crater mod

[malusregnatr]

So, has anyone ever thought to make a mod that actually damages the environment around you when you fall long distances? I had this idea the other day while I was playing minecraft the other day, while listening to a dubstep interpretation of the "I'm firing my lazer" meme, and falling off a tower I built, and suddenly the base dropped as soon as I hit the ground, and I thought of how awesome it would be if my landing had actually put a crater in the ground lol.

 

I personally have absolutely ZERO mod-making experience, and kinda just wanted to put the idea out there.

[Stop mocking me0]

That is actually very cool idea, and it could be implemented to work with anvils and other gravity blocks as well. And when a creeper falls it explodes hazardously, and slimes pop into mini-slimes, and endermen teleport through the ground. 

[planetguy]

This actually sounds quite simple to implement. I've started working on it, but I haven't quite got a satisfactory result out of it yet.

[Lethosos]

It's basically a localized explosion that only effects blocks that scales based on damage the player takes on landing, triggered by taking falling damage.

[planetguy]

The thing is, how do you balance realism and fun? I tried using vanilla explosions, but they were too big, hit blocks above or to the sides of the impact, and had a tendency to kill whatever is falling. I'm writing my own explosion-type thing, but it's still hard to balance believability and effect.

[Lethosos]

Well, consider that there is already a mod that does this, AFAIK, but it may not be updated anyways. So it's doable.

 

I suggest plotting it out. Try going from 2 hearts' worth of damage for just affecting the block right below you, and scale up, oh, every two or three hearts' damage per block out.