v0.5.2 – Phase 3: Ghost Vision

The flagship feature of the Ghost Torch has finally arrived.

Ghost Vision lets you hold a Ghost Torch and sneak to display nearby light levels directly in the world.

This has been a major rewrite of the mod and lays the foundation for the rest of Professor's Toolkit.

Added

• Added Ghost Vision.
• Hold a Ghost Torch and sneak to display nearby light levels.
• Added an in-world light overlay rendered directly on the ground.
• Added color-coded light levels for quick readability.

Changed

• Ghost Vision now uses Minecraft's effective light level instead of only block light.
• Light values now correctly account for:
  • Day and night
  • Sky light
  • Placed light sources
  • Underground areas
• Reworked the rendering system for improved readability.
• Improved overall Ghost Vision performance and stability.

Fixed

• Fixed incorrect light values being displayed.
• Fixed multiple rendering issues.
• Fixed the curved "bowl" effect in the light overlay.
• Fixed several issues discovered during Phase 3 development.

Coming Next

The next update will focus on polishing Ghost Vision:

• Better wall-mounted Ghost Torch particles.
• Cardinal text rotation.
• Additional vision modes.
• Configurable radius and performance improvements.
  
  

   

  The next update will focus on polishing Ghost Vision.

  
  

  Special thanks to the MiniHUD project for the inspiration behind Ghost Vision.

  MiniHUD has long been one of the best technical utility mods available for Minecraft, and it served as the inspiration for creating an integrated light-level visualization system within Professor's Toolkit: Ghost Torch.

  Ghost Vision is an original implementation built specifically for this mod, but credit is given where credit is due.