Hello, tngreenfish99 here with an upcoming mod. Please note that this will not be released until 1.9 or 1.1.0 as it will likely be a large mod and I do not wish to update it while it is still in progress. Description
This mod will basically make winter and snow biomes better with more content and uses for things in those biomes. The first thing (And what I expect will be a lot of people's favorite thing) is dog sledding.
The first thing you need for dog sledding is sled dogs. You can't use regular wolves (though if enough people want it I can add that). You get sled dogs by getting two wolves together and giving them bones, much like the 1.9 breeding system. Leave them for a minecraft day and a husky puppy will spawn. You can tame the husky with bones. On it's own it will take around 3 minecraft days to grow up, but you can speed this up by giving it pork chops.
The next step is to craft a dogsled. I don't have an official crafting recipe but here is what I am thinking.
To craft the skis:
This will give you two skis. Then the sled is crafted like this: =Skis
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Then right-click the husky with the dog sled and hop on. Controlling it will be just like a boat.
The next thing in this mod will be, obviously, the return of snow biomes, with one change. The snow will be thicker. Instead of just doing thin snow, I think I will do full snow blocks. Or maybe a mixture of both kinds. Also, ice will vary in thickness. In some places, like really deep ocean the ice could be up to 6 blocks thick.
The next thing this mod will add is deer. That's about it. They're just like any other mobs, they drop leather, they're just for an atmosphere.
And next, there will be a winter holiday. Not really Christmas or any real winter holiday, a Minecraft holiday. If you go into a bed on that night when you wake up there will be a chest next to your bed with random items in it. This day will come around maybe once a minecraft month? The items will be very good so it will be worth waiting for. Also there will be a calendar to tell you when the holiday is coming.
Another thing the mod is going to add is more weather. Since snow biomes will be much more common I think I may replace rain with hail. Hail will pretty much be the same, except it will obviously be white and it will create snow on the ground. When it hits iron blocks it will make a dinging sound, like hail on a tin roof. The other weather I will add is blizzards. These will be much thicker than snow, and you will take damage every 20 seconds you are in one, unless you are wearing a snow jacket. This will be crafted with a T-shape of leather.
That is all the content I have planned for now. All I have coded so far is the huskies. Currently they spawn randomly, I haven't added breeding yet. I have made models for the husky puppies, the huskies, and the dogsled. However, I am not going to put up any images, just so you don't know exactly what to expect when the final mod comes out.
If you have any suggestions or feedback, please comment. Also if you are interested in helping I may need help in the future.
Thanks, tngreenfish99.
Oh, I almost forgot. It will also add icicles, which will generate randomly on the bottoms of blocks. Believe it or not, this will probably be one of the hardest parts to code. I currently don't know how to make it so they only generate on the bottoms of blocks outside, and not on your ceiling inside.
Description
This mod will basically make winter and snow biomes better with more content and uses for things in those biomes. The first thing (And what I expect will be a lot of people's favorite thing) is dog sledding.
The first thing you need for dog sledding is sled dogs. You can't use regular wolves (though if enough people want it I can add that). You get sled dogs by getting two wolves together and giving them bones, much like the 1.9 breeding system. Leave them for a minecraft day and a husky puppy will spawn. You can tame the husky with bones. On it's own it will take around 3 minecraft days to grow up, but you can speed this up by giving it pork chops.
The next step is to craft a dogsled. I don't have an official crafting recipe but here is what I am thinking.
To craft the skis:
This will give you two skis. Then the sled is crafted like this:
[]
Then right-click the husky with the dog sled and hop on. Controlling it will be just like a boat.
The next thing in this mod will be, obviously, the return of snow biomes, with one change. The snow will be thicker. Instead of just doing thin snow, I think I will do full snow blocks. Or maybe a mixture of both kinds. Also, ice will vary in thickness. In some places, like really deep ocean the ice could be up to 6 blocks thick.
The next thing this mod will add is deer. That's about it. They're just like any other mobs, they drop leather, they're just for an atmosphere.
And next, there will be a winter holiday. Not really Christmas or any real winter holiday, a Minecraft holiday. If you go into a bed on that night when you wake up there will be a chest next to your bed with random items in it. This day will come around maybe once a minecraft month? The items will be very good so it will be worth waiting for. Also there will be a calendar to tell you when the holiday is coming.
Another thing the mod is going to add is more weather. Since snow biomes will be much more common I think I may replace rain with hail. Hail will pretty much be the same, except it will obviously be white and it will create snow on the ground. When it hits iron blocks it will make a dinging sound, like hail on a tin roof. The other weather I will add is blizzards. These will be much thicker than snow, and you will take damage every 20 seconds you are in one, unless you are wearing a snow jacket. This will be crafted with a T-shape of leather.
That is all the content I have planned for now. All I have coded so far is the huskies. Currently they spawn randomly, I haven't added breeding yet. I have made models for the husky puppies, the huskies, and the dogsled. However, I am not going to put up any images, just so you don't know exactly what to expect when the final mod comes out.
If you have any suggestions or feedback, please comment. Also if you are interested in helping I may need help in the future.
Thanks, tngreenfish99.
the idea is very good thogh.