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Desert Sandstorms

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Minecraft 1.15
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Minecraft 1.16
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mrurl42
Lvl 43Master Procrastinator
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This datapack will add weather to deserts. While in a desert when it is raining or thundering in the world, the player will see and hear the effects of a sandstorm. Because this uses predicates to detect biomes, this will only work in 1.15+. It may be possible to make this work in 1.13/1.14 if anyone is interested.


Features:
  • Works with the world's normal weather cycles.
  • "Rain" weather will cause sand particles to appear and wind noise to pick up
  • "Thunder" weather will cause louder wind and limit visibility.
  • Walking "indoors" will cancel the effect (as long as there are blocks above the head).


I am still working on the following:
  • Currently only works in desert biome variants, but this can be expanded to mesa fairly easily (might add an option to do mesa storms as well... using red sand instead?).
  • I would like the sand particles to go slightly sideways instead of downward.
  • Blindness is nice for cutting visibility, but there needs to be a way to adjust it as currently blindness has no value (maybe in 1.17?)
  • Would like better "indoor" detection.

If anyone sees issues or has ideas to fix some of the issues, please let me know. I will keep working on it and try to incorporate the things I am working on and post updates. This should also work on multiplayer worlds, but if it does not, please let me know!

Project this pack was originally made for: https://www.planetminecraft.com/project/blasted-landscape/
Discord channel for the project I'm working on (where this datapack came from): https://discord.gg/ygQabgk

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Update #3 : by mrurl42 07/23/2020 8:23:42 amJuly 23, 2020 @ 12:23 pm UTC

Last update lost the menu options and advancement. Added them back in.
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Wookie2104
05/04/2022 7:13 pm
Level 1 : New Miner
does the datapack work for 1.18.2?
Looks cool btw
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mrurl42
05/04/2022 9:48 pm
Level 43 : Master Procrastinator
Haven't played in a while, so I don't know. But as far as I know, I am not using any commands that shouldn't. You can try it and see, just make sure to back up your saves before you try something that hasn't been tested like this!
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iNkoR_the_2nd
10/30/2021 7:14 am
He/Him • Level 48 : Master System
Please update this pack! It's a great concept. I actually have something like this but for the Nether in my pack, so I really like this too.
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User3704076G
07/11/2021 7:25 pm
Level 1 : New Miner
Please add mesa compatibility!
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Yilikesi
03/10/2021 6:09 am
Level 16 : Journeyman Princess
I want this data pack can make a Mesa(badlands) sandstorms

If mesa have red sand sandstorms it will very good
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_Reeves_
12/12/2020 8:33 am
Level 1 : New Miner
history
suggestion: Avalanche, better thunderstorms (more lightnings), tornadoes, sea storms (pretty cool to be just like thss but water particles)
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_Reeves_
12/12/2020 8:34 am
Level 1 : New Miner
history
ohh and sunburns on dessert and staying on beach too much, and harder snows
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mrurl42
12/12/2020 9:06 pm
Level 43 : Master Procrastinator
It wouldn't be too hard to add the visibility issues and such on oceans, but i believe rain and thunderstorms happen while in the ocean biome. I'll have to boot up the game to be sure, but I think it does...
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Chris_Pie
11/30/2020 10:47 am
Level 21 : Expert Cupcake
this datapack would if the world is just a desert, with difrent wasteland custom biomes
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mrurl42
12/01/2020 2:03 pm
Level 43 : Master Procrastinator
I am not sure what you mean.
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