[::] Classic sponges in 1.8

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ tryashtar ยท 362 points ยท Posted at 19:18:00 on June 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)


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๐ŸŽ™๏ธ tryashtar ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 19:24:37 on June 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*

EDIT: Sorry, the bedrock link was broken. It's fixed now -- sorry for any inconvenience.

The sponges in classic minecraft were SO much more useful, so I decided to make them work in 1.8. They function just like the original, clearing out a cube of air around them. You can break them and the water will flow back in--no artifacts left.

A classic sponge will only be placed if a player throws one dry sponge on the ground. Sponge items can fall and not create these--you need to throw it.

Additionally, you can still place 1.8 sponges just like normal.

Want this in your world? Here's the easy-installing one-click versions:

Above-ground:
http://pastebin.com/ThsghWyp

Bedrock:
http://pastebin.com/V3JJURWE

falloffcliffman ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:35:20 on June 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)

A couple questions because I've never used pastebin before...

1) How do I install this into my world?

2) What's the difference between the above-ground and bedrock versions?

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ tryashtar ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 21:38:58 on June 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*

Above ground version places the system in front of the installation command. The bedrock version places it at the bottom of the map, so you can put it into a survival world without the commands being visible.

Frostlandia ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:51:18 on June 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)

1) Copy all of the text in the pastebin and insert it into a command block (obtained via: /give command_block), then trigger the command block with a redstone signal (a button or lever will do). 2) I'm not sure, but presumably the bedrock version will create the command blocks in a different way or location.

falloffcliffman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:57:15 on June 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)

Thanks, I'll try it out.

SimplySarc ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 21:21:35 on June 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)

Man these'd be so much more useful!

hazzor ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:34:27 on June 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)

so you can place it normally or throw it and it'll place like that too?

I remember the good old sponges... loooong time ago now

TeamAquaAdminMatt ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:45:49 on June 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)

I wish sponges were still like that

ImAKidImASquid ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:51:37 on June 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)

Wow, nice!

Also, I wonder what starfish will do...

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ tryashtar ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 00:20:03 on June 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)

Mostly go jellyfishing and eat patties.

KingCrabmaster ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:43:57 on June 18, 2015 ยท (Permalink)

A server I go on had a glitch with sponges where they worked like this, it was the best thing for the while it worked.

WildBluntHickok ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:39:59 on June 19, 2015 ยท (Permalink)

It's not a glitch, Bukkit just fixed the broken sponges in versions before 1.8. Also half-fixed the zombie sieges, although it made them completely unbeatable.