Just Dire Areas: Better Machine Area Selection
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In-world interactive area selection, rather than in-gui-button-fighting.
Description
Set the working area of Just Dire Things machines by drawing a box in the world.
Just Dire Things machines (Block Breakers, Block Placers, Clickers, Sensors, Droppers and others) take their area as a radius plus an offset, typed into the GUI one number at a time. Just Dire Areas adds the Area Selector. You draw the box you want in the world, then right-click the machine and the mod works out the radius and offset for you.
Features
- Craft the new Area Selector item (Celestigem Tier).
- Two clicks for a box. Right-click one block for the first corner and another block for the second.
- Corners in mid-air. Hold Left Ctrl and right-click to place a corner in empty space, and Ctrl + Scroll to move that point closer or further away.
- Resize by face. Once the box is finished, look at one of its sides and Ctrl + Scroll to push that side out or pull it in.
- Apply to a machine. Right-click a machine to give it the box as its area. If the box is too big or too far from the machine, you get a message that says why.
- Copy an existing area. Sneak + right-click a machine to load its current area into the selector, ready to edit or apply to other machines.
- Live preview. The box is drawn in the world while you hold the selector, and a HUD line shows its size.
- Works on servers. All changes are checked on the server, including reach, the machine's size limits and claim or spawn protection.
Controls
| Action | Input |
|---|---|
| Set corner 1, then corner 2 | Right-click a block |
| Set a corner in mid-air | Ctrl + Right-click |
| Change mid-air distance | Ctrl + Scroll |
| Move the hovered face of a finished box | Ctrl + Scroll |
| Apply the box to a machine | Right-click the machine |
| Load a machine's area | Sneak + Right-click the machine |
| Clear the selection | Sneak + Right-click elsewhere |
Hold Shift over the item to see these controls in game. The Ctrl key can be changed in the controls menu under Just Dire Areas.
Requirements
- Minecraft 1.21.1
- NeoForge 21.1.209 or newer
- Just Dire Things 1.5.7 or newer
Install it on both the client and the server.
Credits
This is an unofficial addon for Just Dire Things by Direwolf20. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Direwolf20. Please report Area Selector bugs here and not to Just Dire Things.
Modpacks
I play with this mod added to ATM10-Aeronautics modpack. Feel free to use my mods in your modpack, just don't forget to give proper credit.
Other Mods by me
I run these mods together:
- Applied Glyphs - AE2 Glyphs for Ars Nouveau
- Create: Take a seat, Piglin! - Automated Bartering - Addon for Create
- Create Safe Seating — addon for Create
- Empty Hand Keybind - Hold Onto THIS
- PAPA: Portable Aeronautics Physics Assembler — addon for Create Aeronautics
Just Dire Areas: Better Machine Area Selection Team
