MovePlates

MovePlates is a transport, logic and automatization datapack.

It changes recipes for birch and oak trapdoors, giving them new functions:

• Birch trapdoor
  • Moves entities above it in the direction it is facing.
• Oak trapdoor
  • Stops entities above it.

The entities trapdoors affect include items, mobs, minecarts, boats, etc. EXCEPT players.

Default behaviour of a trapdoor can be altered with special modifier blocks, which enables you to create very complex networks! To do this, place said modificator block under the trapdoor.

• Slime block
  • Elevates the entity, that is, teleports it 2 blocks up.
• Honey block
  • Lowers the entity, that is, teleports it 2 blocks down.
• Cauldron
  • Acts as a conveyor belt splitter;
  • If the trapdoor above is powered by redstone then it lowers entities, otherwise does nothing.
• Emerald block
  • Extracts items from an inventory below itself onto the trapdoor;
  • Does not extract passively; Must be triggered by an entity above!
  • Technical note: an inventory is defined as a tile entity with Items NBT array, meaning such blocks as lectern and brewing stand will also work.
• Hopper
  • It is unique in a way that it has to be placed above the trapdoor;
  • Similarly to the emerald block modifier, extracts items onto the trapdoor, but from the hopper itself;
  • The hopper has to be facing down and not be locked by redstone;
  • Must be triggered by an entity under it in order to extract items!
• Observer
  • Allows for integration of the trapdoor network with redstone;
  • Fires repeatedly while an entity passes over its trapdoor;
  • Does not have to face the trapdoor, can face in any direction, even upside down.
• Brewing stand

  • Gives temporary effects to entities;

  • The effect applied depends on the kind of potions inside;

    • Leaping - causes entities to accelerate up very high;
    • Slow falling - removes gravity from entities;

  • Does not consume potions;

  • Potion strength is taken into account;

  • Might be harder to setup in survival, but the effects it gives are rewarding.

Hints / Ideas

• Oak trapdoor can be used as a depot for items. Place a hopper underneath for profit!
• Oak trapdoor has ability to stop mobs, and can be used for mob traps similarly to vanilla boat method.
• You can use different potion types inside a brewing stand, and their effects will combine.