How do I Render a Lightning Effect? [1.16.5]

[TheGamerCailo]

Does anyone remember back in the day, when magic mods were a thing? The magic wands would create this cool lightning that wasn’t 2D or, on the surface level, particle effects. Something like Thaumcraft's lightning, or Lich's 3D Wands lightning. It was as if it was a 3D projectile, but it was animated and coursed like lightning.

 

My uses for it are to summon lightning with the press of a key bind (not from a wand) or to get it to come off of things like an actual particle effect. The problem is, I've peeked at the source code from those mods, but the code is so old that when I try to replicate it, it gives me TONS of errors. That, and I don't know where to put all of the code. Do I put it under a certain code piece? Like in a block? Or where else? If someone could help, that would be great!

https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/texture-packs/lichs-3d-wands

Edited August 21, 2022 by TheGamerCailo