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Custom Dificulty Options Menu

Basically, instead of the difficulty setting being 4 options, (Peaceful -> Hard), the difficulty is an options menu. I've seen some other games do stuff like this (ex. Thief), and I really like it. Different parts of what make the game difficult are split up, and their difficulties can be set individually, for a more customizable experience. For example, here are some of the difficulty settings that could have their own settings:

  • Hunger Decay Rate (Off-High)
  • Hostile Mob Spawn Rate (Off-High)
  • Mob Aggressiveness (Low-High)
  • Mob Strength (Low-High)
  • Mob Equipment (None-Full)
  • Treasure Spawn Rate (Low-High)
  • Equipment Decay Rate (Off-High)
  • Bonus Chest (Off/On)
  • Cheats (Off/On)
  • Night Cycle Length?
  • Mob Griefing (On/Off)

Just some ideas, taking into account what things the game already bases on difficulty, and other things that are already options elsewhere, in other menus or in Game Rules.

I think these extra options could add a great degree of customization and accessibility to the game. I've noticed other requests for people who don't want to deal with hostile mobs, but would like to still have to overcome hunger, or who want less hostile mobs at higher strengths. Also, settings that are already available as game rules, like mob griefing, could become available to players who have cheats off or don't know about game rules.

Thanks for reading!

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    I had a very similar idea, but did a search like the rules say, and found this. Your customization options are way more thought out than mine.  I like the idea of being able to put the whole game in hard mode, but also being able to turn off hostile mobs. Farming/eating, exploring are all core parts of the game. So I'm one of the people who thinks it would be cool to crank up the difficulty of hunger and such, to still try to survive, but not have to worry about all the bad guys coming out of every dark corner. lol

    The game rule options in the latest snapshot (20w17a) is a really good start. I just wish there was a way to differentiate between hostile, neutral, and non-hostile mobs. Instead of just ALL mobs off or on. That's as far as my idea had developed. Glad to see you thought of all kinds of other cool things too. :)