Swinging Hanging Signs

Hanging signs in Minecraft hang frozen in place, even in a thunderstorm. This mod makes them move like real signs on chains: they rock gently in the breeze, swing harder when the weather turns, and when you walk into one it swings away, overshoots a little and slowly settles back.

It is a small client-side mod. Nothing needs to be installed on the server, it works in singleplayer and on any server, and it only changes how signs look, never the blocks themselves.

Features

• Idle sway - every hanging sign rocks very slightly and slowly. Each sign has its own timing, so a row of signs never moves in sync.
• Wind and weather - signs swing more in rain and much more in a thunderstorm. Gusts rise and fall over time.
• Push - players, mobs, dropped items and minecarts that move past or under a sign push it in their direction.
• Realistic motion - each sign is a small damped spring that pivots at the top, where the chains attach, so it swings, overshoots and settles like the real thing.
• Wall signs - signs hung from a wall bracket swing too, or you can switch them off.

Design

• Client-side only - works on any server, including vanilla ones.
• Visual only - blocks, hitboxes, gameplay and world data are untouched.
• Cheap - only signs on screen are simulated, and signs at rest cost almost nothing.

Settings

Open the settings from Mod Menu on Fabric or from the Mods list on NeoForge and Forge. They are saved in config/swingingsigns.json.

• Enabled - turns all swinging on or off.
• Wind strength - 0 to 3, default 1.
• Push strength - 0 to 3, default 1.
• Weather - rain and thunderstorms make signs swing harder.
• Wall signs - wall-bracket hanging signs swing too.

Compatibility

• Sodium - works.
• Iris - works.

Versions

Fabric 1.20.1 - 26.3 (needs Fabric API), NeoForge 1.21 - 26.3 and Forge 1.20.1.