Freeze ray block

[Soundlogic]

I was wondering if it would be possible to have a mod that added a block that froze all water blocks in a line from it when powered by redstone, and then when unpowered turned them back to water.

[jakj]

You could have a block that froze/unfroze all water in a pattern, but not one that remembered exactly which blocks were frozen or thawed beforehand. (It would be possible to store such information in the NBT compound, but the block would have no reliable way to track changes to water/ice other than when the redstone state changes.)

Also, you would have to come up with some way to control block facing (like Redpower's screwdriver) or otherwise add a UI, to deterine in which direction the block acts.

[Soundlogic]

Freeze/thaw in a pattern would work perfectly, and aiming blocks is pretty easy. The ideal pattern would be to target a continuous line of water (for freezing) or ice (for thawing) up to a max distance.

[Soundlogic]

Accidental double post