{
  "id": 8013075,
  "title": "Developer uses GPT-6 Astra to get CoD Black Ops 2 Hijacked map running natively inside Minecraft — achieves 45fps performance using Minecraft’s OpenGL context",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/developer-uses-gpt-6-astra-to-get-cod-black-ops-2-hijacked-map",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-17T11:17:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/developer-uses-gpt-6-astra-to-get-cod-black-ops-2-hijacked-map-running-natively-inside-minecraft-achieves-45fps-performance-using-minecrafts-opengl-context"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a display of technical prowess, an AI and games development enthusiast has successfully managed to bring the Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Hijacked map to life natively within Minecraft. Luckey Faraday showcased this feat on X/Twitter, explaining that the browser-based port of Black Ops 2 was initially inserted into Minecraft and ran on a PC screen inside the game.\n\nFaraday then utilized GPT Astra to rebuild the project, allowing the Hijacked map to run directly on Minecraft's own OpenGL context. The video footage of the 2012 Call of Duty map running in full-screen mode at around 45 frames per second demonstrates the success of this project.\n\nThe map, collision, bots, navmesh, weapons, and rendering are all running inside Minecraft, thanks to the use of Fabric, a lightweight, open-source mod loader and development API for Minecraft. This modding framework enables the Black Ops 2 content and Hijacked map to be injected directly into Minecraft.\n\nFaraday is part of an AI builders' community that invites fellow enthusiasts to collaboratively build demos and share logs and code. The process of making this port a reality is a prime example of the community's approach. Initially, the dev made the Hijacked map playable in a browser, then shoehorned it into Minecraft, and finally, tasked GPT Astra with rebuilding the entire thing in Java. This resulted in the iconic FPS map running directly within Minecraft's OpenGL context.\n\nWhile the dev acknowledges that there is still much left to do, this compact yacht-based map looks playable enough when running in Minecraft, rather than just being displayed in the game. If the project continues, additional maps, more weapons, and multiplayer modes may be expected.\n\nMinecraft, the best-selling video game of all time, has attracted not only younger audiences but also highly technical minds due to its openness and extensibility. This has led to some remarkable computer science feats, such as the implementation of a working 5 million parameter ChatGPT model, known as CraftGPT, within the game.",
  "summary": "An artificial intelligence and games development enthusiast has demonstrated Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Hijacked map running natively in Minecraft.",
  "key_points": [
    "AI developer integrates Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Hijacked map into Minecraft",
    "GPT Astra rebuilds project to run on Minecraft's OpenGL context",
    "Map achieves 45fps performance with collision, bots, and weapons"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}