About the filter:
I made this filter for McEdit 1.0 and it should still work in version 2.0 beta. I optimized the filter as much as I am able to currently but will further improve upon once I learn more programming tricks. Feel free to send an email if you have suggestions.
(Below) Diagram I created that explains how to use the filter
Why I coded this:
As I begun to take a C++ class my freshman year of college, I wanted to work on something outside the classroom. I did not know much about the programming language Python but it looked fairly simple and similar to C++. In between exams, homework, and other school activities I found time to write my own McEdit filter. (McEdit is a program that lets users edit game save data created by the game Minecraft.) Back in 2013 a YouTuber who goes by the name Sethbling created a filter for minecraft 1.6. He since has not updated his filter and it no longer works. Taking his outdated filter, I was able to almost completely rewrite it. I only used a few lines of borrowed credited code. Taking over 50 hours to learn python while learning the ins and outs of the McEdit command code, I was able to complete my goal by the end of the semester. There were times of giving up but I just loved the code so much that was not an option.