You can use this mod with Minecraft 1.14 right now - use the Fabric modloader at https://fabricmc.net/use/ !
Sometimes you want to place blocks in a regular pattern, so you need to count blocks, and if you mess up once, the error propagates to all subsequent blocks.
This mod displays a grid-like overlay over the world, with configurable spacing, so the blocks you're interested in get highlighted automatically.
For example, you're building a railroad and want to place a powered rail ever 20th block. Type /grid 20, walk to the first powered rail, type /grid here (or press the c button, can be configured), and the mod will highlight every 20th block from where you're standing.
Or, if you want to place torches in an area to prevent spawns, type /grid 5 - this highlights every 5th block; placing torches on each of them will light everything up enough.
You can switch between block mode (to highlight blocks to place stuff on) or line mode (to display borders; for example /grid chunks followed by grid lines will turn Grid into a chunk border highlighter), have the y-coordinate of the display floating with the player or fixed, and choose different X and Z spacings if you want that.
Commands:
/grid show and /grid hide: show/hide the grid, bound to the B key.
/grid here: set the origin of the grid to where the player is standing. Bound to C (for center)
/grid blocks: set Block mode: show blue squares above marked blocks
/grid lines: set Line mode: show yellow lines to the N/W of marked blocks
/grid chunks: set X and Y spacing to 16 and the origin to chunk borders. Use together with /grid lines to get a chunk border display that's less intrusive than F3-G
/grid <n> <m>: <n> and <m> are numbers; set the grid spacing to n in X direction and m in Y direction
/grid <n>: set the grid spacing to n in both horizontal directions
/grid fixy: toggle between floating the y coordinate of the grid with the player, or fixing it to where the player stands when you use the command. Bound to the Y key.
/grid spawns: show possible mob spawn locations
/grid circles: shows circle overlays. In line mode, this shows regular circles; in block mode, it tries to find and mark the blocks you should build on to get a circle. Obviously, this can't work well with very small diameters, for example, trying to mark a 3x3 circle will give you a square.
/grid distance <n>: sets the range in blocks, that the grid is rendered around you. If you use very large spacings/circle diameters, you need to adjust this too. Be careful though, high values for distance absolutely kill your framerate when you turn spawn locations on.
All keys can be reconfigured using the standard Controls UI.
I use 1.14.4.
When I try to create a grid, the grid is made at height 76, nomatter what height I'm at. What can I go to fix this?
Edit: Clicking y helped.
There is gona be newer versions soon? I moved for 1.14.2 and i'm really missing this mod.
In reply to PardenLina:
I tried and the version made for 1.14.1 is working for 1.14.2.
Does this still work with 1.14.3?
Can we get an option to change the color of the block markers, or make them more pronounced? They're very subtle against some backgrounds.
does this work in 1.14.2 and above
I can quickly make a full house with this right? I want to make a big house, and having a grid appear for me that I can use to make something would be a great help so I can just focus on building
Is there a way to seperate the circle distance from the show spawning distance? I want to use it to make a 256 circle while showing spawns but to do that i would need to set show distance to really high which kills fps
Cross-posting a crash report between FarLands and Grid as an FYI.
https://pastebin.com/Adyis2RR
From geniiiii_:
that's the Grid mod attempting to use my mod's (bundled) cotton-client-commands version, which isn't binary compatible with the cotton-client-commands version Grid's built against
In reply to erian_7:
Yes, grid still uses client commands 0.2.1, which was the current version just one week ago .. Fabric development is fast now that 1.14 is out. Going to try and update in a few days, but this will probably not be before the weekend.
In reply to Giselbaer:
No problem. I've been putting together a modpack with almost all current 1.14 mods and am in the test phase (just got the server version finished tonight after stabilizing the client today). I actually opted to keep Grid over Farlands and will integrate your update once it's out.
In reply to erian_7:
I just uploaded a kind of update. There are still some issues with ccc 0.3.0, see https://github.com/CottonMC/ClientCommands/issues/2 - the current download is broken. So I'm not really happy with it and don't recommend it to people, but if you have another mod that requires, and includes, and has a working version of, ccc 0.3.0, this new file I just uploaded should work.
Hi, on 1.14 release if you go to 3rd person view and rotate the camera, the whole overlay is wrong because of the new camera position and eye-level change in 1.14
In reply to MrCPU:
Doh! I am adjusting for the eye height of the player depending on the player's stance, but it seems that's not enough when you raise the camera in 3rd person view.
In reply to Giselbaer:
Yeah, I noticed it too. The Problem is, if you only adjust for the eye, you get this weird "jumping" of the overlay if you press shift.
You have to adjust the vertex to the camera:
Camera camera = MinecraftClient.getInstance().gameRenderer.getCamera();
camera.getPos().x / y / z
I removed this position from the vertex position and all is fine. If you do so, you have to remove any GlStateManager.translated or BufferBuilder.setOffset too I think.
Don't know if there is a better way, but it works for me.
After using /grid spawns, how do you hide the spawn lines? I tried /grid spawns off, /grid spawns 0, /grid spawns hide, nothing works
Also, /grid fixy should accept an optional y parameter to set the height, when placing lights on the ceiling for example.
Edit: I see lines/blocks are not drawn on the bottom of blocks, so placing lights on ceilings is a no go.
In reply to Osmuni:
To turn it off, just repeat the /grid spawns, without a second parameter. Or use the keybinding (which is set to L for light, because some former mods used the same key; it conflicts with advancements now but can be rebound).
Placing ceiling lights is something that didn't cross my mind yet. I'm drawing the lines like 0.01 above the blocks, to avoid them disappearing in block edges; but that means you won't see them from below. I guess I can do something like 0.01 above or below blocks depending on the player's location below or above the lines. Will do in the next version, thank you for the idea!
In reply to Giselbaer:
Version 1.4 has that feature now - /grid fixy takes an optional parameter, and when you're below the grid, it's shifted down a bit so you can place ceiling lights now.
I really appreciate what this mod brings to 1.13 as a replacement for other light level indicator mods. However, having this mod installed tanks my fps. Without it I can get 100+ fps, but this mod drops it down to below 60 fps.
1.13 forge pls