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Nico's Block Expansion

This add-on adds more compacted and decorative blocks that may be useful for your survival game. With this mod, you can craft additional blocks using compressed and extracted items.
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Description

Nico's Block Expansion is a block-focused add-on that introduces more useful, convenient, and practical blocks for your survival game. It adds compacted blocks made from items like piles of sticks, book stacks, sugar cane bales, and even flower bushes. These blocks help save inventory and storage space and can also be extracted back into their original items.

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(v1.17)

NEW UPDATES:

Version: 1.17:


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Version: 1.17

NOTE:

  • This version may no longer be able to update over older versions.
  • This update only works with Minecraft version 26.10 and higher.

TECHNICAL CHANGES:

  • Changed the UUID to fix importing issues on Realms. (Note: This will prevent the add-on from updating over older versions.)

BLOCKS:

  • Added the Block of Leaf Litter, crafted from 9 Leaf Litter and can be decrafted back into 9 Leaf Litter. Can also be composted and used as fuel.
  • Added the Dry Grass Bale, crafted from 9 Tall Dry Grass and can be decrafted back into 9 Tall Dry Grass. Can also be composted and used as fuel.
  • Added the Bush Bale, crafted from 9 Bushes and can be decrafted back into 9 Bushes. Can also be composted and used as fuel.
  • Added the Firefly Bush Bale, crafted from 9 Firefly Bushes and can be decrafted back into 9 Firefly Bushes. Can also be composted and used as fuel.
  • Added the Hanging Roots Bale, crafted from 9 Hanging Roots and can be decrafted back into 9 Hanging Roots. Can also be composted and used as fuel.
  • Added the Pale Hanging Moss Bale, crafted from 9 Pale Hanging Moss and can be decrafted back into 9 Pale Hanging Moss. Can also be composted and used as fuel.
  • Added the Pile of Cactus Flower, crafted from 9 Cactus Flower and can be decrafted back into 9 Cactus Flower. Can also be composted and used as fuel.
  • Added the Pile of Golden Dandelions, crafted from 9 Golden Dandelions and can be decrafted back into 9 Golden Dandelions. Can be smelted in a Furnace or in a Blast Furnace to produce Gold Nuggets.
  • Added the Pile of Wildflowers, crafted from 9 Wildflowers and can be decrafted back into 9 Wildflowers. Can also be composted and used as fuel.
  • Added the Pile of Wither Rose, crafted from 9 Wither Rose and can be decrafted back into 9 Wither Rose. Can also be composted and used as fuel.
  • Tip Grass can now be crafted into dye using two Tip Grass of the same color.
  • Piles of Flowers can now be used as fuel (50 seconds), smelting up to 5 items, and can be composted with a 100% chance.
  • Bales can now be used as fuel (50 seconds), smelting up to 5 items, and can be composted with a 100% chance.
  • Custom Roots can now be composted, with composting chances matching their vanilla counterparts.
  • Blocks of Charcoal can now be used as fuel (720 seconds), smelting up to 72 items.
  • Blocks of Blaze Powder can now be used as fuel (540 seconds), smelting up to 54 items.
  • Pile of Bamboo can now be used as fuel (25 seconds), smelting up to 2.5 items.
  • Pile of Sticks can now be used as fuel (50 seconds), smelting up to 5 items.
  • Double Pile of Bamboo can now be used as fuel (50 seconds), smelting up to 5 items.
  • Double Pile of Sticks can now be used as fuel (100 seconds), smelting up to 100 items.
  • Mobs can now naturally spawn on top of custom full blocks.pl
  • Fixed the incorrect texture of the Pile of Blue Orchids.
  • Revamped the textures of Polished Stone, Chiseled Stone Bricks, Stone Pillars, and Cracked Stone Tiles to better match the color of vanilla stone-type blocks, such as Stone Bricks

RECIPES:

  • Added the Golden Dandelion recipes using fewer Gold Nuggets in the Grafting Table.
  • Added a recipe for Pale Oak Saplings in the Grafting Table.
  • Added the End Stone Brick Wall recipe using Polished End Stone in the Stonecutter.
  • Added the Chiseled Stone Bricks recipe using Stone in the Stonecutter.
  • Piles of Flowers can now be crafted and decrafted in the Grafting Table.
  • Double Piles of Bamboo and Sticks can now be smelted in a Furnace or Blast Furnace to produce Charcoal.

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Version: 1.16.1:


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Version: 1.16.1

NOTE:

  • This update only works with Minecraft version 26.0 and higher.

TECHNICAL CHANGES:

  • Updated several files to 26.0 version.
  • Added the PBR or Vibrant Visuals capabilities.

BLOCKS:

  • Fixed the Pile of Sticks item drop.
  • Custom stairs now have the same collision box as vanilla stairs.

RECIPES:

  • Glow Lichen Carpets can now also be crafted using the Grafting Table.

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Version: 1.16:


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Version: 1.16

NOTE:

  • This update only works with Minecraft version 1.21.130 and higher.

TECHNICAL CHANGES:

  • Updated for compatibility with Minecraft versions 1.21.130.
  • Fixed several incorrect block display names.

BLOCKS:

  • Improved the PBR texture support of Large Copper Lanterns, Amethyst Lamp, and Quartz Lamps.
  • Revamped the Tip Grass foliage color to better match vanilla grass.

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Version: 1.15:


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Version: 1.15

NOTE:

  • If you’re updating from an older version, this add-on may not work properly in existing worlds.
  • This update only works with Minecraft version 1.21.120 and higher.

TECHNICAL CHANGES:

  • Changed all identifiers.
  • Shortened several file names.
  • Rewrote all Script API event code.
  • Added language support for Spanish and Japanese.

BLOCKS:

  • Adjusted the selection box, collision box, hardness, and blast resistance of most custom blocks to better match those of vanilla blocks.
  • Most solid custom blocks are now redstone conductors — buttons, levers, pressure plates, and other redstone signal emitters will now work when placed on custom blocks.
  • Custom blocks now behave correctly when pushed by pistons.
  • Custom blocks with pillar-type rotation (such as bales, and pillar blocks) now have correct texture rotation based on their placement, matching their corresponding vanilla blocks.
  • Fixed an issue where blocks couldn’t be placed on custom slabs.
  • Tip Grasses:
    • Reworked the foliage texture.
    • Now have slightly randomized positioning within a 1-block range when placed, similar to vanilla grasses.
    • Now have consistent textures on all sides, similar to vanilla cross-model blocks.
    • Can now also be placed on Mycelium or any Myceliated blocks.
    • Can now be instantly removed when a block is placed over them.
  • Clumps of Fungus:
    • No longer instantly mined. They can now be efficiently mined using a hoe or shears.
    • Revamped textures and added semi-emissive details.
  • Pile of Sticks & Pile of Bamboo:
    • Pile of Sticks, Pile of Bamboo, Double Pile of Sticks, and Double Pile of Bamboo now use new block models.
  • Pile of Bones:
    • Reworked the interaction — they can now be reduced by interacting without needing a pickaxe.

RECIPES:

  • Blocks that can now be smelted in a blast furnace to turn into their cracked variants:
    • Stone Tiles
    • Granite Bricks
    • Granite Tiles
    • Diorite Bricks
    • Diorite Tiles
    • Granite Bricks
    • Granite Tiles
    • End Stone Bricks
    • End Stone Tiles

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Version: 1.14:


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Version: 1.14

"General"

  • Updated for compatibility with Minecraft version 1.21.93.1.21.94.
  • It no longer disables achievements when used in Survival mode.

"New Additional"

BLOCKS:

  • Added the Smooth End Stone.
  • Added the Smooth End Stone Stairs.
  • Added the Smooth End Stone Slab.
  • Added the Polished End Stone.
  • Added the Polished End Stone Stairs.
  • Added the Polished End Stone Slab.
  • Added the Chiseled Polished End Stone.
  • Added the End Stone Pillar.
  • Added the Chiseled End Stone Bricks.
  • Added the Cracked End Stone Bricks.
  • Added the End Stone Tiles.
  • Added the End Stone Tile Stairs.
  • Added the End Stone Tile Slab.
  • Added the Cracked End Stone Tiles.

"Fixes"

BLOCKS:
  • Fixed a bug where custom slabs couldn't be combined into double slabs.

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CONTENTS:

Video Showcase: Nico's Block Expansion (v1.0) | Minecraft

 

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Forsaken Odyssey - Documentation

 

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Known Issues/Bugs

  • Non-solid custom blocks:
    • Vanilla fences and walls are connected to a non-solid custom block.
    • Grass block will transform into dirt when non-solid custom block is placed at the top of it.
    • Some of the non-solid blocks won't break when the supporting blocks are broken.

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Add-on Notes

  • Add-on may only be compatible with Minecraft version 26.10 or higher.
  • This add-on is NOT using a 'player.json' file.
  • This add-on is mostly compatible with other add-ons.
  • Add-on will work on the realm or server; just make sure you install the correct files.
  • Add-on is not tested yet on the beta and preview versions of Minecraft, so expect some bugs if you are using those versions.
  • Remove the old packs before installing the new version of the packs.
  • If you create a review, gameplay video, or showcase of this add-on, please remember to give credit and include the original link to this webpage.
  • Do not provide any other download links.

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Installation!

  • Download the 'Nicos Block Expansion (v1.17).mcaddon', or the seperated packs (Behavior Pack & Resource Pack).
  • Import the packs into Minecraft and wait until the both behavior pack and resource pack are successfully imported.
  • Make sure to install both the behavior pack and resource pack before entering you world.
  • This add-on doesn't need any experimental options to toggle to on.

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