Creating a Basic Death Message File

Please note that this guide assumes that you have at least some knowledge with Apoli/Origins' systems. If you are completely new to these datapack systems my recommendation would be reading up on the Origins documentation.

Death messages are defined in JSON files. They work off Apoli's damage, bientity and entity conditions to determine if they should be displayed. Say we would like to make a new death message that sends an insult in chat when a player die to berry bushes, the message would go like this.

The messages field uses Minecraft's Raw JSON Text Format and supports multiple messages. Make sure to use \" if you are wanting to use " in a message otherwise your quotes may end early resulting in an error.

{
    "damage_condition": {
        "type": "dieyourway:name",
        "name": "sweetBerryBush"
    },
    "messages": [
        "\"This player who I won't be sharing the name of sucks!\""
    ]
}

Something of note here is that you should use the dieyourway namespace whenever calling a condition as it'll allow for compatibility between when Apoli is installed and when it is not installed. Otherwise if you're using conditions from an Apoli/Origins addon it's fine to use their namespace.

If you would like a randomised choice between 2 or more messages in your message file. You are able to add another message into the "messages" field, such as below.

{
    "damage_condition": {
        "type": "dieyourway:name",
        "name": "sweetBerryBush"
    },
    "messages": [
        "\"This player who I won't be sharing the name of sucks!\"",
        "{\"text\":\"A player has become meesed\",\"bold\":true,\"color\":\"dark_red\"}"
    ]
}

When this file's conditions are met on death the mod now has a chance to select between these messages to replace the default death message. If any other files have a condition that is met they too have a chance to display alongside these ones.

This specific tutorial is now concluded. If you'd like to understand more about DieYourWay's systems, your next step would be Arguments

Creating a Basic Death Message File

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