Jade 🔍 in FTB Skies 2

Same as in the All the Mods 10 2.12 guide

Jade is an information HUD mod. It shows you information about whatever block or entity you're looking at. It's a fork of Hwyla/Waila, the classic 'what am I looking at?' tooltip mods, rebuilt for modern Minecraft with a focus on a better user experience and a better API.^[1]

This pack ships Jade 15.9.2 for NeoForge on Minecraft 1.21.1. It has been part of the pack since version 1.3 or earlier, so it's a long-standing part of the setup.^[2]

Jade is for pretty much every player. In a big modded pack you'll constantly run into blocks and machines you don't recognise, and Jade lets you identify them just by looking at them. Compared to Hwyla, Jade brings these improvements:^[1]

• A redesigned API.^[1]
• More vanilla addons.^[1]
• More configuration options.^[1]
• Better accessibility, including a key that narrates your target.^[1]

Jade can run on the client side only, but many of its features need Jade on the server side as well. Examples are showing item storage, the fuel amount in a brewing stand, and the bees inside a beehive.^[1]

Default keys

• Keypad 0 opens the configuration screen.^[1]
• Keypad 1 toggles the overlay.^[1]
• Keypad 2 toggles the liquid display.^[1]
• Keypad 3 shows recipes for what you're looking at (requires JEI).^[1]
• Keypad 4 shows uses for what you're looking at (requires JEI).^[1]
• Keypad 5 narrates your target.^[1]

Unverified The sources don't confirm whether this pack changes any of Jade's default keybinds or settings, or whether a given server has Jade installed. Server-dependent features may not show up on every server.

Jade is an information HUD: it shows details about whatever block or entity you are looking at. There is nothing to craft to get it working, so your first steps are about learning the overlay and knowing how this pack has it set up.^[1]

Step by step

1. Look at a block or mob and the tooltip appears. In this pack the display mode is set to TOGGLE (general.displayMode), which means pressing the show overlay key switches the tooltip on and off.^[3][4]
2. Learn the default keys. Keypad 1 toggles the overlay, Keypad 0 opens the configuration screen, Keypad 2 toggles the liquid display, and Keypad 5 narrates the target. These are the mod's defaults, and the sources don't show whether the pack changed them.^[1]
3. If you use JEI, Keypad 3 shows recipes and Keypad 4 shows uses for what you are looking at. Both need JEI.^[1]
4. Open the config screen if you want to move or resize the tooltip. It has an Adjust option for the overlay position, plus settings for display scale, background opacity and theme.^[1][4]

What the pack sets up for you

• The theme is jade:dark (overlay.activeTheme), the background opacity is 0.7 (overlay.alpha), and the overlay animates when it appears and disappears (overlay.animation).^[3][4]
• Blocks, entities and bosses are all displayed (general.displayBlocks, general.displayEntities, general.displayBosses), and fluids use the Any mode (general.fluidMode).^[3]
• The tooltip hides itself in most GUIs and when you open the player list (general.hideFromGUIs, general.hideFromTabList).^[3][4]
• The boss bar overlap mode is PUSH_DOWN (general.bossBarOverlapMode), so the tooltip is pushed down instead of being hidden when a boss bar is on screen.^[3][4]
• Item tooltips show which mod an item comes from (general.itemModNameTooltip), in italic aqua text (formatting.itemModNameStyle.color, formatting.itemModNameStyle.italic).^[3][4]

Things Jade ignores

The pack keeps an ignore list for blocks in values, and it only contains barrier. The entity list in values hides area_effect_cloud, firework_rocket, interaction, text_display and lightning_bolt. You can add more registry ids to either list if something clutters your view.^[5][6]

Same as in the All the Mods 10 2.11 guide

Jade doesn't add machines, multiblocks or pipes of its own. It's an information HUD, a modern take on Hwyla/Waila, that shows you information about whatever you're looking at. Its core mechanics are all about how that overlay behaves, what it can read from blocks and entities, and how much control you get over it.^[1][7]

The overlay and its display modes

The tooltip has a global on/off switch. On top of that, a display mode setting controls how the overlay behaves normally and how the Show Details key works. There are three modes to pick from.^[7]

• Hold key mode: the overlay only appears while you hold the Show Overlay key.^[7]
• Lite mode: the overlay shows its basic info, and you hold Show Details to see more.^[7]
• Toggle mode: pressing Show Overlay turns the tooltip on and off. When you hide it, a small popup reminds you to press the key again to bring it back.^[7]

You can also have the overlay animate when it appears and disappears, and morph smoothly when its size changes. It can hide itself automatically while the debug screen, the player list or most GUIs are open. If your main hand is set to left, it can mirror its position.^[7]

Reading storage, energy and fluids

This is where Jade gets really useful around a modded base. When you look at a container, the overlay can list the items inside it. Separate settings control how many items appear normally and how many appear while you hold Show Details. Another setting caps how many items get their full names shown instead of just icons.^[7]

Energy and fluid storage have their own detailed options. With these turned on, energy or fluid info only shows while you press Show Details, which keeps the overlay compact until you want the numbers.^[7]

Fluids in the world work a little differently. A key toggles whether Jade shows liquids at all. A fallback option makes Jade only show a fluid when there's nothing else to target, so water or lava won't get in the way of the block you actually care about.^[1][7]

Client side versus server side

Jade can run on the client alone, but many of its features need Jade on the server as well. Examples include item storage contents, a brewing stand's fuel amount and the bees inside a beehive. If you're on a server without Jade and those details are missing, that's why.^[1]

Unverified Whether this pack's server setup includes Jade on the server side isn't confirmed by the available sources.

For extra integration with other mods, Jade's author points players to a separate Jade Addons mod.^[1]

Unverified Whether Jade Addons is included in this pack isn't confirmed by the available sources.

Extra info you can switch on

Jade's plugins can add a lot of small but handy details to the overlay. Each one can be toggled in the plugin settings.^[7]

• Coordinates of your target, plus relative coordinates while you hold Ctrl.^[7]
• The distance between you and your target, and which face of the block you're touching.^[7]
• Registry names, including special IDs like BlockEntity and Fluid. This can follow the game's advanced tooltips option.^[7]
• Harvest tool information, which can optionally show in creative or spectator mode too.^[7]
• The time until an entity's next drop, such as an egg or an armadillo scute.^[7]
• A note block's note and instrument, a block's enchantment power, and whether something like a sign is waxed.^[7]
• A warning for special TNT that ignites when hit.^[7]
• The name of the mod an item comes from, shown on its tooltip.^[7]

A reach distance setting increases how far away a target can be and still be picked up. A perspective setting lets you choose between an eye-based mode, which is more accurate while you're moving, and a camera-based mode, which works better with mods that change how the camera behaves.^[7]

Accessibility and narration

Jade has an accessibility plugin that displays and narrates more details, with finer control in the plugin settings. A key narrates your current target. When you open the narrator, a popup confirms it's on and tells you to press the key again to turn it off.^[1][7]

Default keys

• Keypad 0 opens the configuration screen.^[1]
• Keypad 1 toggles the overlay.^[1]
• Keypad 2 toggles liquid display.^[1]
• Keypad 3 shows recipes and Keypad 4 shows uses for what you're looking at. Both require JEI.^[1]
• Keypad 5 narrates your target.^[1]

Unverified These are Jade's default keybinds. The sources don't confirm whether this pack changes them, and they don't list a default key for Show Details.

Jade is the little HUD that tells you what block or mob you're looking at. This pack ships its own settings in the config/jade folder, so here is exactly how they are set. Everything below is the pack's value, not a guess at the mod default.^[1][3]

Unverified The sources only show the pack's values, not the mod's defaults, so I can't confirm which of these settings the pack actually changed.

What Jade shows

• general.displayMode is set to TOGGLE. The project page lists Keypad 1 as the default key for toggling the overlay.^[1][3]
• general.displayBlocks, general.displayEntities, general.displayBosses and general.displayTooltip are all true, so blocks, entities, bosses and tooltips all show up.^[3]
• general.extendedReach is 0, so there is no extra reach.^[3]
• general.fluidMode is ANY. The project page lists Keypad 2 as the default key to toggle liquid display.^[1][3]
• general.bossBarOverlapMode is PUSH_DOWN.^[3]

How the overlay looks

• overlay.activeTheme is jade:dark, with overlay.alpha at 0.7.^[3]
• overlay.animation is on and overlay.overlaySquare is true. overlay.iconMode is TOP.^[3]
• overlay.overlayScale is 1 and overlay.autoScaleThreshold is 0.4.^[3]
• Position: overlay.overlayPosX is 0.5 and overlay.overlayPosY is 1. The anchors are overlay.overlayAnchorX at 0.5 and overlay.overlayAnchorY at 0.^[3]
• overlay.disappearingDelay is 0 and overlay.flipMainHand is false.^[3]

Mod names on items

general.itemModNameTooltip is true, so item tooltips show which mod an item comes from. That label is styled by formatting.itemModNameStyle.color (aqua) and formatting.itemModNameStyle.italic (true).^[3]

Things Jade ignores

The pack keeps Jade from targeting a few things. The block ignore list in values contains only barrier. The entity list in values contains area_effect_cloud, firework_rocket, interaction, text_display and lightning_bolt. Both files say you can add registry ids to the values list.^[5][6]

Accessibility

general.enableTextToSpeech and general.enableAccessibilityPlugin are both false. general.ttsMode is PRESS. The project page lists Keypad 5 as the default key to narrate the target.^[1][3]

FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 ships Jade 15.10.6 for NeoForge. Jade has been in the pack since 1.0.1 or earlier. The pack changelogs have no entries for this mod, so everything below comes from Jade's own changelogs, newest first.^[8]

Latest releases (15.10.0 to 15.10.6)

• 15.10.6 (the version in this pack): fixes fluids that need registries to encode not being displayed. It also improves compatibility with Create Aeronautics and updates the Chinese translation.^[8][9]
• 15.10.5: blend and depth test are now disabled once the overlay has finished rendering.^[9][10]
• 15.10.4: removes a destroySpeed check, and a jukebox no longer shows "empty" when there is no server data.^[9][10]
• 15.10.3: fixes the offset for modded boss bars.^[9][11]
• 15.10.2: fixes an NPE in InvWrapper on trapped chests.^[9][12]
• 15.10.1: fixes fluid amounts bigger than max int not reading correctly on NeoForge. Also fixes a stream data ClassCastException.^[9][13]
• 15.10.0: fixes porting mistakes and a WrappedHierarchyLookup priority problem. The hideModName cache now uses a weak reference, large bitmap glyphs are filtered, and there is a workaround to blame Jade addons.^[10][11]

Earlier releases (15.9.1 to 15.9.4)

• 15.9.4: Jade avoids displaying too many fluid tanks. It also fixes a loop/failure when collecting items from an empty container, odd tooltip animation at uncapped frame rates, and gold harvest level not being displayed.^[11][12][13]
• 15.9.3: dropped items now tell you that they are dropped items. The number box in Plugin Settings can be changed again, and the warning color is darker.^[11][12][13]
• 15.9.2: fixes an error when remapping data provider ids, caused by different instances sharing the same id.^[12][13]
• 15.9.1: fixes extension provider lookup and some translation issues.^[13]

Overall, the latest releases are mostly bug fixes. If a Jade tooltip ever behaves oddly with fluids, jukeboxes or boss bars, those are the areas that were patched.^[9][10]