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Description
DeathEngine
A first-person death experience for Minecraft 1.20.1 (Forge). When you die, the
vanilla "You died" screen is replaced by a cinematic death sequence built around
your own ragdoll corpse.
Cinematic death sequence
- The camera locks onto the head of **your own corpse** (a full ragdoll) and
watches your body for ~7 seconds, then the screen fades to black.
- The mouse cannot steer the death camera - the view is locked to the corpse.
- After the fade, the screen holds fully black for ~4 seconds, then you respawn
the way vanilla would.
- The vanilla death screen is fully suppressed (including Hardcore-respecting
behavior).
Death quote
- While the screen is black, a random death quote fades in and stays readable
until respawn.
- Language-aware: Russian players see the quote in Russian, everyone else
(English and other languages) sees the English translation.
- 15 hand-picked quotes (Russian + English author), e.g. "Are you afraid of the
dark?" — Ghost.
Charred corpses (fire / explosion)
- Deaths from fire, lava, lightning or an **explosion** leave a charred corpse:
a dark ashen tint plus slow black smoke wisps.
- Explosion detection is mod-aware: it correctly recognises explosions from
TAcZ and Superb Warfare grenades (and other mods), not just vanilla
creepers/TNT.
Blood
- Bleeding leaves floor blood decals as you move.
- Blood does not spawn on thin blocks like fences.
- Fire/explosion deaths leave no blood - only smoke.
Skins
- Corpses render with the dead player's own skin, fully compatible with
Custom Skin Loader (and other skin mods).
Compatibility
- Multiplayer-friendly: corpses spawn for every player death; other players'
vanilla bodies are hidden too.
- Works alongside gun/combat mods (TAcZ, Superb Warfare) and skin mods
(Custom Skin Loader).
Notes
- The death sequence length, black hold, and quote fade are tuned in-code; the
charred-smoke effect can be toggled via the mod's config.
- Hardcore worlds keep the vanilla flow (the custom sequence is disabled there
on purpose).
The Death Engine Team
