Archer’s Offhand

Archer’s Offhand

A powerful, highly configurable, and ethically-minded Minecraft Fabric mod that automates offhand inventory management for bow and crossbow users. Never scramble for arrows in the middle of a fight again.

✨ Features

• Smart Ammo Management: Automatically fetches and equips arrows and fireworks to your offhand the moment you hold a bow or crossbow.
• Dynamic Restoration: Instantly restores your previous offhand item (like a Shield or Totem of Undying) as soon as you put your bow away.
• Multiple Ammo Selection Modes:
• REGULAR: Grabs the first available stack of arrows or rockets.
• SHUFFLE: Picks a random stack of special arrows or rockets to keep your enemies guessing.
• SERIAL: Cycles methodically through your ammo types, one by one.
• Advanced Delay Presets: Choose between 5 preset delay profiles designed to balance performance, feel, and anti-cheat compliance:
• PERFORMANCE: Higher ticks to minimize server/client impact.
• SPEED: Zero delay for maximum responsiveness.
• BALANCED: The default, fine-tuned vanilla experience.
• ADAPTIVE: Dynamically randomizes timings acting as a decoy for strict anti-cheat plugins.
• CUSTOM: Complete control over individual delay values via sliders.
• Failsafe & Protection System: Prevents replacing vital offhand items (Totems/Shields) without permission, and can automatically revert to a Totem if your health drops below a heavily configurable threshold.

⚙️ How It Works (Under the Hood)

Archer’s Offhand is powered by a robust State Machine architecture ensuring reliable, lag-free performance:

• Idle State: Monitors your hands waiting for a ranged weapon.
• Tracking State: Actively manages your ammo supply while a weapon is equipped, adhering to your chosen AmmoStrategy (Regular, Shuffle, Serial) and scanning delays.
• Cooldowns & Queues: An advanced InventoryManager handles the actual item swapping. It utilizes a sophisticated click-queue system to deliberately space out inventory simulated clicks, defeating rapid-fire anti-cheat kicks while maintaining a smooth user experience.

📥 Installation

1. Install Fabric Loader (0.18.4+)
2. Install Fabric API (0.141.2+ for 1.21.11)
3. Install Yet Another Config Lib (YACL)
4. _(Optional but recommended)_ Install ModMenu for an easy in-game configuration screen.
5. Drop the Archer’s Offhand .jar into your Minecraft mods folder.

🔧 Configuration

Archer’s Offhand features a rich, structured configuration screen powered by YACL. Access it via ModMenu to tweak:

• Master toggles and behavior types.
• Specific Arrow/Rocket prioritization.
• Failsafes and Low-Health threshold sliders.
• Action Delays (Equipping, Unequipping, Swapping, Scanning, and Movement).

🐛 Support & Contributions

Encounter an issue or have a suggestion?

• Report bugs or request features on the GitHub Issues page.
• Contributions are always welcome! Feel free to fork, make your changes, and submit a PR.

_Built with love for the Minecraft Fabric community._