realguyman
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4 weeks ago Thank you for your detailed suggestion. I'll definitely be keeping this in mind. I already had plans to add support for villagers, but I hadn't thought of allays.
I'll also consider adding support to enable/disable glowstone variants. :)
I think this would be great for multiple reasons.
I really like Totally lit because It changes the game pretty significantly. In vanilla Minecraft, you can put torches on your entire base and completely ignore enemies, which makes Minecraft play more like first person Blender3D instead of a survival game. It is best strategy against monsters so everyone will naturally do it. But this makes the game too safe and less interesting, striping away an important survival game feature which is danger. (Quote: "Given the opportunity, players will optimize the fun out of a game").
Totally lit does solve this issue, however; glowstone torches/lanterns are a problem. They undo what this mod achieves. Why even install this mod if you can use glowstone torches which are practically vanilla torches? Wouldn't It make more sense for people who don't want extinguishing light sources to simply not install the mod in the first place?
Relighting light sources one by one is indeed tedious. So there should still be a way to automate the process. But it shouldn't be a set it and forget it, permanent solution. It should be something the player needs to manage and keep track of, that's what survival is all about after all.
I propose using allys. They could hold flint and steel and search extinguished light sources to light up. The held flint and steel would have much lower durability and lighting up sources would use up its durability. You would need to replenish the flint and steel once it breaks. You could also give allys coal/coal blocks/blaze rods etc. to increase the duration of torches/lanterns. This would also create a need to mine more coal or set up farms that provide fuel. Which ties in well with the the game loop.
I'm of course suggesting the removal of glowstone torches and lanterns as they go against what the mod is trying to achive.
This change would make allys useful and seeing allys fly around would make your base feel more alive. It doesn't have to be allys, villagers could also do the same thing but I think allys would be cuter.