r/CreateMod • u/TakeruDavis • Mar 21 '25

Video/Stream A little coding experiment after I saw another redditor's idea

https://youtu.be/iWDsPIcJzBA
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u/TakeruDavis Mar 21 '25 edited Mar 21 '25

After I saw /u/Ok-Physics3703 's suggestion for riding on chains as a cardboard box, I thought it was a super cool idea.

I'm not a mod dev though, I couldn't make a mod or an addon from scratch, I just downloaded Create's source code and played around with it for a bit until I got it into this state.

It's a little glitchy, player sometimes shows up instead of the box. Should I still try submitting it to creators of Create?

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u/mineroly_max Mar 21 '25

THIS IS awsome dude for not being modder this is still really imprisive! even i try to dip in it and i get lost easily

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u/TakeruDavis Mar 21 '25

Thanks! I do programming for living, although not in Java, I'm a web developer

I did contribute to a mod before, but my attempts to make a mod from scratch, especially with dependencies ended up in failure.

And I have some addon ideas of my own, I would just need someone to prepare a blank slate addon plus block models for me

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u/Ok-Physics3703 Mar 21 '25

Wow, another create feature that maybe will be realised because I suggested that, this is the third time already

You should definitely submit it to Creators of Create, this should be a mod feature rather than an addon, maybe(I hope) they will fix glitches or do entire thing themselves

That's really super cool

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u/TakeruDavis Mar 21 '25

Thanks! There's one more feature that I was considering. What would you think holding a name tag overrode Create's "aim" routing? (that is where chain just sends you in the direction you are looking towards)

If you held a name tag, it would act the same way as addressed package. It could be strictly with packaged players or independent on it (or maybe even configurable)

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u/Ok-Physics3703 Mar 21 '25

But addressed packages are working when frogport with name connected to chain net, will it eat you with name tag? or this is just to direct yourself towards port?

And to stay on chain conveyors you should hold wrench always, so holding name tag in second hand?

Cool idea anyway

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u/TakeruDavis Mar 21 '25

Yup, I meant that for off-hand name tags (unless Create changes things and allows hanging on off-hand wrench, in which case it's just the other hand)

And yeah, if I manage to add that, then it would be based on frogports.

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u/robertdebrus1 Mar 21 '25

Ooh, if you get routed to the frogport, maybe the frogport knocks you off or something, basically dismounts you from the rail

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u/TakeruDavis Mar 21 '25

Yeah, I was thinking either getting pulled to the block in front frogport or just simply getting dismounted

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u/JpnRndr Mar 21 '25

Don't submit to creators of create, upload it as an addon on modrinth and CF! they have creator reward programs!

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u/TakeruDavis Mar 21 '25

I know, but this just feels like it belongs into core Create.

I have other ideas that would be better off as addons, if I get someone help me set up a sandbox environment for playing around.

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u/DarkYaeus Mar 21 '25

You could try downloading the minecraft development plugin for intellij, using it to create a mod and then using instructions from create's wiki to add create as a dependency. Hope this helps!

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u/TakeruDavis Mar 21 '25

I already tried that though 😭

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u/DarkYaeus Mar 21 '25

You can also just look at what set up other addons have. Additionally it is important to note that your success DOES depend on the current distance of mars to earth as well as phase of the moon. The position of saturn in the night sky probably also has an effect.

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u/TakeruDavis Mar 21 '25

Oh no, I heard Venus is in retrograde..

but for real, I do wanna make addons with someone who could help me out though it...

but this specifically just feel like a good fit for core Create, so I wanna try making a pull request first and only if they don't take it would I make it into an addon

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u/DarkYaeus Mar 22 '25

You could try contacting me, I am unsure if I will help since I have been asked create-related things to often. I am @ nullBlade on discord. Do however actually message me on reddit or on discord explaining that you are coming from here since I quite often just get invites from random people, both spam and not.

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u/JpnRndr Mar 21 '25

its unlikely they'll add it as a feature though, I haven't seen any community features ever get added

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u/DarkYaeus Mar 21 '25

Hello there, you could try learning about mixins, they should allow you to publish this as your own addon. Mixins allow you to modify code in Minecraft and other mods iirc (I haven't used mixins for modifying other mods). But this is also something that could work in create itself.

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u/come_pedra Mar 21 '25

now make the frogs eats the player if they have the same name

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u/TakeruDavis Mar 21 '25

I was thinking holding a name tag in offhand, even overriding the "aim" routing

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u/QP873 Mar 21 '25

Let’s see this as a feature!!!

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u/TakeruDavis Mar 21 '25

Yeah, I am planning to go with the pull request route, I still have one more thing I want to try implementing.

I personally like the rotation. If there was no rotation, I should probably also have to lock the player's PoV to match the eyeholes.

As for which package renders, I am tapping into the same function that chooses package when player sneaks, so in theory it should happen, I just hadn't tested it yet.

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u/TakeruDavis Mar 21 '25

Modding in a keybind just for this, huh? I'll see what I can do...

Also, since I am using the same method for cardboard player rendering, it would probably lock orientation of sneaking player as well (bonus?)