Kenadian's End Relay but it's a Datapack (Minecraft 1.20.4)

[@conure512]

ADDED BY POPULAR REQUEST... You can now right-click an uncharged relay to retrieve the compass that you've put in, as long as you're not holding an End Crystal (which would charge the relay). If you've already downloaded the datapack, go download it again to get this update!

[@DqwertyC]

Really cool implementation! I also took a stab at creating a datapack, though yours is definitely much more polished. Mine also has an arrow on top, though it's implemented with a re-textured compass, so if you place a compass for another dimension in, the arrow spins around randomly.

[@conure512]

Ohh that's a cool approach! And crazy that we both thought of the arrow thing haha

[@Zsomi8]

Very cool, I've just seen Kenadian-s video and the only thing weird about his idea was the lodestone being so firmly tied to a single compass. Your approach to the end relay is the same I initially thought would be the most fitting for vanilla minecraft. It would be even better if you could remove the compass by right clicking a non-charged end relay, and also to give it 4 levels of charge. That way it would basically function as a jukebox for adding and removing the compass, except of course instead of playing music it links to a lodestone and spins the arrow. And it would also function the same as the respawn anchor but instead of setting your spawn, it teleports you. That would make it slightly more intuitive and tie it in with existing features. Still I'm amazed how you were able to implement this so fast and perfectly functioning as a datapack. Amazing video as well, good quality and great commentary. As usual 1 out of every 500 times the youtube recommended does not disappoint.

[@conure512]

Your idea of clicking an uncharged relay to retrieve the compass was perfect. Since so many people have requested similar things, I went ahead and added it!

[@KattoGD]

cool idea for it - you can charge it up with up to 4 end crylstals so your able to right click to teleport with it up to 4 times

[@conure512]

Yeah that could work! I implemented it exactly the way Kenadian showed it (in terms of charges at least) but hypothetically more charges could reasonably be added

[@samueltrusik3251]

Love it. It should be added, in some form.

[@mistyLmistake]

I feel like it would also be more convenient, if you could link one Relay with another relay, to be able to warp from A to B and back

[@conure512]

Interesting idea!

[@styrus3164]

this should be in vanilla minecraft

[@ultimate_pleb]

the 3 horseman of intentional game design: bed respawn anchor end relay

[@ThatGuyCream]

Thank god! I was wondering if I was gonna have to make my own mod for it. Anyways, amazing video!

[@m_mz3g]

Amazing 🧡 I also tried to add it to minecraft bedrock as an addon

[@TheStegosaurus_]

I hope that if it gets added, it has the arrow on top. You could make some cool displays with redstone and hoppers which insert different compasses for the relay needle to point in a specific direction.

[@Olisha.S]

Good job implementing this!

[@Gameatronic9000]

wait, 1 feature that was mentioned in the original video that was great, was these being able to be re-crystaled via hopper. it wasn't mentioned, but i'd assume since its a pile of display entities it might be a bit more complicated to allow it to interact with adjacent hoppers in that manner.

[@conure512]

Yeah, I did actually consider that, and yes, it's really really difficult with datapack capabilities lol. The updating behavior of redstone falls so far outside the reach of commands that I'd have to do something ridiculous (and probably add some ticking commands, ugh) in order to get it working.

[@Gameatronic9000]

@@conure512 i had a feeling it might require some commands to check the data of the adjacent blocks within tick to do it. even with my limited knowledge of datapacks i feel i could figure it out in a day or two, but it feels like one of those, easy enough to write, incredibly hard to optimize, kind of solutions with code i'd have to guess.

[@conure512]

@@Gameatronic9000 Exactly, to actually get it working wouldn't be that bad, but to make it "worth it" in terms of internal efficiency is the super tricky part.

[@Gameatronic9000]

@@conure512 honestly, datapacks are REALLY COOL! but knowing what i know about coding in general, there will always be that part of me screaming to just write it up in java as a mod cause commands and datapacks are interpreted code being run ontop of a java VM. but i know for a fact that writing the code directly will always be far more complicated due to the smoothing out thta kind of interpreted code allows. this really is just the curse of 'knowing too much for my own good' isn't it?

[@conure512]

@@Gameatronic9000 The reason I always hesitate with mods is the idea of universal usability. A datapack requires absolutely no compliance from the client, only the server needs to have it - and it can be a 100% vanilla server too! Ease of Use is a huge consideration. The one caveat is if the pack requires a resource pack (like this one does), but even then, that can be provided by the server after with a bit of configuring - again, the client doesn't need to worry about it at all. Mods, on the other hand, almost always require the client and server to match up what mods they have installed, and they require special non-vanilla servers in order to run. Kind of a big hassle.

[@MrBrineplays_]

This is a cool idea! I hope mojang adds the idea of it

[@brickie9816]

Ok i know that really you can't make datapacks have crafting with nbt lol nice cover up. But fr well done, looks very good quality i also loved that idea

[@conure512]

The Knowledge Book thing is used by lots of datapack devs, at this point I think it's just kinda expected haha. I hope they do let us craft with NBT someday...

[@jupitersky]

@@conure512 I can't believe that someday would be so soon... wild!

[@_Caleb_Water_]

I have one word for this : CPVP

[@berkle]

Great Job Conure!

[@Painstillplays]

I was playing in the end today and I was thinking of the exact same thing 😂

[@k0rruptd]

this is amazing conure holy

[@k0rruptd]

and you did it so fast

[@conure512]

@@k0rruptd To be fair, it actually used a lot of the same concepts from stuff I made before, I copy-pasted a lot of code from the Waystone datapack lol. Probably would've taken me several days if not for that

[@wither_tm]

maybe sneak click on the relay to make the compass pop out?

[@conure512]

This is a good idea actually

[@Lmnop_137]

I like Ken's crafting recipe better, but it would be cool if you could charge it multiple times like the anchor

[@MarasiTemple]

But why? It's not made to respawn to the thing, so if you want to use it, you're also able to refill it. So there is no real need for it, and i feel like multiple charges and with that the ability to make a group able to teleport to the same location all at the same time could break things.

[@RavenRavel]

Well, this is neat.

[@Quadritzel]

damn you were faster than me

[@conure512]

hey man, if you're working on one as well I'd love to see it haha

[@hashir8181]

do you have a discord server? i wanted to make a dungeon map with randomly generated rooms but im a little confused with the structure and jigsaw blocks

[@conure512]

You asked this 6 days too early, I actually just now got one set up :) discord.gg/pXyFR6mwxR

[@hashir8181]

@@conure512 Thank you so much!

[@Dalgonz]

How to remove arrow display?

[@conure512]

If you mine the block, the compass and block will both drop. You can then place the block back down, and it won't have the arrow display until you put another compass into it.

[@Dalgonz]

​@@conure512okey

[@Dalgonz]

​@@conure512What if i want to remove the arrow feature from the datapack? Not that I don't like it, but I just want to know :D

[@conure512]

@@Dalgonz Ahh I see lol. If you go into the datapack and delete the function end_relay:macro/set_alignment that should be enough to make it so the arrow never visually shows up.

[@Dalgonz]

​@@conure512Oke, TY!!

[@jj003333]

Thanks

[@Bluebird_YT]

You might be able to use player heads so you don’t have to use a texture pack. I don’t know how you coded it though so it might not work

[@conure512]

Player heads, as far as I'm aware, have a lower resolution than a full block. So I'd have to use different/lower-res textures.

[@M_1024]

​@@conure512or multiple player heads

[@conure512]

@@M_1024 Yeah, honestly that could work for the actual placed block (multiple displays), but then it would mess up the inventory item texture.

[@alecluh6219]

Where do you get the resource pack?

[@conure512]

Same place as the datapack. (PlanetMinecraft page)

[@thecanaryminer]

WoH

[@ervinfalcon2728]

does this work for 1.20.1?

[@BigEmster]

I thought the recipe used netherite?

[@conure512]

Kenadian's suggestion was Obsidian, Popped Chorus Fruit, and a Lodestone Compass. I just replaced the compass with an Eye of Ender. Since this is just a concept/suggestion I suppose anyone could change it to require netherite lol I suppose there technically is a netherite requirement already though, because using the relay requires a Lodestone, which requires netherite to craft!

[@BigEmster]

@@conure512 I misremembered, my bad. I thought the recipe used netherite where the obsidian was.

[@blvdes]

sick, 1.19.2??

[@conure512]

Nope, it only works in 1.20.4. (Macros, return run, etc)

[@blvdes]

@@conure512 😭

[@Dalgonz]

:O