Off Da Grid Blocks

Break free from the grid. Off Grid Blocks lets you place every block at sub-block
positions and at the angle you’re looking — freeform, tilted, offset structures that normal
Minecraft never allows. And it isn’t just decoration: chests, redstone, pistons, rails, and
even nether portals keep working off the grid.

No tools or special items to learn — pull a block from your inventory and place it like normal.
It lands exactly where your cursor points, rotated to match your view.

Features

| Feature | What you get |
|—|—|
| Free placement & rotation | Blocks sit at fractional positions and tilt to your look direction — diagonal walls, leaning pillars, natural clutter |
| Real hitboxes | Collision matches each block’s true shape (half slabs, thin fences, flat carpets), so you can stand on what you build |
| Working utility blocks | Crafting tables, anvils, chests, furnaces, hoppers, droppers and more open and function; contents persist |
| Doors, beds, cake, switches | Doors open, beds skip the night, cake is edible, levers/buttons toggle — visuals update to match |
| Redstone | Dust, repeaters, comparators, observers, levers, buttons and lamps wire up and pass signals |
| Pistons | Push & pull off-grid blocks at any angle, with full slime/honey adhesion and redstone power |
| Observers | Detect off-grid blocks placed or broken in front of them |
| Minecarts on rails | Lay off-grid rails, drop a minecart, and ride it through straights and curves |
| Nether portals | Build an off-grid obsidian frame, light it, and travel to the Nether and back |
| Light & gravity | Glowing blocks light the area; sand/gravel/concrete place off-grid without falling |

Controls

| Action | Result |
|—|—|
| Right-click with a block | Place it off-grid, rotated to your view |
| Right-click an off-grid block | Stack another off-grid block on it |
| Left-click an off-grid block | Break it (drops as normal) |
| Flint & steel on off-grid obsidian | Light a nether portal in the frame |
| Minecart on an off-grid rail | Spawn a cart — right-click it to ride |
| Redstone block / powered lever on a piston | Fire the piston (any side except the head) |

Before you download — please read

[!IMPORTANT]

– Requires Fabric Loader and Fabric API for Minecraft 1.21.1.

– Must be installed on both the client and the server, on the same version. A vanilla client cannot join a server running this mod and have it work.

– This mod changes how all block placement works. It’s built for creative and freeform building — it is not a vanilla-compatible drop-in.

Known limitations

These are honest trade-offs, not bugs:

• Collision is axis-aligned. A tilted block still has an upright, straight hitbox — the engine can’t give entities rotated collision boxes (the same reason boats and shulkers don’t).
• Redstone is best-effort. It works well for flat, roughly grid-spaced layouts. Very tight sub-block spacing, tall vertical stacks, and very large contraptions aren’t fully supported.
• Pistons move off-grid blocks only, not normal world blocks or entities.

Compatibility

| | |
|—|—|
| Minecraft | 1.21.1 |
| Loader | Fabric |
| Dependencies | Fabric API |
| Environment | Required on client and server |

If you hit an issue, please report it with a clear description of what you placed and what
happened — it really helps.