Lost Cities Modern Tweaks

This datapack (packaged as a mod for easier installation) applies many tweaks to the default Lost Cities geneartion on 1.20.1.

⚠ You need to have The Lost Cities installed to use this datapack ⚠

Example tweaks:

1. Replaced all torches with lanterns. Unfortunately lanterns still generate when city lighting is disabled because torches are hard-coded light sources.
2. New street and highway designs. Streets now have lamp posts.
3. Added more details to the railway network.
4. Added more details to some existing buildings.
5. More roof variations.
6. More park designs. Some existing park designs are also tweaked.
7. Redesigned fountains to better fit the new streets.
8. More building palettes.
9. A new factory multibuilding with a spacious interior, which can be a convenient place to kick off your factory in tech packs.

In general, most of the tweaks are aesthetic, and won't break the balance from the original mod. There are 100+ modified building parts. You can visit the gallery for some examples.

I started these tweaks in my own playthroughs, when I found it strange that a modern city still uses torches everywhere. As I added more and more tweaks, I figured that it is also a good idea to share these tweaks with you.

Permissions

Feel free to use this datapack in any modpacks. The MIT license also gives you a lot of freedom to do additional tweaks yourselves (as the source code are just json files included in the pack).

Compatibility

Compatibility with Other Mods

It should be compatible with mods that are compatible with The Lost Cities mod. The lootable chested/barrels added by this datapack are also compatible with mods like https://modrinth.com/mod/lootr.

Compatibility with Other Lost Cities Datapacks

Highly unlikely for the following reasons:

• This datapack modifies lots of parts from the base mod (e.g., it touches all parts with torches).
• Currently the Lost Cities mod does not support merging city styles or building definitions (e.g., allowing multitple datapacks to add/alter different buildings to the same city style). Therefore one pack's content will usually override another's.

FAQS

I see both the mod version and the datapack version. Are there any differences?

They share the same content. In general the mod version should be easier to use as you can simply install it as a mod, which will enable the tweaks for all worlds. If you only want to enable these tweaks for a specific world, you can download the datapack version and add it to that world only.

I don't see any city generated?

Follow the instructions from The Lost Cities mod and make sure city generation is turned on for your world. This datapack should work with all default lost cities profiles.

I turned off generateLighting, but lanterns and other light sources still generate in cities?

Unfortunately, that option currently only works for torches. I created a separate pack with most light sources removed here.

If you are familiar with configuring datapacks for lost cities, you can also make a datapack changing the light source definitions in the following palette files:

• lcmt\lostcities\palettes\lanterns.json
• lcmt\lostcities\palettes\soul_lanterns.json
• lostcities\lostcities\palettes\rails.json

Is it possible to support older versions than 1.20.1?

This datapack uses blocks from Minecraft 1.20.1+ and some features only available in 1.20.1+ versions of the Lost Cities mod. So older Minecraft versions are not supported.

Can I tweak the loot in factory buildings?

Yes. All loot tables are defined under lcmt\loot_tables\chests (or lcmt\loot_table\chests for 1.21.1 and above). The selection conditions are defined under lcmt\lostcities\conditions\factory_loot.json.

With the default condition, lootable chests or barrels in factory buildings will pick one of the loot tables under lcmt\loot_tables\chests (or lcmt\loot_table\chests for 1.21.1 and above) to generate loot items. The loot tables are balanced against vanilla. If you are a pack maker, you can use mods like KubeJS to edit them to make them better fit your pack.