🔥 Thermal Tweaks – Dynamic Temperature Survival

Overview

Thermal Tweaks introduces a lightweight but impactful temperature system. Your body temperature ranges from −20°C to 50°C and reacts to biomes, weather, heat sources, cold blocks, and more.

🌡️ Key Features

Temperature Range

−20°C → 50°C with realistic thermal inertia

Danger Zones

≤ −10°C: Freezing symptoms
≥ 50°C: Heat damage
Damage scales gradually

HUD

Temperature bar near health
Threshold markers
Real-time °C display

Environment Effects

Rain, storms, water, night, sunlight, hot dimensions

Auras

Nearby blocks influence you:

Heat: Campfire, furnace, lava, torches
Cold: Ice, packed ice, snow, water, powder snow

Indoors Detection

Shade or roof reduces extreme temperature influence.

Multiplayer-Safe

Server calculates temperature; client displays it.

🍵 Items & Effects

Tea

Base drink for variants

Warm Tea

Gradually increases body temperature

Iced Tea

Cools instantly

Thermometer

Shows ambient & body temperature

Warmth Effect

Strong cold resistance
assets/thermaltweaks/textures/mob_effect/warmth.png

🛡️ Armor Sets

Fur Set

Feathers
Great insulation

Helmet

Chestplate

Leggings

Boots

Desert Robes

String
Heat reduction
Same Crafting recipe as Fur armour but with string

⚙️ Balance & Datapacks

Configurable via Forge config:

Thresholds
Rates
Inertia
Damage intervals

Datapack tags:

#thermaltweaks:heat_sources
#thermaltweaks:cold_sources

❄️🔥 How You Get Hot or Cold

You Get Colder When:

Snowy biomes
Night
Rain/storms
Wet
No insulating armor
Shade/indoors

You Get Hotter When:

Heavy armor
Warm Tea
Near fire/lava
Nether
Direct sun in hot biomes

📦 Release 1.2 — Snowstorms, Sandstorms, Wind, Survival

Overview

Release 1.2 brings snowstorms, sandstorms, dynamic wind, world effects, mob changes, and new performance controls.

Key Features (1.2)

Temperature Survival Enhancements

Same −20°C..50°C system
New HUD: Snowflake + Wind arrow (km/h)

Snowstorms

Blue fog/tint
Snow particles
Icicles (optional)
Biome-wide chill

Sandstorms

Sandy tint
Dust particles
Gust bursts
Optional wind push
#thermaltweaks:sandstorm_biomes

Wind System

Synced direction/strength
Gusts
Optional push
HUD arrow + km/h

Items & Armor

Tea → Warm Tea → Iced Tea
Thermometer
Fur Armor
Desert Robes

World & Mobs

Snow piling & drifting
Freezing water
Footprints
Zombies shift to strays in blizzard
Zombies shift to husks in sandstorm
Passive mobs huddle
Reduced hostile follow range

Performance & Config

Storm tick budget
Watchdog for performance
Intervals for piling/melting/freezing/icicles
Toggles for footprints, piling, melting, mob behaviors, villager shelter
Tags: heat, cold, sandstorm biomes

Commands

/snowstorm start|stop|status
/sandstorm start|stop|status
/wind set <kmh>

Recipes

Tea: Wheat Seeds + Sugar + Glass Bottle
Warm Tea: Smelt Tea
Iced Tea: Tea + Snowball
Fur Armor: Feathers
Desert Robes: String

Recommended Defaults

visualsAlwaysOnDuringStorm = true
stormOpsBudget = 150
stormSyncIntervalTicks = 20
accumInterval = 5
meltInterval = freezeInterval = 10

Notes

Requires Forge 1.20.1 + Java 17

Credits

Author: Funnybuble
Thanks to the Forge community.