Mirage

Another custom block functioning like gilded blackstone in the overworld forms new tiny gold geodes in hotter biomes! These form as mini structures underground as more custom structures have been requested by the people who voted on this project.

I have also split most of the options in the config to server options meaning they can be configured per-world if desired and are also properly synchronized to joining clients over the network!

More structures are in the works, such as underground ruins. If anyone has ideas for any structures put them in the comments here!

After the great response and feedback after shipping the project, I’ve been at work adding in more custom world-generation and blocks as was requested.

I first started by adding in some boulders to the surface of the desert made of smooth sandstone which add some variation to the surfaces. These rocks are distributed using noise to make sure they are not just evenly scattered across the desert to add additional variation.

I then turned my attention underground as the only underground biomes we currently see are the deep dark and lush caves. I created a new sandy stone block and created patches of them near the surface which can generate dry grass or sand blocks on top of them, this helps make the underground feel a bit more varied and not just monotonous stone.

I want to add some more custom content underground, maybe buried structures or relics. Feel free to leave feedback on what you’d like to see!

I have spent far too long porting the entire mod to 26.1 ready for the next major version.

During this port I took some time to go over the trimming of the Armadillo chestplate and implement an entirely custom system for allowing trims to look different on armadillo armour meaning that they would not show the sleeves and the designs would fit better with the chestplate shape.

Rewritten a good portion of the internal workings to make writing Saturated Sands easier!

Previously, the block state helper was hardcoded for mirage so Saturated Sands couldn’t use it for generating the models for the addon as well.

Here’s a snippet of one of the new mod independent helper classes:

A monumental update, adding many new, entirely custom pottery sherds with a system allowing new pottery sherds to be easily added by any mod!

Also added recipes to craft any pottery sherd, which are entirely configurable in the config with a new config system that allows any data driven content to be enabled or disabled based on options within a mod config.

Added armadillo pottery sherd alongside an entire system to easily register new pottery sherds!

This means other mods and addons can easily add their own pottery sherds if they want with a hopefully easy-to-use API!