Huge Structure Blocks in FTB Evolution 2

Huge Structure Blocks is vanilla structure blocks, but bigger and faster. If you have ever tried to save a large build with a normal structure block and hit the size cap, this mod is the fix.^[1]

It raises the maximum structure block size and the corner search radius to 512 blocks. It also pushes the render distance of the structure bounding box up to 256 blocks, so you can still see the outline of a big build from far away.^[1]

What it changes

• Maximum structure size goes up to 512 blocks.^[1]
• The structure bounding box renders from up to 256 blocks away.^[1]
• The corner search algorithm is optimised. It keeps a cache of structure block corners, so corners resolve instantly.^[1]
• The Jigsaw depth limit is removed.^[1]
• The 128 block distance limit from structure features and pools is removed.^[1]
• A creative item group for structure block items is added.^[1]

The corner search is the big quality of life change. According to the mod's own description, it resolves instantly, while vanilla takes seconds and sometimes even crashes. That matters most on build servers where players can create structures.^[1]

In this pack

The pack ships Huge Structure Blocks 1.1.9 as the NeoForge build. It was first included in version 1.0.2 of the pack or earlier, so it has been part of the pack for a while.^[2]

Good news: Huge Structure Blocks is a mod you don't have to set up. It is a tweak to structure blocks, which are the blocks you use to save and load builds, so there is no new machine to craft and no tech tree to climb.^[1]

What changes for you

• The maximum structure size goes up to 512 blocks, so you can save much bigger builds than before.^[1]
• The corner search radius also goes up to 512 blocks.^[1]
• The bounding box render distance goes up to 256 blocks, so you can see the outline of a big structure from further away.^[1]
• The corner search is optimised. It keeps a cache of structure block corners and resolves instantly, where Vanilla takes seconds and sometimes even crashes.^[1]
• The Jigsaw depth limit is removed, and so is the 128 block distance limit from structure features and pools.^[1]
• A creative item group for structure block items is added.^[1]

Your first steps

The mod works on structure blocks themselves, so your first step is to use them. The difference is that the maximum structure size and the corner search radius now go up to 512 blocks, and the corner search resolves instantly.^[1]

The faster corner search matters most on build servers, where players have access to create structures.^[1]

Unverified The sources here do not show any in-pack recipe, quest or config option for this mod, so what you need to do to get structure blocks in survival is not covered here. Check the pack's recipe viewer and quest book for it. This site does hold FTB Evolution 2's own recipes, read from the pack itself: look the item up in the item browser.

Huge Structure Blocks has no machines, multiblocks, power, fluids or item handling to learn. It changes how vanilla structure blocks behave: how big a structure can be, how corners are found, and how far things render. The mod's project page describes it as structure blocks, but bigger and optimised.^[1]

What the mod changes

• The maximum structure size goes up to 512 blocks.^[1]
• The corner search radius is also raised to 512 blocks.^[1]
• The bounding box of a structure renders from up to 256 blocks away.^[1]
• The Jigsaw depth limit is removed.^[1]
• The 128 block distance limit from structure features and pools is removed.^[1]
• A creative item group for structure block items is added.^[1]

Faster corner search

When you link corner blocks to define a structure area, the game has to find the matching corners. The mod optimises this search by keeping a cache of structure block corners, so they resolve instantly.^[1]

The project page contrasts this with vanilla, where the same search takes seconds and sometimes even crashes. That is a big deal when you are working with large areas.^[1]

The pack has no config files for this mod, and the sources here show no other settings for it, so the limits above are the ones described on the mod's project page.^[1]

FTB Evolution 2 1.1.0 ships Huge Structure Blocks version 1.1.9. The mod was already in the pack in FTB Evolution 2 1.0.2 or earlier, so it is not a new addition in this release.^[2]

The only mod changelog entry available for this version is the 1.1.9 release itself, and it is a small one: it fixed a wrong jar being released. That means 1.1.9 is a correction to the previous upload rather than a feature update, so there is nothing new to learn or change in how you use the blocks.^[3]