I was staring down into a black abyss into which I could see nothing, and place no torches, and I thought to myself... man I really wish I had a flare right about now.
so my suggestion is this; an ignitable item that burns brightly for a couple minutes then disappears, perhaps using the sand/gravel mechanic to allow it to fall into deep dark places.
There are also a few ways you could pull this off.
One is to make craftable flaming arrows. You would probably craft them by placing sulfur above an arrow in a crafting table, then whenever you string your bow, it ignites it. When the arrows hit the ground, they could burn and give off light.
Another way would be to make a fire splash potion. Just chuck one of those down there, and a small area gets covered in fire, giving off light.
Yeah there's been many times throwing a flare would be useful. I'd only make them light up for about 5 seconds then dim to nothing for the next 5 seconds though. Enough time to see what's there. I'm torn between making the mats cheap or expensive though. Cheap would be fun running through a cave throw flares in front of you as you go. Expensive would mean you would have to decide when it was worth using one.
When I saw the title, I was thinking of something more along the lines of the kind you shoot into the air that briefly create light over a wide area. This though...well, I wouldn't mind having it either. If the lighting engine gets updated to handle moving light sources (as I hope) it could be done rather easily. If not, I imagine something you throw, falls, and lights up whenever it hits "bottom".
so my suggestion is this; an ignitable item that burns brightly for a couple minutes then disappears, perhaps using the sand/gravel mechanic to allow it to fall into deep dark places.
One is to make craftable flaming arrows. You would probably craft them by placing sulfur above an arrow in a crafting table, then whenever you string your bow, it ignites it. When the arrows hit the ground, they could burn and give off light.
Another way would be to make a fire splash potion. Just chuck one of those down there, and a small area gets covered in fire, giving off light.
Sticky Torches
Flares could work, too. Good luck! :wink.gif: