Speedometer: True to MC

Speedometer (1.17-1.21)

A lightweight, compass-style Speedometer item that visually tracks your movement speed. As you move faster, the needle advances across 32 frames and caps at frame 31.

Features

• Real-time speed display with a smooth 32-frame needle animation (00 → 31)
• Caps at max (frame 31) at high speeds
• Lightweight + modder-friendly: simple item + model predicate, minimal moving parts
• Vanilla-friendly behavior (regular utility item)

Crafting Recipe

Crafted like a Compass, but with Copper and Amethyst:

Future Plans

• Backport to older versions, all the way back to 1.17 as that was the Amethyst and Copper release.
• Support for all mod loaders 1.17-1.21: Fabric, Forge, NeoForge & Quilt
• Backport to even older versions using different items (possibly gold & lapiz?) and changing the textures to them as well. (SPEEDOMETER CLASSIC)
• Add a HUD mode (optional on-screen gauge) + keybind to toggle (client-only).
• Add units toggle (m/s, blocks/sec, km/h, mph) and show numeric speed in tooltip/actionbar.
• Add a config for scaling/cap (walking vs sprinting vs elytra), smoothing, and “max needle at X m/s”.
• Support vehicles (minecart/boat/horse) and optionally show mount speed instead of player velocity.
• Add sound/visual feedback (subtle click/tick at frame changes, optional).
• Add enchant/upgrade ideas: “Overclocked” (higher cap).
• Add redstone integration: a “Speed Monitor” block that outputs signal strength based on entity speed holding linked item.
• Add compat hooks (optional): trinket slot support, Curios/Trinkets compatibility, and better vehicle speed via common – APIs when present.
• Add translation keys + language files for proper tooltips and item group name.
• Add data-driven frames so texture frame count and thresholds can be changed via resource packs/datapacks.