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Requires the library mod Collective.<\/span><\/strong>

<\/span>   This mod is part of The Vanilla Experience<\/span> modpack and Serilum’s RPG Bundle<\/span> mod.<\/strong>
Areas is a mod which allows any player to easily created named areas in a world. This can be an area, region, zone, town, kingdom etc. This is done with a placed sign. On it you specify the radius, optionally the rgb value and the name. This means that the radius around the sign is now considered an area. Whenever a player enters this area, they receive a message at the top of the GUI with (by default) “Enter the area.”. And when they leave “Leaving the area.”. This can both be changed in the config.<\/p>\n

Names are randomly selected when the sign does not contain one. There is a global RGB value for the messages specified in the config, but this can also be a unique value again specified on the sign. See the examples below for a better idea of how it works!<\/p>\n

You can make areas overlap in order to create different area shapes. The join\/leave message will only show when entering for the first time or leaving every overlapping zone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Works in multiplayer, but players must also have the mod installed on their client.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Configurable:<\/span> ( how do I configure? )<\/span>
<\/strong>giveUnnamedAreasRandomName<\/strong> (default = true): When enabled, gives signs without an area name a randomly chosen one from a preset list.<\/span>
radiusAroundPlayerToCheckForSigns<\/strong> (default = 100, min 0, max 1000): The radius in blocks around the player in which to check for area signs.<\/span>
defaultAreaRadius<\/strong> (default = 30, min 0, max 1000): The default radius for areas when it’s left empty on the sign. It will be added automatically.<\/span>
sendChatMessages<\/strong> (default = false): When enabled, sends the player the area notifications in chat.<\/span>
showHUDMessages<\/strong> (default = true): When enabled, sends the player the area notifications in the HUD on screen.<\/span>
showEnterMessage<\/strong> (default = true): Whether a message should be sent when a player enters an area.<\/span>
enterPrefix<\/strong> (default = “Entering “): The prefix of the message whenever a player enters an area.<\/span>
enterSuffix<\/strong> (default = “.”): The suffix of the message whenever a player enters an area.<\/span>
showLeaveMessage<\/strong> (default = true): Whether a message should be sent when a player leaves an area.<\/span>
leavePrefix<\/strong> (default = “Leaving “): The prefix of the message whenever a player leaves an area.<\/span>
leaveSuffix<\/strong> (default = “.”): The suffix of the message whenever a player leaves an area.<\/span><\/p>\n

showHUDTextShadow<\/strong> (default = true): Whether the text shown should be drawn with a shadow.<\/span>
HUDMessageFadeDelayMs<\/strong> (default = 4000, min 100, max 360000): The delay in ms after which the HUD message should fade out.<\/span>
HUDMessageHeightOffset<\/strong> (default = 10, min 0, max 3000): The vertical offset (y coord) for the HUD message. This determines how far down the message should be on the screen. Can be changed to prevent GUIs from overlapping.<\/span>
HUD_FontSizeScaleModifier<\/strong> (default = 1.0, min 0, max 10.0): Increases the font size of the text in the HUD message. If you change this value, make sure to test the different GUI scale settings in-game. 6.0 is considered large.<\/span>
HUD_RGB_R<\/strong> (default = 100, min 0, max 255): The red RGB value for the HUD message.<\/span>
HUD_RGB_G<\/strong> (default = 200, min 0, max 255): The green RGB value for the HUD message.<\/span>
HUD_RGB_B<\/strong> (default = 50, min 0, max 255): The blue RGB value for the HUD message.<\/span><\/p>\n

Commands:<\/strong><\/span>
\/areas<\/em> – Shows all area signs around the player.
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Examples:<\/strong><\/span>
To create an area with a radius of 10, use one of these prefixes. They do the same, choose which one you prefer:<\/strong><\/span>
This will create an area with a random name by default.<\/em><\/em>
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A simple example; a desert island area with a radius of 10:<\/strong><\/span>

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Entering the desert island:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\nShow Spoiler<\/summary>\n

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When breaking the sign, the area ceases to exist:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Another example with a custom colour<\/span>; A savanna village area with the rgb value after the [RGB] prefix:<\/strong><\/span>
These three signs result in exactly the same.<\/em>
 
Entering the savanna village:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\nShow Spoiler<\/summary>\n

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Leaving the savanna village:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\nShow Spoiler<\/summary>\n

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An area being randomly named with a radius of 30:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\nShow Spoiler<\/summary>\n

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Another randomly named area with a radius of 20:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\nShow Spoiler<\/summary>\n

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And another example with an unnamed area with a radius of 5 by not entering a name, and the config option ‘giveUnnamedAreasRandomName’ set to false:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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——————<\/p>\n

You may freely use this mod in any modpack, as long as the download remains hosted within the Modrinth ecosystem.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Serilum.com contains an overview and more information on all mods available.<\/span><\/p>\n

Comments are disabled as I’m unable to keep track of all the separate pages on each mod.<\/span>
For issues, ideas, suggestions or anything else there is the Github repo. Thanks!<\/span><\/p>\n

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