Ding Dong Nicktale

🚀 Key Features

1. In-Game Startup Sound Customizer

• Instant Audio on Launch & Reload: Plays a clean .ogg sound whenever Minecraft finishes loading its splash screen or whenever resources are reloaded (e.g., via F3 + T).
• Direct Dropdown Menu: Instead of cycling through sounds with repeated clicks, players can open an interactive in-game dropdown list to view, select, and preview any sound in real time.
• Embedded Sound Library: Comes pre-packaged with 10 high-quality sounds directly inside the .jar:
  1. Doorbell (Ding-Dong) [Default]
  2. Soft Chimes
  3. Fast Ding
  4. Doorbell Melody
  5. Chord Chime
  6. Welcome Voice
  7. Resonant Bell
  8. Bright Chime
  9. Welcome Back Voice (Female voice)
  10. Welcome Stranger Voice (Merchant style)
  11. Custom sound file (ding.ogg)
• Custom User Sounds: Any .ogg audio placed into .minecraft/config/customding/sounds/ is automatically discovered and listed in the in-game dropdown menu.
• Volume & Pitch Controls: Dedicated sliders allow real-time adjustment of volume (0%–100%) and pitch (0.50x–2.00x).
• Dedicated OpenAL Engine: Direct in-memory decoding via STBVorbis and OpenAL, ensuring that previous audio previews are immediately stopped when a new sound is chosen, preventing overlap or phantom playback.

2. Interactive Title Screen Bell Button

• Vanilla-Integrated Button: Adds a golden bell icon button (16x16 pixel-art) with standard Minecraft button frames and hover states to the top-right corner of the TitleScreen.
• Zero Binding Dependencies: Renders safely without crashing early item component binds or relying on missing font glyphs.
• Quick Access: Clicking the bell opens the in-game configuration screen directly without entering worlds or menus.

3. Custom Loading Screen (Splash Wallpaper)

• Full Wallpaper Replacement: Replaces the default red/black Mojang Studios loading splash screen with a custom background image (such as the official "Nicktale: A Minecraft Adventure" graphic).
• Triple-Layer Guarantee:
  1. Embedded In-JAR Asset: Pre-packaged mojangstudios.png ensures instant branding from millisecond zero.
  2. Automatic Resource Pack: On first launch (or via the desktop app), the mod configures a native resource pack under .minecraft/resourcepacks/NicktaleLoadingScreen and enables it in options.txt for 100% automated display on the second launch and beyond.
  3. Dynamic Texture Hook: Mixins bind custom wallpapers into TextureManager and LoadingOverlay with precise UV mapping.

4. Companion Desktop Application (Manager GUI)

• Built-in Audio Converter: Users can upload any external audio format (MP3, WAV, OGG) and the app automatically converts it into compliant OGG Vorbis format.
• Audio Player: Live preview button to listen to any sound before saving.
• Wallpaper Customizer: Allows picking any image (PNG, JPG, WEBP) with a live scaled thumbnail preview.
• One-Click Apply: The "Save & Apply Changes to Minecraft" button copies all configured files, updates the JSON configuration, and installs the required resource packs directly into the active .minecraft directory.

5. Automatic Multi-Language Support (i18n)

• Minecraft Locale Integration: Uses Component.translatable keys to automatically match Minecraft's active language setting.
• Supported Languages:
  • English (US) (en_us.json)
  • Spanish (Spain) (es_es.json)
  • Spanish (Latin America) (es_ar, es_cl, es_co, es_ec, es_mx, es_uy, es_ve)
• Dynamically translates titles, button labels, dropdown sound names, sliders, and tooltips based on the language chosen in Minecraft's Language