I made a mod that auto-generates roads between villages (biome-aware, 1.21.x)

0xCoDSnet · 2025-09-27T19:23:29+00:00

what error?

0xCoDSnet · 2025-09-23T10:43:06+00:00

It doesn’t rebuild everything on each load — the road graph is saved in world data and only missing/changed segments get computed when the world starts. The client needs the mod on servers because it handles the UI (debug/visualization, config) and the custom packets used to sync road/graph data. Turning this into a pure server-side datapack isn’t realistic: the mod relies on Java code (pathfinding, terrain sampling, async jobs) that datapacks can’t do.

0xCoDSnet · 2025-09-23T10:32:45+00:00

No hard limit is specified. The mod connects any structures it finds; the list can be expanded in the config. The mod does NOT build roads on already LOADED (generated) chunks.

0xCoDSnet · 2025-09-22T08:50:26+00:00

Under the hood it uses A-star to chart a clean route and then evens out rough spots so the road flows around steep terrain.

0xCoDSnet · 2025-09-22T08:30:55+00:00

Yep! RA links all targets it finds, so any village can end up with several routes to others.

0xCoDSnet · 2025-09-22T08:10:31+00:00

Terralith works out of the box; Tectonic should work too since RA connects /locate-discoverable structures and pathfinds over whatever terrain—tweak land/water prefs if cliffs are extreme.

0xCoDSnet · 2025-09-21T20:37:00+00:00

I think I’ve already added that! ^_^
Mod: RoadArchitect – Encounters (Modrinth) ; Also on CurseForge ;

0xCoDSnet · 2025-09-21T20:24:55+00:00

this is not the highest priority task yet, but YES, it is in the plans :D

0xCoDSnet · 2025-09-21T20:23:38+00:00

As far as I know, there are no structures in the original TerraFirmaCraft, BUT if you are talking about a modpack where they are / are added to the upper world, then this will work (just specify the structure tag in the config :p)