# Directional Blocks {% hint style="info" %} #### Requires ItemsAdder 4.0.10 or greater {% endhint %} {% hint style="warning" %} #### Warning Creating directional blocks will occupy 4 or 6 slots per block.\ This happens because each direction is a different block. There is no way to bypass that. It's a limitation of the game and any other content creation plugin would have this limitation.\ You should not abuse directional blocks because they quickly will saturate your custom blocks usages. {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} `FURNACE` and `DROPPER` won't act like the vanilla machinery. They are just names to easily understand the type of block rotation. {% endhint %} ### Directional mode ### Mode `ALL` Act like a vanilla log and a dropper at the same time. ![](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/db9c84da-c30c-40c4-a53d-7850ebd3ad8b) ```yaml directional_block_all: name: directional_block_all resource: material: PAPER generate: true textures: - block/furnace/directional_block_test_down.png - block/furnace/directional_block_test_east.png - block/furnace/directional_block_test_north.png - block/furnace/directional_block_test_south.png - block/furnace/directional_block_test_up.png - block/furnace/directional_block_test_west.png specific_properties: block: placed_model: type: REAL_NOTE directional_mode: ALL ``` ### Mode `FURNACE` Act like vanilla furnace. ![](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c4c6c501-a1fa-4cd1-a2de-67c3ad5d626a) ```yaml directional_block_furnace: name: directional_block_furnace resource: material: PAPER generate: true textures: - block/furnace/directional_block_test_down.png - block/furnace/directional_block_test_east.png - block/furnace/directional_block_test_north.png - block/furnace/directional_block_test_south.png - block/furnace/directional_block_test_up.png - block/furnace/directional_block_test_west.png specific_properties: block: placed_model: type: REAL_NOTE directional_mode: FURNACE ``` ### Mode `LOG` Act like vanilla logs. ![](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/db9c84da-c30c-40c4-a53d-7850ebd3ad8b) ```yaml directional_block_log: name: directional_block_log resource: material: PAPER generate: true textures: - block/log/directional_block_test_down.png - block/log/directional_block_test_east.png - block/log/directional_block_test_north.png - block/log/directional_block_test_south.png - block/log/directional_block_test_up.png - block/log/directional_block_test_west.png specific_properties: block: placed_model: type: REAL_NOTE directional_mode: LOG ``` ### Mode `DROPPER` Acts like the vanilla dropper. ![](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c097ac52-80ba-4daf-865b-7726ad3e8b87) In this particular case I decided to overwrite the automatically generated directional blocks `up` and `down` to customize the appearance of the block in this particular case, setting a different texture for the `north` face (front).\ In the screenshot you can see the face texture is different. ```yaml directional_block_dropper: name: directional_block_dropper resource: material: PAPER generate: true textures: - block/dropper/directional_block_test_down.png - block/dropper/directional_block_test_east.png - block/dropper/directional_block_test_north.png - block/dropper/directional_block_test_south.png - block/dropper/directional_block_test_up.png - block/dropper/directional_block_test_west.png specific_properties: block: placed_model: type: REAL_NOTE directional_mode: DROPPER directional_block_dropper_up: name: directional_block_dropper_up resource: material: PAPER generate: true textures: - block/dropper/directional_block_test_down.png - block/dropper/directional_block_test_east.png - block/dropper/directional_block_test_north_variant.png - block/dropper/directional_block_test_south.png - block/dropper/directional_block_test_up.png - block/dropper/directional_block_test_west.png specific_properties: block: placed_model: type: REAL_NOTE directional_block_dropper_down: name: directional_block_dropper_down resource: material: PAPER generate: true textures: - block/dropper/directional_block_test_down.png - block/dropper/directional_block_test_east.png - block/dropper/directional_block_test_north_variant.png - block/dropper/directional_block_test_south.png - block/dropper/directional_block_test_up.png - block/dropper/directional_block_test_west.png specific_properties: block: placed_model: type: REAL_NOTE ``` ## Manually create models ItemsAdder automatically rotates your base block model, but you can provide your custom variants of the models for each rotation, to enhance the customization. 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