Jigsaw utility inquiry

[fleet burrow]

Would jigsaw blocks be an effective way to make custom Massive Ore Veins (akin to Iron and Copper Mega veins)?

Or would the Partially Exposed Blob Feature be the preferred method?

[vivid ether]

neither

we would need an entirely new feature type

actually...

[verbal cloak]

We have the minecraft:ore_feature to support custom ore veins, are there missing features there that would help you achieve the result you are looking for?

[vivid ether]

ore features cannot do what we are getting at here

[rare elm]

Those are only for small ore clusters. Not the super-clusters used by giant iron and copper ores, which are also very much multi-chunk.

[vivid ether]

we're talking about the large ore veins, that have a stone and raw ore block included, i do believe this is on java edition but not bedrock

[slender agate]

I'm now wondering how they did that. Aren't those more than 3x3 chunks in size?

[slender agate]

It's on both

[noble edge]

They're on both editions. And on both editions neither are data driven.

[rare elm]

They’re not features.

[vivid ether]

i meant data-driven

duh

[slender agate]

Well they ain't structures either. So I assume they're just made with the terrain?

[rare elm]

They’re a different kind of system, like jigsaws or aquifers.

You can technically use advanced noise techniques to recreate them with features.

[vivid ether]

that requires the all-dreaded 3D noise