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winter escarp Jan 20, 2026, 9:23 PM

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basically I'm creating a modpack (and learning a lot in the process so patience is welcome) using version 1.20.1 and I've just got around to creating a datapack. This datapack should edit the Overgeared mod material_setting.json (as shown in the overgeared documentation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dUjVXHALGE7b625DYa-cVr0Y6vJkh3NFya0gcDSE_C8/edit?tab=t.0). Right now I've created the datapack (that is getting loaded correctly in the world) and at ..../New World/datapacks/overmaterials/data/overgeared I've created a material_setting.json as such
{ "materials": [ [ "minecraft:dirt", "iron", 9 ] ] }
this should make dirt work like iron in the Overgeared stuff (I dont think knowing how the mod works is really needed for helping) but it's not working at all.
I know that it's kind of a complicated help request especially because it's not vanilla, but I'm totally lost and I don't know how to go about solving the problem. Thanks!

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Overgeared Documentation

Recipe Types Forging { "type": "overgeared:forging", "category": "misc", "blueprint": [ "pickaxe" ], "requires_blueprint": false, "tier": "stone", "hammering": 3, "has_quality": true, "minimum_quality": "poor", "needs_minigame": false, "has_polishing": true, "need_que...

azure roverBOT Jan 20, 2026, 9:23 PM

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winter escarp basically I'm creating a modpack (and learning a lot in the process so patience ...

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open turtle Jan 20, 2026, 9:27 PM

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As a data pack server, we aren't necessarily equipped to help with modded features, even if those modded features are data-driven and support data packs to modify them

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You'll get better support from the mod author/community

winter escarp Jan 20, 2026, 9:33 PM

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ok that's fair and honestly what I was expecting, worth a shot tho

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didn't want to contact a mod authot over something that's probably a very simple fix but oh well

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