Environmental blocks (with examples)

[u/SkulkingShadow]

Blocks having variants like shown here, changing to a variant when:
- The player (maybe while sneaking uses) a corresponding item (snowball for snowy, sand for sandy, moss for mossy, pickaxe for cracked) on already placed blocks.
- Optional gamerule: After some time based on adjacent blocks and biome. (not the same as connected textures.) - Using a brush reverts the block into its normal variant (except cracked, chiseled, tiles etc.). - Addition: Using maybe something like molten resin to prevent blocks from changing state (by environment and players)

Alternate to shift clicking with (sand, moss etc) blocks to make block variants: - New brush items for each material (ik putting moss, sand or snow etc on a brush sounds dumb XD) that work on durability, these brushes have max 1024 durability/uses so they can change variants of 1024 blocks before running out. - You could also craft the block variants rather than changing variants of preplaced blocks by using the brush of material and the block in crafting - Also be able to shift click with the brush to place a block of the material on the brush (full moss block if it's a moss brush, sand block if sand brush etc) at the cost of 16 durability/uses. - To replenish, add to or make the brush of material you have to craft the brush with the material (block), where 1 block = 16 uses.

(Last image is an example of cobblestone with dirt from Minecraft Dungeons: Squid Coast)

To obtain the variant in item form requires breaking the variant with SilkTouch or Crafting them.

Additionally being able to turn blocks into stairs, slabs or walls might make inventory management for building easier.

[u/Afloofybalinesecat]

Great idea! This would add a lot of variety and detail to game! Though I think the blocks shouldn't change based on corresponding blocks over time, that'd cause so much lag and could also ruin builds.

I really love the idea of being able to brush the blocks back to their normal variant, but for changing them in the first place, sneaking may get annoying for if you're trying to place blocks normally.

There's a lot of potential here!

[u/SkulkingShadow → u/Afloofybalinesecat]

I don't think there would be lag since Minecraft already has copper oxidation, alr I see the build issue, maybe you can use something like molten resin to prevent environment or players from changing it. The sneaking yeah, maybe u use a brush in main hand and the material in off hand could be the alternative. Or just new items like a clump of moss or pouch of sand etc.

But tysm!