I apologize if this has already been suggested, doing searches on mobs, torches, and light returned too many hits to sort through.
This is an outreach to the modding community. To be short, I'd like a tool that helps me with placing torches inside my base to keep hostile mobs from spawning. For those people who have a small base, placing torches isn't a huge problem, but I have quite a huge home, and I've seen creepers spawn inside it far too many times for me to be comfortable with it. I could just place torches absolutely everywhere inside, but I try to balance practicality with aesthetics. I could play on peaceful, but I would really rather not, as it seems like a violation of the spirit of the game.
It would be very helpful if there was some indicator (like a flashing light) that the top of a block was under light level 8, and thus a potential spot for mobs to spawn. Sadly, I have no modding or coding experience, so I can't do this myself. It's just a plea for some good samaritan to consider the idea. Some thoughts though:
1. The mod would need to be toggleable to keep it from being interfering with gameplay.
2. Glass, water, and half-steps could be excluded as mobs cannot spawn on them.
3. Grass and leaves might need to be excluded as it could lead to serious performance issues.
If there is a mod already like this, and someone could direct me to it, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.
I'm all for this, heck an in-game implimentation of this somehow would be nice too. Maybe an item to detect light levels or something. I'm good for it either way.
This is an outreach to the modding community. To be short, I'd like a tool that helps me with placing torches inside my base to keep hostile mobs from spawning. For those people who have a small base, placing torches isn't a huge problem, but I have quite a huge home, and I've seen creepers spawn inside it far too many times for me to be comfortable with it. I could just place torches absolutely everywhere inside, but I try to balance practicality with aesthetics. I could play on peaceful, but I would really rather not, as it seems like a violation of the spirit of the game.
It would be very helpful if there was some indicator (like a flashing light) that the top of a block was under light level 8, and thus a potential spot for mobs to spawn. Sadly, I have no modding or coding experience, so I can't do this myself. It's just a plea for some good samaritan to consider the idea. Some thoughts though:
1. The mod would need to be toggleable to keep it from being interfering with gameplay.
2. Glass, water, and half-steps could be excluded as mobs cannot spawn on them.
3. Grass and leaves might need to be excluded as it could lead to serious performance issues.
If there is a mod already like this, and someone could direct me to it, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.
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