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Quote from iDiamondhunter

Hehe, nice idea, if someone's up for this mod, I'll join and help as I can.

Yep! Loralon is. I remember you replying to one of his topics. Hehehehe. You could ask him if you could join and help him.

For the Archer Kit mod I suggested? ;D

Quote from scienceman567

so all the textures are gonna be by random people? it will all fit together(sarcasm) it may all look cobbled together, with weird art styles.

Well, I plan on the styles resembling the default Minecraft close enough so it is hard to make it not fit.

Quote from BlueMeatCo

Might be interesting, or might be really, really bad.

Well, I'll do my best to make it good.

Quote from scienceman567

wow. this would be cool. i always thought that bows could use help. i like it.

Thanks. With slight improvements, I think this would be great for Vanilla Minecraft. However, it could never be a main priority. They gotta add the quiver. Somehow, someway.

Quote from spudmonkey222

ill start working on this right away me and scmowns are discusing it right now

Loralon also plans on doing this mod. If you really are discussing it with SCMowns, maybe Loralon could join you.

Your computer breaks before you can ban me.

You die wherever you go. I preform this action successfully.

EDIT: Preform means perform it beforehand. So I performed this action before you.

You jump too high and are banned for hacking.

You are trapped in a box of obsidian filled with water and you have nothing at all.

The tanks are on my side.

The next person is deadly claustrophobic and I trap them in an indestructible box that is very tiny.

I come back down from heaven

I summon the 50 tanks (L4D2) on the next person.

Quote from Thesnailslayer

I wave my hands in the air "You do not want to kill me"

I am a Jedi, you believe me, and walk away.

I whip out my lightsaber, and slash at the next person's throat.

I pick up my head, screw it back on, and run away.



My overpoweredness is off two charts! I make the explosion afraid and run away

I summon a giant rat to gobble up the next person.

EDIT: Whoops! Took me too long to post.

Quote from Akash9933

lol pikadex same comment on milky?

Yer.

I'll make some textures for you, if you would like that. All it will cost is some art credit.

Quote from spudmonkey222

are you planning on making this or are you wanting someone else to?

It's a mod idea, so I hope on a modder to make this.

Hello, and my name is Pikadex. Note that some items in this pack are used from my texture pack, Mostly Minecraft, which is located here, in case you are interested. Some textures are slightly altered from the pack's one. Don't take this as advertising, please. Just a notification for all of you guys. However, all the textures you see here are all by I, unless it tells you who else could have made the texture.

Oh, and since this post took me hours to make, PLEASE give me feedback. I would hate to have the hours spent on this wasted.

The basis of this mod would be to expand the options for all those archers out there. The mod would add new Bows, new Arrows, Crossbows, Crossbow Bolts, Crossbow Attachments, Bow Attachments, a few miscellaneous items, and something new in the HUD. Oh, and not to mention the quiver. Dayum. Each bow has a pro, but it also has a con for the pros. Just to balance it out. I also provide some images for the certain items. If I would rather them not be used, I'll clearly express that.

Some types of arrows you'll end up seeing are typical of a mod that adds arrows, such as Explosive and Fire Arrows. But trust me. There are OTHER types of arrows you'll see. Don't worry. Anyway, read away!
Bows and Crossbows:
1. Crossbow
Sprites...


or


Pros: Shots are 2x as powerful as the regular bow, 5x durability, special ammunitions, faster to switch ammunition than bows.
Cons: Takes 2x longer to fully charge compared to a regular bow, ammunition is more expensive
Other: Different shot sound.
Note: READ THE QUIVER AREA FOR THIS TO MAKE SENSE. There is no Crossbow Quiver. The crossbow automatically has the text at the top of the screen, and you use (default) the left and right arrow keys to switch the bolt type.
Recipe...

= x1


2. Tri-Bow
Sprites... (Note: If you can make a better sprite, do)


Pros: 3x arrows per shot, takes 1 second longer to charge, only costs 1 arrow to shoot the 3, 3.1x durability
Cons: Shot arrows cannot be re-collected (no matter what), 3 hearts less damage, wide spread
Other: The string and sticks in the recipe are meant to be a reinforcement on the 3 bows in the recipe.
Recipe...

= x1


3. Rapid Bow
Sprites... (Note: it is default bow texture but with feathers )


Pros: Instant fire (1 arrow per every 10th of a second), Hold down right-click for constant fire, Infinite Durability, 2x velocity (pretty much, it travels faster, and therefore, it travels further).
Cons: Shots arrows cannot be collected, not enchant-able, may end up costing MANY arrows, does not fire certain arrow types, may become hard to control.
Other: N/A
Recipe... (Note: Shapeless recipe)
= x1


Arrows:
Does not include Crossbow Bolts
4. Sharpened Arrow
Compatibilities: Bow, Tri-Bow, Rapid Bow
Effect: 1.5x damage with this arrow
Recipe...

= x4


5. Semi-Explosive Arrow
Compatibilities: Bow
Effect: Causes an explosion the radius and power of a creeper blast on Easy difficulty, but does no terrain damage at all.
Recipe...

= x4


6. Explosive Arrow
Compatibilities: Bow
Effect: Causes an explosion the radius of a TNT blast, the power of a creeper blast on Hard difficulty, and does terrain damage equal to a creeper's.
Recipe...

= x1


7. Flaming Arrow
Compatibilities: Bow, Tri-Bow
Effect: Sends an arrow that causes 1.1x damage, and lights a mob on fire if they are directly hit.
Recipe...

= x2


8. Target Arrow
Compatibilities: Bow, Tri-Bow, Rapid Bow
Effect: Does not effect the durability of the bow at all. Deflects off of mobs if shot at, without causing damage. Drops off of a wall after it hits. Cannot destroy paintings. May only knock targets off the wall. The only place it may stick is on the floor. Meant for archery practice.
Recipe...

= x8


9. Gambler's Arrow
Compatibilities: Bow
Effect: 50-50 chance to either cause 9 hearts of damage to your target... or to cause 9 hearts of damage to you.
Recipe...

= x4


10. Torch Arrow
Compatibilities: Bow, Rapid Bow
Effect: Deflects off mobs if shot. Lands as a normal arrow that can be recollected as a Torch Arrow if it lands on a block such as Glass, Signs, Doors, etc. If hits a compatible block, places a torch there. The arrow, however, disappears.
Recipe... (Note: Shapeless)
= x1


11. Grappling Arrow
Compatibilities: Bow
Effect: You will be forced over the Grappling arrow's path after it hits. At anytime during or after flight, you can hit to retrieve the arrow. Minecraft's gravity will then take over. If you get stuck on the bottom of a block during flight, it will bring you towards the hole that the arrow went through, and then up the side of the block. If you get stuck on the side of a block, you'll go up the block and continue on your path.
Recipe...

= x4


12. Sniper's Arrow
Compatibilities: Bow, Rapid Bow, Tri-Bow
Effect: This arrows's velocity is so good, that (only when shot from a full charge bow) literally does not fall until it either hits a block, or until it reaches 300 blocks away in any direction. At 300 blocks away, it suddenly falls straight down.
In other note: Try combining this with a Scoped bow! Then you almost have a real in-game sniper rifle!
Recipe... (Note: Shapeless)
= x8


Hybrid Arrows:
Hybrid Arrows are a mix of two arrows introduced into this mod. However, at the price of combining two arrows, you only get one. All of their recipes are shapeless.
13. Sniper's Sharpened Arrow
Compatibilities: Bow, Rapid Bow, Tri-Bow
Effects: The power of the Sniper's Arrow's velocity, and the Sharpened Arrow's extra damage. This, along with a Scoped Bow, is quite close to a Sniper Rifle.
Image...


14. Sniper's Grappling Arrow
Compatibilities: Bow
Effects: The power of the Sniper's Arrow's velocity, and the Grappling Arrow's grapple power. Perfect for elevating floors.
Image...


15. Flaming Explosive Arrow
Compatibilities: Bow
Effects: The power of the Explosive Arrows explosion, and the Flaming Arrow's burn-on-contact. However, instead of the Flaming Arrow's slightly extra damage, the explosion hole is randomly filled with lava. Be careful where you shoot this arrow!
Image...


16. Crater Light Arrow
Compatibilities: Bow, Tri-Bow, Target Bow
Effects: A mix of the Torch Arrow, and the Target Arrow. Is EXACTLY the same as a target arrow, except the torch part is the arrow glows. Shoot this down a deep crater, and you can get a glimpse of what is down there. Good for archery practice in a dark place.
Image...


17. Better Explosive Arrow
Compatibilities: Bow
Effects: A mix of the Semi-Explosive and Explosive Arrows. The same as an Explosive Arrow, except it causes no terrain damage.
Image...


18. Quiver:
What is the point?: Without the quiver, you cannot shoot any new arrows. The interface has 14 spots, and then a separate spot, where you shoot the arrows from. This mod introduces 14 arrows/hybrid arrows. Why 15 spots? Another for regular arrows.
Anything else the Quiver does: Indeed. When the Tri-, Rapid, or Normal Bow is in hand and the Quiver is in the inventory, text will appear in the top left corner (configurable in options), displaying this (wouldn't be Oblique in-game.)...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Bow: e.g. Tri-Bow
Arrow: e.g. Crater Light Arrow x27
Attachments: e.g. Scope, Focus, Diamond Jacket OR Enchantments: e.g. Power II, Flame I
Open Quiver with "Y" (Configurable in Options)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
You can't open the Quiver by right-clicking with it in hand, but you must have it in your inventory and press "Y", which is configurable in options.
Recipe...

= x1


Bow/Crossbow Attachments:
A bow attachment is pretty much a replacement for an enchantment. Attaching it involves simply putting in a compatible bow into your crafting grid, and then the attachment. 4 steps; craft, inventory, attach, take. If you plan to add attachments to an enchanted bow, note that all enchantments would be lost. There is no limit to how many bow Attachments you may have. The only limit is how many attachments there would be, and the attachments you have already. No stacking attachments! A bow with attachments retains it's original name, but the pop-up under it includes the attachments it has. The sprite does not change, either. Oh, and a bow with attachments cannot be enchanted after you attach something to it, just so you know.

19. Diamond Jacket
Compatibilities: Bow, Tri-Bow, Crossbow
Effect: A bow with this attachment does not lose durability at all. It has infinite durability.
Recipe...

= x1


20. Scope
Compatibilities: Bow, Tri-Bow, Rapid Bow, Crossbow
Effect: A bow with this attachment can scope in by pressing the "Zoom" button. Default Z. It opens up an image (below) and has a 8x zoom.
Scope Image...
(also an Optical Illusion by mistake. )
Recipe...

= x1

(Note: That isn't glass. That is a glass pane. ;D)
Note: Be aware that

21. Focus
Compatibilities: Tri-Bow
Effect: The 3 arrows shot by the Tri-Bow no longer spread outwards after they are shot. They all stay close together. Pretty much increases accuracy.
Recipe...

= x1


22. Night Vision
Compatibilities: Bow w/ Scope, Tri-Bow w/ Scope, Rapid Bow w/ Scope, Crossbow w/ Scope
Effect: Allows toggling to make the sniper rifle scope have a semi-transparent light green layer to give a night vision effect.
Night Vision Scope Image:

Recipe...

= x1

Note: When attached to a Scoped Bow, instead of displaying Night Vision and Scope, it Night Scoped.
Note2: Night Vision Scope can be toggled! Default button is H.

23. Flashlight
Compatibilities: Bow, Tri-Bow, Rapid Bow, Crossbow
Effect: Sends a directional light forwards, which acts like a flashlight attached on the bow.
Recipe...

= x1

Note: Flashlight does not work on it's own. It must be attached onto a bow
Note2: Is toggled with (default) F.

Crossbow Bolts:
Crossbow Bolts are exclusive to the Crossbow. However, the Crossbow is exclusive to the Crossbow Bolts. They tend to be more expensive than arrows, but hey, they shoot more powerfully. No complaints.

24. Crossbow Bolt
Effect: The standard crossbow bolt.
Recipe...

= Crossbow Bolt x4


25. Reinforced Bolt
Effect: 2x damage with this bolt
Recipe...

= Reinforced Bolt x4


26. Semi-Explosive Bolt
Effect: Causes an explosion the slightly higher than the radius and power of a creeper blast on Easy difficulty, but does little to no terrain damage at all.
Recipe...

= Semi-Explosive Bolt x2


27. Explosive Bolt
Effect: Causes an explosion the radius of a TNT blast, the power of a supercharged creeper blast on Hard difficulty, and does terrain damage equal to a creeper's.
Recipe...

= Explosive Bolt x1


28. Flaming Bolt
Effect: Sends a bolt that causes 1.1x damage, and lights a mob on fire if they are directly hit.
Recipe...

= Flaming Bolt x2


29. Target Bolt
Effect: Does not effect the durability of the crossbow at all. Deflects off of mobs if shot at, without causing damage. Drops off of a wall after it hits. Cannot destroy paintings. May only knock targets off the wall. The only place it may stick is on the floor. Meant for crossbow practice.
Recipe...

= Target Bolt x8


30. Sniper's Bolt
Effect: This bolt's velocity is so good, that (only when shot from a full charge bow) literally does not fall until it either hits a block, or until it reaches 300 blocks away in any direction. At 300 blocks away, it suddenly falls straight down.
Recipe... (Note: Shapeless, = Crossbow Bolt)
= Sniper's Bolt x8


31. Ice Bolt
Effect: When this hits a mob, they are frozen for 2 minutes. They can still hurt you, and skeletons can still shoot. If they are by a source that melts ice/snow, or are somehow lit on fire, they can move again.
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= Ice Bolt x4


32. Enhanced Ice Bolt
Effect: When this hits a mob, they are frozen for 2 minutes. They can't even hurt you. They will stay frozen
Recipe...


= Enhanced Ice Bolt x4


Miscellaneous

33. Target
Effect: Acts similar to a painting. You right-click it on a wall, and it creates an image. However, the image is always 1x1. It can be shot down by a Target Arrow or Target Bolt.
Image Area: The image for the Target when placed is located in the art folder as tr.png. Just so kz.png has some company.
Image...
Circle Version
Square Version


Conclusion
I would also like to say that if you have a few problems with this, change them yourself. I will make occasional tweaks, but don't rely on all I say here for what you make it.

In the end, this topic took me around 6-ish hours to create this topic. PLEASE leave feedback on this topic, and if you can, CREATE THIS MOD!

Want to support this idea? Highlight one and copy it with Ctrl+C. Not any way else! Do not copy image, do not copy image URL, etc. then paste it in your signature...
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- Pikadex
P.S - Please have forge compatibility.

Quote from Pikadex

Hello! I'm a really big fan of your mod, and I have made some crosshairs that could possibly be implemented into it. They, of course, are the white ones on the image. Black area not included. So it could be easier to see, I made a yellow background. I hope at least a few of them are accepted, as it takes a while to think of semi-decent crosshair ideas eventually.
- Pikadex

Hmm... I seem to think a few of the crosshairs I made aren't that great. Some of them, though, I would love to see in this mod.

Quote from PongoScape

Not bad

Thanks.Support is greatly appreciated.