@ciosciaa.unitedparadigms.com
Owner of @unitedparadigms.com and the Bedrock Add-Ons Discord server. I use this account to talk about Minecraft and UP stuff. (I also do stuff for Mush Co and Moonsworth. 😜)
Oh, god.
A Minecraft structure block UI is bugged with custom blocks outside the structure rendering outside the UI viewport.
I, uhh, don't think today's Preview fixed custom block rendering in the structure block UI.
In Minecraft, collection of fake birch planks blocks are randomly offset across the screen.
The new minecraft:random_offset component can be super cursed…
Ah, shit, I just realized none of the ores I’ve made for anyone in the last year drop XP. 😭
The newest block component, “minecraft:replaceable”, makes creating tall grass-like blocks easier than ever. I do wish we had access to this component’s existence in scripting, though…
The new “minecraft:input_air_controlled” component introduced this last Preview is tons of fun and very easy to set up! Check it out:
Better on Bedrock hits the Minecraft Marketplace on March 4th, 2025, priced at 990 minecoins.
All I can say is, I love you guys❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
The MCPEDL version will still be updated and supported.
Woo! Congrats! I’ll be your first download. 🥺
I’ve posted this to the bug tracker. Upvote bugs.mojang.com/browse/MCPE-... to give visibility to fixing mixed-material custom blocks!
Here’s a demo video of said bug. Note how within the same subchunk, a block of matching rendering type must exist for the chalice base to be made visible.
I wrote up an extensive analysis of a major custom block rendering bug on my server, Bedrock Add-Ons. To join, the server, visit discord.gg/bedrock-add-....
For the write-up, see discord.com/channels/523....
Table comparing the “minecraft:allow_off_hand” and “minecraft:armor” components. They behave mostly the same, but the latter also plays sounds on equipment and allows for off hand equipment from the “minecraft:equipment” entity component.
Ah, another one for items today. Items can use 2 different components to determine off hand usage: the allow off hand component and the armor component. Here’s the comparison:
Ah, one more thing I’d missed. Resin was integrated across the board in add-ons. A few highlights:
• The “§v” formatting code
• “material_resin” in the “minecraft:hover_text_color” item component
• “resin_palette” in the “minecraft:icon” item component (for armor trims)
🤏🏼 In short, there are known values for everything except maces, even for jack-o’-lantern-like items (“cosmetic_head”) and generic classes (“all”, “g_armor”, “g_tool”, “g_digging”).
These indeed handle enchanments correctly per vanilla examples.
⛏️ While working earlier, I realized Mojang's documentation for the “slot” property in the “minecraft:enchantable” item component was terrible.
Here’s an excerpt from my research: gist.github.com/ciosciaa/e09.... It reveals that there are many more enchantability classes than previously known.
In short, custom blocks using this geometry will become laterally stretched and use double-sided rendering. You may want to consider using a custom cross model now.
It was brought to my attention earlier that “minecraft:geometry.cross” had changed in the latest Preview (1.21.70.20) with no versioning. 😰 Check out the newest iteration here: gist.github.com/ciosciaa/261....
Credit to @xxpoggyislitxx.poggy.org for the discovery.
Visual Studio Code setup showing a basic block definition with queued ticking, with rich problem and documentation panels supporting development
💪🏼 I’m one step closer to realizing my dream of getting real, powerful schemas and documentation directly into Visual Studio Code.
Take a look at the documentation sidebar. It tells you everything.
These are only usable in entities and particles for the time being!
And here’s double multiply being used for lightening like night vision:
Here’s a close-up of the exclusion filter for color inversion:
It wouldn’t kill me to post some of my older, more popular stuff here, too. Here is a demo of all the blend modes currently supported by Minecraft.
In order: normal, exclusion, multiply, double multiply, additive, additive blend, premultiplied alpha, and opaque rendering
Leona the black, orange, and white calico cat lounging in her cat bed
Leona!
I can’t express how happy I am that minecraft:geometry.full_block now casts ambient occlusion onto nearby blocks. This makes my life so much easier.
Here are a few issues that affect development work when using Blockbench. 2 of them result in data loss; the other is a default value that needs correcting:
- github.com/JannisX11/bl...
- github.com/JannisX11/bl...
- github.com/JannisX11/bl...
Please upvote them if you can to get them prioritized!
Another fun fact: the 4 new file types for jigsaw structures use a different JSON processor which supports trailing commas.
I made some huge progress recently on my own custom Visual Studio Code extension for add-ons. It needs even more shortcuts and better descriptions, but this is a pretty solid start.
14 nested scopes identiifed by guide lines in Visual Studio Code
This is how you know you’re in deep.
Fun fact: you can view compiled atlases in-game. Just use “atlas.items” or “atlas.terrain” as the texture in any particle or entity. I use this infrequently to double-check that my atlas size isn’t getting out of control.
Customized Visual Studio Code window revamped with Panic’s Nova file icons and sidebar documentation
I took the opportunity to tweak my VS Code setup before getting to work today. Most notably, I added file icons from Panic’s Nova and sidebar documentation for the property under the cursor in JSON. I also tweaked how the sidebar view icons are presented.
