GlymeraBeacons - Colored Beacon Blocks with Light Beams

Place a beacon block and a towering light beam shoots into the sky. 8 colors, crafting recipes, ownership protection and a configurable placement limit per player.

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What is GlymeraBeacons?

GlymeraBeacons adds colored beacon blocks to Hytale. When placed, each block projects a vertical light beam from the block up to the world height limit (320 blocks). The beam is visible from the full server view distance. Beacons are protected: only the player who placed a beacon (or an OP) can break it.

Features

8 colored beacon blocks: Red, Blue, Green, Cyan, Purple, Pink, Yellow, White
Permanent light beam attached to each block, visible across the full view distance
Colored block glow: each beacon emits light in its color (radius 10 blocks, fullbright)
Animated orb particles inside the block, matching the beam color
Transparent block with circular hole - beam shines through
Ownership protection: only the owner or OPs can break a beacon
Mining protection: non-owners can't even start mining a beacon
Placement limit: configurable max beacons per player (default: 3, OPs bypass)
Crafting recipes at the Arcane Bench
Persistent data: ownership survives server restarts

Crafting

All beacons are crafted at the Arcane Bench (Arcane_Misc category):

Beacon	Ingredients
Red Beacon	1x Gold Bar + 1x Red Crystal + 1x Concentrated Life Essence
Blue Beacon	1x Gold Bar + 1x Blue Crystal + 1x Concentrated Life Essence
Green Beacon	1x Gold Bar + 1x Green Crystal + 1x Concentrated Life Essence
Cyan Beacon	1x Gold Bar + 1x Cyan Crystal + 1x Concentrated Life Essence
Purple Beacon	1x Gold Bar + 1x Purple Crystal + 1x Concentrated Life Essence
Pink Beacon	1x Gold Bar + 1x Pink Crystal + 1x Concentrated Life Essence
Yellow Beacon	1x Gold Bar + 1x Yellow Crystal + 1x Concentrated Life Essence
White Beacon	1x Gold Bar + 1x White Crystal + 1x Concentrated Life Essence

Admins can also use /give Beacon_Red (etc.) to get beacons directly.

Configuration

Config file: mods/de.glymera_GlymeraBeacons/config.json (auto-generated on first start)

{
  "maxBeaconsPerPlayer": 3
}

maxBeaconsPerPlayer: Maximum number of beacons a non-OP player can place (default: 3)

Installation

Drop the single JAR into your server's mods/ folder:

mods/GlymeraBeacons-1.0.0.jar

That's it. The JAR contains everything: plugin code, particle effects, block definitions, textures, icons and language files. Config and beacon data are auto-generated on first start.

Technical Details

All-in-one JAR with IncludesAssetPack: true - no separate pack folders needed
Beams use custom particle systems with TotalParticles: -1 (infinite) and no LifeSpan (permanent)
Beam height: Scale.Y=320 (full world height), width: Scale.X=1.6-1.7
Block transparency via RequiresAlphaBlending: true with cutout-alpha textures (only alpha 0 or 255)
Block textures are modified versions of Hytale's Wood_Village_Wall_N_* series with circular holes
Connected block system (VillageConnectedBlockTemplate) for proper multi-block wall appearance
Each block emits colored light (radius 10) with Fullbright shading
Particle system IDs are filenames only (no path prefix)
Ownership stored as "world:x:y:z" -> "uuid" map in JSON

Version History

v1.0.0 - Initial release: 8 beacon colors, beams, orb particles, colored light, crafting, ownership protection, placement limit, single-JAR deployment