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 does not replace blocks in preexisting areas of the world. 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.
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i'm having issues trying to remove thaumcraft vis crystals in 1.12 and change them with air
i did follow the video tutorial, set what i think are the correct value for metadata (0,1,2,3 as for $meta) but nothing...looks like they can't be changed
i have not posted on the issue github cause don't really know if is a issue or something that i'm missing
In reply to Biviho:
If Thaumcraft's vis crystals are generating after the replacement runs, then there's nothing I can do.
Impressive!
Cant believe there is a mod that can actually do this. I'm about to try my contenttweaker custom blocks to replace some vanilla blocks.
I'm having trouble replacing redstone ore. It only works when retro genning chunks. With new chunks they just won't change.
WOW it is a very helpful mod，For making adventure maps.
I try to translate a lang files by Chinese，to help my friends use the mod.
could i send you the lang file？
In reply to hackwellfox:
Currently, this mod does not use language files, as it doesn't display any messages in chat or anywhere else but the console. However, in this case I see the advantage to translated messages in console, so I'll make it possible for you to translate and let you know when it is.
In reply to The_Fireplace:
I translate the config menu to help my friends use it i think someone might need it~
In reply to hackwellfox:
Update: As of Block Replacer 2.1.2, you are now able to translate the error messages. Feel free to translate it and make a Pull Request on GitHub if you wish.
Is it possible to replace blocks generated by a schematic?
Example: A house spawned in the desert but has a grass base. (looks unnatural and want the grass to be sand)
In reply to Mr_Rozzers49181:
It depends on when in the world generation process the house is spawned. So the answer is maybe.
Very important and necessary mod.
But he does not give 100% result.
Tested and in the case of replacement of Gravel on the Sand and Podzol on Grass Block
In reply to sterh1275:
It should do a better job of this in mod versions 2.1.0 and higher.
This mod doesn't work on the aether (legacy) did anyone test other dimensions?
I am trying to replace holystone (aether_legacy:holystone) with the ore from aetherworks (aetherworks:aether_ore), if it works i will change the chance to 0.001%, but currently at 100% (1.0 replacement chance) it doesn't work
I tested replacing normal stone on the overworld and it worked there....
In reply to luisedgm:
You might try again with mod version 2.1.0 or newer, I've reworked the way it does the replacement.
Hello - replacing minecraft:stone with minecraft:air has no effect. Any idea why?
In reply to azqazaz:
It's possible that there was a configuration error of some kind. Try again with the latest version and see if the logs say anything is wrong.
Could we get an option to only replace a block if it's adjacent to another configurable block?
In reply to Architect1723:
In a word, no. This would make configuring even more confusing than it already is, and the mod would be quite a bit harder on performance if this was done.
Your in game mod options GUI makes it seem as though I can specify multiple blocks to be used to replace the one targetted block. For instance... replacing gravel with either iron or gold ore. But when I use the " + " symbols to add the second ore, it never generates. Am I doing something wrong, or does this not allow for mulitple blocks to be used to replace the single block being removed?
In reply to Boolyman: