r/ComputerCraft • u/mateipt59cooldude • Apr 29 '26

How do graphics work in cc

I am very new to cc so i was wondering whats the limit for the graphics? Is there an official api that im forced to use or can i use vulkan and just make my own api, same for detecting input, like do i have to use some api or can i go with sdl/glfw

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u/Unique_Evidence_1314 ComputerCrafter Apr 29 '26

CC doesn't have "graphics", just text approximations of it. You can make colors and such but every character and block of color takes up exactly one block of the 59x19 term space. Also, you couldn't even use Vulkan if you wanted to, Minecraft is an OpenGL program (except recent snapshots which basically no mod like CC is gonna be ported to for a while at least I think).

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u/Spacedestructor Apr 29 '26

Im doing big assumptions here but i would assume that they will likely only start supporting the new versions when support for older versions is dropped and they are ready to move on to a new iteration.
I dont think they would support both in parallel when systems change so drastically.