Mod that drains water

[LostALifeGaming]

I was just wondering if theres a mod that lets you put a small grate on the ground or something and drains water. Not something that moves the water like buildcraft but just destroys it. Im trying to build an underwater base and want to put drains in the floor.

[Beethoven92]

So you mean something that acts like a vanilla sponge block? I don't know if a mod that specifically adds a water drain exists, but such a mod would be actually very easy to make, you could even write it yourself

[LostALifeGaming]

I thought about that but i didnt know how to make it so that when the water around it is gone how to get the water source blocks to move to the ground.

 

But at the same time i have never written a mod so i dont know if that would be hard.

 

Edited September 9, 2020 by LostALifeGaming

[Beethoven92]

Ok, maybe i got the behaviour of the block you need wrong..let me understand. For example, you have a 3x3 room enclosed by blocks and filled with water. Then you replace one of the blocks at the bottom of your enclosed room with a drain block. After that the water above the drain block start disappearing from the top layer to the bottom one. Is that the behaviour you had in mind?

[LostALifeGaming]

Yeah pretty much

[Beethoven92]

Sorry if this is a stupid question with an obvious answer, but why don't you just use vanilla sponges to clear the water while you build your base?

[LostALifeGaming]

Mostly because i dont want to go get sponges but i understand what you mean lol. Also i kind of want a few drains around the place to make it feel like an underwater base.

 

I downloaded forge mdk and java se 8 along with eclipse to start modding and learn the basics. Im on 1.12.2 because most of the mods i like are only on that version. I wrote a small bit of code, enough to run the mod but i cant find the gradle.start or the build.gradle in the run config. 

 

Also i know they are taking down threads to do with 1.12.2 now because its not LTS (Which is annoying) so i was wondering were else i can ask about it for support?