Infinite Dimensions

Infinite Dimensions

Infinite Dimensions is a mod that reworks and reimagines 20w14infinite - the April Fools' snapshot of 2020 - in Minecraft 1.21.1.

Get a book and quill, write anything in it and throw it into a nether portal - and the portal will change its color before your eyes. Beyond lies one of 2.1+ billion dimensions this mod can generate! Whacky terrain, crazy sky colors and funky flora made out of random blocks - there's a possibility to find all this and more on the other side.

Most features in the mod are fully configurable in terms of their spawning chances and block selection weights. This allows you to easily introduce blocks (mobs, fluids etc.) from other mods to this mod's dimensions - or, say, remove the chance for dimensions where netherite generates instead of stone. I made a detailed guide on how to use all the config options.

Please make sure to report any problems you have with the mod on its issue tracker or on my discord server. By "problems" i mean anything that leads to excessive lag, mass entity spawning, broken datapack creation etc. under default mod configuration.

Dependencies

Architectury API is required. Older versions may have different dependencies; see their specific version pages for more details.

For viewing the portal-crafting recipes this mod adds, EMI (1.21.1 and below) or RRV (1.21.8 and above) are recommended. Additionally, if you want to configure the mod in-game, you will need Mod Menu (on Fabric) and Cloth Config.

FAQ

Can i use this mod in a video or a similar form of content?

Absolutely, if you link back to here!

Can i use it in a modpack or as a dependency?

Also yes, but keep in mind that since the mod messes with very fundamental parts of the game, in heavily modded environments there may arise incompatibilities leading to bugs and crashes - though i try to resolve these as they pop up.

Are there easter egg dimensions?

Yes! The set is a bit different from the original snapshot though, since it is a new vision :D If you don't mind spoilers, you can find a list of them on the wiki, and you can even add your own ones for modpacks etc.

I want to suggest a feature/easter egg!

You can do so on my discord, but make sure to stay respectful and don't expect much, especially in terms of ETAs. I can implement ideas that i like (and that aren't super hard to implement) when i have time and resources, but i never can promise when would that be.

Can i reverse-engineer the book contents from the dimension ID?

No - the hashing algorithm used is a one-way road. If you need to open more portals to the same dimension, use transfinite keys instead. Alternatively, if you have access to server files and are playing v2.4.5+, you can look up the text used to create the dimension in datapacks/infinity/translation_tables.json.

Will you port/backport to other versions?

At this time, the mod's focus is on 1.20.1, 1.21.1, and 1.21.8. Any older versions are not planned, and future versions will be considered based on their popularity and how badly they break the mod. We are interested in porting to 26.1 in the future, but major changes to rendering and dimensions in 1.21.11 are slowing porting progress.

What mods are compatible with Infinite Dimensions?

Infinite Dimensions will automatically generate blocks, structures, mobs, biomes and more from any mod in dimensions, but some mods do not expect to have their content generated outside their intented place. If you run into an issue with a mod, you can delete config/infinity/modular/modname or add an Amendment (v2.5+) to prevent their content from generating. Since v2.5, mods with content known to conflict with Infinite Dimensions are automatically blacklisted. There is also intentional compatibility with the following mods:

• EMI will show Iridescence and Infinity Portal crafting recipes.
• RRV will show Iridescence and Infinity Portal crafting recipes.
• CC: Tweaked (requires 0.115.0 or higher): Printed books can be used for Infinity Portals.
• Create, Create Fabric, Create Fly (requires 6.0.0 or higher): Trains can cross through Infinity Portals.

Acknowledgements

I appreciate Cassian, for their plethora of bugfixing commits and hosting a server for the mod, and BasiqueEvangelist, for helping with runtime dimension registration and his permission to port a part of his code.

This mod also has copyright-free music from ivory rosewood - she's an amazing person, check her out! - that i hid among the dimensions. See if you're able to find it out there, it's pretty rare :D