OpenEntity - Expandable Capabilities for Entities
Warning: The mod is a work in progress, use it at your own risk! Be sure to make a backup of your world before installation.
What is this mod about?
OpenEntity represents an innovative solution that allows various entities in Minecraft to acquire additional capabilities. Using a special tool, you can upgrade characters, mobs, and even minecarts by installing various interfaces and upgrades.
Core functionalities and features
Interface system
The mod offers an extensive set of interfaces for entity customization:
- Authority - basic interface required for all others to function
- Cosmetic - appearance features (currently supports glow through OpenComputers integration)
- Energy - adds an energy buffer for the entity that can charge armor, inventory, and other interfaces
- Equipment - provides access to equipment slots (e.g., you can dress a skeleton in armor)
- Experience - collects experience and creates an XP magnet; more experience provides benefits for other upgrades
- Fluids - adds liquid tanks with suction/ejection functionality
- Hotkeys - hotkeys for quick access to mod features with the ability to bind to various in-game actions
- Info - provides entity information and additional capabilities like renaming mobs
- Inventory - adds an inventory similar to a backpack
- OpenComputers - full integration with the OpenComputers mod
- Redstone - ability to read redstone signals around the entity
- Social - behavior customization for entities (avoid/follow specific creatures)
- Teleport - entity teleportation at the cost of ender pearls
Technical requirements and compatibility
The mod requires the Commons0815 library to be installed. If your launcher doesn't support automatic dependency downloads, you'll need to install the library manually.
OpenComputers support
Optional integration with the OpenComputers mod is available for Minecraft 1.12 and requires OpenComputers version 1.7.0 or newer.