Utility Nexus QoL

v0.0.0-beta.1 - Initial release: Waystone Beacon Beam

First build of Utility Nexus QoL — a home for small, optional quality-of-life features. This release adds one.

Added

• Waystone Beacon Beam (client-side, optional): renders a vanilla-style beacon beam rising from every Waystones block within render distance, so travel hubs and bases are visible from a distance. Ported from tower_waystone (NeoForge 26.2), where the feature did not belong.
• Waystones blocks are detected by registry namespace only — the mod does not link against the Waystones API.
• Double-gated: the client render is only wired up when the Waystones mod is present, and re-checks that on every frame. With Waystones absent nothing is registered and nothing can crash.

Configuration

File: config/utility_nexus/qol/config.toml, section [waystoneBeam]:

• enabled — default true. Master switch.
• beamHeightBlocks — default 100 (range 1–1024).
• colorRed / colorGreen / colorBlue — default 80 / 200 / 255 (0–255 each).

Requirements

• Minecraft 1.21.1 / NeoForge 21.1.249 / Java 21
• (optional) Waystones for NeoForge 1.21.1 — required only for the Waystone Beacon Beam

The feature is purely cosmetic and client-side. It is a complete no-op on a dedicated server and whenever the Waystones mod is not installed.