Laser Bridges & Doors guide for All the Mons 0.3.0-beta to 1.2.0

Same as in the All the Mods 10 2.38 guide

Laser Bridges & Doors is a small, decorative redstone mod that gives you futuristic laser bridges, doors and fences. You place a laser source block, give it a redstone signal, and it projects a laser structure outward. This pack ships version 1.21.1-1-neoforge of the mod.^[1][2]

How it works

• The laser only forms while the source block is powered by redstone, so a lever, button or pressure plate is enough to open and close a laser door or bridge.^[1]
• The length of the laser depends on the redstone signal strength and updates as the signal changes. A weaker signal gives you a shorter bridge.^[1]
• You can recolor a laser source by clicking it with a dye in hand, or have a dispenser apply the dye for you.^[1]
• There are full block laser sources for more complex redstone contraptions, plus a Laser Fence Source Block variant for laser fences.^[1]

The mod is configurable. One option sets the maximum laser length at full power, and all partial lengths are calculated from it. The mod's own default is 15 blocks. Another option lists the blocks that lasers are allowed to cut through and replace.^[1]

Unverified The sources don't confirm whether this pack keeps the mod's default maximum laser length or changes it. Test it in game before you plan a long bridge.

Who it's for

If you like building bases with a sci-fi look, secret entrances or redstone-controlled walkways, this mod is for you. Its job is style and redstone fun rather than tech or resource progression.^[1]

Unverified The sources don't document a place for this mod in the pack's progression, and no in-pack recipe for the laser source blocks could be confirmed. Check the recipe viewer in game. This site does hold All the Mons's own recipes, read from the pack itself: look the item up in the item browser.

This mod keeps things simple. Everything starts with one block, the Laser Source. When it gets a redstone signal, it creates a laser bridge, door or fence. Here is the order I would tackle things in.^[1]

Craft a Laser Source first

This is the first thing to make, because every laser you build comes from it. In this pack the mod's own recipe has been changed, so don't trust what you remember from other packs. The pack also adds a second recipe for the same block that accepts any glass block.^[3]

2× Laser SourceChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any iron ingot	Glass	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	End Crystal	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot

Recipe id: laserbridges:laser_source_block

The mod's recipe, as changed by this pack.

2× Laser SourceAdded by the pack

Shaped (kubejs)

Shaped (kubejs)

any iron ingot	any glass blocks	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	End Crystal	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot

Recipe id: kubejs:kjs/laserbridges_laser_source_block

Added by the pack. It accepts any glass block.

Swap to a Laser Fence Source if you need one

You don't need a separate crafting chain for the Laser Fence Source. You turn a Laser Source into one with a single-item shapeless recipe. The conversion works both ways, so you can change your mind later without losing anything.^[1][3]

Laser Fence SourceMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Laser Source

Recipe id: laserbridges:bridge_to_fence

Laser Source to Laser Fence Source.

Laser SourceMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Laser Fence Source

Recipe id: laserbridges:fence_to_bridge

Laser Fence Source back to Laser Source.

Power it and color it

• Give the source a redstone signal to form the laser. Its length depends on the signal strength and updates dynamically as the signal changes.^[1]
• Click a source with a dye to color it. A dispenser can apply the dye for you too.^[1]
• Full block laser sources are handy for building more complicated redstone contraptions.^[1]

Laser Bridges & Doors is a small mod, and its mechanics are simple. You place a laser source, power it with redstone, and it projects a laser platform, door, or fence. Here is what the sources confirm about how that works in this pack.^[1]

Powering a laser

A laser only forms when its source block is activated by a redstone signal. Its length depends on the signal strength and updates dynamically, so if the signal changes, the laser changes length with it.^[1]

The mod has a configurable maximum length for the laser from a fully powered source block, and all partial lengths are calculated from that value. The mod's default is 15.^[1]

Unverified The sources here do not show a config file for this mod in the pack. The mod's project page names config/laserbridges.json with the options max_length and blocks_cut_through_by_lasers, but whether this pack changes max_length or the list of blocks lasers can cut through is not confirmed.

Source blocks

The mod gives you Laser Source and Laser Fence Source. You can convert between them in the crafting grid, and the conversion works both ways, each direction with its own shapeless recipe.^[1][3]

Laser Fence SourceMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Laser Source

Recipe id: laserbridges:bridge_to_fence

Turns a Laser Source into a Laser Fence Source.

Laser SourceMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Laser Fence Source

Recipe id: laserbridges:fence_to_bridge

Turns a Laser Fence Source back into a Laser Source.

The project page describes these as full block laser sources, meant for building more complicated redstone contraptions.^[1]

Coloring

You can color a laser source by clicking it with a dye in hand. A dispenser can also apply the dye, which is handy if you want to recolor lasers as part of an automated build.^[1]

Crafting the source in this pack

The pack changes the mod's own recipe for the Laser Source, so don't rely on the default recipe from the mod's project page. The pack also adds an extra recipe through KubeJS. Both are shown below exactly as they work in the pack.^[1][3]

2× Laser SourceChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any iron ingot	Glass	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	End Crystal	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot

Recipe id: laserbridges:laser_source_block

The mod's own recipe, changed by the pack.

2× Laser SourceAdded by the pack

Shaped (kubejs)

Shaped (kubejs)

any iron ingot	any glass blocks	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	End Crystal	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot

Recipe id: kubejs:kjs/laserbridges_laser_source_block

An extra recipe added by the pack through KubeJS.

Same as in the All the Mods 10 7.3 guide

There isn't a long tier ladder here. The mod adds two blocks, the Laser Source and the Laser Fence Source, and your progression starts with crafting a Laser Source.^[4]

Step one: the Laser Source

The Laser Source is your entry point. This pack changed the mod's own shaped recipe for it, so check the recipe below for what the block costs in this pack.^[4]

2× Laser SourceChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any iron ingot	Glass	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	End Crystal	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot

Recipe id: laserbridges:laser_source_block

Changed by the pack

The pack also adds a second shaped recipe that makes the Laser Source. You can use whichever one fits the materials you have.^[4]

2× Laser SourceAdded by the pack

Shaped (kubejs)

Shaped (kubejs)

any iron ingot	any glass blocks	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	End Crystal	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot

Recipe id: kubejs:kjs/laserbridges_laser_source_block

Added by the pack

Switching between bridge and fence

Once you have a Laser Source, you can turn it into a Laser Fence Source with a shapeless recipe. You can also turn it back the same way, so you never lose materials by picking the wrong one.^[4]

Laser Fence SourceMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Laser Source

Recipe id: laserbridges:bridge_to_fence

Laser Source to Laser Fence Source

Laser SourceMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Laser Fence Source

Recipe id: laserbridges:fence_to_bridge

Laser Fence Source back to Laser Source

All the Mons 1.2.0 ships Laser Bridges & Doors 5.3 (the NeoForge build for 1.21.1). The mod has been in the pack since All the Mons 0.3.0-beta or earlier, so it is one of the long-standing mods you will find in the pack.^[5]

Laser Bridges & Doors 5.3

The mod's own changelog for 5.3 is short. It added a missing translation for the laser blocks and fixed coloring laser sources on newer versions.^[6]

The pack changelogs have no entries for this mod, so there is nothing else to report about how its version changed between pack releases.^[5]