🏝️ Floating Islands - Bring Back the Classic World Generation!

Floating Islands is a mod that restores the beloved floating island terrain generation that was removed from Minecraft in version 1.18. Explore a brand new dimension filled with majestic islands floating in the void, just like the old days!

🌟 Features

🏔️ Classic Floating Islands Dimension

A completely new dimension filled with naturally generated floating islands
Terrain generation inspired by the classic floating islands that existed before the Caves & Cliffs update
Each island is unique, with varied terrain, caves, and resources
Perfect for survival challenges, creative building, or exploration

🌀 Custom Portal System

Build your portal just like a Nether portal, but using Stone blocks instead of Obsidian
Light it with a Flint & Steel — the familiar experience you already know
Portal behavior is identical to vanilla Nether portals:
- Stand in the portal and wait for the teleportation timer
- Survival mode: 80 ticks (4 seconds) cooldown
- Creative mode: 1 tick cooldown
- Respects the playersNetherPortalDefaultDelay and playersNetherPortalCreativeDelay game rules
Beautiful blue portal texture

🔗 Smart Portal Linking

Portals are automatically linked in pairs — entering a portal always takes you back to the same portal you came from
Portal links are saved persistently and survive server restarts
If a linked portal is destroyed, a new one will be automatically created when you teleport
The mod searches for existing portals within 128 blocks before creating a new one — no duplicate portals!

🐄 Entity Support

Not just players! All entities can pass through the portal:
- Mobs, animals, and hostile creatures
- Items, minecarts, boats
- Any entity that can enter a vanilla Nether portal

🌍 Coordinate Scaling

Uses a 10:1 coordinate scale between the Overworld and the Floating Islands dimension (same as the Nether)
Travel 10 blocks in the Overworld = arrive 1 block away in the Floating Islands
This makes it easy to find your way back home

🎨 Custom Visual Effects

blue portal texture using vanilla rendering with custom color tinting
Portal blocks emit light (level 11) to illuminate the area around them

🌐 Multi-Language Support

The mod includes translations for 6 languages:

🇨🇳 Simplified Chinese (简体中文)
🇹🇼 Traditional Chinese (繁體中文)
🇬🇧 English
🇯🇵 Japanese (日本語)
🇷🇺 Russian (Русский)
🇫🇷 French (Français)

📖 How to Use

Building a Portal

Gather Stone blocks (at least 10 for a minimum 2×3 portal)
Build a rectangular frame — just like a Nether portal but with Stone
Use a Flint & Steel on any stone block adjacent to the air inside the frame
The portal will ignite and activate!

Entering the Portal

Simply walk into the portal and wait
In Survival mode, you'll need to stand still for 4 seconds
In Creative mode, teleportation is nearly instant
You'll be transported to the Floating Islands dimension!

Returning Home

Build another portal in the Floating Islands dimension, or
Step back into the same portal you arrived through — it works both ways!

🔧 Technical Details

Feature	Details
Mod Loader	Fabric
Portal Block	Custom (implements vanilla `Portal` interface)
Frame Block	Vanilla Stone
Ignition	Flint & Steel
Coordinate Scale	10:1 (Overworld ↔ Floating Islands)
Portal Search Radius	128 blocks
Portal Link Storage	Persistent (saved with world data)
Light Level	11
Entity Teleportation	All entities supported

💡 Tips

Bring building materials — the Floating Islands dimension is scattered with floating terrain, so bridging between islands is essential
Mark your portals — while portal links are persistent, it's easy to lose track of which portal goes where
Coordinate scaling works both ways — if you build a portal at X=100, Z=100 in the Overworld, you'll arrive at approximately X=10, Z=10 in the Floating Islands
Portals auto-generate — if you enter a portal and there's no matching portal on the other side, one will be created for you automatically
Existing portals are reused — the mod searches within 128 blocks for existing portals before creating new ones, so you won't end up with dozens of portals cluttering the landscape

🤝 Credits

Inspired by Minecraft's classic floating island terrain generation (Beta 1.8 - 1.17)

⚠️ Compatibility

Compatible with most Fabric mods
Requires Fabric API and Fabric Loader
Server-side: The mod works on servers — only the server needs the mod installed for portal teleportation to function

📝 License

This mod is provided as-is. Feel free to use it in modpacks with credit.

Enjoy exploring the Floating Islands! 🏝️✨

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