# Hot reload assets and data<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Scalding Hot allows Minecraft to hot-reload assets instantly, as soon as they are saved to disk.<\/p>\n
Scalding Hot touches as little as possible to reduce reload times.
\nIt can reload only the affected subsystems, or even update atlases directly. <\/p>\n
This makes the feedback loop much shorter \u2014 see the changes in-game as soon as you press `ctrl+s`!<\/p>\n
## Resource packs
\nScalding Hot supports:<\/p>\n
– Language (translation) files
\n– Entity textures
\n– Block\/item textures and sprites
\n– Sounds and music
\n– Fonts
\n– Models <\/p>\n
## Data packs
\nScalding Hot supports:<\/p>\n
– Recipes
\n– Advancements
\n– Tags
\n– Functions
\n– Loot tables <\/p>\n
## For server owners and operators<\/p>\n
Scalding Hot is a designer’s tool. It is **not intended for multiplayer**, but will work when installed on a server.
\n**Do not install this on a server you care about!** <\/p>\n
Clients that have Scalding Hot can visit servers without it as normal.<\/p>\n
## For mod developers<\/p>\n
Normally mod resources are loaded from the output folder, which is only updated on rebuild.
\nTo bypass this (and make hot reload work properly), you can override the `resources` paths for a mod in the `.minecraft\/config\/scaldinghot.json` config.
\nThe game will then strictly load resources for the mod from the path(s) specified only.<\/p>\n
“`json
\n“modResourcePaths”: {
\n “scaldinghot”: [
\n “\/home\/username\/Projects\/ScaldingHot\/src\/main\/resources”
\n ],
\n “example-mod”: [
\n “\/home\/username\/Projects\/example-mod\/src\/main\/resources”,
\n “\/home\/username\/Projects\/example-mod\/src\/generated\/resources”
\n ]
\n}
\n“`<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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