# BetterCompass
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BetterCompass is a lightweight, configurable Spigot\/Paper plugin that hides coordinates from the F3 debug screen and instead shows them neatly in the action bar when the player holds a compass \u2014 in either hand.<\/p>\n
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## \u2728 Features<\/p>\n
– Hides coordinates from the F3 debug menu (`gamerule reducedDebugInfo`)
\n– Displays coordinates (`X: Y: Z:`) in the **action bar** when holding a compass (main or off-hand)
\n– Fully customizable action bar text format and colors
\n– Commands to reload configuration and toggle F3 coordinates globally
\n– Admin-only commands with configurable permissions
\n– Lightweight and optimized for all modern Spigot\/Paper versions (1.16+)<\/p>\n
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## \ud83d\udd27 Commands<\/p>\n
| Command | Alias | Description |
\n| ———————– | ———— | ———————————————————- |
\n| `\/bettercompass reload` | `\/bc reload` | Reloads the config file |
\n| `\/bettercompass on` | `\/bc on` | Hides F3 coordinates globally |
\n| `\/bettercompass off` | `\/bc off` | Shows F3 coordinates globally |<\/p>\n
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\n## \ud83e\uddfe Default Configuration (`config.yml`)<\/p>\n
“`yml
\n# automatically hide coordinates on server start
\nauto-hide-f3: true<\/p>\n
actionbar:
\n enabled: true<\/p>\n
# how often do you want coordinate updates (20 ticks = 1 second)
\n interval-ticks: 5<\/p>\n
# actionbar message format (color codes support)
\n format: “&eX: &f{x} &aY: &f{y} &bZ: &f{z}”<\/p>\n
“`<\/p>\n
## bStats
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A lightweight plugin that hides F3 coordinates and displays them in the actionbar when holding a compass. Includes customizable formatting and admin commands to toggle visibility globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29956,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"bettercompass","_minecraft_project_id":"mLdAjUef","_minecraft_author":"Vewa","_minecraft_license":"MIT","_minecraft_downloads":45,"_minecraft_follows":1,"_minecraft_client_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_server_side":"required","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"bettercompass.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":30486,"_minecraft_version_count":1,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-15T21:25:29.295544Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2025-11-13T00:33:41.787045Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2025-11-09T16:40:23.326262Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/bettercompass","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":29956,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-01T12:32:14+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"f1eaee2a361197d2e04770f302dacc7f","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[87,124,89,127,128,867,92],"mod_loader":[130,132,133],"minecraft_version":[62,37,40,73,74,38,78,79,80,81,82],"class_list":["post-29955","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-adventure","mod_category-bukkit","mod_category-game-mechanics","mod_category-paper","mod_category-purpur","mod_category-social","mod_category-utility","mod_loader-bukkit","mod_loader-paper","mod_loader-purpur","minecraft_version-1-21","minecraft_version-1-21-1","minecraft_version-1-21-10","minecraft_version-1-21-2","minecraft_version-1-21-3","minecraft_version-1-21-4","minecraft_version-1-21-5","minecraft_version-1-21-6","minecraft_version-1-21-7","minecraft_version-1-21-8","minecraft_version-1-21-9"],"yoast_head":"\n