Custom Potato Cannon Projectile Types

Summary

(For Create 0.3.2e)

Custom potato cannon projectile types can be added via a datapack. Before 0.3.2e, types could only be added through code, but now a datapack can also be used. At this time, adding a type through code allows more customizability and control, however.

How to add a new type

Adding a custom type is quite simple - just set up a basic datapack (more information here) and add some files under the data/[namespace]/potato_cannon_projectile_types directory. Files must end in .json but can be located in any sub-directory, as long as the full path does not violate Minecraft's ResourceLocation path check. The full specification for these JSON files can be found in the table below.

Note: Custom types cannot define block or entity interactions or have a render mode other than billboard. However, this functionality will be added eventually.

JSON Specification

Key	Value Type	Default Value
items	non-empty array of strings, each one representing the namespaced identifier of an item
reload_ticks	integer	10
damage	integer	1
split	integer	1
knockback	float	1
drag	float	0.99
velocity_multiplier	float	1
gravity_multiplier	float	1
sound_pitch	float	1
sticky	boolean	false

Examples

data/example/potato_cannon_projectile_type/fish.json

{
  "items": [
    "minecraft:cod",
    "minecraft:salmon"
  ],
  "reload_ticks": 5,
  "knockback": 2,
  "velocity_multiplier": 1.2,
  "sticky": true
}

data/example/potato_cannon_projectile_type/material_blocks.json

{
  "items": [
    "minecraft:gold_block",
    "minecraft:iron_block",
    "minecraft:diamond_block",
    "minecraft:emerald_block"
  ],
  "reload_ticks": 30,
  "damage": 20,
  "knockback": 5,
  "drag": 1.5
}