Sign Alerts allows you to create areas using signs. When a player enters or leaves the area, they will receive a popup notification displaying the Area name using completely vanilla methods allowing this to run completely server-side.

Sign-Based Areas

Create areas by placing a sign with the format:

[Area <radius>]
Display Name
Additional Text
More Text

The first line defines the area radius, while the remaining lines create the display name shown to players. Both the back and front can be used to create areas and all lines under the area will be joint into a single text. By default a sign must be waxed after completing the format in order to register it's area

Customizable Display

Choose how area notifications appear to players:

• Action Bar - Subtle messages above the hotbar
• Title/Subtitle - Screen-center notifications
• Boss Bar - Persistent bar at the top of the screen

Area names automatically use the sign's text color with limitations based on avaliable text colours and if dark colours are allowed.

Visual Beacons

When signs have glowing ink applied, colored beacon beams mark the far outlines, making it easy to locate areas from a distance. Due to vanilla restrictions this can cause significant lag to players and should probably be avoided.

Commands

Setting/Admin Commands

• /areaDisplay mode <actionBar|title|bossBar> - Set notification style
• /areaDisplay mode title <title|subtitle> - Set title display type
• /areaDisplay maxRadius <1-500> - Set maximum area radius
• /areaDisplay waxedRequired <true|false> - Toggle waxed sign requirement
• /areaDisplay glowBeams <true|false> - Enable/disable beacon beams
• /areaDisplay allowDarkText <true|false> - Control dark color visibility
• /areaDisplay list all - View all registered areas
• /areaDisplay list within <radius> - List areas within range
• /areaDisplay list page <number> - Paginated area list

Player Commands

These commands are saved per-player and won't affect others.

• /areaToggle areaNotice - Hide/show area entry/exit messages
• /areaToggle particleDisplay - Toggle beacon beam visibility

Inspired By

This mod provides server-side functionality similar to the client side Areas mod, allowing servers to create area without requiring players to install the mod on their client.

Config

On first launch, a config file is created at config/signalerts.json with the following default settings:

• Maximum area radius: 100 blocks
• Display mode: Action Bar
• Waxed signs required: true
• Glowing beams allowed: false
• Dark text colors allowed: false

All settings can be modified via commands or by editing the config file directly.