Sick of placing torches by hand? Ever wish you could just yeet some light around for free?
This is everything you wanted!
Flares is a recreation of the flare mechanic from Deep Rock Galactic where you have 4 flares that regenerate over time as you use them!
This is as close to a 1:1 remake of that idea as possible. So you will start out with 5 flares, that will provide light for 5 minutes before burning out and hanging around for 5 minutes after which they despawn.
A new flare will be granted to you every 5 minutes, with up to a max of 5 flares at any time.
Like with any of my mods there's more configs than anyone could want so if your not a fan of the stock settings feel free to mix it up.
You can change how many players get, how long they last, the length of time they are lit for, how the physics react and even the color of the flare core itself!
As of V1.1.0 typing "setflarecolor #hexvalue" in chat will change the flare color for the flares you throw to any hex value! There are some extra options like "rainbow", "jeb" and "random" for some extra fun!
All you need to do is grab this mod, start up a world and push V to throw a flare!
If I ever get around to working on this more I have a few aspects I'd like to expand and improve on too. So we will see what comes next!
ROCK AND STONE!!!
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so just tested your mod m8, love the fact that the flares are purple and black, the only problem im seeing atm is the flares are firing but there is no light coming off them so just thought id let you know but all in all im excited to use these in my modded play throughs, its kind funny being in creative and becoming flare mini gun. Rock and Stone!
In reply to KINGREXTDK:
I can't reproduce this with just V1.0.5 alone in a 1.16.5 profile so I'm going to guess you are either throwing them into fluids that are too deep (doesn't work below 2 blocks) or another mod is breaking it.
If you can open an issue on the issue tracker with more info that would be appreciated.
In reply to Claycorp:
i do understand that modding after 1.13 or so gets difficult do the code change and i can try testing it again with no mods then seeing if one is causing the issue and i was just throwing them on the ground and there was no light so i was just trying to make sure this is a known issue or not.
Now when I play too much DRG and start pressing V in other games, It can work! Rock and Stone, Brother! 💥⛏️
When I typed in "flare" on the search bar, I was hoping to find a mod that offered torches that could be placed underwater... but apparently there are no mods that offer those in 1.16.5. This is a neat idea though... I may just use it anyways.
In reply to BoolymanMC:
I can throw together something like that if you really want it though, Should be rather simple.
In reply to Claycorp:
I would definitely use it if you did. I am making Rustic Waters 2, and it all takes place underwater. If its not too much trouble, that would be appreciated.
In reply to BoolymanMC:
Sure, if you want to talk about specifics: https://discord.gg/M5uRF25
Hit me up whenever.
I'm not seeing flares in JEI, maybe I didn't do something right -- what's the recipe for a flare?
In reply to anglewyrmtwitch:
There is no recipe or item.
The description explains how it works.
ROCK AND STONE!
This is such a fun little utility mod!
I think it'd be fun to have a little color selection and a custom texture, but I know those take effort, so do what you will.
In reply to f_albhis:
I have a pile of improvements listed out on the Github issue tracker that I'd like to get around to doing some day. Replacing the basic item render with a full on model is one of them.
I'll get around to it someday!