More Overlays Updated in All the Mods 11

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

More Overlays Updated brings a few handy overlays back from NEI: a light-level and mob-spawn overlay, a chunk border overlay, and an item search highlight for JEI. If you build big bases or mob farms and are tired of guessing where monsters can spawn, this one is for you.^[1]

The pack ships version 1.24.2 of the NeoForge build for Minecraft 1.21.1, and it has been included since pack version 2.25 or earlier. The mod is client-side only, so it only changes what you see on your own screen.^[1][2]

What you get

• Light overlay and mob spawns: press F7 to toggle it. A yellow X marks blocks where monsters can spawn at night, and a red X marks blocks where monsters can always spawn.^[1]
• Chunk boundaries: press F9 to toggle it. It has three modes. The first shows red lines in the corners and a yellow line in the middle of the chunk. The second adds a green grid on the chunk edges. The third uses the green grid to outline a Minecraft region and shows the matching region save file in the top left corner.^[1]
• Inventory item search: double-click the JEI search field to turn it on. Items in the open inventory that don't match your filter get blacked out, and you can also search for custom named items.^[1]

Configuration

On NeoForge you can open the config from the main screen via Mods, then MoreOverlays, then Config. You can also edit config/moreoverlays.toml directly.^[1]

Where it fits in the pack

It's a quality-of-life utility rather than a progression mod. You don't craft anything with it and there's nothing to unlock, so you can use it from your first night.^[1]

Unverified The sources don't show this mod on the ATM Star path or in any quest, so it isn't a progression step.

Good news: there is nothing to craft to get started with More Overlays Updated. The mod page describes it as client-side only and as a set of overlays, so your first steps are just learning the keys and what each overlay shows you. Everything below follows the mod page as it currently stands.^[1]

Step 1: Turn on the light overlay

Press F7 to toggle the Light Level / Mob spawns overlay. It marks blocks where monsters can spawn: a yellow X means they can spawn at night, and a red X means they can always spawn. Light up the red and yellow spots and your base stays safe.^[1]

The mod's settings also include a Safe Light Level option, plus ranges for how far up, down and sideways the overlay checks. Those are handy if the overlay feels too busy or too limited.^[3]

Step 2: Check chunk boundaries

Press F9 to toggle the Chunk Boundaries overlay. As the mod page currently describes it, the overlay has three modes:^[1]

• 1st mode, as the mod page describes it: red lines in the corners and a yellow line in the middle of the chunk.^[1]
• 2nd mode, as the mod page describes it: the same, plus a green grid on the edges of the chunk.^[1]
• 3rd mode, as the mod page describes it: the green grid outlines a Minecraft region and shows the matching region save file in the top left corner.^[1]

Step 3: Try the item search

Item Search only works when JEI is installed, because it uses JEI's search algorithm. Double-click the JEI search field to turn it on. Any item in the inventory you have open that doesn't match your filter gets blacked out, which makes finding things in a messy chest much quicker. You can also search for custom named items.^[1]

Changing the settings

On Forge and NeoForge you can open the settings from the main menu through Mods, then MoreOverlays, then Config. The settings screen is titled More Overlays Updated Settings and has Save, Undo Changes and Reset Settings buttons. It has separate categories for Light Overlay, Chunk Boundaries, Item Search and Render Settings, and the last one lets you change overlay colors and line widths. On Fabric, the mod page says the config file is not available currently but will be added in the future.^[1][3]

Same as in the All the Mods 10 2.11 guide

This mod has no machines, no multiblocks and no power or fluid systems, it doesn't add a single block or item to the world. Everything it does happens on your client, drawing three optional overlays on top of the game you're already playing. It's client-side only, so it changes nothing about the server you connect to and nothing about the pack's progression.^[1]

The mod brings back a handful of overlays that old NEI users will recognise: a light level / mob spawn overlay, a chunk border overlay, and an inventory item search that hooks into JEI.^[1]

Light overlay and mob spawns

Press F7 to toggle the light level overlay. It marks blocks with a yellow X where monsters can spawn at night, and a red X where monsters can always spawn. That distinction is the whole trick: red means the spot is permanently dangerous and needs a light source or a spawn-proofing block, while yellow only becomes a problem once the sun goes down.^[1]

Chunk boundaries

Press F9 to toggle the chunk boundary overlay. It cycles through three modes rather than simply turning on and off, so tapping the key repeatedly steps you through increasing levels of detail.^[1]

1. The first mode shows red lines in the corners of the chunk and a yellow line down the middle.^[1]
2. The second mode adds a green grid on the edges of the chunk.^[1]
3. The third mode uses the green grid to outline a Minecraft region instead, and displays the corresponding region save file name in the top left corner of the screen.^[1]

That third mode is the one worth remembering when you're doing anything that cares about chunk or region alignment: lining up chunk-loaded machine rooms, planning quarries, or working out which region file a build actually lives in.^[1]

Inventory item search

The item search only works when JEI is installed, because it borrows JEI's own search algorithm to decide what matches. Double-click the JEI search field to enable it. With it on, you type a filter into JEI and every item in the currently open inventory that doesn't match gets blacked out, leaving only the matches visible.^[1]

This is the fastest way to find one item in a wall of storage or a cluttered machine GUI. Searching for custom named items is supported too, so renamed tools and labelled stacks can be filtered the same way.^[1]

Configuration

On Forge and NeoForge you can reach the settings from the main screen under Mods, then MoreOverlays, then Config, or by editing config/moreoverlays.toml directly. On Fabric a config file isn't available yet.^[1]

Unverified The individual config keys and their defaults aren't covered by the sources available for this guide, so check the in-game config screen if you want to change keybinds or overlay ranges.

Same as in the All the Mods 10 2.11 guide

There isn't much to tune here. More Overlays Updated is client-side only, so anything you change affects just your game and never the server or other players.^[1]

The setting you'll actually use day to day is the keybind. By default, F7 toggles the light level / mob spawn overlay, and you can rebind it like any other key in Minecraft's own controls menu.^[1]

Unverified This pack doesn't ship a config file for More Overlays Updated, so the in-pack values for the overlay's colours, render distance and chunk border options couldn't be confirmed. If you want to change them, check the mod's own in-game config screen rather than assuming the pack has adjusted anything.