Falling Hazard

An optional descending particle plane that damages players who stay inside it. Disabled by default.

Enable

falling-hazard:
  enabled: true

Reload with /sf reload.

Behavior

1. Starts when a floor begins.
2. A particle plane descends from the ceiling of the current floor bounds.
3. Players above the plane are killed instantly.
4. Players inside the slice take damage each render tick.
5. Players below the plane are safe.
6. Resets when the next floor starts.

Players see hazard.started and hazard.warning messages from messages.yml.

Config keys

Key	Default	Description
speed	1.0	Blocks moved per fall interval
fall-interval	100	Ticks between downward steps (100 = 5 sec)
damage	2.0	Half-hearts per render tick inside slice
slice-height	1.0	Damage zone thickness in blocks
render-interval	4	Ticks between particle refreshes
particle-density	30	Grid points per axis
particles-per-point	5	Particles at each grid point
spread-horizontal	0.8	Horizontal particle spread
spread-vertical	0.3	Vertical particle spread
particle	DUST	Particle type
color	#FF3300	Hex color for DUST particles
particle-size	1.5	DUST size multiplier

Particle types

Simple types (no extra config): FLAME, SOUL_FIRE_FLAME, END_ROD, SMOKE, CLOUD.

Color types (use color and particle-size): DUST, DUST_COLOR_TRANSITION, ENTITY_EFFECT.

Performance

Version 1.0.5 caps particles and sends them per player only. Keep particle-density moderate on large floors.

Tuning tips

Goal	Suggestion
Faster pressure	Lower fall-interval, raise speed
Softer hazard	Lower damage, raise slice-height sparingly
Visual only	Set damage very low and speed slow
Hard mode	Enable hazard + high mob counts on tall floors

Hazard width matches the current floor bounding box, not the whole world.