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[AtomicStryker]

Now multithreaded! Kiss stuttering goodbye!


Ported to mcpatcher! No more waiting on Updates!
Remains compatible with mcpatcher HD and Optifine Standard/Smooth.


What this mod does:



Diamonds within a certain range and in your height region appear on your standard compass. If there are multiple, it always points to the closest one.

It will by default _not_ point to diamonds "above the ceiling" or "below the floor". If you really want to clean out an area, you have to run through it in different heights.

For performance reasons any scanning only occurs once a second.



Dungeon Finding Needle. Unlike the Diamond Scan, this will only run every 15 seconds. Also different: It checks a lot more space below and above you. The green Needle will then point you toward the coordinates of the Mob Spawner inside the dungeon. Once you are at the coordinates (but wrong height), the needle will point up or down, indicating whether the dungeon is above or below you.


Note Dungeons are so rare you might just not be in range of one.



Short tutorial, ONLY MCPATCHER VERSION

Spoiler

Extract archive into .minecraft folder
Run mcpatcher, select Finder Compass from List
(Important: If it's not in the List immediatly upon launching you screwed up step 1. Repeat!)
Adjust config file in .minecraft folder as you need

Short tutorial, NOT FOR MCPATCHER VERSION:

Spoiler

Drop the included *.class (not the one with Optifine in the name) (using winrar or something) into your minecraft.jar, not in any folder inside it.
Delete the META-INF folder if you havent done so already.
If you need Optifine, you must have Modloader, and put in the .class file for Optifine support aswell.
You MUST put the config file into your .minecraft folder.
Adjust config file in .minecraft folder as you need

I reserve the liberty of not responding to posts stating ("It crashes", "doesn't work") and so on unless you provide an error message or log. Read the included textfile.

Troubleshooting
If you're having problems, download this (windows only) and run it to see the error. If you post a problem that's related to an error without an error report, it will be ignored.

For nonwindows i suppose:
How to get a crash report



All Downloads moved to my homepage for user convenience:
http://www.atomicstryker.net



You can add your own searchable materials and needle colors.
Read the included textfile.




Old versions

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moved to http://www.atomicstryker.net

My other mods:

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http://www.atomicstryker.net

[Imemorycard]

Seems useful, how compatable is the mod though?

Oh, and have this, I am going to have like twenty after this.

[AionArap]

Now this is quite clever indeed.
Do we have the start of a working metal/ore detector here?
Good job.

[AtomicStryker]

This mod only overrides 1 class, TextureFXCompass. I am not aware of ANY other mod (that is being updated) using this file.

It could be set to find anything, but nothing except Diamonds and perhaps Monster Spawners is rare enough to justify it.

[Kira]

So it makes it not a pinpointing ore sniper, but a "it's in this general direction on your level" compass? Nice.

[Omnomnom24]

Brillianttttt, downloading naooooooooo

[AtomicStryker]

Kira said:

So it makes it not a pinpointing ore sniper, but a "it's in this general direction on your level" compass? Nice.

Well it is pinpoint

[AionArap]

AtomicStryker said:

It could be set to find anything, but nothing except Diamonds and perhaps Monster Spawners is rare enough to justify it.

Good point, I guess.

I like the fact that you're using the regular compass for it, any mod that achieves cool stuff without relying on custom blocks/items is a win in my book.

[msmit71]

Cool, what's the range?

[AionArap]

msmit71 said:

Cool, what's the range?

This information should probably be in the OP, because telling a mod to RTFM is probably not a good idea.

To answer your question: 7 and 15 blocks respectively.

[GhonaSiflaids]

Make it have other ticks that seek out gold, and monster spawners too.

[Notorious]

This "rocks"!

boo-o-oo-o

Edit-Oh wait I forgot where I was- the boo is at my bad joke not the mod. No pouncers!

[GhonaSiflaids]

Wait a tick, couldnt this be used in SMP?

[msmit71]

AionArap said:

msmit71 said:

Cool, what's the range?

This information should probably be in the OP, because telling a mod to RTFM is probably not a good idea.

To answer your question: 7 and 15 blocks respectively.

All is says is

Quote

Diamond within a "certain range" and in your height region appear on your standard compass. If there are multiple, it always points to the closest one.

Trust me, I read the OP.

[AtomicStryker]

AionArap said:

This information should probably be in the OP, because telling a mod to RTFM is probably not a good idea.

Even one look in the zip answers that question. I believe in common sense.

GhonaSiflaids said:

Make it have other ticks that seek out gold, and monster spawners too.

Gold is common enough to not be frustrating to find. I need to come up with a halfway efficient way of scanning for Monster Spawners yet - they are so rare you literally have to loop tenthousands of blocks, and even the most powerful PCs will feel that strain. Its certainly not going to be on a "per tick" basis.

GhonaSiflaids said:

Wait a tick, couldnt this be used in SMP?

It works in SMP

[AionArap]

msmit71 said:

AionArap said:

msmit71 said:

Cool, what's the range?

This information should probably be in the OP, because telling a mod to RTFM is probably not a good idea.

To answer your question: 7 and 15 blocks respectively.

All is says is

Quote

Diamond within a "certain range" and in your height region appear on your standard compass. If there are multiple, it always points to the closest one.

Trust me, I read the OP.

I was referring to the included readme.

AtomicStryker said:

Even one look in the zip answers that question. I believe in common sense.

So do I, but you know....
This is the internet.

[metalman11ty1]

Awesome u win

[Equeon]

I think it should play that music whenever you get close to diamond.

[ReceptiveRaptor]

So how do I craft the compass?

I have 16x16 textures so as the readme said use one from the 32bit textures...
and I put in Blockcoord.class and I cant make the compass

[Omnomnom24]

http://www.minecraft...t/wiki/Crafting

Find the compass