Time Vortex: ARS Addon

By
Pugmeowla

Add your own interiors to the Time Vortex ARS menu with datapacks, and export any interior as a shareable JSON file.

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Description

Time Vortex: ARS Addon lets the Architectural Reconfiguration System (ARS) in The Time Vortex load as many premade interiors as you want, not just the built-in Coral console room.

Load interiors from datapacks. Export any interior to share. Players on your server need nothing installed.

Join the discord server! Share your interiors, ask questions, and suggest features!

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Features

Datapack Interiors: every .json in data/<namespace>/ars/ becomes its own ARS menu entry, below the default Coral Interior
Export Button: saves the selected interior (Default, Coral, any saved layout or preset) as a .json in ars_exports/ in your game folder. Type a name in the name box first to use it as the file and menu name
Server-Side Presets: players joining a server don't need this mod to see and load presets. Only needed on the client for the Export button

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Making a Preset Datapack

Open the ARS menu, select an interior, type a name, press Export
Move the file from ars_exports/ to data/<your_namespace>/ars/<name>.json in a datapack
Add a pack.mcmeta, drop the datapack in your world's datapacks/ folder, run /reload

Example pack.mcmeta (1.20.1 and newer):

{
  "pack": {
    "pack_format": 15,
    "supported_formats": [15, 999],
    "min_format": 15,
    "max_format": 999,
    "description": "Pugmeowlas Uber Super Cool Datapack"
  }
}

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Preset Format

Same format as Time Vortex's own coral.json, plus an optional name:

{
  "name": "Hellbent Interior",
  "console": [0, 4, -1],
  "door": [0, 4, 6],
  "palette": ["minecraft:quartz_block", "minecraft:quartz_pillar[axis=y]"],
  "blocks": [0, 4, 2, 0,   1, 4, 2, 1]
}

Field	Meaning
`name`	Optional. Without it, the menu name comes from the file name (`hell_bent.json` → "Hell Bent")
`palette`	Block states, written like in `/setblock`
`blocks`	Four numbers per block: `x, y, z, palette index`. x and z are from the room centre. y is the height in the TARDIS dimension

Files are stored with the door facing north. The ARS rotates them to match each TARDIS
Block entity data (banner patterns, lectern books, chest contents) is not stored, same as Time Vortex's own saved layouts

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Known Limits

Loading a preset doesn't change the console style (Time Vortex only does that for Coral)
After switching away from a preset, it can appear as "Last unsaved" in the list