Tidal

Tidal

Beach waves!

Tidal adds ambient water waves! They are most noticeable at beaches & shores where they get really big, but can also spawn around islands to help make the water feel more alive.

Waves can also crash against blocks if they're in the way, making rocky cliffs next to water even more dramatic! During full moons, the waves glow at night too.

Note: Tidal is currently in alpha! There's plenty of known bugs and plans for optimizations. Lots of work happens behind the scenes to figure out where & how to spawn waves. If waves are not spawning, or spawning unusually(e.g. going wrong way), you can recalculate this info by reloading the chunks via `F3 + a`.

Featured in BlanketCon '25

Dependencies

Requires Fabric API. In the near future, a config library might also be required.

Note for resource packs

If you decide to change the wave textures via a resource pack, the naming and mcmeta is very specific!! The names & locations of textures must be the same. A custom mcmeta format is used. Instead of `animation`, use `wave_animation`. This provides you with 2 options: - `frametime` - The amount of ticks each frame should exist. (Default = 5) - `frame_height` - The height(in pixels) of each frame. (Default = 16)

It is expected that the animation is done with a single vertical sprite sheet image. The amount of frames will be determined using the `frame_height` variable.