DRG Flares

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This is the Forge version. You can find the Fabric version HERE:

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About

"Did I hear a Rock and Stone?" This mod introduces High-Intensity Flares from Deep Rock Galactic into Minecraft in two modes. Flares are throwable temporary light sources which bounce off of surfaces. After 30 seconds, a flare will partially lose its brightness, and after additional 20 seconds it will fizzle out completely. For the performance purposes, 120 seconds later a fizzled out flare will despawn. Most flare's parameters, such as durations, light levels, throw speed, etc are configurable. Flares come in Minecraft's standard 16 colors, including Red, Pink, and Black... wait, how does that work? Please note that a flying flare may cause a noticeable FPS drop due to how Minecraft's lighting engine works.

Regenerating Flares

As seen in DRG, a player has up to 4 flares which regenerate over time, which can be thrown with a dedicated "Throw Flare" keybind ('v' by default) Enabled by default, but can be turned off in favor of (or ran simultaneously with) the following option.

Survival Flares

Disabled by default. If enabled, players will be able to craft and use flares as any other Minecraft item. Flares can also be shot from Dispensers. If Regenerating Flares are disabled, "Throw Flare" keybind will throw a Survival Flare item if available. If Inventorio mod is present, it will scan its additional slots as well.

Client-Side-Only Mode

Regenerating flares work even without the mod being installed on the server! In this case, nobody else will see your flares, even if they also have the mod installed. After all, flares don't actually exist in this mode and just faked on your side. Survival Flares and Server-Side Light Sources also won't work unless installed on the server. Warning! As with most client-side mods, there's a chance to trigger anti-cheat systems installed on public servers. Use it at your own risk.

Settings

It's highly recommended to install Cloth Config on the Client to enable the in-game settings menu. Without it, configs have to be manually edited at %root_folder%/config/drg_flares_client.json and %root_folder%/config/drg_flares_server.json respectively. When you join a remote server featuring this mod, your settings will be synchronized with the servers' during the current play session without overriding your local config. For the list of settings and instructions for using as a dependency in other mods, please visit the GitHub Page