Path Exponential
A lightweight path/road mod for NeoForge 1.21.1. Walk near a road or path and you're faster; leave and you're not.
I made this so I could build decorative paths while still having a speed boost. Instead of only boosting your speed when you're standing directly on top of a path block, the mod checks whether nearby path blocks connect to each other within a small radius. As long as there are connecting path blocks around you, you get the speed boost. Even if you're not standing on one.
What that means
- You don't have to stand on the blocks. The field is a band a couple of blocks wide projected around the path, so drift and small gaps are forgiven. Sparse paths still work.
- Tiers matter. Vanilla dirt paths are level 1. I may add more path/road mechanics later; making the tiers configurable for external mod support is on the TODO list.
- Roads can become dangerous. Hostile mobs get the bonus too (scaled down), so a lit road is fast and an unlit one is a highway for zombies. Villagers and a few others are excluded for QoL.
Config
| Key | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
enabled |
true |
Master switch for the field. |
speedLevel1..4 |
1.10 / 1.18 / 1.28 / 1.40 |
Speed multiplier per tier. |
blocksAcross |
2.0 |
Width of the projected band, in blocks. Field Radius, increase for larger effect radius |
detectionRadius |
6.0 |
Max marker-to-marker distance that still forms a segment (phase B). |
gradientFactor |
4.0 |
Distance over which two tiers blend. |
verticalTolerance |
2 |
Max Y difference between feet and marker. |
recheckTicks |
4 |
How often the check runs per player (5×/sec). |
applyToMobs |
true |
Whether non-player entities get the field. |
mobBonusScale |
0.5 |
Fraction of the bonus mobs receive. |
mobRecheckTicks |
15 |
Longer recheck for mobs than players. |
mountRiddenBonus |
0.10 |
Extra speed for an eligible ridden mount on the path (+10%), on top of the tier. Which mounts qualify is the path_mountable entity-type tag. |
TODO
Field suppression (built, untested) — drop a suppressor block to kill the field in a spot on purpose.
Enchantments — armor / saddle enchantments that improve path speed. Either bundled here or as an add-on.
Configurable blocks — let modded (and vanilla) blocks be registered as path or suppressor blocks via config, for external mod support.
Manual path upgrades — right-click a base/path block with an item to convert it into a higher-tier modified path block, bumping it +1:
- wheat → trodden path
- flint or maybe gravel → gravel path~~~~
