WorldGen Block Replacer is a mod that replaces blocks in your world with other blocks, which you can choose in the config. This happens when new chunks of the world are generated, and also works on preexisting worlds. By default, it does nothing. It also works with blocks added by mods.
I suggest that you do not replace any block with a block with a tile entity(furnace, piston, etc). If you do, your world will most likely become a lot slower. I am not responsible for broken worlds.
This mod can be run on a server without being installed on the client.
Configuration:
By default, the mod does nothing, and needs to be configured. To start off, from Minecraft's main menu, click Mods.
Next, find and click WorldGen Block Replacer, then click Config.
This brings you to the Config screen. By default, it has configuration to replace stone with stone (which does nothing). To change this, you can click any of these options to change the settings.
To read more about what an option is, mouse over the option's name.
Inside most of these options, you can set multiple options. This is because it can be configured for multiple blocks. Note that all of the options that accept multiple values must have the same number of options set, or the mod will not work.
In the above screenshot, there are 3 options set, because I am replacing 3 blocks.
On the Biome Filter and Dimension List options, each text box is a comma separated list. Do not include spaces before or after the comma. Both these options can act as a blacklist or a whitelist. If the list contains an asterisk (*), it is a blacklist. Without the asterisk, it is a whitelist. In the above example, the first replacement is set to allow all biomes (it is a blacklist with nothing blacklisted), the second replacement is set to only work in plains and forest (The start is cut off, but there is no asterisk in that option, and it only has those two biomes listed), and the third replacement will replace in all biomes except for plains.
The two options that are universal, regardless of how many blocks you are replacing, are Enable Risky Blocks and Biome Precision. Enable Risky Blocks allows the block replacer to use blocks that may cause an excessive amount of lag in the world. Biome Precision has to do with precisely detecting the edges of biomes. Enabled by default, disabling it might improve performance when loading new chunks, but the edges will be chunk-based, which is less accurate and typically looks bad if done on commonly generated blocks such as dirt, grass, or stone. This option only has an effect if your replacement is biome-restricted.
Contact
If you have a bug or crash to report, please use the issue tracker. For feature requests, I also encourage using the issue tracker, so others can easily see what has already been requested, and more importantly, because it makes it easier to keep track of the features that have been requested. That said, if you have questions about the mod or would like to ask me about a feature request before posting it, feel free to reach out on Discord or Twitter.
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In 1.12 would it be possible to use this to replace specific types of monster spawners with air? Or with other spawners?
Hello ! Thank you for this excellent mod !
Does the Forge bug that stopped you from updating in 1.15.2 is solve in Forge 31.2.9 ?
Hey! I was wondering if I could use this in my mod-pack. Once I create a website for it, I'll link it here and provide credit/a link to this page. Thank you! (Also thank you so much I can't believe nobody has made this mod before it is so useful.)
In reply to Florida_Men252:
dont work with replacewith minecraft:air ?
In reply to DaDiGui:
It should. Post so ething on the issue tracker about it if it doesn't.
Trying to replace regular minecraft water with Tropicraft tropical water in 1.12.2. Risky Blocks are enabled. The Crash report doesn't say anything useful.
In reply to fetigepomes:
I can look in to this once you open an issue on the issue tracker and provide the requested information.
I am trying to replace usual Water with Tropicrafts Water, but it just won't work. Logs only tell me, I've configured improperly. Replacing minecraft:water with tropicraft:tropicsWater with Risky Blocks turned on. Using Version 2.2.0
In reply to Bauenbuam:
I can look in to this once you open an issue on the issue tracker and provide the requested information.
is it possible to perform a similar task but instead of replacing blocks, replace items? i.e. replacing a diamond chestplate with a modded chestplate item would convert that item whenever a mob spawns wearing a diamond chestplate, or when a player picks up said chestplate?
In reply to Lemonfood:
Potentially, yes.
Please update it to 1.14 Forge , its way more used than 1.15
In reply to MathRune:
I did, but at the time was unable to release it because of a Forge bug. I will try again at some point to see if it has been resolved.
please update to 1.15.2
In reply to babybluelovesyt:
I did, but at the time was unable to release it because of a Forge bug. I will try again at some point to see if it has been resolved, and/or add Fabric support.
In reply to The_Fireplace:
Thanks
Trying to replace regular minecraft:water with terrafirmacraft waters. Currently all logs only say "See the logs to find out what wasn't configured properly."... but none of the logs say anything else. I suspect that the biome names might not be right but I don't know.
In reply to Pdan4:
Make sure Risky Blocks are enabled if they aren't already
In reply to The_Fireplace:
Yup, that was it.