_NBT.FindChildByName(a_NBT.GetRoot(), "Data");
+	if ((TBlockTypes < 0) || (a_NBT.GetType(TBlockTypes) != TAG_ByteArray))
+	{
+		LOG("BlockTypes are invalid in the schematic file: %d", TBlockTypes);
+		return false;
+	}
+	bool AreMetasPresent = (TBlockMetas > 0) && (a_NBT.GetType(TBlockMetas) == TAG_ByteArray);
+	
+	a_BlockArea.Clear();
+	a_BlockArea.SetSize(SizeX, SizeY, SizeZ, AreMetasPresent ? (cBlockArea::baTypes | cBlockArea::baMetas) : cBlockArea::baTypes);
+	
+	// Copy the block types and metas:
+	int NumBytes = a_BlockArea.m_SizeX * a_BlockArea.m_SizeY * a_BlockArea.m_SizeZ;
+	if (a_NBT.GetDataLength(TBlockTypes) < NumBytes)
+	{
+		LOG("BlockTypes truncated in the schematic file (exp %d, got %d bytes). Loading partial.",
+			NumBytes, a_NBT.GetDataLength(TBlockTypes)
+		);
+		NumBytes = a_NBT.GetDataLength(TBlockTypes);
+	}
+	memcpy(a_BlockArea.m_BlockTypes, a_NBT.GetData(TBlockTypes), NumBytes);
+	
+	if (AreMetasPresent)
+	{
+		int NumBytes = a_BlockArea.m_SizeX * a_BlockArea.m_SizeY * a_BlockArea.m_SizeZ;
+		if (a_NBT.GetDataLength(TBlockMetas) < NumBytes)
+		{
+			LOG("BlockMetas truncated in the schematic file (exp %d, got %d bytes). Loading partial.",
+				NumBytes, a_NBT.GetDataLength(TBlockMetas)
+			);
+			NumBytes = a_NBT.GetDataLength(TBlockMetas);
+		}
+		memcpy(a_BlockArea.m_BlockMetas, a_NBT.GetData(TBlockMetas), NumBytes);
+	}
+	
+	return true;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/WorldStorage/SchematicFileSerializer.h b/src/WorldStorage/SchematicFileSerializer.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9be2e5b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WorldStorage/SchematicFileSerializer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "../BlockArea.h"
+
+
+
+
+
+// fwd: FastNBT.h
+class cParsedNBT;
+
+
+
+
+class cSchematicFileSerializer
+{
+public:
+		
+	/// Loads an area from a .schematic file. Returns true if successful
+	static bool LoadFromSchematicFile(cBlockArea & a_BlockArea, const AString & a_FileName);
+	
+	/// Saves the area into a .schematic file. Returns true if successful
+	static bool SaveToSchematicFile(cBlockArea & a_BlockArea, const AString & a_FileName);
+	
+private:
+	/// Loads the area from a schematic file uncompressed and parsed into a NBT tree. Returns true if successful.
+	static bool LoadFromSchematicNBT(cBlockArea & a_BlockArea, cParsedNBT & a_NBT);
+};