ModSpotlight Building Gadgets 2 Release Version

Building Gadgets 2 is officially released as v1.0 -- and brings with it a BUNCH of new features since the last spotlight video. Enough so that I decided to make another video :).
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[@ultradude5410]

This is everything I’d want from a new version of building gadgets! Everything I know and love is still there just as it was, working mostly the same ways, but with extra features, fewer bugs, and more eye candy! 10/10 update Dire!

[@ultradude5410]

Btw, I love all the flavors of eye candy, but honestly the default grow is my favorite

[@staciazulu]

It's strange that the cut and paste gadget's range is enough to destroy a entire mountain, but the destruction gadget's max is still 16x16. To destroy a large area, just cutting and then throwing the cut paste gadget into the trash can without pasting seemed like a logical solution to me. But of course it would be better if the range of the destruction gadget could be increased instead.

[@catmandoe1]

Don't even have to throw the cut paste gadget away, you could just override it with some stone or just keep the cut until you need to remove something else then override it

[@TheKarolans]

Yep the remove gadget is now obsolete, also cutting does not cost any power so... don't tell Dire :D

[@jared_per]

Nice little subtlety that blocks that need support, like grass get placed after the rest to make sure they stay.

[@mylittleworkshop7219]

Hey, i think this is a really cool mod, but theres one feature missing for the Building Gadget, kind of like a random place mode where in a space of for example 12 x 12 blocks it will randomly place blocks in there so you can easily texture stuff like roads, and you should have a meter on how tight the randomly placed blocks should be. This should be implemented for the surface and the wall modes, i really hope you do, have a great day!

[@tears_of_asariel3198]

that bind to inventory feature is great, even if it didnt work with AE2, great work

[@NazgulGnome]

You should add "the SNAP" animation to the mining gadget laser. That would be perfectly appropriate for disintegrating blocks.

[@yapsonark407]

go one step further and turn the gadget into a specific looking glove :)

[@Klinara]

Building gadgets 2: electric boogaloo.

[@1iddo]

Lmaoo are you an oldhead ?

[@paulnieuwkamp8067]

Nice, tile entities work now! Should make building Mekanism multiblocks a LOT easier. Tnx!

[@aidanw6725]

Bro this is amazing, great work 👍. Especially being able to share builds and copy and paste them

[@stenmand1964]

Dire: u need to make a in-game craft able "9x9 house template"

[@Maltpapi]

I appreciate your hospitality Wolf - this will change everything for me

[@monkeyzap8241]

Ae2 is bound, but im more of refined storage guy, i hope it works with that too

[@monkeyzap8241]

Nvm, I should have finished the video lol

[@networkl00p]

Love this mod. Use it in almost every modpack I play :)

[@RavenheartIndustries]

Not gonna lie this gadget has been the best thing ever for my farms. Makes replanting so simple

[@cyanmoonlight7147]

One thing I’ve always wondered about this mod, is there a reason why the build/destruction gadgets are limited to such a small size? Tasks like terraforming and setting walls/floors for a base are definitely made easier with this mod, but any time I use it, I’m left wishing I could bump those size sliders just a bit further. This is absolutely an amazing mod, and other solutions (like the Create creative worldshaper ) suffer from similar restrictions. I just wish it had just a bit larger reach.

[@lordhed]

I feel like that's a good point for there to be an enchant or upgrade available.

[@darkstone_official_2427]

This mod should probably include a charging block itself that can be fueled using something like coal and/or lava or maybe even redstone (because electricity) so it can be used as a standalone mod. I'm using it in a custom made Create modpack right now but I haven't included any electrical stuff or other crazy mods with most of the focus being on Trains from Create and as such don't have any power right now. With no way to charge the gadget in the mod itself I'm forced to download a secondary mod for a single block to power it which may or may not cause me more problems. It's taken me like 5 days just to work out the kinks with my own modpack by upgrading or downgrading versions and adding/removing mods until it finally stopped crashing and adding literally anything is like poking the Demon Core.

[@ConnorSinclairCavin]

Question: With the template manager, could we get a functionality which allows you to select any item in the template (such as the wood type or stone type) and switch it with a different item? This would REALLY make things amazing. It would let builders hot swap pallets on the go, make minor variations, change decor, and so forth in a hurry, choose materials you have on hand in survival, or like make a town of similar but different themes by saving several versions and placing them at random to make cities.

[@direwolf20]

I definitely have pieces of that in the works - you'll notice you can click on objects in that list to select them -- the plan is to let you drag from JEI. Unfortunately you'll only get the 'default' block state of whatever you drag. For example, you'll get whatever the default facing direction of an oak log or stairs are, no way to rotate them properly or affect other attributes, but its probably better than nothing. I'm trying to come up with a way to let you choose your blockstates, we'll see if I can think of something

[@ConnorSinclairCavin]

@@direwolf20 that sounds great Dire! As for rotation You *could potentially label them with the “default forward face” and a button that lets you aim that face in one direction. If this happened with each block type having a drop down for sub-types (so stair east, stair west… it *might work? But i know that would be tons of coding probably… unless blockface angle can be used.

[@pigslayer275]

Is there anyway to accomplish a gradient with Building Gadgets? Or, to create a random pattern of blocks from a selected list via Building Gadgets?

[@OddMartin]

A curious question popped into my head, if bound to AE2 and blocks are missing but autocraftable, will it autocraft? 😁

[@direwolf20]

No sorry

[@drankercz]

I love The SNAP animation haha

[@etherealg3940]

Already been playing with this and loving the different options for how blocks emerge and vanish. Still think Shrink is my favorite, but it's nice to have options and they're all really well-made.

[@andreeaiacob2859]

Great vid, simple and easy to understand explanations. Thank you!

[@DisKorruptd]

I now have an idea of a parkour-heavy group of PVPers using building gadgets to rapidly construct and deconstruct their own platforms to navigate over and around obstacles... like... imagine having your opponent undo the platform you're on and then you just put down another underneath, and continue chase... imagine the hectic battles that could bring.

[@Armetron]

Someone needs to build a direwolf statue using only the building gadget and undo all of it with the snap animation

[@LazerusArtificial]

one thing i noticed: when you used the cut feature, the building was removed from bottom to top. this caused the door to pop-off and not be included in the paste-version of it. i would assume that torches or objects affected by gravity could react weird too. maybe change it to "cut from top to bottom" and "paste from bottom to top"?

[@direwolf20]

So this *should* have been handled properly before, but I think I broke it when I made the cut removal bit staggered :). I just changed it to sort by Y level on cut, so it should be a bit better now :) Thanks for the suggestion!

[@ConnorSinclairCavin]

What would the new “9x9” be with the updated lighting ranges btw? Just curious for those of us that like roomier builds, but are curious how You would do it.

[@ManiacalMobius]

I'm torn between the snap and rise up! They're both so cool :D Any chance a circle/sphere tool can be added to the building gadget? Like the worldshaper's sextant from botania?

[@DragonSamurai182]

You mention AE2 specifically but can you also bind to -RS (and the coming RS2), or- (I missed that bit at the end the first time I watched the video) Functional Drawer storage controllers?

[@regiliok]

is there gonna be an option to build faster? like it used to be? if u dont care about lagg?

[@IMarvinTPA]

I'd like no animation instant place.

[@Jormunduur]

Not sure which I love more Snap, squish or grow. Snap on the void gadget though, a must. Can you add a snap sound effect when snapping on the void gadget specifically?

[@Serial1977]

These tools are so amazing. Thank you for making them!

[@zanetano]

Cut gadget seems very useful for clearing large areas in a very specific way. I can adjust the "box" to what I want cleared, cut it and then override the data on the gadget with a new cut. It's like a very precise version of destruction gadget. I think...

[@malintherese5008]

Wow, really good mod, and it has everything you’ll ever need to build. good job!

[@voidpipe8678]

Question about bound inventories: what happens to the items/blocks with undo if the bound inventory no longer has space for them?

[@direwolf20]

It’ll go to your player inventory or eventually drop on the ground at your feet

[@rxy228]

is it just me or can the cut and paste gadget work as a much more powerful destruction gadget?

[@rednovatech]

Would be nice to have a random (per operation not block) animation option, that way we can see all the animations over time :)

[@thejaxster]

The bind to storage feature is my favorite feature!

[@Tubaka01]

The SNAP animation is pretty sick.

[@mrana7a]

I was hoping Copy-Paste gadget was pasting structure on the center of the cursor you're facing not some weird angle. still the gadget help me a lot in building :D

[@direwolf20]

It’s the first block you click that’s the anchor poibt

[@Armetron]

So, I have a question and feature requests. When building stairs is there now a way to tell the gadget to build away / towards me? I've had instances where I was in the nether and I wanted to build a staircase downward using the gadget however setting it to stair mode would always build the stairs up and away from me. It would be nice to have a toggle / rotate option to be able to build downward. I'd also like to recommend that since the building gadget can link to an inventory (AE2 system) the ability to select which block you want to build with is limited to what you can currently see. Could you add a pin list that remember saved/previous blocks to select from so we don't need to have an inworld pallet to be able to change between blocks. other than that, great additions overall, I particularly love the animations changes you've made.

[@stinkytoby]

I really like the rising up animation, though it might not really work if you're looking at it from other angles

[@MrJohnyBGood101]

Amazing work! Love the AE2 integration ❤

[@50shadesofskittles9]

I absolutely love this mod ... thank you very much!

[@clnseat]

the water changing is pretty cool!

[@tabletopjam4894]

I’m glad my fluid tracing feature got added, legit so udeful

[@truonggiangnguyen6437]

i think Satisfactory build effect and sound effect would be cool too

[@Iriador1982]

Nice work Dire! This will make my life tremendously easier!

[@huge-la-mess]

Great tutorial, recommend adding timestamps or something of the sort in future though.

[@MikelHt]

id like to have diferent animations for placing and removing blocks, for example rise up for building and snap for destroying the blocks im changing with the changing gadgets (or anly have snap when undoing something)

[@zabuza6060]

Dire! you should start a forum specifically for this mod to show off and share creations!

[@leetskynor5511]

Love them all. Snap was really cool

[@Wolfenstein5315]

Yay bound to inventory is back!!!

[@Ev3rardd]

The snap effect feels like a nececity when using the destruction gadget. Its juat so thematically apropriate

[@MommaKris]

the snap is definitely my favorite.

[@KaleidoSaurus]

Would be nice to be able to paste just the template and build in place if you're swapping mats but using the same design

[@Amarthie]

With the build to me setting, you should have another mode to actually have it path towards you

[@erikhaag4250]

it would be cool if minecraft had a block tag like #minecraft:ceiling_support so you could tell if a block needed support without a predefined list.

[@lzzz90]

Awesome job dire

[@Cinnamon_Shaey]

can it bind with refined storage? or maybe a drawer system?

[@catmandoe1]

I hope so, since I think that refined storage is infinitely better than AE2

[@Cinnamon_Shaey]

i mean refined is easier, ae2 has its own perks and i like both but would like the choice! @@catmandoe1

[@Albatroz911]

How can I export my buildings from one map to another, I couldn't find the file or understand how to use it?

[@ضاريخال-ب7ذ]

Spotlight buildin

[@dtoad48]

I said this before.. combine the copy and past with the cut and paste. They DO THE SAME THING you don't need two tools, just have a menu option.

[@direwolf20]

The way it works behind the scenes makes it necessary.

[@xoxoyomama1289]

Computer science be like…

[@TheTwoFailerLP]

I still wonder why is there no geometry building gadget, for circles, spheres, squares, stars...

[@teenageapple3788]

Holy crap Steve in Fortnite is real! (I’m joking. Keep ya pants on)

[@CodenameWaffles]

Does the Building Gadget's "Bind Inventory" feature respect AE2 Network Security?

[@aer015]

I don't know if you've been asked this before, and if you don't mind me asking... Is there any chance of a Fabric port of all your mods? If not, can you please let me know for any reason (even if it is just a "don't want to")?

[@cassanthemum]

Awesome job, Dire.

[@ryuguy032197]

Why would you ever use the destruction gadget when the cut&paste is so OP doing way more area than the destruction gadget? Plus, if you are mining, you can place it back down to see if you hit any ores you want to keep

[@SilverLegion121]

Im torn on either "Rise up" or "SNAP"

[@IHCookiedan]

Oh Snap!

[@BrodyJones]

Amazing!

[@andrewlacroix6702]

Bind mode and snap are awesome ❤ it

[@truonggiangnguyen6437]

i'm very impressed

[@wreckervilla]

With all that experience increasing your repertoire of SFX and MC modding, that means the DW20 magic mod will be coming out after LaserIO2 right? :p

[@luke1998ist]

Oh snap 💪🏼

[@xoxoyomama1289]

Is there a discord group? I searched around, but only found a dead twitter link. I’d like to be part of the DW20 community. I actually watched your Let’s Play a few years ago with Nuclearcraft mod dev and a few others. I spent the last few years in school for CS and I’d love to help out on coding, writing tests, documentation, or really anything else that would help you. I just want the experience. Thanks for all your content over the years! I’m a huge fan of Building Gadgets and I love the facelift on block placement/return. I looks like your using 2 linked data structs to improve server performance. Am I correct?

[@DragonSamurai182]

There is a discord. I don’t have a link but you should be able to find it with a quick Google search.

[@nathantron]

Really wish there was a way to upgrade process for the destruction tool to leave ores and maybe other blocks. I really wish the Materials View would let you remove blocks or objects from the template.

[@naaat]

So basically I could use the cut function to quickly clear out a perimeter for free?

[@LittleRacoon333]

okay but what button do you use to change the range?? i know it's r for the build to me tool but i tried using the exchange tool and i can't change the range ? either my game is bugged or i'm just stupid i tried litteraly every button i can't

[@111riffi]

okay, but what about waterlogged entities/blocks? Ie.: waterloggedchest, waterlogged slab

[@direwolf20]

Waterlog blockstate is ignored for now, sorry! :)

[@JomaroTV]

But is there any chance to not only copy the house! I want the house demolished for all the items and rebuild somewhere else

[@catcat-tp2sn]

both charging mods you recommended arent available for 1.19.4 i feel so lost.

[@networkl00p]

Will be using SNAP animation.

[@IMarvinTPA]

Why is it a horizontal wall and not horizontal floor or horizontal plane? Walls are vertical structures.

[@DjHatfield-p1h]

How do you get the build you used in th video ? Or other cool ones ?

[@phily50]

I’d like to see a way to copy cards in laser io. I know this may not be the place to request, but still😂

[@truonggiangnguyen6437]

is the mimic block removed ? i think that feature cool too, and btw can your gadgets request AE to craft the block it need to build ?

[@direwolf20]

The mimic isn’t implemented yet but I’d like to add it back soon. No to auto crafting sorry

[@truonggiangnguyen6437]

it's ok, i still very impressed with your mod@@direwolf20

[@mattdavies7164]

Copy Paste tool has lost the ability to mirror? Or am I missing something?

[@justwhatevere]

i cant wait for direwolf20 1.20.1 mod pack Who with me

[@Dudeinator]

the enemy gate is down

[@Waliyounas]

What if we are on a server and chest is in protected chunk can i someone else chest for building materials.

[@ConnorSinclairCavin]

Any chance that the number of stored undo could be made configurable?

[@burns9206]

Is the cut and paste gadget removed from vault hunters?

[@MikelHt]

i think walls are only vertical

[@kotkapitan3063]

I need help, I cant open the menu on the building gadget.

[@Malathier]

Any chance to have it work with refined storage as well?

[@maxwiz71]

Would binding work with a draw controller?

[@PyrrhP]

Would this work to move an End portal?

[@warregeerts6073]

How can you mirror with the Copy & Paste tool?

[@TheDawgMiner]

can you move spawners?

[@lazorati4496]

The cut and paste gadget seems to store NBT data (contents of chests, durability of items inside) so... probably? Unless whatever pack you're playing enables that "Ignored by building gadgets 2" tag enabled on them.

[@TheDawgMiner]

@@lazorati4496 the question was meant as "by default"