Madgique's XRay
A Forge mod for Minecraft 1.12.2 that lets you see through blocks to find ores quickly, with a clean in-game UI to pick exactly what you want to see.
This is a maintained fork of Advanced XRay by MiKeY, focused on bug fixes and improvements for Minecraft 1.12.2.
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Features
- Built using Forge!
- Simple and Clean UI For Adding, Deleting and Editing the blocks you want to see
- Full RGB Colour selector
- Searchable List to find Blocks
- Add Blocks from your hand
- Add Blocks you're looking at!
- Rightclick Editing with support for custom Meta Data
- Ore Dictionary Support
Improvements over the original
- Accurate block tracking: each block state (variant/metadata) is handled individually, so what you add is exactly what gets highlighted
- Searchable list shows every exact block variant, clearly labeled (e.g.
Marble [marbletype=raw]) - Enhanced rendering: optional translucent fill inside highlighted blocks and a dark outline border underneath the colored lines
- Hex colour input (
#rrggbb, paste-friendly, selects all on click) alongside the RGB sliders, with a live colour preview - Adjustable outline thickness
How To Use
Using XRay
- Press
[Default] Backslashto toggle XRay on and off - Press
[Default] Zto open the in-game GUI
Adding Ores
- Open the GUI Editor pressing
[Default] Z - Select the method you'd like to use to add a block: either From hand, What you can see, or By searching a list
- Modify the Name, Color, and anything else you'd like to change
- Click add and Enable the Block
Editing Ores
- Right click on any item in the GUI and edit as needed
- Click save and the changes will be applied
Installation
- Install Minecraft Forge 14.23.5.2860+ for Minecraft 1.12.2
- Download the mod JAR from the releases page and place it in your
modsfolder
Compatibility
- Minecraft: 1.12.2
- Forge: 14.23.5.2860+
- Works with modded ores (tested with JEI, HWYLA, Astral Sorcery and Thermal Series)
Credits
- MiKeY (MichaelHillcox) — author of the original Advanced XRay mod
- mcd1992 — contributor on the original mod
- uaBArt — 1.7.10 -> 1.8.9 update of the original mod
License
GPLv3 License - See LICENSE file.

