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# Minecraft LiDAR mod
\n![the mountain\u2019s ridgeline, slopes and cliffs are rendered as thousands of discrete dots rather than continuous textured faces. Dots cluster densely along the near slopes and thin out toward the peak and distance, so the shape reads clearly but with a granular, semi-transparent look. Colors match the original surfaces (greens on grassy areas, darker tones on rock), but everything appears as floating points that reveal depth by density instead of by solid geometry or block edges.](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/71741bbc5e64c56b9c13ccbd9d9bec84d19f885b.png)LiDAR for Minecraft turns the world pitch-black and lets players reveal it by pressing G to scan, or pressing R to do a targetted scan. Rays from your view drop small colored dots where they hit, creating a sparse point-cloud players can use to navigate, solve sight-based puzzles, or design low-visibility challenges. Lightweight, multiplayer-safe, and easy to add to custom maps.
\n![houses, roofs, paths and scattered trees are outlined by millions of small colored points that define building silhouettes, roof lines and terrain contours. Structural details (doorways, streets, fences) are readable because of local increases in dot density, yet the scene feels much lighter and airier than normal Minecraft \u2014 shapes are inferred from point clusters rather than shown as filled blocks, making the village recognizable but visually like a ghostly, dot-based reconstruction.](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cached_images\/ae1f32113f770c8db6ed78b69c4f06d5e3d6dbed.png)
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Fullscreen on<\/p>\n

Directional audio: On <\/p>\n

Subtitles: On <\/p>\n

Render distance: 6\u20138 chunks <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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