LANTERN MINECRAFT. MOD

This would give the lantern more value and set it apart from the rest of the light sources-torches and glowstone can't be toggled, redstone lamps can be with redstone signal, and lanterns can be with a right click. It would be consistent with the real life behavior of lanterns, as you can turn them on and off in real life. I want to be able to right click the lantern to turn it on or off. I would not be a fan of the lantern being powered by redstone signal, however, as having a lever next to the lantern, or redstone dust trailing away from it would be messy. Once again, I really want this to be a feature. It would not be practical to have unlit areas in survival. One problem in survival with toggling a lantern is the light source is being turned off, opening the area up to mob spawning. At the moment lanterns are an unrealistic detail to add to my small interiors without the ability to turn them off. Sure, you could place them on the ground or on the bottom of a block but that restricts its use too much. While trying out the new lanterns I found that I struggled in finding places to place the lantern. In larger buildings like theatres and schools, I can hide the redstone wiring in the structure, or I can use the debug stick to turn the lights on. If lanterns could be placed on the sides of blocks there would be many more uses in builds. Smaller interiors of these buildings cannot afford to use redstone lighting. Lanterns would be an immensely helpful detail for houses and offices. I also use the ever useful debug tool to get details right. I build cities and towns with the help of MCEdit and Amulet Editor. To add fuel to the lantern, sneak + right click to open. By default, the lantern requires fuel to burn, this can be changed in the config. In addition to this, the lantern can be placed in the world and also on a boat. The lantern will light up the world around you as you go.

LANTERN MINECRAFT. MOD

I build in creative, with the mobSpawning gamerule set to false. Lantern is a small mod which adds just one item: a portable lantern. I would love to be able to toggle lanterns.

Lantern minecraft.