Create: Better Stock Ticker

# Better Stock Ticker Tired of chaining a **Stock Ticker** to a **Blaze Burner** just to request items from your Create logistics network? **Better Stock Ticker** adds the **Stock Keeper** — one block that combines both roles into a single, self-contained station. --- ## What It Does The Stock Keeper is a full member of Create’s logistical network. It behaves like a Stock Ticker with an integrated blaze stock keeper, giving you request and category UIs **without** placing or maintaining a separate blaze burner nearby. --- ## Features ### Stock Keeper block - **All-in-one logistics block** — network linking, stock requests, and category editing in one placement - **No adjacent blaze required** — the keeper always counts as present for Create’s stock keeper logic - **In-world upgrade** — use a Blaze Burner on a placed Stock Ticker to convert it in place and **keep your network frequency and settings** (no break-and-replace) - **Crafting recipe** — Stock Ticker + Blaze Burner → Stock Keeper (network data can carry over from the ticker ingredient when applicable) - **Familiar controls** - **Right-click** → stock request UI - **Shift + right-click** → category UI - Shopping list interaction and payment collection work like Create’s stock ticker - **Animated blaze cube** — the blaze head inside the block smoothly turns to face nearby players, including up and down ### Improved vanilla Stock Tickers - **Vertical blaze keepers** — on any Create **Stock Ticker**, a vanilla **Blaze Burner** placed **above or below** counts as a stock keeper (no need to only place it beside the ticker). Blaze burners can also link from any adjacent side - **Vertical seat keepers** — a mob in a Create **Seat** placed **above or below** a Stock Ticker also counts as a stock keeper, with the same logistics hat and request interaction as side-mounted keepers - **Mob keeper settings** — **Shift + right-click** a seated stock keeper mob to open **Stock Keeper Settings**: - **Disable AI** — freeze the mob in place - **Look at Player** — keep tracking nearby players even with AI off - **Mute Sounds** — silence mob sounds - **Invulnerable** — prevent damage - Settings persist on the mob and survive world reloads; disabled AI keeps the mob’s facing unless **Look at Player** is enabled ### New NPCs (WIP) - 6 preset poses: Standing, Crouching, Waving, Pointing, Sitting, Thinking - Custom pose editing with per-part rotation controls (head, body, arms, legs) - 3D position offset with yaw adjustment - Subtle idle breathing animation (arm bob + leg sway, toggleable) - Full NPC editor with live preview - Display name, skin username, and head equipment - Idle Animation toggle per NPC - All settings synced over network, saved to NBT - [3D Skin Layers](https://github.com/tr7zw/3d-Skin-Layers) mod support for NPCs when installed --- ## Dependencies | Mod | Version | |-----|---------| | Minecraft | 1.21.1 | | NeoForge | 21.1.233+ | | Create | 6.0.10 – 6.1.0 | *Better Stock Ticker — less clutter, same logistics power.*