WorldEdit Blocked Items Review: Part 3 Currently Blocked

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    I'm creating a couple of threads to start a conversation around the block list for our WorldEdit and ASyncWorldEdit. With various changes we've made to the server over the last few years, now feels as good of a time as any to do a bit of a community review of what's blocked and what's not blocked, and if we need to edit the list.


    I'd like to see a strong argument either to un-block, re-block, or keep as-is and some strong justification if we want to make changes to the list. Likewise if there's a suggestion to make a change, please have a healthy discussion to help thrash out if it should be changed or not.


    The following items are currently blocked, What I'd like is the community to have a sensible discussion on if these items should remain blocked or if there is now suitable justification to allow them to be used by WorldEdit / AWE.


    Wild1145

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    Quote from keli5

    Why is the netherite shovel here, exactly?...

    Not really sure, it's been there for a while from what I can see. Though this is also after I merged the WorldEdit and AWE Blocked blocks.


    Quote from Telesphoreo

    These should stay blocked and are blocked for a reason. They're all laggy blocks if there's thousands of them in the same area. And the buttons I shouldn't even have to explain

    Buttons didn't seem to cause lags (Nor did torches) when they were used in testing, though they were in limited quantities so might be a scale issue.

    Wild1145

    Network Owner at TotalFreedom

    Managing Director at ATLAS Media Group Ltd.

    Founder & Owner at MastodonApp.UK

    None of these blocks serve any practical use being world edited in. Keep them blocked. If there is a compelling reason that you must worldedit them just //copy and //stack.


    Jigsaws, structure blocks and the like deserve to stay blocked especially after the shitshow that recently happened.


    This is coming from someone who is actually competent at building.

    - "minecraft:stone_button"

    - "minecraft:birch_button"

    - "minecraft:acacia_button"

    - "minecraft:warped_button"

    - "minecraft:crimson_button"

    - "minecraft:dark_oak_button"

    - "minecraft:jungle_button"

    - "minecraft:oak_button"

    - "minecraft:spruce_button"


    All of these are blocked due to causing lag (client side) when placed in large quantities, and causing lag (server side) when you break on of the bottom buttons in a large chunk of them, causing all the other buttons to update and be like “oh shit I’m floating, let me break myself”


    - "minecraft:cactus"

    - "minecraft:sugar_cane"

    Same as above iirc


    - "minecraft:campfire"

    - "minecraft:soul_campfire"
    Particles, oh god the particles, also because these are non-standard blocks, they cause some clientside lag


    - "minecraft:structure_block"

    Very easy to abuse for exploits, can be used to copy and import exports and tons of nbt


    - "minecraft:end_gateway"

    Generates large purple beams (very annoying), also causes lots of clientside lag

    - "minecraft:end_portal"

    Same as above but without the purple beams, also can be used for trolling since they are invisible from the bottom


    - "minecraft:spawner"

    Iirc mainly abused for exploits, can store lots and lots of nbt data and all that


    - "minecraft:enchanting_table"

    Non-standard block, clientside lag causer

    - "minecraft:bubble_column"

    Not a block iirc, correct me if I’m wrong


    - "minecraft:beehive"

    Same as spawner

    - "minecraft:beenest"

    Same as spawner


    - "minecraft:jigsaw"

    Very easy for exploits, but I can’t explain why, I’ve never messed with the jigsaw block


    - "minecraft:respawn_anchor"

    Very easy for exploits, panther at one point found out if you click on respawn anchors really, really fast (easy to do with a hack client) it will crash the entire server in about 50 seconds (mojang moment)


    - "minecraft:netherite_shovel"

    Not a block

    Quote from DragonSlayer2189

    Very easy to abuse for exploits, can be used to copy and import exports and tons of nbt

    Quote from DragonSlayer2189

    Very easy for exploits, but I can’t explain why, I’ve never messed with the jigsaw block

    In the version of Scissors in which we are running TF under, Structure Blocks and Jigsaws are fully disabled through a configuration option.


    Quote from DragonSlayer2189

    Very easy for exploits, panther at one point found out if you click on respawn anchors really, really fast (easy to do with a hack client) it will crash the entire server in about 50 seconds (mojang moment)

    We should verify to see if this is still an issue.

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