Resource Pack Tidy Up Suggestion

Hey there! So... that livestream has officially reignited the metaphorical train, and now it's on fire (some people call majestic burning trains "hype trains"). One of the features is a resource pack. I couldn't help noticing that every weapon model is a separate block. While this may be okay for now, and this can't be fixed until 1.9 comes out (early 2016) there is a solution that should probably be considered when Wynncraft goes 1.9 .

Problem
- The Build Team™ will have trouble building with the pack on (when trying to place blocks they'd look like weapons)
Solution
A 1.9 feature allows one item to contain many different textures and models, depending on its durability (for example, in one pack, the more broken a bow is, the more broken it looks - but that's just one purpose). So instead of Green Wool = Tier 1 Staff texture, it would be Bow [durability 23] = Tier 1 Staff texture. This could also save a lot of coding & resources (instead of applying bow physics to say, green wool, you would keep all bow textures in the bow item.) I believe there is also a way to hide durability bars in 1.9 so they won't be a problem. This allows all the other items to look fine when held, and frees up items for more textures!

Another suggestion I have is changing the coding of item swiftness in 1.9 . Right now, items are slow depending on their traits, and uses some coding for it to work. To save resources, simply edit their NBT tags (attributes) that can apply slowness, etc to the weapons and not require any consistent coding/resources.

P.S. Less than 24 hours until Gavel (maybe)
My next project is a Photoshopped official Hype Train image! Bye 4 now!

Get ready for Now™

 

the rp isn't that different, they can just build without it.

 

They could, however if they wanted to place item frames with (for example) green wool, it would appear as a weapon for the players so they cannot use that block.

And happy exploring! Now™ is soon upon us...

 

We have a Builder version which we can put ontop of the RP, to remove all of the weapons and change them to the blocks.
We already rioted back when we had to build with weapons.

 

This is a really good idea which I have thought about too. There isn't really much reason to change it to this but they probably will do this in the future. 1.9 won't be far away either, but they won't update to 1.9 instantly.