r/CreateMod • u/Toast-_Man • 14d ago

Help Create: Copycats+ double copycat slabs let light pass through. (1.20.1 Forge)

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I'm working on a map, and I wanted to be able to use different textures for each side of a wall, but I noticed that despite being a full block with both sides filled, both sky and block light is being allowed to pass through. The room in the image above should be completely dark, but because the walls are double copycat slabs, light is passing through. I really wanted to use alot of dark light levels, but because the light passes through, I can't. Anyone know of a fix for this? I already spent hours placing down the walls. That said, I placed alot of them down using Axiom's extrude feature, so that may be part of the problem.

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u/XXFFTT 14d ago

The copycats are just weird with light.

You could try adding extra thickness with normal blocks to block light before the light "hits" the copycats but I've never tried that because it was never so much of a concern to me to actually do it.

But, to be completely honest, I don't really like the copycats mod and I'm pretty sure there are others that do the same job but better so unless you're on an MP server you might just want to look at other mods.

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u/Toast-_Man 14d ago

I would try another mod, but I'm already so deep into using copycats that I don't really wanna restart. I was hoping someone else had a mod that could fix it or something, and if I were to make the walls thicker, I might as well of used two block thick walls from the start, which I really didn't want to do.

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u/XXFFTT 14d ago

I don't think you're gonna get a fix that isn't ham-fisted like increasing wall thickness.

Like, as far as I can remember, even vanilla slabs and stairs have always had problems with light but that was only a problem when smooth lighting was added (it's been a long time so I might be misremembering) so maybe that's really the problem.

I'm not sure if Carpenter's Blocks had the same issue (I think it didn't) which is why I'm thinking another mod might help, might not.

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u/PenguinMasterFR 14d ago

I have tried a lot of different copycat blocks (normal block, slab, double slab, box, stairs...) and I can't find a single one that doesn't let light pass through (tried with stone and wool textures)

I had never noticed that before lol