Greg's Lighting

Greg's Lighting is a mod for the game Minecraft. It provides Floodlights, high-powered lamps designed for lighting up large spaces. A floodlight projects a beam of light that extends vertically downwards for an unlimited distance without diminishing in brightness. You can place them on the ceiling of a high room and they will light up the floor as bright as day.

Contents

Screenshots

Note: These screenshots show the old unpowered floodlight, but the lighting effect is the same.

The torch at the top doesn't do much for the light level at the bottom...
 ...but turn on a floodlight, and the floor is bathed in splendiforous brilliance!

Prerequisites

Greg's Lighting is a Forge-based mod, so if you haven't done so already, you will need to install Forge. See the Download section below for recommended versions. The contents of the downloaded zip files for these needs to be copied into your minecraft.jar file. If the Forge verssion you're using requires ModLoader, it should be installed first.

Download

Greg's Lighting has been tested with the following versions of Minecraft and Forge. It may or may not work with other versions.

Minecraft Version Greg's Lighting Documentation
 ModLoader Version
 Forge Version
1.2.5
 GregsLighting-1.3.1-mc1.2.5.zip
 1.2.5 3.0.1
N/A
 3.3.7
1.3.2
 GregsLighting-1.5-mc1.3.zip
 N/A
 4.1.1
1.4.2
 GregsLighting-1.6.2-mc1.4.zip N/A
 6.0.1
1.4.4
 GregsLighting-1.6.7-mc1.4.4.jar GregsLighting-1.6.7-Doc.zip N/A
 6.3.0

Installation - Minecraft 1.4.4 and later

Starting with version 1.6.4, to make installation easier, the jar and the documentation are provided as separate downloads.

Client

Copy GregsLighting-<version>.jar into your mods folder.

Server

Copy GregsLighting-<version>.jar into the server's mods folder.

Installation - Minecraft 1.3-1.4.2

First unpack the zip file; it contains a jar file and documentation.

Client

Copy GregsLighting.jar into your mods folder.

Server

Copy GregsLighting.jar into the server's mods folder.

Installation - Minecraft 1.2.5

First unpack the zip file; it contains a client jar, a server jar and documentation.

Client

Copy GregsLighting-Client.jar into your mods folder.

Server

Copy GregsLighting-Server.jar into the server's mods folder.

Usage

Carbide Floodlight

IC2 Electric Floodlight

Simple Floodlight

Source

For mod developers -- you don't need this just to use the mod.
GregsLighting-1.6.7-mc1.4.4-Source.zip

Licence

This is free software. You are free to do whatever you want with it.

Limitations

Floodlights require a column of mostly empty space under them in order to function properly. The beam will pass through transparent blocks, but the light level in the vicinity of such block will be reduced slightly. Also, if you fill up the entire column below a floodlight with transparent blocks, it won't produce any light.

Placing and then removing certain configurations of transparent blocks may result in the lighting not being updated properly. This can be fixed by turning the floodlight off and on again.

Acknowledgements

Carbide floodlight textures contributed by Zero.

Contacting the Author

You are welcome to email comments, suggestions and bug reports to me at:
greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz

Change History

Version 1.6.7
Block and item IDs are now auto-assigned if there is no existing config entry for them.
Version 1.6.6
Floodlight beams no longer prevent most types of tree from growing nearby. Big oak trees are still partially affected, but I can't do anything about that because they don't respect canBeReplacedByLeaves().
Version 1.6.5
Changed the way the IC2 floodlight handles energy to make it more CPU-efficient -- large lighting networks should now be much more server-friendly. Also, hopefully the log messages some people have been receiving about incorrect IC2 API usage will no longer occur.
Version 1.6.4
Fixed crash on trying to shift-click items in carbide floodlight GUI. (Shift-clicking is still not supported, but at least it won't cause a crash.)
Version 1.6.3
Updated for Minecraft 1.4.4.
Version 1.6.2
Simple floodlight recipe can now be enabled with a configuration setting.
Can shift-right-click on an IC2 floodlight to place a block against it.
Version 1.6.1
Floodlight beam blocks now return true for isAirBlock, to prevent them from interfering with Railcraft tanks and maybe other things.
Version 1.6
Updated for Minecraft 1.4. IndustrialCraft integration not tested yet due to lack of an IC2 release for 1.4.
Version 1.5
IC2 API class files are no longer included in the jar. This should make it more robust against minor changes in the IC2 API.
IC2 floodlights now have an integral on-off switch as an alternative to redstone control.
Version 1.4
Updated for Minecraft 1.3.
Version 1.3.1
Fixed dropping floodlight beam blocks under various conditions.
IC2 floodlights now explode if fed with excessive voltage.
Version 1.3
Fixed failure to load when IndustrialCraft2 not present.
Version 1.2
Introduced the Carbide Floodlight and IC2 Electric Floodlight. The old unpowered floodlight block can no longer be crafted, but for the time being it is still present and can be obtained in creative mode.
Version 1.1
Improved behaviour when transparent blocks are placed in the beam path. In particular, placing a glass block directly below a floodlight no longer prevents it from producing any light.
Version 1.0
Initial version.

Old Versions

Minecraft Version Greg's Lighting ModLoader Version
 Forge Version
1.2.5
 GregsLighting-1.1-mc1.2.5.zip
GregsLighting-1.2-mc1.2.5.zip
 1.2.5 3.0.1
N/A 3.3.7
1.3.2
 GregsLighting-1.4-mc1.3.2.zip N/A 4.1.1
1.4.2
 GregsLighting-1.6.1-mc1.4.zip N/A
 6.0.1