# MSM Better Explosions
\n**Medieval Siege Machines** is a great mod, but **unfortunately**, it lacks impactful visual or sound effects for explosions. This datapack enhances explosions with **improved** visuals, sound effects, and adjusted physics.<\/p>\n
## **What** does it **Change**?
\nIt completely **overhauls** the way certain projectiles (of mortar, culverin, catapult and trebuchet) in this mod collide with blocks, adding explosion **particles**, **sounds**, and slightly **reducing** the explosion radius for balance.<\/p>\n
## **How** does it **Work**?
\nEvery tick, the datapack scans a 3\u00d73\u00d73 area around the projectiles for solid blocks. Upon detection, it spawns a creeper that instantly explodes and removes the original projectile to prevent the mod’s default explosion. Thus, it will **NOT WORK** when: **peaceful difficulty is set** or **mob griefing is disabled**.<\/p>\n
## Where to Find MSM for 1.19.x and 1.20.1?
\nYou can find them on **CurseForge.**<\/p>\n
## Known **Issues**
\nThe script might **fail** when a projectile is fired from certain angles, allowing the mod\u2019s original explosion. Due to a lot of scanning occuring, firing many projectiles at once can cause **freezes** on weaker hardware.<\/p>\n
## Changelog
\nVersions for **1.18.2** and **1.19.x** are **available** now! Unfortunately, v1.0.0 does **not work** on **1.16.5**, but that might be fixed in the future.<\/p>\n
## Credits
\n### **Medieval Siege Machines**<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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