Tiny Multiblock Lib

A Tiny Lib for simple creation of Multiblocks

Meant as blocks that that contain multiple blocks of itself, but still act like 1 block (for example a bed, door etc…) not to be confused with multiblock structures!!

Mostly meant as a library for developers, but includes a block placement preview feature accessible through the mods config. Downloading a newer version than a mod packages could also help fix some bugs

Features

Super simple

creating a multiblock of any size can be done just by overriding a single method. All breaking and placing logic is done for you.

Jar-in-Jar -able

Because I hate dowloading thousands of dependencies for each mod, the whole lib is intended as a jar-in-jar, meaning it gets included in your mod jar and players won’t have to download any extra dependencies

Multiblock Previews

Allows devs and players to enable placement previews for any block. When a player holds that block in hand, it renders a transparent client-side preview of how that block would be placed (see the picture in gallery). This can be disabled with client config

Shared Blockstates

Allows registering blockstate properties that automatically sync across the whole multiblock when updated, great for mod compatibility

Ghost Renderers

Customisable previews of a blocks / blockentities / models that can be easily placed anywhere in the world for a set amount of ticks (client side only)

Support

If you’re a developer and have some issues / suggestions, just dm me on discord (nikdo53) or github and I pinky promise to get back to you as soon as I can (unless you live in the USA and it’s like 3AM for me😬)

Installation instructions

First, get my maven and put into your build.gradle repository block.

repositories {
    //some other repositories you might have

    maven {
        name = 'Nikdo53 Maven'
        url = 'https://nikdo53.github.io'
    }
}

Then add the version you want (versions before 4.0.0) into gradle.properties:

tiny_multiblock_lib_version=4.0.0

Lastly, add the dependecy to your build.gradle based on your loader / gradle plugin

Neoforge MDG or NG

jarJar(implementation("net.nikdo53:tiny-multiblock-lib-neoforge-${minecraft_version}:${tiny_multiblock_lib_version}"))

Forge FG

1. enable jarjar by adding jarJar.enable() anywhere before your minecraft block
2. add this line into dependencies:

implementation(fg.deobf(jarJar("net.nikdo53:tiny-multiblock-lib-forge-${minecraft_version}:${tiny_multiblock_lib_version}")))

(note that ForgeGradle 6 sucks and you should probably switch to MDG Legacy)

Forge MDGL

jarJar(modImplementation("net.nikdo53:tiny-multiblock-lib-forge-${minecraft_version}:${tiny_multiblock_lib_version}"))

Fabric

// pre 26.1
modImplementation(include("net.nikdo53:tiny-multiblock-lib-fabric-${minecraft_version}:${tiny_multiblock_lib_version}"))

// post 26.1
implementation(include("net.nikdo53:tiny-multiblock-lib-fabric-${minecraft_version}:${tiny_multiblock_lib_version}"))

Multiloader common

// 1.20.1
modImplementation("net.nikdo53:tiny-multiblock-lib-common-${minecraft_version}:${tiny_multiblock_lib_version}")

// 1.21+
implementation("net.nikdo53:tiny-multiblock-lib-common-${minecraft_version}:${tiny_multiblock_lib_version}")