Pack.PNG has been FOUND! - Here's how they did it.

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Channel: SalC1

Views: 3,005,808

Keywords: minecraft, mine, craft, 2b2t, world, oldest, server, pack.png, seed, found, title screen, panorama, antvenom, fitmc, notch, dinnerbone, tweet, discord, dream, classic, beta, alpha, infdev, indev, jeb, file, mystery, pewdiepie, map, salc1, search, hunt, herobrine, painting

Id: ea6py9q46QU

Length: 11min 52sec (712 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 07 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/noir_lord]

2^48.

Fuck me.

Also I love that a bunch of people just got together, self organised and ran a massive distributed computing experiment to solve something so pointless.

Hacking in it's truest (and original) form.

[u/jhaluska]

That's a really impressive array of techniques used to reverse engineer a seed.

[u/phunanon]

Has this found its way to r/hacking?
Also BOINC is a fantastic project everybody should look into. Currently there are a lot of work units for Covid.

[u/ColMarek]

If your looking for an in-depth documentation on the techniques, here it is: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PpZqHWXPLjOsXf_T7uyH4rWuxUMxzBlxvv5gm19P_Z8

[u/thelastbaron]

Here's a naive question. What if it was a screenshot of a mountain and/or lake that had already been sculpted and modified? Seems like there no guarantee that a seed that would generate what was captured and crapped for that icon actually exists because it could have been handmade.

[u/ZombieSlayerS2]

Wow, that is a very high level of dedication!

[u/giantsparklerobot]

I'm not a Minecraft player. I understand how Minecraft generates its worlds and all but can someone explain what Pack.PNG and why anyone is bothering to find its seed? Is this something that happens often?

[u/brtt3000]

Reddit link to announcement and more: https://old.reddit.com//r/MinecraftAtHome/comments/iocx6f/packpng_seed_was_found_explanation_tutorial_and/

[u/vonauer]

I just love this, the level of dedication to get something so insignificant just out of curiousity...wow.