Build It Yourself: Prop Hunt

A datapack designed to remove the stress of finding the perfect Prop Hunt map for you and your friends. With Build It Yourself: Prop Hunt, you build the map yourself with built in tools that make it fast and simple to set up and start a match in minutes. Features full support for multiple maps, interactive taunts, custom loadouts, and configurable game settings.

Core Features

• Block Disguise System: Turn into any block in the game as a prop, matching the block's exact rotation.
• Interactive Taunts: Props can trigger 4 distinct taunts to earn points and climb the post-match leaderboard:
  • Meow: Plays a cat meow sound to draw nearby hunters.
  • Hunter Ray: Fires a visible particle beam directly toward all hunters for a second.
  • Glow: Temporarily lights up your block disguise with a golden outline.
  • Firework: Launches a firework rocket into the sky from your position.
• Leaderboard: Props can earn points by using taunts. The more taunts used the more points earned. Shows who was the bravest prop among them all.
• Configurable Settings: Customize match length, hunter counts, prop health, taunt cooldown, and more.
• Multi-Map Support: Create and store multiple maps, switching between them seamlessly.
• Per-Map Settings: Configuration changes save independently per map, allowing distinct playstyles for different maps.
• Custom Hunter Loadout Creator: Equip custom armor, weapons, and items in-game and save your current inventory directly as the hunter starting kit.
• Built-in Map Manager & In-Game GUI: Complete map creation, spawn marker placement, and menu navigation using Minecraft's dialog system.

Player Guide / How to Play

For Props (Hiders)

1. Choosing a Disguise:
   • You start with a Prop Brush in your first inventory slot.
   • Right-click any block in the environment to morph into that block. You can change your disguise at any time before getting caught.
2. Locking In:
   • Stand completely still for 5 seconds.
   • You will snap into place.
   • While locked, your disguise settles seamlessly into the environment. Depending on host settings, you will either have a solid hitbox or be walkable.
3. Using Taunts:
   • Right-click any taunt item in your hotbar (Meow, Ray, Glow, or Firework).
   • Taunts award bonus points for the final leaderboard, but expose your location to alert hunters.

For Hunters (Seekers)

1. The Waiting Phase:
   • Hunters are held in a waiting chamber while props scatter and hide.
2. The Hunt:
   • Once released, search the arena for suspicious, duplicated, or misaligned blocks.
   • Listen for cat sounds, watch for firework launches, spot glowing blocks, and trace particle beams back to their source.
3. Attacking:
   • Strike any block you suspect of being a hidden player.
   • Landing a hit triggers an impact sound, causes the prop to jump out of lock, and reduces their hit points!

Admin & Host Setup

1. Installation

1. Place the BIY Prophunt folder into your world's datapacks/ directory:

.minecraft/saves/<YourWorld>/datapacks/

1. Enter your world (if the world is already running, leave and rejoin for it to fully load).
2. If prompted by a experimental/custom confirmation message, select I Know What I'm Doing!
3. A welcome confirmation message will appear in chat once loaded to show the pack is working.

2. Opening the Settings Menu

Open the host dialog at any time via:

• Pressing your Quick Actions keybind (listed in the pack's load message).
• Clicking the Prop Hunt Settings button in the Escape / Pause menu.

3. Setting Up a Map

1. Open the Settings menu and choose Map Manager.
2. Click + New Map, enter a name, and select Create & Select.
3. Click Toggle Edit Mode to receive your 4 spawn configuration tools:

• Lobby Spawn Location: Right-click to set the post-game gathering point.
• Hunter Waiting Room Location: Right-click to set the pre-release holding chamber.
• Prop Spawn Locations: Right-click to add one or multiple spawn locations for props.
• Released Hunter Spawn Locations: Right-click to add one or multiple entry points for hunters.

1. Return to the Map Manager and click Quick Save Active Map.
2. Click Toggle Edit Mode to exit and clear the marker tools.
3. Configure your map settings and taunt settings or just start the game to instantly start playing with default settings.

The saved map is now set as active for your next game. You can manage or swap active maps at any time via Map Manager > Select Map or List Maps in Chat.

Creating Additional Maps

To add more map, repeat the steps above with a new name, or use Save Map As... to save current marker placements under a new map name.

Settings

1. Main Settings Menu

Opened via your Quick Actions key or the Pause Menu.

Action Buttons in Main Settings

• Apply Settings: Saves and applies all current changes into active map.
• Start Game: Launches the match using the current configuration.
• Save Hunter Loadout: Copies your current inventory, armor, and offhand item to use as the hunter kit.
• Broadcast Invite: Posts clickable [JOIN GAME] and [SPECTATE] links into chat.
• Taunts Settings: Opens the Taunts configuration menu.
• Map Manager: Opens the Map Manager menu.

2. Taunt Settings Menu

Opened via Settings -> Taunts Settings.

Action Buttons in Taunt Settings

• Apply Taunts: Saves and applies updated toggles, cooldowns, and point values.
• Back to Settings: Returns to the main Prop Hunt Settings menu.

3. Map Manager Menu

Opened via Settings -> Map Manager.

Contact Me

If you encounter any bugs or have a question send me a message on discord - @notblazon