Limitations of PolyMc¶
Note
PolyMc only affects what the client sees. The behaviour of things should always just workâ˘.
PolyMc attempts to automatically convert blocks and items into things a vanilla client can understand. This may or may not actually work, depending on the mod. The only real way to know if a mod will work is to:
Here's a list of what PolyMc can approximately do.
Note
These aren't guarantees, sometimes mods do wierd stuff.
Items¶
All items should work perfectly fine. You might encounter issues with items that use custom renders or edit their appearance with custom properties.
Blocks¶
Your mileage will vary depending on the collision shape of the block. It kinda has to match up with what the client thinks.
PolyMc uses block states that go unused on the client side to display modded blocks. This means there's a limit to how many blocks can be added. Here's an approximate, non-exhaustive, list of how many unused block states each collision shape has:
- Full blocks: 971
- Uncollidable blocks: 139 (can go up to 283)
- Doors: 9
- Trapdoors: 9
- Path blocks: 5
- Slabs: 5
- Stairs: 4
Recipes¶
Recipes are fully functional. The data PolyMc sends to the recipe book will include the right nbt to display it properly. One caveat is that the recipe book's autofill doesn't care for nbt, so when filling in modded items it might get it wrong. PolyMc attempts to mitigate this by using as many different items as possible.
Sounds¶
Custom sounds should totally work.
Enchantments¶
Custom enchantments should totally work.
Gui's¶
Kinda. By default, you'll just get a chest which contains the slots of the original gui. It's not pretty but it works. If your gui has buttons, or more slots than a chest, you're out of luck currently. The system here can totally be made smarter, but I don't have the time.
Entities¶
PolyMc attempts to guess what entity looks kind of similar to the modded one. Often, this will be completely wrong. Unfortunately, there's not much else PolyMc can do here due to the way that entities are defined. You can look at the api if you need to specify entities further.
Breaking speeds¶
PolyMc automatically switches to calculating the breaking speed of custom blocks and items on the server when needed. This means the client will receive mining fatigue and PolyMc will provide the breaking animation instead, so custom tools and blocks will work fine with PolyMc. Breaking modded stuff might be slightly more annoying with high ping but that hasn't been much of an issue so far.