Sol’s Ares Hud

Sol’s Ares Hud

A small compatibility addon that makes Sol’s Item Rarity and Ares HUD work together.

The problem

Ares HUD replaces the vanilla hotbar and the selected-item name with its own. Sol’s Item Rarity draws its rarity visuals on top of those vanilla elements, so once Ares HUD takes over, they disappear:

• The rarity-colored square border around hotbar items is gone.
• The held item’s name above the hotbar is no longer rarity-colored.

What this addon does

• Rarity borders on Ares HUD’s hotbar. Every hotbar and offhand item gets the exact same border Sol’s Item Rarity would draw: same style, same animation, same config options. It follows Ares HUD’s layout, scale and selection animation automatically.
• Rarity-colored item name. The name Ares HUD shows when you switch items uses Sol’s Item Rarity’s name colors (including chroma effects).
• No duplicate name. Prevents Sol’s Item Rarity’s own name from being drawn a second time at the vanilla position.

Everything is controlled by Sol’s Item Rarity’s existing settings (borders on/off, animated borders, colored names, hotbar border toggle). This addon has no config of its own. If Ares HUD’s hotbar is disabled, vanilla behavior is untouched.

Requirements

• Minecraft 1.20.1, Forge
• Sol’s Item Rarity 1.7+
• Ares HUD 2.0+

Client-side only. Does not need to be installed on a server.

Notes

• Does not edit or replace any other mod’s jar.
• Built against Ares HUD 2.0.5 and Sol’s Item Rarity 1.7.2. If a future update changes their internals, the border simply stops drawing (one error in the log); the game will not crash.