So these episodes are going to be little written blog posts, with a video clip to go along with it. The video will demostrate what I have done with what I will show you in the episode.

So for the first episode, we will be taking a look at the /fill command. This is an EXTREMELY useful command, offering a wide variety of applications. 

The first I would like to mention is the plain /fill command. You use this command like this: 

/Fill ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ minecraft:<blockType> [dataValue] [otherModifiers]

The ~ represents the players postion. So typing ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  as the six number parameters, you will place one block at the position that you are standing.  To make a 20x20x20 solid cube of stone, the command would be:

/fill ~ ~ ~ ~19 ~19 ~19 minecraft:stone (The area that is filled is always one greater than the numbers typed in, so use one number less then the size you want the cube to be.

The next /fill is with the added [dataValue]. The dataValue is just a number representing what kind of block you want. Suppose you wnated to fill a 10x10x10 area with polished andesite. How would you do that? Like this:

/fill ~ ~ ~ ~9 ~9 ~9 minecraft:stone 6

This will result in making a soild 10x10x10 cube of polished andesite. To find other data values, go into the minencraft inventory, and look at the number after the block name. Polished andesite will say: (#0001/6), so just take the number after the /, and use that for the data value.

The next /fill is with the [otherModifiers] these include: replace, destroy, keep, hollow, and outline. Each one of theses modifiers have a different purpose, but we will only look at the hollow modifier right now. 

To use the modifier, the command goes like this:

/fill ~ ~ ~ ~9 ~9 ~9 minecraft:stone 0 hollow (Notice how I used the [dataValue]. You have to put that in to use the hollow modifier, so if you don't want a different block, just put in 0)

This will result in a hollow 10x10x10 cube of stone.

I hope you have enjoyed this episode. If you would like more, just let me know. Also, you can find all the videos for this series on my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCAYZ2XY0WhCS2XhPHO65zMg