I made a big chorus fruit tree and when it spawns rotated it looks weird, is there a way to make it spawn always facing in the same direction?
#Is there a way to make a structure always face the same way when spawned in?
gusty trout
orchid patrolBOT
I made a big chorus fruit tree and when it spawns rotated it looks weird, is the...
lethal girder
yea not possible, just checked
spiral mica
(or postgen)
spiral mica
They aren't structures
lethal girder
because they're configured features
gusty trout
is that similler to structure generation?
lethal girder
is that similler to structure generation?
no...
spiral mica
Only in that they use JSONs
lethal girder
but @spiral mica is the expert here, I'm just recently learning it :P
gusty trout
like in theory
can the game not take the structure I made and spawn it as a feature?
spiral mica
There is one feature that can place structure files, fossil, but it can be tricky to work with. It is possible to make it generate on the surface rather than underground but it requires some extra and frankly non-intuitive work to do so
spiral mica
Actually fossils would probably rotate it too
lethal girder
umm unless...
You use the structure to place a marker, that then gets replaced by the actual strucutre using post worldgen
gusty trout
like jigsaw blocks?
lethal girder
no by running a function that checks for all the marker entities and then at that location place a structure using
/place
sorry I need to get used to my new keyboard...
lethal girder
only if you're not placing too many... otherwise, it would lag the heck out of your game
lethal girder
I don't know how that would look
have you ever played with functions in a datapack?
gusty trout
oh I was kinda hopeing it would spawn a lot
gusty trout
have you ever played with functions in a datapack?
nope
lethal girder
aah.. yea not the best option then
gusty trout
yeah fair
weird that you can't control rotation with structures
but then again it is a sandbox game who knows how the world will look like
lethal girder
true
spiral mica
I think the bigger issue is just some blockstates not rotating correctly
There's little reason for structures to not rotate when generated, in theory as long as everything in them rotates right
lethal girder
I think you might want to give the fossil feature a try, maby they do rotate the chorus correctly...
gusty trout
guess I can try, but I'm really new to this sorta thing, took me a while to even get the structure to spawn
lethal girder
guess I can try, but I'm really new to this sorta thing, took me a while to even...
No problem, we (not me, I'm bad at worldgen xD) will guide you
gusty trout
where are the actual features saved?
like structures are in the structure folder but where are the features?
errant riverBOT
# Minecraft Datapack folder structure
# Last updated: Jul 1, 2024
.
├── pack.mcmeta
├── pack.png
└── data
└── <namespace>
├── advancement
├── enchantment
├── enchantment_provider
├── function
├── item_modifier
├── loot_table
├── predicate
├── recipe
├── structure
├── chat_type
├── damage_type
├── trim_material
├── trim_pattern
├── jukebox_song
├── painting_variant
├── wolf_variant
├── tags
| ├── banner_pattern
│ ├── block
│ ├── cat_variant
│ ├── damage_type
│ ├── entity_type
│ ├── fluid
│ ├── function
│ ├── game_event
│ ├── instrument
│ ├── item
│ ├── painting_variant
│ ├── point_of_interest_type
│ └── worldgen
├── dimension
├── dimension_type
└── worldgen
├── biome
├── configured_carver
├── configured_feature
├── density_function
├── noise
├── noise_settings
├── placed_feature
├── processor_list
├── structure
├── structure_set
├── template_pool
├── world_preset
└── flat_level_generator_preset
You want the Biomes and Features sections of this guide
gusty trout
oh I think I'm starting to get it
hypotheticaly what I have to do is include a file for the end biomes, that has a list of all the feature
add my feature to that list along with the rest
and make it spawn in the same way the fossil spawns
wait does that mean that minecraft just generated different trees every time it has to spawn one in?
gusty trout
they all look the same
seems like a waste creating them again and again
also quick question before I dive deeper into this
can features contain jigsaw blocks?
(assuming they are like the fossil and not a usual feature)
gusty trout
I think I found a very stupid way to make the structure work when rotated
spiral mica
seems like a waste creating them again and again
They're generated by data instead of needing to have a bunch of structures saved. It's way faster and allows a greater degree of variance and configurability
Chorus trees aren't Tree Features, but the reason Tree Features are so good is largely the reason most of Minecraft is generated with features--they're fast and give Mojang a lot of control without needing to hand build anything
https://youtu.be/QIz_gS5pZ-U?si=p0YDkzMLseVpuS_k
spiral mica
also quick question before I dive deeper into this
can features contain jigsaw b...
They can contain them but won't use them
gusty trout
then yeah faeture won't do the trick
I decided to try and replace every joint piece in the tree with a all direction plant block
if the blockstates want to rebel and not update I will use that for my advantage
looks prectcly the same as well so no issue there
well that worked like a charm
thanks for assisting!
gonna stick to structures a bit more before trying features lol
orchid patrolBOT
waxen saddle
no by running a function that checks for all the marker entities and then at tha...
this function would be run every tick? is there a guide on postgen about?
spiral mica
this function would be run every tick? is there a guide on postgen about?
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