Biome settings

Biome settings are used to customize biomes, default generation and interactions between biomes. They consist of tags. Datapack will be always imported even if some tags are incorrect, so put them precisely.

Contents

• Contents
• Biome settings variable look
• Tag types
• Tags
• Structure tags
• ring.X.change
• Usage example

Biome settings variable look

settings: [
	tag1,
	tag2,
	tag3,
	tag4,
];

Tag types

Type	Example	Description
switch	grid	Determines a single bool value. It might be present or not.
parametric	density=5%	Determines a sigle int value. When it is not present, value will be set to default.
complex	ring.inner.change->20	Determines a complex array of integers. Can be used multiple times.

Tags

ID	Tag	Type	Parameter	Default	Description	Note
1	min=X	parametric	int <0;80>	65	Determines minimum biome radius.	-
2	max=X	parametric	int <0;80>	80	Determines maximum biome radius.	-
3	radius=X	parametric	int <0;80>	-	Determines biome radius precisely.	Overwrites min and max.
4	density=X	parametric	int % <0%;100%>	60%	Sets the chance for asteroids to appear.	-
5	priority=X	parametric	int <1;31>	16	Sets generation priority, when two biomes coincide each other. Part of a biome with a lower priority will be overwritten by another.	-
6	grid	switch	-	-	Disables asteroid offset. All asteroids will generate in diagonal grid points.	-
7	full	switch	-	-	Creates a 300x300 full biome square.	Don't use it in a good datapack.
8	spawn	switch	-	-	Generates biome always on spawn. You can improve the effect by using tag centred.	-
9	centred	switch	-	-	Disables biome offset. Designed to use together with spawn.	-
10	ring.X.change	complex	int <0;80>	-	Determines at which distances from biome center or border asteroids will appear. More info here.	-
11	swap	switch	-	-	Swaps empty space and asteroid space. Designed to collaborate with ring.X.change. Always executes after that.	-
12	structural	switch	-	-	Disables coinciding with other structural biomes and automatically sets tag priority to 32. Biomes with this tag take up two times more space in generation array because of technical reasons.	It's recommended to put it only on structures.

Structure tags

Structure tags summon custom or default structures, they require structural tag to work. It is recommended to create an empty space wheel in the middle of a biome using tag ring.X.change when using one of these tags. Asteroids inside structure don't remove automatically.

ID	Tag	Type	Parameter	Description
13	arena	switch	-	Creates arena in the middle of a biome.
14	catastrophic.arena	switch	-	Creates a catastrophic variant of arena in the middle of a biome.
15	cementery	switch	-	Creates cementery asteroid in the middle of a biome.
16	dark.cementery	switch	-	Creates dark cementery asteroid in the middle of a biome.
17	star	switch	-	Creates a star in the middle of a biome.
18	struct=X	parametric	int <1;31>	Creates a custom structure in the middle of a biome.

ring.X.change

ring.X.change is a complex tag, which needs a bit more explanation. It determines at which distances from biome center or border empty zone and asteroid zone will swap. If you don't use any tag ring.X.change, the whole zone will be asteroid zone. This tag is of two types:

Type	Parameter	Parameter function	Calculation direction
ring.inner.change->X	int <0;80>	Determines the distance to biome center.	From center to border
ring.outer.change->X	int <0;80>	Determines the distance to biome border.	From border to center

X is a parameter. You can use tag ring.X.change multiple times to set more values. Every usage determines distance, at which generation zone changes including parameter. X=0 means, that generation zone will be switched to empty zone by default. If you use inner and outer type in the same biome, interpreter will choose empty zone if at least one of these tag types wants to set it.

Note: Remember, that biome ranges might be different for similar biomes.

Usage example

settings: [
	structural,
	density = 100%,
	radius = 65,
	ring.inner.change -> 0,
	ring.inner.change -> 20,
	ring.inner.change -> 45,
];