🎨 kii's Dye Vat

Tired of manually dyeing blocks in the crafting grid? Annoyed by leftover dyes or colored blocks cluttering your chests? Exhausted from the tedious chore of placing and breaking concrete powder in water just to get solid blocks?

This builder-focused mod aims to solve all these issues by adding dedicated Dye Vat machine for efficient block dyeing, introduces 16 new functional Dye Blocks, and overhauls how you process concrete.

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📦 Features

🛢️ The Dye Vat

• Dedicated Dyeing Machine: A new functional block used specifically for coloring items.
• Bulk Processing: Place your dye and your input blocks into the custom UI to seamlessly process stacks of materials.
• Broad Compatibility: Supports dyeing Vanilla Wool, Carpets, Glass, Glass Panes, Terracotta, Candles, and Beds using standard Forge dye tags.
• Automation Ready: The Dye Vat supports hoppers for automated dyeing! Bottom hoppers take out dyed items, top hoppers feed the dye slot, and side hoppers feed the input slot!
• Dynamic Texture: The Dye Vat will dynamically change its water color depending on the dye currently being used!

🧱 16 New Dye Blocks!

• Concentrated Color: Craft standard dyes into solid Dye Blocks for efficient storage or colorful building!
• Vat Integration: Dye Blocks can be placed directly into the Dye Vat's dye slot to process materials without getting consumed.
• Custom Physics: Dye Blocks share sliding physics with Honey Blocks! Use them for safely descending or moving items without having to stick to one color.

🏗️ Concrete Overhaul

• Raw Concrete Powder: A brand new, neutral-colored falling block that can be used directly for dyeing.
• Direct Dyeing: Process Raw Concrete Powder in the Dye Vat with any dye to instantly create colored Concrete.
• Easy Solidifying: Place vanilla colored Concrete Powder into the Dye Vat with no dye to safely solidify it into standard Concrete without needing to place it in water and mine it back up!

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💖 Credits

A massive thank you to arid_lizzy for designing and creating the textures for all 16 Dye Blocks!

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🧩 Compatibility & Modpack Makers

The mod uses a completely custom recipe type (kiidyevat:vat_dyeing).

• Data-Driven: Modpack makers can easily add new Dye Vat recipes using standard JSON files to support modded blocks or create custom dyeing pipelines.
• Tag Support: All base dyeing recipes use the forge:dyes tags, meaning modded dyes should work perfectly inside the Dye Vat without any extra configuration.

🚧 Planned Features

Features currently being considered or planned for future updates:

• Compatibility with newer Forge versions and Fabric port.
• Compatibility with more dyeable items such as Shulker Boxes.

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🐛 Feedback & Issues

Feedback, bug reports, and suggestions are always welcome!

If you encounter any issues or have ideas for improvements, feel free to reach out to me on X/Twitter or message me on Discord (@soaringpromise).

Feature suggestions are always appreciated, and I'm happy to hear ideas that could improve the mod.

Modpack permissions: You are free to include this mod in modpacks.

Thanks for trying the mod and helping make it better! If you enjoy the mod, consider sharing it!