Hodge-Podge age and future Raol's mods

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Hodge-Podge age and future Raol's mods
Thu, 12/31/2020 - 13:26 (edited)

I've already mentioned this on the Modular Expansion topic, but now I want to make a separate topic for it.

After the upcoming RaolCraft Omega update (2.2, which will add new structures, minibosses, totems, gems, decorative blocks and more), there won't be another cycle of updates. Instead, a long series of Hodge-Podge III will begin.

Hodge-Podge III is the sequel of a mod by Eonaut. Right now it only includes 3 dimensions and one boss, while the original mod was a lot bigger. I decided to focus on Hodge-Podge for a bit so I will quickly add all the missing dimensions and bosses (and a lot of bonus content). Like in the times when there only was RaolCraft, except now there will only be Hodge-Podge.

I want to quickly add the missing content because it's kinda sad to see it in this state, and also because I want to integrate the lore from Hodge-Podge with the one from RaolCraft, but I can't really until it's complete.

This doesn't mean the other mods are discontinued though. At the end of the Hodge-Podge age, all my other mods will get a huge update (and, if MCreator 1.9.1 is released in the Hodge-Podge age, I will do a bonus update for RaolCraft just for the ore dictionary XD). This series of updates actually won't be too long, maybe it will just consist of something like 4 updates.

Actually, there also is another reason: I want to release new mods. And before start working on them, I want all the others to be complete.

And what are those new mods?

 

Well, the first one will be a sci-fi mod. Yes, after all those magic or mining mods, finally a futuristic mod XD. It won't be a "tech" mod though. There already is Pyromancy for automation. It will be a futuristic adventure mod (and yes, I got the idea for it from Trailblazer, but it will be different).

It will be a mod about space, antimatter, alternate universes, genetics, clones, time travel and much more. It will have many references from my other mods and its lore will be integrated with them.

It will actually mainly focus on space exploration and on another alternate universe made of antimatter, which is very similar to the regular minecraft universe except for some differences (the war between light and darkness never happened there for example).

There will be meteorites, armors that adapt to your playstyle, spaceships, alien invasions, jetpacks, helpful AIs and much more!

Here's an image of what could the villains look like (this is just a concept and these characters may or may not be in the mod):

Scifi bad guys

(by me)

the bad boys

(by Dansamy)

From left to right, they are:

  • An alien sciencist
  • Your clone
  • A mysterious time traveler
  • An evil alien colonizer from an antimatter universe
  • The son of the antimatter alternative of a familiar face
  • A space pirate
  • An evil AI (it's the creeper hologram on the table)

Each of these villains would have his goals and interests, and some might even betray their leader or eventually team up with the player. It's not that solid of an alliance after all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

I have many ideas for it, but I still have to decide its name (what about Event Horizon)?

 

I also want to release a littler mod (littler than Pyromancy). I won't tell you its theme, bit I will let you guess it. It will be called "The Ultimate Plan". If you are minecrafty enough, you'll know ;)

EDIT (01/01/2020): The Ultimate Plan isn't going to be released soon. For those of you who want to try an early alpha of it, here is the download: https://mcreator.net/forum/55916/ultimate-plan-official-topic-early-download

EDIT (04/28/2020): The Ultimate Plan is now officially released!! Link here: https://mcreator.net/modification/58658/ultimate-plan

EDIT (12/28/2020): Event Horizon got its own topic, all future announcements will be there: https://mcreator.net/forum/69316/event-horizon-official-topic

EDIT (12/31/2020): Event Horizon is now released, check it out: https://mcreator.net/modification/69495/event-horizon

Edited by RaolTheBest on Thu, 12/31/2020 - 13:26
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wait wait... there is…
Mon, 12/16/2019 - 01:13

wait wait... there is already a mod called into orbit...

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Well, means another name has…
Mon, 12/16/2019 - 20:19

Well, means another name has to be found :(

But no need to rush, if little updates for my mods take months to be released you won't see this new sci-fi mod until this topic will get at least one-year old XD

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The Ultimate Plan is coming…
Sat, 12/21/2019 - 09:09

The Ultimate Plan is coming soon. It will probably take a while just to create the models and textures for the hatching dragon egg though... XD

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I'm sorry that I've been…
Mon, 12/30/2019 - 22:45

I'm sorry that I've been quite unactive recently...

Anyway, the Ultimate Plan is coming soon:
dragon egg

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Sad news: the Ultimate Plan…
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 19:34

Sad news: the Ultimate Plan isn't going to be released.

Everything was ready: the egg, the progression, the baby enderdragon model... There's just one issue: it is bugged.

I initially planned to make the baby dragon rideable; however, you can't control well flying mobs. So I tried making the dragon attack monsters; but it often randomly flies away and I can't make it follow you. This isn't a major issue if you keep the dragon guarding a house, but you can't travel with the dragon as you can do with wolves if it flies away... This makes hatching the dragon kinda useless.

I don't want to release bugged mods, they would be useless (the dragon isn't a secondary feature, it's the whole mod)

It's a shame because I added many features (fertilized endstone, special end crops, dragon egg hatching animation, a special way to get new eggs...) and planned many things (spears and bows that get stronger while riding a dragon, special food to heal dragons...)... :(

 

What do you think? Should I release it anyway? If you want I could post some screenshots or even add a download link here...

I initially planned to make…
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 19:57

I initially planned to make the baby dragon rideable; however, you can't control well flying mobs

We do plan to improve this in the upcoming updates, but the actual control of flying mobs might take some time to be added as there are no reference mobs for this and no similar mechanic or helper implemented in vanilla yet. 

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If this update will be…
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 20:50

If this update will be released this year then I will wait for it. In the while I will work on my other mods :)

I don't want to release a useless mod, it would be like Minecraft without being able to place blocks XD

I understand. Better flying…
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 21:08

I understand. Better flying mobs will sure be released in this year, most likely soon, but for ridable flying mobs, I am not that sure as I did not do much research on this yet.

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That pirate looks like he'll…
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 22:08

That pirate looks like he'll be a tough boss. I'm looking forward too it.

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Actually, the pirate will…
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 22:13

Actually, the pirate will probably be the first and easiest boss XD (but you might have to fight him again later)

I hope you will like the mod... And I hope I will manage to release it before 2021 XD

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I added a download link for…
Wed, 01/01/2020 - 23:32

I added a download link for an early alpha of the Ultimate Plan here:

https://mcreator.net/forum/55916/ultimate-plan-official-topic-early-download

When the mod will be fully released, that topic will become the official discussion topic of the Ultimate Plan.

 

Anyway, let's get back to the Hodge-Podge age. A new update is coming soon (probably this month). It will reorganise the inventory, add a new dungeon and finally implement the 4th dimension: the Taint :D