📯 Rally of the Guard

Rally of the Guard is a lightweight expansion for the Guard Villagers (Fabric/Quilt) mod that lets you hire guards and rally your squad on command with a mystical scroll—without needing the Hero of the Village effect.

🚀 What’s New

Version 1.2.3 (2025-08-31)

📘 New Item — Commander’s Ledger
Right-click to open the Guard Command Panel anywhere. No keybinds required.

🗂️ Guard Command Panel (new GUI)
A clean, paginated dashboard (4 guards per page) listing all your hired guards with two actions each:

• Summon – Teleports the selected guard to you (same dimension).
• Patrol Here / Stop Patrol – Sets or clears a patrol post at your current position. When enabled, the guard walks to and holds that location.

💬 Sharper UX on Hiring
If you try to hire without enough emeralds, the window closes and a clear message is shown. The success flow now shows only the confirmation overlay.

✨ Golden Names for Hired Guards
Newly hired guards automatically receive a gold-colored display name and introduce themselves in chat (“Guard Name reporting for duty.”).

⚙️ Technical

• Patrol posts now write PatrolPosX/Y/Z alongside Patrolling=1b, ensuring guards actually hold the ordered position.
• Actions and messages localized and streamlined.

Version 1.2.0 (2025-08-31)

(This release consolidates and expands everything from version 1.2.0.)

✨ Rally-Only Friendly Fire Shield
Your hired guards that are in Rally are fully immune to your damage (melee, sweep, crits, arrows, tridents, etc.). Immunity ends when you dismiss the rally.

🧭 Selective Rally (Keep Sentinels at Post)
Rally only teleports hired guards that are not patrolling. Patrolling guards remain on duty and aren’t pulled into the formation.

🧯 Reliable Dismiss
Turning Rally off now consistently stops following for guards that were rallied, without changing their patrol state.

🤝 Neutrality with Fellow Guards
If you hit a guard you don’t own, your hired guards won’t turn hostile or join the attack. They stay neutral—“we won’t help you against our colleagues, boss.”

🔒 Auto-Config Patch (still applies)
On startup, the mod forces GuardVillagers’ followHero=false, so hired guards can follow you without Hero of the Village.

Version 1.1.2 (2025-06-04)

🔒 GuardVillagers Compatibility Improvement
Rally of the Guard automatically disables the restriction that requires guards to follow only players with the Hero of the Village effect.
No manual config changes needed. Unhired guards still require reputation to interact with, preserving balance.

🧠 How It Works

Hire Guards

• Right-click an unowned guard to open the Hire screen.
• Pay 3 emeralds to hire; the guard becomes linked to your UUID (ownership).
• On success, you’ll see a confirmation overlay; the guard announces themselves in chat and gets a golden name.
• As the owner, you can open the guard’s inventory and use Follow/Patrol normally—no Hero effect needed (auto-patch sets followHero=false).

Commander’s Ledger (Guard Command Panel)

• Use the Commander’s Ledger to open the panel anywhere.
• The panel lists your guards (4 per page) with:
  • Summon – Teleports the guard to you (same dimension).
  • Patrol Here / Stop Patrol – Toggles a post at your current coordinates:
  • Sets Patrolling=1b and writes PatrolPosX/Y/Z to that spot.
  • The guard will walk there and hold position until told to stop.

Notes & Limits

• Actions work across any distance within the same dimension.
• Guards won’t pathfind in unloaded chunks; if you’re very far away, Summon first, then set Patrol Here.

Rally Your Squad (Scroll of Rallying)

• Shift + Right-Click the scroll to toggle Rally.
• On: Teleports nearby (≈100-block radius) non-patrolling hired guards into formation, sets them to Follow, and flags them as in Rally.
• Off: Clears in Rally and Following from those guards (patrolling guards are never touched).
• While in Rally, your attacks do not damage your rallied guards.

Behavior with Non-Owned Guards

• If you attack a guard you don’t own, your hired guards stay neutral and won’t assist.

📦 Requirements

• Minecraft: 1.21 / 1.21.1
• Fabric Loader
• Guard Villagers (Fabric/Quilt): Download here

📜 License

This mod is licensed under the CC0-1.0 license.
Feel free to use, modify, or redistribute without any restrictions.

💬 Feedback & Contribution

Suggestions or issues? Visit the GitHub repository to report bugs or contribute.