Create: Kinetic Interference

Give your generators some room.

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Create: Kinetic Interference (CKI) is a Create addon that reduces the stress capacity of nearby windmills and waterwheels. It encourages spreading out free kinetic power sources instead of stacking them in a small area, with separate settings for windmills and waterwheels.

Features

• Interference between nearby generators — windmills affect other windmills; small and large waterwheels share a separate group. The two groups do not interfere with each other.
• Engineer's Goggles information — a running generator affected by interference shows its efficiency and number of interfering sources. Sneaking reveals an additional hint about the radius.
• Optional source highlights — enable client highlights, then sneak and right-click a generator while wearing goggles to outline its recorded interfering sources.
• Configurable balance — adjust radius, interference factor and distance mode independently for windmills and waterwheels.

Requirements and installation

This README describes the current source for Minecraft 1.21.1 / NeoForge. Downloaded releases may not include changes listed under Unreleased in the changelog.

Item	Requirement
Minecraft	1.21.1
Mod loader	NeoForge for Minecraft 1.21.1; current build uses 21.1.218
Java	21
Install on	Client and server
Required mod	Create, with 6.0.9 as the compatibility baseline; current build uses 6.0.9-215. Newer versions may also work; see the version policy below.

Install matching NeoForge, Create and CKI versions. Place the mod JARs in the game instance's mods/ folder; for multiplayer, also install them on the server and follow Create's own dependency requirements. Create Picky Wheels and Flowing Fluids are optional and are not needed to use CKI.

Quick start

1. Enter a test world with CKI and Create installed. Use the default CKI settings and no optional addons for this first example.
2. Set up two small waterwheels with valid flowing water, less than 32 blocks apart horizontally, with no other waterwheels nearby. Both must generate rotation themselves; they do not need to share a kinetic network.
3. Wear Engineer's Goggles and look at either waterwheel. Allow a few seconds for the periodic interference check.

Expected result: each wheel counts one other source and has about 90.9% efficiency. CKI reduces its stress capacity; it does not directly reduce its rotation speed. Interference tooltip lines appear only while the generator is active and its efficiency is below 100%.

To inspect the sources visually, set visuals.enableDebugHighlights to true in the client configuration, restart the client, then hold your sneak key (default: Shift) and right-click the waterwheel while wearing goggles. Highlights last 3 seconds by default. These interactions do not require operator permissions.

How interference is calculated

Efficiency = 1 / (1 + Count × Factor)

Count is the number of other tracked generators in the same group and dimension within the configured radius; the generator itself is excluded. For example, four nearby windmills with a factor of 0.2 give 1 / (1 + 4 × 0.2) ≈ 55.6% efficiency. One nearby waterwheel with a factor of 0.1 gives 1 / (1 + 1 × 0.1) ≈ 90.9%.

The default distance mode ignores height, so building generators directly above one another does not avoid interference. Recorded sources in unloaded chunks are retained; see compatibility and limitations.

Configuration

Start the game and enter a world once to generate the configuration files. The paths below are relative to the game instance directory for singleplayer, or the server directory for a dedicated server.

Location	Scope	Editing guidance
config/createkineticinterference-server.toml	Gameplay rules, controlled by the server	Stop the world/server before editing, then reopen it
config/createkineticinterference-client.toml	Highlights on that client only	Close the client before editing, then restart it

On the current NeoForge build, an existing serverconfig/createkineticinterference-server.toml inside the world directory overrides the server file in config/. In singleplayer, the world directory is normally saves/<world>/; on a dedicated server, use the directory selected by level-name. Edit the active override if one exists. Changing your local server config does not override a multiplayer server's rules.

The restart workflow above avoids ambiguity about active files and recalculation; it is not a claim that every setting requires a restart. CKI has no dedicated configuration reload command.

Server settings

The section names below are the TOML sections containing each key.

Section	Setting	Default	Effect
general.windmill	interferenceRadius	32.0	Windmill detection radius in blocks
general.windmill	interferenceFactor	0.2	Penalty per nearby windmill; 0 disables the penalty
general.windmill	distanceCalculationMode	EUCLIDEAN_2D	Windmill distance mode
general.windmill	checkInterval	40	Periodic windmill check interval in ticks; about 2 seconds at 20 TPS
general.waterwheel	interferenceRadius	32.0	Shared detection radius for small and large waterwheels
general.waterwheel	interferenceFactor	0.1	Penalty per nearby waterwheel; 0 disables the penalty
general.waterwheel	distanceCalculationMode	EUCLIDEAN_2D	Waterwheel distance mode

Waterwheels use Create's periodic update cycle and do not have a separate CKI checkInterval setting.

Distance mode	Rule
EUCLIDEAN_2D	Horizontal straight-line distance; ignores height. Default for both groups.
EUCLIDEAN_3D	Straight-line distance in 3D; spherical detection area
MANHATTAN_2D	Sum of absolute X and Z differences
MANHATTAN_3D	Sum of absolute X, Y and Z differences

Client settings

Section	Setting	Default	Effect
visuals	enableDebugHighlights	false	Enable source outlines when sneaking and right-clicking with goggles
visuals	debugHighlightsDuration	3000	Highlight duration in milliseconds

Compatibility and limitations

• Create versions: CKI targets Create 6.0.9 and later. Newer versions may be compatible, but compatibility is not guaranteed; major version upgrades are likely to need additional compatibility patches. The current dependency declaration, [6.0.9,6.1.0), uses a conservative upper bound, not a confirmed incompatibility boundary. The loader currently rejects versions outside that declared range, so extending it requires an updated dependency declaration as well as any necessary compatibility fixes.
• Create Picky Wheels and Flowing Fluids: the current source includes adjustments intended to let CKI's capacity, tooltip and removal behavior coexist with these addons. This does not establish compatibility with every version or configuration; tooltip presentation and natural fluid/biome interactions should be checked in your modpack. When using both addons, also follow Create Picky Wheels' own Flowing Fluids configuration guidance for water-source requirements.
• Loaded and unloaded sources: unloading a chunk retains its recorded sources and can therefore retain their interference. Missing or replaced generators are removed from the records when queried in loaded chunks. CKI does not force-load chunks to perform this repair.
• Supported generators: windmills, small waterwheels and large waterwheels. Other generators do not automatically participate. Addons that replace Create's capacity or lifecycle behavior may need separate compatibility work.

Building from source

Use Java 21 and run the following from this version repository's root:

.\gradlew.bat build --no-configuration-cache --no-daemon --console=plain

On Linux or macOS, use bash ./gradlew with the same arguments. The mod JAR is generated in build/libs/.

Feedback

Report bugs and suggestions on Issues. Include:

• Minecraft, NeoForge, Create, CKI and relevant addon versions.
• Whether the issue occurs in singleplayer or on a dedicated server.
• Reproduction steps, relevant configuration, expected behavior and actual behavior.
• Logs or a crash report, plus a screenshot for tooltip/highlight issues.

License and credits

Code is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.

• Author: Jasdew Starfield.
• Built on Create and NeoForge.