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Creates a separate creative flat world for testing builds without affecting survival gameplay.

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Build Sandbox 1.8.0
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🧱 Build Sandbox

Build Sandbox is a NeoForge mod for Minecraft 1.21.1 that adds a fully isolated creative building dimension where players can design structures safely without affecting their survival world.


✨ Features

🌍 Isolated Sandbox Dimension

  • A separate flat creative world designed specifically for building and testing structures.
  • No interaction with your survival world.

🎮 Game Mode Switching

  • Use the command: /buildsandbox
  • First execution:
    • Saves your survival position, dimension, and inventory
    • Teleports you to the sandbox dimension
    • Switches you to Creative mode
    • Loads your sandbox inventory (if available)
  • Second execution:
    • Saves your sandbox position and inventory
    • Restores your survival inventory and position
    • Switches you back to Survival mode

🎒 Separate Inventories

  • Survival inventory is stored independently from sandbox inventory.
  • Switching worlds restores exactly what you had before entering.

🚫 Sandbox Restrictions

To keep the sandbox clean and controlled:

  • ❌ No natural mob spawning
  • ❌ No portals (Nether/End portals are blocked)
  • ❌ No fire or portal generation allowed
  • ❌ Fully isolated gameplay environment

🧠 Travel Protection

  • Dimension travel is controlled internally by the mod.
  • Players cannot freely escape or enter the sandbox without using /buildsandbox.

📦 How It Works

The mod uses a per-player data system:

  • Stores:
    • Survival dimension
    • Survival position
    • Survival inventory
    • Sandbox position
    • Sandbox inventory

This ensures that switching between worlds is seamless and persistent.


🧪 Intended Use

Build Sandbox is perfect for:

  • 🏗️ Testing builds safely
  • 🧱 Designing structures without survival risk
  • 🧪 Experimenting with creative ideas
  • 🛠️ Server building practice environments

⚙️ Command

/buildsanbox

Toggles between:

  • 🟢 Survival world
  • 🟣 Sandbox creative world

🛑 Compatibility Notes

  • Requires NeoForge 1.21.1
  • Designed for both:
    • Singleplayer
    • Multiplayer servers

📁 Technical Details

  • Custom dimension: buildsandbox:sandbox
  • Flat world generator
  • Fully custom inventory handling
  • Event-based restrictions (portals, mobs)
  • Player state persistence using UUID mapping

🚀 Planned Features (Optional ideas)

  • No generation of structures in the Build Sandbox dimension
  • No advancements (achievements) can be obtained inside the Build Sandbox
  • GUI based selector in addition to the /buildsandbox command
  • Build export system for saving and exporting creations
  • Permission system for controlling access to sandbox features (server-side)

👤 Author

Developed by Wilkcraft

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.


🚀 Build freely, safely, and without affecting your survival world in a fully isolated creative sandbox dimension!

🧱 Build Sandbox

Build Sandbox is a NeoForge mod for Minecraft 1.21.1 that adds a fully isolated creative building dimension where players can design structures safely without affecting their survival world.


✨ Features

🌍 Isolated Sandbox Dimension

  • A separate flat creative world designed specifically for building and testing structures.
  • No interaction with your survival world.

🎮 Game Mode Switching

  • Use the command: /buildsandbox
  • First execution:

    • Saves your survival position, dimension, and inventory
    • Teleports you to the sandbox dimension
    • Switches you to Creative mode
    • Loads your sandbox inventory (if available)
    • Second execution:

      • Saves your sandbox position and inventory
      • Restores your survival inventory and position
      • Switches you back to Survival mode

🎒 Separate Inventories

  • Survival inventory is stored independently from sandbox inventory.
  • Switching worlds restores exactly what you had before entering.

🚫 Sandbox Restrictions

To keep the sandbox clean and controlled:

  • ❌ No natural mob spawning
  • ❌ No portals (Nether/End portals are blocked)
  • ❌ No fire or portal generation allowed
  • ❌ Fully isolated gameplay environment

🧠 Travel Protection

  • Dimension travel is controlled internally by the mod.
  • Players cannot freely escape or enter the sandbox without using /buildsandbox.

📦 How It Works

The mod uses a per-player data system:

  • Stores:
    • Survival dimension
    • Survival position
    • Survival inventory
    • Sandbox position
    • Sandbox inventory

This ensures that switching between worlds is seamless and persistent.


🧪 Intended Use

Build Sandbox is perfect for:

  • 🏗️ Testing builds safely
  • 🧱 Designing structures without survival risk
  • 🧪 Experimenting with creative ideas
  • 🛠️ Server building practice environments

⚙️ Command

/buildsandbox

Toggles between:

  • 🟢 Survival world
  • 🟣 Sandbox creative world

🛑 Compatibility Notes

  • Requires NeoForge 1.21.1
  • Designed for both:
    • Singleplayer
    • Multiplayer servers

📁 Technical Details

  • Custom dimension: buildsandbox:sandbox
  • Flat world generator
  • Fully custom inventory handling
  • Event-based restrictions (portals, mobs)
  • Player state persistence using UUID mapping

🚀 Planned Features (Optional ideas)

  • No generation of structures in the Build Sandbox dimension
  • No advancements (achievements) can be obtained inside the Build Sandbox
  • GUI based selector in addition to the /buildsandbox command
  • Build export system for saving and exporting creations
  • Permission system for controlling access to sandbox features (server-side)

👤 Author

Developed by Wilkcraft

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.


🚀 Build freely, safely, and without affecting your survival world in a fully isolated creative sandbox dimension!

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