#Golfing!

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civic star
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I'm really surprised that there are absolutely no golfing mods in Minecraft yet, nor that it hasn't even been suggested.
Different blocks could have different sorts of traction, and you could even theoretically make golf balls bounce off of mobs. Perhaps even a config for support with other kinds of mod's blocks and whatnot.

normal vigil
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I have been thinking about this for quite some time

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I was thinking that the basics required are a club, a putter, a ball (cube!), a hole block, and then maybe 1 or 2 types of grass block for the green and fairway. Maybe a flag, I dunno

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There are some technical issues to overcome, the biggest being render/sim distance. This needs to be high enough to allow for big swings/plays

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Might give it a go in my spare time soon

normal vigil
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Just gonna jot some of my notes down here:

  • Players can build their own courses/holes
  • Players track their own scores (at least for now)
  • The mod provides 2 new kinds of grassy block: fairway, and putting green
  • Regular grass blocks count as 'rough'
  • Sand & water are bunker & water hazards
  • All other blocks are considered something (some kinda super rough?)
  • Use tags to dictate these properties
  • Balls can be placed onto a tee (forgot to mention the tee item in the above post)
  • Using a club on a ball flings it in the direction the player is aiming
  • For now clubs have a set power, but once things are working could have a metre mechanic similar to traditional golf computer games
  • Putters incur a much more lower velocity, especially on the Y-axis
  • If a ball rolls onto the hole portion of the Green Hole Block (or whatever) it goes into its inventory to be collected (can play a sound/particles or whatever)
  • Eventually add things like wedges, hole flags, maybe a special container like a golf bag that can hold clubs, balls, and tees
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Other future stuff could include something like a lawn mower that changes grass into fairway / green

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A scorecard

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A trophy haha

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Clubs made of different materials (wood/stone/iron/gold/etc)

normal vigil
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It's called Block and Putter for now (after Putt and Putter, one of my favourite golf games) but I'm open to suggestions

civic star
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very nice, thank you. i was gonna go ahead and suggest the lawn mower for easy turning of grass into those sorts of blocks, but looks like you've already got it down lol. if you've got a way to match the color with the current biome too, that'd be sweet.
otherwise, i was thinking that grass w/ weeds and flowers would count as something that could slow a ball down (a bit like terraria's golf), maybe even certain hanging decorations could have the same effect (or just make them bounce off)
and maybe have the ability to just break glass tiny_potato

normal vigil
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Haha those are good ideas

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Yeah I'm thinking of having the grassy blocks affect the velocity, but if you hit rocks or whatever it will roll for a lot longer

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Not sure what do do about water. I guess for now it will just teleport the ball back to where it was hit from

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For something like vines, I think it should slow the ball down a little, but also if the ball is travelling fast enough it should break the vine