Add grass block recipes

[thecreare]

Adds recipes for each grass block, they can be crafted with their corresponding ground and vegetation type.

• 4x soil + grass_vegetation = 4x grass
• 4x mud + lush_grass_vegetation = 4x lush_grass
• 4x dirt + dry_grass_vegetation = 4x dry_grass
• 4x permafrost + cold_grass_vegetation = 4x cold_grass

[ikabod-kee]

I'm all for this, but why 4?

[careeoki]

I imagine you did 4 soil + 1 grass vegetation so it's cheaper. But consider the following for a 1 soil + 1 grass vegetation recipe:

Would it be a good idea for grass blocks to drop their soil + a matching grass vegetation? That way you wouldn't be losing grass vegetation if you have to break and place a grass block. My worry is that it could be annoying for it to drop two different items, but if you're digging up grass, you probably already have a slot with grass vegetation, so it might not be so bad?

[thecreare]

why 4?

Vegetation is sometimes pretty sparse and having to harvest an entire biome's worth for a handful of grass blocks didn't seem reasonable to me. The number itself is pretty arbitrary though

Would it be a good idea for grass blocks to drop their soil + a matching grass vegetation?

I agree losing vegetation is annoying, I think this could work but I also feel like it would defeat the point of grass not dropping itself. Like it might be better to make grass blocks directly drop themselves instead? I don't know what would be best

[Argmaster]

What is the logic behind grass not dropping itself beyond the fact its a m*necraft thing?
Its not like you cant collect grass irl:

[ikabod-kee]

I think the logic is of course less inventory clutter. Maybe grass vegetation could be crafted into grass seeds?

[IntegratedQuantum]

I think instead of adding recipes we should fundamentally rethink our approach to grass here.
Grass dropping itself is one option, grass spreading is another. Following @Argmaster's suggestion Grass could also work more like a carpet (requires #1821 if want flowers to still grow on top). There was also the idea for grass seeds like in terraria.

[du82]

I think grass spreading is a better idea

[Argmaster]

I think grass spreading is a better idea

Could you present some arguments please?

[careeoki]

The problem with grass spreading is that many many biomes mix grass blocks and their soil types for more variation. Grass spreading would eventually make all the soil disappear, leaving a flat ground of grass

[Argmaster]

I, personally (as if my opinions mattered), would prefer grass as full blocks, since terraforming (especially for big builds) requires a lot of time and clicking even without needing to double click per block or wait for grass to spread.

[careeoki]

Grass should be a full block. Even post-orevolution i can imagine there would still be limitations.

In terms of QOL, being able to have grass blocks in the inventory is the best, especially for building like ARG said.

I tried "grass blocks drop grass vegetation" for a few minutes and it feels reasonable. Essentially it just saves you 1 slot compared to "grass blocks drop themselves" or "grass blocks drop grass seeds." It does let you gather a lot of grass vegetation very quickly

For an alternative for grass spreading, we could have a "grass starter" item that when you right click a soil block, it creates an AoE which spreads grass in a 16 block diameter, then stops when all the grass is grown. Crafted with grass plants and sulfur.
M*necraft's botania mod has a similar item.