🔍 Better Look At

Better Look At enhances gameplay by displaying detailed, contextual information about blocks, entities, containers, and systems directly in the HUD. The HUD appears automatically when you look at something and is designed to be lightweight, informative, and highly configurable.

✨ Features

🧱 Block

Block name, quality, and representative image
Block health bar (only when damaged)
Detailed block data (hold ALT): Fuel and fuel quality and Consumable status
Workbench progress tracking
Bench inputs, outputs, tier, and fuels
Recommended tools with quality-based backgrounds

👹 Entity Information

Health bar
Entity name
Entity mod name
Detailed entity data (hold ALT): Invulnerability status
Entity icon/image (when available)

📦 Containers

Chest content preview
Show and hide Chest UI: /bla chest --visibility={show, hide}
Scalable chest UI: /bla chest --scale={xsm, sm, md, lg, xlg}

🛠️ Recommended Tools

Show and hide Recommended Tool UI: /bla rt --visibility={show, hide}
Scalable Recommended Tool UI: /bla rt --scale={xsm, sm, md, lg, xlg}

🌱 Farming Information

Growth stages and stage count
Remaining time for the current stage
Growth multiplier
Recommended actions:
- Water
- Fertilizer
- Light

🎛️ HUD & Configuration

The HUD is enabled by default and appears automatically when you look at a block, entity, or system.

For advanced control, the mod provides a command-based configuration system.

You can use either the full command or the short alias: /betterlookat or /bla

🧩 General HUD Settings

Enable or disable the entire HUD: /bla {show,hide}
Change HUD position on the screen: /bla position {top-left,top-center,top-right}

📦 Chest HUD Configuration

Show or hide the chest HUD: /bla chest --visibility={show,hide}
Adjust chest UI scale: /bla chest --scale={xsm,sm,md,lg,xlg}

🛠️ Recommended Tools HUD Configuration

Show or hide the Recommended Tools HUD: /bla rt --visibility={show,hide}
Adjust Recommended Tools UI scale: /bla rt --scale={xsm,sm,md,lg,xlg}

🚀 Coming Soon

The mod is actively developed and continues to evolve. Planned features include:

🌱 Farming Enhancements

Different icons for each growth stage
Display of original stage time (before multipliers)

⚙️ Configuration & UI

Config screen (GUI-based configuration)
Refactor for improved HUD scaling and management
Per-player configuration support

📦 Inventory & Combat Improvements

Highlight matching items between chest and player inventory
Show arrow quantity when holding a bow
Drop list preview for blocks and entities

⚠️ Alpha Status

Better Look At is currently in ALPHA. While stability and features continue to improve, you may still encounter bugs or incomplete systems.

Feedback, bug reports, and feature suggestions are always welcome and help shape future versions ❤️

📌 Feedback & Bug Reports

Feedback, bug reports, and feature suggestions are highly appreciated and directly help improve the mod. The goal is to keep Better Look At updated, stable, and increasingly useful for everyone who chooses to use it.