I really like the items to mobs mod but I can't use it because the redstone bug makes building with redstone too annoying and unfun.
A config option to turn this off would be nice, but I think a better idea would be to make the redstone bug have a chance of spawning whenever redstone ore is broken.
and instead of breaking redstone lines, it will look for other redstone ore nearby, burrowing into it and infesting the block. when an infested redstone block is broken, it doesn't drop any redstone; instead the redstone bug re-appears.
and for each redstone ore the redstone bug infests, it becomes stronger but also drops more redstone upon death.
I imagine a way this could be implemented would be by adding a new block, infested redstone ore. This block doesn't generate naturally, but instead replaces when a redstone bug burrows into redstone ore. Then it stores an nbt tag, correlating to the power level of the redstone bug inside. once it's broken, a redstone bug entity will be spawned with its power level based off of the infested redstones nbt tag.
@robust iron, you have reached the level 1!