[REQUEST] Trick Sponge to remove water?

[Wojbie]

With #77 resolved now there is no easy way to clean liquids caused by trick torrent. Could i suggest then adding something like trick sponge to clean up liquids (or just water)? Cause with torrent and no easy counter-spell person could easily do lots of grief? Sorry if its wrong place to put request but i could not see different place to post it.

[yrsegal]

Conjure a block that decays in a tick.
On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 9:17 AM Wojbie [email protected] wrote:

With #77 #77 resolved now there is
no easy way to clean liquids caused by trick torrent. Could i suggest then
adding something like trick sponge to clean up liquids (or just water)?
Cause with torrent and no easy counter-spell person could easily do lots of
grief? Sorry if its wrong place to put request but i could not see
different place to post it.

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#79.

[Wojbie]

Sorry then did not think of that. Good idea thanks.

[Ramiels]

I think this should be reconsidered as that water placed in waterlogged blocks cannot be removed via conjured blocks, making it impossible to remove water on slabs and walls without removing the block.

[gdavid04]

You could Trick: Place Block a sponge but that would be very inconvenient as you'd have to manually pick up the sponge every time, not to mention requiring having a sponge in the first place.

[Ramiels]

That also comes with the issue of sucking up all surrounding water, and adding unneeded complexity from having to smelt it too. Conjured blocks are precise which is what makes them good for removing water, and in the same way you can’t use them in a waterlogged block you would need to find an empty space within drying range to place the sponge. A more dedicated liquid/block manipulation trick for removing a liquid would be able to operate without those limitations. On the sponge theming, it could also be nice to have an optional argument for it’s range, to give it that sponge-like usage if this does get added.

[Kamefrede]

open for consideration for 1.18