Immersive Merchant Name Outline

作者：epic_lover

Draws the trading screen's villager name in black with a white outline so it's readable on any GUI.

模组 Forge 前置库实用附属

介绍

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Merchant Name Outline

Makes the villager / wandering trader name in the trading screen readable again.

Vanilla draws that name in dark grey (#404040) at a hard-coded spot at the top of the screen. Resource packs that put a picture there, such as an animated villager face in a custom trading GUI, leave dark text on a dark background that you can barely see. This mod draws the name as black text with a white outline instead, so it stays legible on any background.

Features

Black name with a 1px white outline, with or without a trader level (Name - Novice)
Works with any resource pack or GUI overhaul, nothing to configure
Only the merchant’s name changes. The "Inventory" and "Trades" labels are untouched
No new items, blocks, config files or network traffic

Requirements

Minecraft 1.20.1
Forge 47.x
Client side only. Do not install it on a dedicated server (installing it there does nothing)

Compatibility

Tested with Immersive Interfaces and Minecraft Reimagined.
The mod changes one vanilla method, MerchantScreen.renderLabels. If another mod rewrites the same call, this one steps aside instead of crashing and the vanilla name is drawn.
When the hook is active, latest.log contains [merchant_name_outline] armed: the first time a trading screen is opened.

Why not just a resource pack?

The name’s position and colour are hard-coded in vanilla’s trading screen. Resource packs and Polytone’s title_y_offset / title_color can’t change them, so a code change is needed.