{"id":93593,"date":"2026-06-05T11:30:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/lidar\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T11:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:30:54","slug":"lidar","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/lidar\/","title":{"rendered":"Lidar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>![A Minecraft game rendered in blurry dots, from which you can vaguely see the outlines of different blocks and surfaces.](https:\/\/gitlab.com\/horrific-tweaks\/lidar\/-\/raw\/main\/.images\/2023-02-09_21.09.38.png)<\/p>\n<p>**LIDAR** is a mod that dramatically transforms Minecraft&#8217;s visibility into an environment of dots and particles projected from the player onto surfaces around them. This makes the game super difficult to play! And also pretty spooky.<\/p>\n<p>This mod is inspired from the game &#8220;Lidar.exe&#8221; by KenForest &#8211; if you enjoy this mod, be sure to check out the original game!<\/p>\n<p>### Music<\/p>\n<p>This mod additionally customizes the in-game music &#8211; most of the included tracks can be found at soundcloud.com\/fennifith or fennifith.bandcamp.com \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>## Configuration<\/p>\n<p>For now, the mod&#8217;s configuration can be edited manually in `config\/lidar-lidarconfig.json`. Be aware that invalid values in this file can crash the game. An in-game config menu should be added to address this in a future update.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;`json<br \/>\n{<br \/>\n    \/\/ whether the mod rendering is enabled<br \/>\n    &#8220;isActive&#8221;: true,<br \/>\n    \/\/ a mapping of block identifier -> particle color<br \/>\n    &#8220;blockColorMap&#8221;: {<br \/>\n        &#8220;default&#8221;: &#8220;#FFFFFF&#8221;,<br \/>\n        &#8220;minecraft:water&#8221;: &#8220;#0000FF&#8221;,<br \/>\n        &#8220;minecraft:seagrass&#8221;: &#8220;#0000FF&#8221;<br \/>\n    },<br \/>\n    \/\/ a mapping of entity identifier -> particle color<br \/>\n    &#8220;entityColorMap&#8221;: {<br \/>\n        &#8220;default&#8221;: &#8220;#ff7e7e&#8221;,<br \/>\n        &#8220;peaceful&#8221;: &#8220;#61cf66&#8221;,<br \/>\n        &#8220;hostile&#8221;: &#8220;#ff7e7e&#8221;,<br \/>\n        &#8220;minecraft:enderman&#8221;: &#8220;#7e009e&#8221;,<br \/>\n        &#8220;minecraft:creeper&#8221;: &#8220;#008f07&#8221;<br \/>\n    },<br \/>\n    \/\/ entities that are excluded from the particle system, and should be rendered normally<br \/>\n    &#8220;entityRender&#8221;: [<br \/>\n        &#8220;minecraft:item&#8221;,<br \/>\n        &#8220;minecraft:item_frame&#8221;,<br \/>\n        &#8220;minecraft:glow_item_frame&#8221;,<br \/>\n        \/\/ if you remove the ender dragon from this list, it will actually crash the game when it renders &#8211; so don&#8217;t do this \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n        &#8220;minecraft:ender_dragon&#8221;<br \/>\n    ],<br \/>\n    \/\/ whether particles should follow entities as they move (looks super cheesy, turned off by default)<br \/>\n    &#8220;entityParticleFollow&#8221;: false,<br \/>\n    \/\/ if enabled, particles project onto entity models more accurately, at the cost of performance<br \/>\n    &#8220;entityParticleModel&#8221;: true,<br \/>\n    \/\/ if enabled, particles from other entities will render on the current player (blocks the player&#8217;s view, turned off by default)<br \/>\n    &#8220;entityParticlesOnSelf&#8221;: false,<br \/>\n    \/\/ amount of lidar projections created by non-player entities, per tick<br \/>\n    &#8220;entityLidarCount&#8221;: 20,<br \/>\n    \/\/ distance (blocks) that lidar particles should be cast<br \/>\n    &#8220;lidarDistance&#8221;: 10.0,<br \/>\n    \/\/ radius\/spread of particles, in degrees<br \/>\n    &#8220;lidarSpread&#8221;: 30.0,<br \/>\n    \/\/ amount of lidar projections created for player entities, per tick<br \/>\n    &#8220;lidarCount&#8221;: 100,<br \/>\n    \/\/ amount of ticks that particles cast onto blocks should remain<br \/>\n    &#8220;lidarDurationBlock&#8221;: 100,<br \/>\n    \/\/ amount of ticks that particles cast onto entities should remain<br \/>\n    &#8220;lidarDurationEntity&#8221;: 20,<br \/>\n    \/\/ whether a bloom effect should be rendered for the lidar particles<br \/>\n    &#8220;lidarBloom&#8221;: true<br \/>\n}<br \/>\n&#8220;`<\/p>\n<p>#### Keybinds<\/p>\n<p>This mod has one keybind to toggle between particle\/normal rendering modes, which is bound to `K` by default. You can change this in &#8220;options > controls > key binds&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>### Mod Compatibility<\/p>\n<p>This mod is likely incompatible with most other fabric mods due to how it modifies the rendering logic. It is known to be incompatible with Sodium\/Iris\/etc. Use at your own risk.<\/p>\n<p>## License<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;`plaintext<br \/>\nCopyright (c) 2023 James Fenn<\/p>\n<p>This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public<br \/>\nLicense, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this<br \/>\nfile, You can obtain one at https:\/\/mozilla.org\/MPL\/2.0\/.<br \/>\n&#8220;`<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Replaces the game renderer with projected particles that are cast onto surfaces from the player&#8217;s line of sight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":93594,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"lidar","_minecraft_project_id":"2t1DVwH9","_minecraft_author":"fennifith","_minecraft_license":"MPL-2.0","_minecraft_downloads":1870,"_minecraft_follows":46,"_minecraft_client_side":"required","_minecraft_server_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"lidar.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":62368569,"_minecraft_version_count":2,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-16T02:47:03.619684Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2023-02-12T01:11:11.188131Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2023-02-17T02:36:58.380534Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/lidar","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":93594,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-05T08:30:55+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"54679afa5ace73547d8e2c8a929f1820","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[87,43,156,97,92],"mod_loader":[99],"minecraft_version":[54],"class_list":["post-93593","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-adventure","mod_category-cursed","mod_category-decoration","mod_category-fabric","mod_category-utility","mod_loader-fabric","minecraft_version-1-19"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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