Tree Felling

"Tree chopper, tree falling, tree felling or whatever you want to call it."

 "…Just dont forget to shout "TIMBER!"" 🙂

Small and very lightweight mod that make trees fall like sand (or gravel) if you break one while crouching with an axe! Works on modded trees from almost any mod. Version 2.2.2+ should work on dedicated servers as well as single player worlds (and LAN worlds) and include "anti-cheese" in the form of preventing players from using torches to destroy the logs. See the changelog for more info.

Quick Guide:

1. Crouch (usually shift-click).

2. Break any log with an axe to start the Felling Process.

Felling Process:

• Logs above the one that triggered the process will fall like sand and may start leaf decay right away. 
• Will break torches that are placed directly below the log that triggered the event (but not torches below another block).
• Falling logs will NOT drop anything if they are broken before they turn into a solid block (to discourage cheesy players from abusing the mechanic).

Chopping down a small tree:

 Showcase of how mod works on chopping down a large tree:

On VERY large trees:

In version 1.0:

Simple mod that allows player to chop down whole tree with an axe if he/she crouches as they do it. Only works if the broken block is of the tag "logs".

Project Vision and Goals:

What makes this different from other similar mods?

1. It was made to be as lightweight as possible. If you have experienced "laggy" behavior from similar mods, definitely give this one a try!

2. Kill floating logs 🙂 Allow player to reach logs that would otherwise be too high up without needing to build up to get to it.

3. Works on all trees from all kinds of mods! 

4. Have a "vanilla feel". There are tons of videos on yt explaining whatever that means, but no one other than mojang actually knows for sure. For me, it at least means that it should not deviate from already existing mechanics in the base game. Version 2.0+ is, perhaps, achieving this goal, as falling blocks like sand or gravel, already exists.

Careful with EXTREMELY LARGE TREES:

 - This mod has no breakpoint yet: it stops when it is done. Even if the tree in question just is a bunch of logs piled together.

Future?

– I want it to only work on real trees, that is, trees that have either been generated by the world or grown from a sapling. Currently, it just destroys "logs", so even player build structures are included.

For the specially interested programmers out there:

        – It uses recursion to go through all the neighbouring logs. No for- or while-loops!

Feel free to use this mod in modpacks, as long as it is credited (credits goes to Knightmere).

If you have want to use this mod to other things, feel free to ask for permission, I will probably grant it :).

FAQ:

 Q: What does the word "felling" mean?

         A: "Felling" is the process of cutting down trees and an element of the task "logging". A person that cuts down trees is called a "feller". More info here if you are very interested.

 Q: Does this mod work with other mods?

         A: It should, as long as the log you break is tagged as log and your tool is extending the AxeItem class (programming stuff). For normal people, this usually just means the block needs to be a log and you have to use an axe! Simple as that! And of course dont forget to crouch…!

 Q: What is the difference between the versions of this mod?

        A: Read the description or mod changelog.

 Q: Will you backport it to older versions?

       A: I have no plans for this yet, but maybe, if I get time and the mod is popular enough. Older versions already have many similar mods, so you may probably find something similar in the meanwhile.

 Q: Fabric version?

       A: I have no plans for this yet.

 Q: Why goes credit to Knightmere and not you?

         A: Knightmere is the name of my minecraft account and also the name of the author of this mod (You may even see it ingame). I may change my name on MinecraftPatch later.

 Q: Ingame, the mod says it was made by Knightmere and Astade Weeken, what happened to the latter?

         A: Who knows? 🙂

 Q: Where do I post bug reports?

         A: You can use the comment section, but there is an "Issues" page if you click on "Pages" beside "Files" and "Description" and such.

Definitely feel free to share feedback and ideas as well!