MC Augmentor | Sequoia Trees

MC Augmentor | Sequoia Trees

This datapack has one simple goal, it removes all "2x2 spruce trees" from the "Old Growth Spruce Taiga" biome (previously known as Giant Spruce Taiga) and replaces them with Custom Sequoia Trees which are huge and landmark like, as they should be ;-)

Other than the removal of the default trees, and addition of custom Sequoia Trees for this biome, nothing else has changed.

I hope you enjoy playing with this datapack as much as I enjoyed creating it!

Versions:
Supported versions are 1.18 up to 1.21.5 (so far), although future versions may work, it's not guaranteed.
It will not work with older versions, as the biome name change for "Old Growth Spruce Taiga" is not backward compatible :/

Performance:
During initial generation/loading of the chunks, a lot takes place under the hood, so you may notice some lag when loading old_growth_spruce_taiga chunks. However, once the trees are generated, I have not experienced any performance issues outside of the 1.18 world height changes that already had a performance impact over 1.17.

Known Issues:

• Due to inherent limitations with MC Datapacks, there are occasional world generation problems, like a tree that is incomplete (looks like just the base of a Sequoia trunk) or even a single 2x2 tree inside the base of a trunk. Having done a great deal of testing, these issues are few. Having said that, I find some of these issues (IMO) improve on generation in the sense of telling a story, like: Who cut the tree down, villagers, pillagers? Looks like it's regrowing? -- If you must let me know of generation problems, please be sure to exclude these issues as they are inherent datapack limitations over which I have no control ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  
• Older versions (1.18 to 1.20.1) use roots that don't extend very far, which can give the appearance of "floating" on edges of cliffs or ravines, etc.

• I've found when spawning in this biome, there is a chance you will be spawned on top of one of the Sequoia's. I can't figure out how to correct this (any help will be appreciated). It appears to be a datapack related issue, but I can't be sure -- you can use /setworldspawn to correct this

Trivia:
Ratio of dark_oak/spruce/mangrove wood in the base root system is 15:15:1
Ratio of dark_oak/spruce/mangrove wood going up the trunk into the foliage is 4:20:1
Ratio of spruce/oak/mangrove leaves in the foliage is 5:1:1

These Sequoia's have 3 average block heights:
-Large are from 54 to 56.
-Medium are from 47 to 51.
-Small are from 42 to 46.
There is roughly ~60% chance of Large, ~23% Medium, and ~17% small.

Minecraft in itself does not support the ability to add truly custom trees (in world generation - unless they are static structures). Despite these limitations, I have found a way to exploit internal generation functions to create some unique datapacks which to a reasonable degree provide what I felt minecraft was missing. I hope in the future these datapack limitations will be cleared up, as I really hope to be able to do more with minecraft. Have a look at my other datapack: Baobab Trees

License:
The "MC Augmentor | Sequoia Trees" datapack is provided as-is with no warranty. You may use or change this datapack in any lawful way with only the following restriction, any and all derivations of this datapack must make very clear attribution to "MC Augmentor | Sequoia Trees" referenced here on Planet Minecraft.

An incomplete list of examples of misuse of this license are: Branding this pack as your own in any way. Placing a logo or signature of any kind on pictures derived from this datapack where the changes from this datapack are the main focus of the picture. Making it seem in any way or form as if this datapack was not created by me. Making it seem in any way or form as if derivations of this datapack did not originate from the "MC Augmentor | Sequoia Trees" datapack.