Lighting detector tool

Discussion in 'Archived: Plugin Requests' started by Madness, Aug 8, 2011.

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    Madness

    Basically what I need is a simple tool that helps me finding the spots that I need to illuminate because there's a chance of mob spawns there, a way in which this could work is that the player can toggle the detector by going like /ld or /lightdetect or /spawndetect or whatever; when the tool is working, you get a message if you enter a safe zone (walking on slabs or light over 7, or any other viable condition) or when you enter a spawn-enabled zone (light under 7, spawn-enabled block under your feet).

    That should help you put torches down efficiently.

    You could even have a tool that, provided a radius, placed sand blocks in the area near you that can spawn mobs, you then simply remove the sand and place torches where necessary to prevent it from repeating, even better if the "magic sand" trick were to actually use sand from your backpack, and maybe a "casting ingredient" like I don't know, redstone, or gunpowder, or feathers, or bone.

    Rules for mob spawning: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Spawn#Mobs
    P.S.: it should be unusable in the nether, for obvious reasons.
     
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    CptSausage

    Hm that's kind of a plugin which I planned. While walking the plugin replaces every near block with green wool, if spawning is not possible, yellow wool, if neutral mobs are able to spawn and red wool if spawning is possible for aggressive mobs.

    But I'm waiting for the new 1.8 update which changes a lot in the lightning system. Maybe someone else would like to write it now :)
     
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    Madness

    Wow, holy intrusive method, batman. Anyone else interested in creating my lighter version?
     
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    Lolmewn

    Well, there was a plugin which showed that. But I forgot which one it was..
     
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    Madness

    Weird, I would have expected this plugin/spell to have found more people interested.
     
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    Madness

    Uhm, bump?
     
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    Bronski

    Zombe has a light "safe" viewer. It's client-side though (and won't change blocks)...
     
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    EdTheLoon

    You just gave me an awesome idea for a spout plugin. Gonna post it
     

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