Cobblemon Modular Poké Balls

Modular Poké Balls

Ever dreamed of catching a Pikachu in a matching yellow Poké Ball? What about a Gengar in a purple one with a red button? Well, dream no longer, now you can!

Introducing 16 apricorn colours: the first Cobblemon addon that lets YOU design every inch of your Poké Ball. Mix and match 16 apricorn colours across 4 visual parts, drop in a core material to set your catch power, and walk away with a ball that's entirely your own. No two throws need ever look the same again.

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How It Works

Craft the Modular Ball Workbench using one of every apricorn colour, an iron ingot in the centre, and a crafting table at the base. Pop it down, slot in your apricorns for the lid, rim, button, and base, choose your core (copper, iron, gold, diamond, netherite, or a nether star) and out comes your personalised ball.

Need colours you don't have? Dye any apricorn by combining any standard apricorn with a matching dye in a crafting grid to get one of 9 new colours: orange, magenta, light blue, gray, light gray, cyan, purple, brown, and khaki.

Items placed in the workbench persist when you close the GUI. A floating 3D preview of your ball appears above the block when a valid recipe is set, and a flat 2D sprite sits on the tabletop facing you. Drop any finished modular ball into the core slot (with the apricorn slots empty) to put it on display.

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Ball Tiers & Catch Rates

| Ball |Core |Catch Rate | | ----------- |--------------- |---------- | | Poké Ball |Copper Ingot |1× | | Great Ball |Iron Ingot |1.5× | | Ultra Ball |Gold Ingot |2× | | Giga Ball |Diamond |3× | | Zeta Ball |Netherite Ingot |5× | | Master Ball |Nether Star |Guaranteed |

All six tiers share the same customisation system. The only thing that changes is the catch power. Each ball displays its catch rate as a grey subtitle, right on the item. Hold Shift over any modular ball to see which colours were used for each part.

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Features

* 6 ball tiers with colour-coded names, from humble Poké Ball to legendary Master Ball * 16 apricorn colours, 7 standard Cobblemon colours plus 9 new craftable dyes * Dye any apricorn to its matching colour via shapeless crafting * Your colours show everywhere: inventory, thrown, in-hand, party, PC, and summary screens * Thrown and send-out animations faithfully reflect your custom design * Floating 3D ball preview above the workbench when output is ready * Drop any finished ball in the core slot to display it on the table * Workbench drops itself and its contents when mined * Colours survive world reload, throwing, missing targets, and capture

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Requirements

* Kotlin for Forge 1.6+ for NeoForge 1.21.1 * Kotlin for Forge

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Planned Features (if this addon gets popular)

* Modular Lid Press, craft special lids (Great, Ultra, Beast patterns) with multi-colour support * Ancient Modular Balls with matching animations * Dye blending for custom colours beyond the standard sixteen * Modular Poké Rods

This mod is a passion project, my first mod, built in my spare time. If people enjoy it, I'll gladly expand it. Feedback and suggestions are always welcome.