Social Isolation

Social Isolation

A server-side proximity mod that ties minor gameplay effects to how close you stay to other players. No client installation required.

Ever feel like multiplayer servers could use a little more incentive to stick together? Social Isolation adds a subtle social meter (0–100) that fills when you're near other players and drains when you're alone. It's not a punishment mod it's a gentle nudge toward not making your base 2 million blocks away.

Concept

Your social meter (0-100) fills when other players are nearby and drains when you're alone. Effects scale across four tiers with hysteresis to prevent flickering. New players start at 70.

Features

• Server-side only. Clients do not need the mod. Effects work transparently.
• Optional client HUD. Players who install the mod locally get a draggable, resizable meter bar with smooth color transitions. Drag to reposition in chat, scroll to resize.
• Familiarity. Familiarity builds between player pairs over ~5 hours together. At maximum, that player stops contributing to your meter. Decays over ~24 hours apart. Toggleable.
• Group multiplier. Logarithmic bonus for larger groups: 1.25x at 2 players, 1.5x cap at 4+.
• Tier hysteresis. Dropping a tier requires overshooting the threshold by 5 points (~90 seconds alone), eliminating flicker from brief separations. Moving up is instant.
• Live configuration. All 12 server settings adjustable via /social config set without restarting.
• Performance-conscious. Staggered tick processing, vanilla AABB queries, no mixins.

Commands

Server Configuration (config/socialisolation-server.toml)

Requirements

• Minecraft 1.21.1
• NeoForge 21.1.229+