Make guarded loot chests either unbreakable or take very long to break

[Vwriter]

The title speaks for itself.

I think guarded loot is an interesting way to re-balance the game, however, it's been kinda pointless so far, for breaking a guarded chest is just a matter of seconds.

It would probably be a good idea to make this feature configurable, so the player can choose whether a guarded chest would take longer to break or be unbreakable.

[Vwriter]

also how do i post things in the ideas category and not general >.<

[zenfyrdev]

Hi, thanks for the suggestion.

You can't post to ideas because Andromeda is currently in a feature freeze, as I'm busy IRL. I'm yet to update mod's pages, sorry 😅

[Vwriter]

okay

[Vwriter]

also please fix the igloo lab chests being able to be set as guarded when you'll have time for mod development again

(since their main purpose is to give you the resources needed to heal the zombie caged right beside the chest)

[Rad586]

Implemented in kjs(unbreakable):

//Only for containers that may generate loot
BlockEvents.broken("minecraft:chest" || "minecraft:shulker" || 'minecraft:barrel',event => {

  let x = event.block.x
  let y = event.block.y
  let z = event.block.z
  //Let radius = 5
  let aabb = AABB.of(x - 5, y - 5, z - 5, x + 5, y + 5, z + 5);

  //I think checking this could be expensive(though more compatible in modpacks), so I decided to check the id
  //if(!event.block.entityData.contains('LootTable')) return;

  //Dont't guard looted(when loot generates, there will be 'Item[*something*]' in NBT), or player placed containers
  if(event.block.entityData.contains('Items')) return;
  //Highlight monsters nearby(160 ticks) and guard the container 
  event.level.getEntitiesWithin(aabb).forEach((entity) => {
    if(entity.isMonster()){
      entity.potionEffects.add('minecraft:glowing', 160, 0, false, false);
      //Tell something
      event.player.statusMessage = Text.translate('dialouge.fmn.guarded');
      //Guarded
      event.cancel();
    }
  })
})

Though, player can bomb the chest, or use a hopper to get the loot anyway.