Light Level Overlay

1.1.3

• Added
  • No rendering when underwater or in lava
• Improved
  • Cleaner codebase for easier maintenance across versions
• Technical
  • Separated scanning logic into pure Java classes
  • Render stage changed to AFTER_CUTOUT_BLOCKS

1.6.0

• Added
  • Support for 1.21.9 - 1.21.10

1.5.0

• Added
  • Support for 1.21.6 - 1.21.8

1.4.0

• Added
  • Support for 1.21.5

1.2.0

• Added
  • Support for 1.21.3 - 1.21.4

1.1.2

• Fixed
  • File mods/lightleveloverlay-1.1.1.jar is not a valid mod file crashing the game. The culprit was a missing file in the release file. Sorry for the little screw-up!

Fixes & Features

• Localization: Added missing PL/EN translations for the Open Config keybind.
• X-Ray Fix: Numbers no longer render through walls! We now respect the depth buffer.
• Scanning Logic: Fixed vertical scanning so numbers finally show up on floors in caves or basements even if there is a ceiling above.

Performance & Caps

• Hard Cap: Horizontal Render Distance is now capped at 64 blocks in both the renderer and the config screen. Values higher than this caused severe performance degradation with little visual benefit.
• Optimizations: Added Frustum Culling (don't render what's behind you) and Distance Culling to keep frame rates stable.
• Note: Culling is heuristic-based. While significantly faster, you may notice minor popping at the very edges of the screen compared to full-scene rendering.

Status Update:** Apologies for the 3-month hiatus! This release brings the project back up to speed with the promised fix.

1.1.0

• Added

  • Light level overlay rendered on top-facing solid surfaces within a configurable radius.
  • Keybinds: open config (F10).
  • In‑game configuration UI (Cloth Config):
    • Horizontal range (1–128)
    • Vertical range (1–64)
    • Update interval (16–2000 ms)
    • Colors for 0, 1–7, and safe (≥8)
    • Show only spawnable (0–7)
    • Text scale (0.015–0.06)
  • JSON config with safe clamping and legacy flag migration; auto‑created in the standard config directory.

• Performance

  • Caching with configurable refresh interval.
  • Scans only topmost valid surfaces (solid block with air above) in the search column.

• Compatibility

  • Cloth Config is used for the in‑game settings screen. (Yeah, the dependency free idea got scrapped really quick.)

• Bugs

  • The change in the rendering method caused a bug where some blocks dont show the light level - Working on a hotfix ASAP

A very bare bones release.

Shows light levels when F9 is pressed (Toggle, rebindable in minecraft control settings)