Minecraft Gray Wave Machines Add-on
This sample demonstrates the Gray Wave Machines tower-defense style add-on for Minecraft.
The Gray Wave add-on supports a basic concept of automated defense systems and turrets and Minecraft.
New Mineral
First, there is gray ore spread throughout the world. It should largely be as prevalent as coal. Gray ore, due to its gray energy, is slightly luminescent.
Gray Wave Machines
Fabricator Block
If you mine gray ore, then with the following recipe you can create a gray wave fabricator. With the gray wave fabricator, you can then build some machines!
| stick | gray ore | stick |
| stone | gray ore | stone |
| stick | gray ore | stick |
The fabricator works like a crafting table. Inside of the fabricator, you can craft gray wave generators and other machines.
Keep in mind all gray wave generators must have line of sight visibility (i.e., only air blocks between the item and a generator), within a range of 30 blocks. Gray wave generators are also fairly fragile, so ensure they are secured from monsters!
Gray wave turrets and cannons have subtle, slightly transparent indicators at their corners that indicate if they are powered by a nearby gray wave generator. They will turn pink to red if the turret gets damaged.
Gray Wave Generators
These generators create the mostly-invisible gray waves that are used to power gray wave machines.
| stone | gray ore | stone |
| stone | sand | stone |
| stone | gray ore | stone |
Bow Turret
This is the simplest turret. It has a slow and weak (but long range) arrow shot. It can be built in the fabricator using:
| gray ore | ||
| stone | bow | stone |
| stone | gray ore | stone |
Crossbow Turret
This is an evolution of the bow turret. Compared to the bow turret, it has a much faster and more powerful shot - with slightly less range. It can be built in the fabricator using:
| gray ore | ||
| stone | crossbow | stone |
| stone | gray ore | stone |
Axe Turret
The axe turret is a melee turret, for close-in defense.
| gray ore | ||
| stone | iron ingot | stone |
| stone | gray ore | stone |
Shulker Cannon
The shulker cannon shoots out shulker bullets, which can harm and cause a target to levitate.
| gray ore | ||
| stone | bamboo | stone |
| stone | gray ore | stone |
Small Fireball Cannon
The small fireball cannon shoots out small fireballs, at a bit of a closer range.
| gray ore | ||
| stone | charcoal | stone |
| stone | gray ore | stone |
Gray Hordes
Graywave generators attract hordes of evil mobs, so be prepared! These hordes of mobs are led by the "gray leader", an evolution of zombies with receptors for detecting gray waves.
On the positive side, gray zombie leaders will drop depleted gray shards, which can be placed in the fabricator along with wheat seeds to create emeralds. So, you can earn a lot by building awesome defense that can handle hordes.
| depleted gray shard | depleted gray shard | depleted gray shard |
| depleted gray shard | wheat seeds | depleted gray shard |
| depleted gray shard | depleted gray shard | depleted gray shard |
Working with the sample project
Install Node.js tools, if you haven't already
We're going to use the Node Package Manager (or NPM) to get more tools to make the process of building our project easier.
Visit https://nodejs.org/.
Download the version with "LTS" next to the number and install it.
Install Visual Studio Code, if you haven't already
Visit the Visual Studio Code website and install Visual Studio Code.
Getting Started
Using a copy of this starter project from GitHub - you can get a copy of this project by visiting https://github.com/microsoft/minecraft-samples/ and, under the Code button, selecting
Download ZIP.The
casual_creator/gray_wavefolder contains the gray wwave project - you'll want to use that.To make your own environment look like the example, create a folder on your
C:\drive and call it projects. Create a subfolder called myaddon.Put the extracted contents of the Gray Wave Project folder into myaddon.
Open a Windows Terminal or PowerShell window and change the working directory to your myaddon folder:
cd c:\projects\myaddon\Use NPM to install our tools:
npm iUse this shortcut command to open the project in Visual Studio Code:
code .
It might also ask you to install the Minecraft Debugger and Blockception's Visual Studio Code plugin, which are plugins to Visual Studio Code that can help with Minecraft development. Go ahead and do that, if you haven't already.
Summary
The gray wave add-ons demonstrates several techniques for building a thematic that customizes mob behavior in Minecraft. Please view the series on the Minecraft Creator Learning Portal for more info (coming soon).
Manifest
-gray_wave: This contains project files that correspond to the Gray Wave add-on.