Placeable Plants: Expanded

This mod started as a direct Forge/NeoForge fork of the Placeable Plants mod by BisUmTo,
but later on grew into an expanded version of it.

About

This fork expands the original idea to work with nearly all plant-type blocks, including modded ones, instead of only a smaller selective set. And as a side effect, it also allows plants to generate during worldgen on many non-soil blocks, which can make the world look surprisingly overgrown, detailed, and interesting.

The original mod already had a really nice simple concept: let vegetation be placed on far more block surfaces than vanilla normally allows. That opens up a lot of extra freedom for builders who want to add more detail and decoration to their builds.

As the original author also pointed out, the idea makes intuitive sense too - in real life, many plants do manage to grow out of tiny cracks in stone and other unexpected places.

Main differences from the original:

• Works much more broadly for plant-type blocks across the board
• Supports both vanilla and modded plants
• Excludes farm-dependent crops/plants that require farmland
• Excludes tree saplings, which keep their normal vanilla-style placement rules
• Also affects world generation, allowing plants to appear on many non-soil surfaces
  (Can be disabled in the config)
• Includes an in-game configuration menu with customizable block/tag lists and placement settings.

Worldgen side effects:

One side effect of this broader behavior is that plant placement rules can also influence natural generation in interesting ways. You can now sometimes find vegetation generating in places where vanilla normally would not allow it, such as:

• rocky patches
• ravines
• beaches
• deserts
• icy ocean / lake floors
• cliffs and mountains
• structures
• other unusual surfaces, depending on your config

This was originally a completely accidental side effect, but it turned out to look surprisingly good in practice and gives the world a much more overgrown, detailed, and natural-looking feel.

This effect can look especially nice alongside mods that expand foliage and natural environmental detail, such as Project: Vibrant Journeys, [Let's Do] BloomingNature, Geophilic,…

Config

The mod includes an in-game configuration menu where you can easily customize placement rules and manage block lists without manually editing config files.

You can add or remove individual block IDs and block tags from searchable lists.

Available settings:

• Placement Blacklist - Blocks or block tags that plants cannot be placed on, affecting both manual placement and world generation.
• Worldgen Surface Blacklist - Blocks or block tags that plants cannot generate on during world generation. Does not affect manual placement.
• Plant Placement Blacklist - Plants that should keep their normal placement restrictions.
• Plant Worldgen Blacklist - Plants that should keep their normal placement rules during world generation.
• Additional Placeable Plants - Add extra plant blocks or tags that should use the mod's expanded placement rules.
• Expanded Worldgen Placement - Enable or disable expanded placement rules during world generation without affecting manual placement.

Credits

This is an unofficial port & expansion of the original  Placeable Plants by BisUmTo.
Full credit for the original concept and original mod goes to the original author.
For Fabric versions, please check out the original mod.