Thread:LOTRMod/@comment-27200931-20170303133111/@comment-25101089-20170304005635

Yes, that's basically how it works, but with some tricks to speed it up.

You can use for-loops to generate lines, rectangles, and cuboids of the same block easily, in only a couple lines of code. Regular patterns like windows and roofs and stairs can also be done in similar ways. It's the details that have to be coded one block at a time.

"But Mevans, why not create something that allows you to scan a built structure into the mod and output the code to generate it?" A few reasons, primarily that it would be much harder to add random features and terrain-fitting that way.

And an easterling house might take about 1-2 hours to code, if I don't get distracted.