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Drop The Beam

Festival-grade laser shows and stage lighting: modular spotlights, swappable lenses, haze zones, and dynamic colored light that moves fast.

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Which Drop The Beam release should I use?

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Latest stable file dropthebeam-1.1.0.jar
Game version 1.21.1
Loader NeoForge

Drop The Beam dropthebeam-1.1.0.jar targets 1.21.1 with NeoForge. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. No extra mods listed for this file.

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Is Drop The Beam required on the client, server, or both?

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What else does Drop The Beam dropthebeam-1.1.0.jar need?

dropthebeam-1.1.0.jar. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

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This file does not list any required or optional mods.

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About this project

What does Drop The Beam add?

Drop the Beam: a festival stage in Minecraft, lasers and spotlights sweeping through haze / Drop the Beam : une scène de festival dans Minecraft, lasers et spots qui balaient la brume

Minecraft: 1.21.1 Loader: NeoForge Side: Client and server Tested on: Arcadia: Echoes of Power V2

English

Drop the Beam turns your world into a festival main stage: lasers, spotlights, haze, screens and speakers, and a light desk that writes the whole show from your music.

Drop a disc on the turntable. The lights do the rest.

Showcase

Tutorial: build a festival stage, step by step

Light the Stage

Spotlights switching lenses: fans, grids and sheets of light through haze, colored light on the blocks

Six lenses: fan, grid, scanner, light sheet, cone and gobo, with 13 color filters.

Haze: beams turn solid in the haze, with smoke drifting through them.

Colored light: spots light blocks and players in color, shadows included.

Shaderpacks: Iris (Complementary, BSL, Photon tested) and Sodium.

Flashing lights: a client option limits strobes and flashes.

A Show From Any Song

The stage on the drop of a song: every light hits on the beat

Light desk: reads the song and writes the whole show, drops and quiet parts included.

Your music: MIDI discs, MP3, OGG and WAV files, or songs made at the music station.

Real instruments: a built-in synthesizer; the optional Drop the Beam Instruments pack adds recorded ones.

Stage microphone: your voice in the speakers, and lights that follow it.

The Whole Room

A giant screen, LED walls, a disco floor and a mirror ball joining the show

Screens: multiblock screens show images, videos, a camera view or a webcam.

Room lighting: LED strips and panels, disco floor, mirror ball, black light and garlands.

Multiplayer: every player sees and hears the same show at the same moment.

Server control: /dropthebeam admin turns features off and moderates uploaded files.

Getting Started

1. Put the jar in mods on the client and the server (NeoForge 21.1.250+).

2. Place a spotlight, add a lens and a filter, right-click to set it.

3. Add a haze machine, speakers and a turntable with a disc.

4. Link the spots to a light desk and let it write the show.

A bug or an idea? Open an issue.

Français

Drop the Beam transforme votre monde en grande scène de festival : lasers, spots, brume, écrans et enceintes, et une table lumière qui écrit tout le spectacle à partir de votre musique.

Posez un disque sur la platine. Les lumières font le reste.

Allumer la Scène

Six lentilles : éventail, grille, scanner, nappe, cône et gobo, avec 13 filtres de couleur.

Brume : les faisceaux prennent corps dans la brume, traversée de volutes.

Lumière colorée : les spots éclairent blocs et joueurs en couleur, ombres comprises.

Shaderpacks : Iris (Complementary, BSL, Photon testés) et Sodium.

Lumières clignotantes : une option du client limite stroboscopes et flashs.

Un Show sur Chaque Morceau

Table lumière : lit le morceau et écrit tout le spectacle, drops et passages calmes compris.

Votre musique : disques MIDI, fichiers MP3, OGG et WAV, ou morceaux faits à la station musicale.

Vrais instruments : un synthétiseur intégré ; le pack Drop the Beam Instruments ajoute des enregistrements.

Micro de scène : votre voix dans les enceintes, et des lumières qui la suivent.

Toute la Salle

Écrans : des écrans multiblocs affichent images, vidéos, vue de caméra ou webcam.

Éclairage de salle : bandes et panneaux LED, sol disco, boule à facettes, lumière noire et guirlandes.

Multijoueur : chaque joueur voit et entend le même spectacle au même instant.

Contrôle du serveur : /dropthebeam admin coupe des fonctions et modère les fichiers envoyés.

Premiers Pas

1. Placez le jar dans mods, côté client et serveur (NeoForge 21.1.250+).

2. Posez un spot, ajoutez lentille et filtre, clic droit pour le régler.

3. Ajoutez une machine à brume, des enceintes et une platine avec un disque.

4. Reliez les spots à une table lumière et laissez-la écrire le spectacle.

Un bug ou une idée ? Ouvrez un ticket.

Author / Auteur: THEFricadelle | License / Licence: All Rights Reserved

Project description from CurseForge.

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