Preventing Blocks from turning into Dirt

[dapper mist]

I would like to prevent podzol and mycelium from turning into dirt when another layer of those blocks or a barrel are placed on top of them.

I’m hoping to do this without freezing or turning off the block updates for the entire world.

[earnest epoch]

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[winged marlin]

Not really a data pack feature. You'd have to do janky stuff like summoning marker entities at all of those blocks

[dapper mist]

I can change the hardness/mine-ability with a datapack, correct?

Can I change what will drop when mined? Like could I make orange glazed terracotta drop dirt if mined?

[winged marlin]

No, blocks are not data driven. You cannot change their hardness

You can change what they drop with loot tables, of course

[dapper mist]

Do you have a recommendation on how to prevent players from being able to mine certain blocks?

[winged marlin]

I'll ignore that that's a totally different question from the thread subject

But you'll have to provide more details. What exactly do you want to prevent mining of? Under what conditions?

[dapper mist]

We have a build that we don’t want players harvesting blocks from the build itself. Only from designated dig sites.

[winged marlin]

Probably should just put them into adventure mode when they're near that build then

[dapper mist]

But then they won’t be able to interact with buttons, trapdoors and stuff right?

[winged marlin]

I think they still can, but if not, then you'd need to give them an item to interact with them

[rancid crest]

I believe you can use interaction entities to block the players interaction of any volume you specify

This will include trapdoors and buttons

[rancid crest]

There is a way you can let the player mine certain blocks and not others with a tool component

[dapper mist]

I think this was the way I panned on doing this it, but got it mixed up thinking I was going to do block wise instead.

[I am currently stuck out of town due to car troubles and I have caught a chest cold. I’m hoping to revisit this post early next week to confirm if I have found solutions or if I need more help.]