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A context-aware HUD that shows what you're looking at: blocks, entities, containers, redstone, and more.
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# WatcherHUD
**A context-aware HUD that shows what you're looking at.**
WatcherHUD is a modern, lightweight HUD mod for Minecraft 1.20.1 (Forge) that displays real-time information about the block, entity or container under your crosshair — without opening any menu.
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## ✨ Features
### 🧱 Block Information
- **Name** and mod origin (namespace:path)
- **Coordinates** (XYZ + relative to player)
- **Redstone signal** (input power + analog output)
- **Mining tool** required to break the block
- **Break progress** (percentage while mining)
- **Liquid detection** (water, lava and modded fluids)
- **Fluid bucket icon** when targeting liquids
### 📦 Containers & Machines
- **Chests, barrels, shulkers, hoppers, droppers, dispensers** — full item grid preview
- **Double chests** — merged into a single 54-slot view
- **Ender chests** — per-player content
- **Furnaces** — input, fuel, output in real time
- **Brewing stands** — fuel + potions
- **Beehives** — bee count + honey level
- **Jukeboxes** — currently playing disc
- **Note blocks** — note and instrument
- **Command blocks** — stored command
- **Spawners** — entity type
### 🐄 Entity Information
- **Name** and mod origin
- **3D preview** of living entities
- **Health bar** (with armor value)
- **Active potion effects** with duration
- **Breeding status** (baby timer, cooldown)
- **Horses** — jump strength + speed
- **Llamas** — strength value
- **Villagers** — profession and level
- **Tamed pets** — owner name
- **Item frames** — displayed item
- **Armor stands** — equipped armor
- **Chickens** — egg timer
### 🎨 Interface
- Sleek dark tooltip with **blue accent**
- **Auto-scales** with GUI Scale and screen resolution
- **Sneak** to reveal extra details
- **Configurable position** via drag-and-drop
- All toggles in an **in-game custom config screen** (KP_0)
### 🔌 Plugin System
- **Public API** for other mods to add their own providers
- **Plugin manager** with runtime enable/disable
- **Per-plugin toggles** shown in the config screen
- **Keybind tracking** — automatically disabled when the plugin is
- **Version check** — plugins declare their target API version
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## ⌨️ Keybinds (Default)
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| **KP_0** | Open the config screen |
| **KP_1** | Toggle the overlay |
| **KP_2** | Toggle liquid display |
| **KP_5** | Narrate current target |
### Optional — WatcherHUDJEI addon
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| **KP_3** | Open JEI recipes for the targeted block |
| **KP_4** | Open JEI uses for the targeted block |
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## 🔧 Installation
1. Install **Forge 47.4.10** for Minecraft **1.20.1**
2. Drop `WatcherHUD-1.0.0-Alpha.jar` into your `mods/` folder
3. Launch the game — that's it
**Optional:** Install the **WatcherHUDJEI** addon for Just Enough Items integration.
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## 🧩 Compatibility
- **Client-side** for most features
- **Server-side** installation recommended for container content (chests, shulkers, etc.)
- Works alongside **JEI**, **REI**, **EMI** via addons
- Independent from **Jade**, **WTHIT**, **TOP** — can be used together
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## 🛠️ For Mod Developers
WatcherHUD exposes a **public plugin API**. Any Forge mod can extend the HUD with custom providers, toggles and keybinds.
```java
public class MyPlugin implements WatcherHUDPlugin {
@Override
public String getPluginId() { return "mymod:main"; }
@Override
public void registerBlockProviders(BlockProviderRegistry registry) {
registry.register(
ResourceLocation.fromNamespaceAndPath("mymod", "my_provider"),
MyBlock.class,
(accessor, tooltip) -> tooltip.addStyled(
Component.literal("Hello from MyMod"),
TextStyle.SUCCESS)
);
}
@Override
public void registerEntityProviders(EntityProviderRegistry registry) {
// ...
}
}
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