BetterShulkure

Better Shulkure

Better Shulkure is a Minecraft Fabric mod that enhances the user experience with Shulker Boxes by adding customizable visual display features.

Features

Visual Display of Shulker Boxes

• Representative Item Display: Shulker Boxes can display a floating item above them to indicate their contents.
• Custom Text Display: Add descriptive text to your Shulker Boxes (up to 80 characters).
• Rotation Mode: Three modes available:
• Lock: The item stays fixed in a given direction.
• Rotate: The item slowly rotates around the Shulker Box.
• Follow: The item follows the player’s direction.

Advanced Configuration

• Visibility Radius: Control the maximum distance at which displays are visible (15-320 blocks).
• Scale and Position: Adjust the size and height of displayed items.
• Rotation Speed: Customize the rotation speed of items.
• Text Color: Choose the color of the displayed text.
• Switch Mode: Rotate through multiple representative items at regular intervals.

How to Use

Activation/Deactivation

• Press G to toggle the global display on/off.
• Press J to open the configuration screen.

Configuring Shulker Boxes

1. Open a Shulker Box.
2. Use commands or the interface to set the representative item and text.
3. Close the Shulker Box – data is automatically saved.

Configuration Screen

The configuration screen (J key) allows you to customize:

• General Display: Enable/disable display.
• Rotation Mode: Choose between Lock, Rotate, and Follow.
• Fixed Direction: For Lock mode, choose the direction (North, East, South, West, Up, Down).
• Display Options: Enable/disable item and text display.
• Visual Settings: Adjust scale, height, radius, speed, etc.
• Text Settings: Size, vertical offset, color.

Compatibility

• Minecraft: 1.21.11
• Fabric Loader: >= 0.18.4
• Fabric API: Required
• Java: >= 21

Installation

1. Install Fabric Loader and Fabric API.
2. Download the mod JAR file.
3. Place the file in your Minecraft instance’s mods folder.
4. Launch the game!

Configuration

The client configuration file is located at .minecraft/config/better-shulkure-client.json.

Example configuration:

{
  "enabled": true,
  "rotationMode": "ROTATE",
  "lockedDirection": "NORTH",
  "rotationSpeed": 4.0,
  "scale": 1.25,
  "verticalOffset": 1.5,
  "displayRadius": 64.0,
  "itemSwitch": false,
  "switchIntervalSeconds": 3.0,
  "textColor": 16777215,
  "textScale": 1.0,
  "textVerticalOffset": 0.95,
  "showItem": true,
  "showText": true
}