Jade 🔍 in FTB StoneBlock 4

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 mob you are looking at. In this pack there is no crafting involved in getting started, so your first steps are about the keys and the settings.^[1]

Step by step

1. Look at something. The tooltip appears on its own, and the pack leaves the mod name display switched on, so you can tell which mod a block comes from at a glance (jade.mod_name).^[1][3]
2. Open the configuration screen. The default key is Keypad 0. If you have changed your controls, check the Key Binds in the options.^[1]
3. Learn the other default keys: Keypad 1 toggles the overlay, Keypad 2 toggles the liquid display, and Keypad 5 narrates the target.^[1]
4. If you use JEI, Keypad 3 shows recipes and Keypad 4 shows uses for what you are looking at.^[1]
5. Pick how the tooltip behaves in the Display Mode setting. The options are Toggle, Hold and Lite. In Lite mode you hold the show details key for further information.^[4]

What the pack turns off

The pack ships with several extra lines switched off, so you will not see them unless you enable them yourself. These are coordinates (jade.coordinates), distance (jade.distance), block face (jade.block_face), block states (jade.block_states) and block properties (jade.block_properties). The registry name line is set to "OFF" (jade.registry_name).^[3]

Things Jade ignores

Jade has ignore lists for its targets. In this pack the block list holds only "barrier" (values). The entity list holds area_effect_cloud, firework_rocket, interaction, text_display and lightning_bolt (values). So you will not get a tooltip on those.^[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 you're looking at. This pack ships its settings in plugins.json for the individual info lines, plus the hide-blocks and hide-entities lists. Here are the values you're most likely to notice in-game.^[3][5][6]

Debug style info lines the pack turns off

The pack sets jade.block_face, jade.block_properties, jade.block_states, jade.coordinates, jade.coordinates.rel and jade.distance all to false. jade.registry_name is set to "OFF", and jade.registry_name.special is false. The mod name line, jade.mod_name, stays on, so you still see which mod a block comes from.^[3]

Some mod-specific lines are off as well: compactmachines.show_owner and projecte.emc_provider are both set to false.^[3]

Storage, energy and fluids

• minecraft.energy_storage.style and minecraft.fluid_storage.style are both "PROGRESS_BAR", and both minecraft.energy_storage.detailed and minecraft.fluid_storage.detailed are false.^[3]
• Item storage uses minecraft.item_storage.normal_amount = 9, minecraft.item_storage.detailed_amount = 54, minecraft.item_storage.items_per_line = 9 and minecraft.item_storage.show_name_amount = 5.^[3]

Mob health and armor

minecraft.entity_health.icons_per_line is 10 and minecraft.entity_health.max_for_render is 40, with minecraft.entity_health.show_fractions set to false. Armor uses minecraft.entity_armor.max_for_render = 20.^[3]

Harvest tool line

minecraft.harvest_tool and minecraft.harvest_tool.effective_tool are on. minecraft.harvest_tool.creative, minecraft.harvest_tool.new_line and minecraft.harvest_tool.show_unbreakable are all false.^[3]

Things Jade ignores

In values, the pack lists only "barrier". In values, it lists area_effect_cloud, firework_rocket, interaction, text_display and lightning_bolt. Jade won't show these as targets. You can add more registry ids to either list.^[5][6]

Every entry in sort-order.json is set to null in this pack.^[8]

FTB StoneBlock 4 1.21.0 ships Jade 15.10.6 for NeoForge. Jade has been in the pack since 1.0.0 or earlier. Below are the notable changes from Jade's own changelogs, newest first.^[9]

Unverified No pack changelog entries for Jade could be checked, so which Jade version each earlier pack release shipped is unverified.

Newest releases

• 15.10.6: fixed fluids that need registries to encode not being displayed, improved compatibility with Create Aeronautics, and updated the Chinese translation.^[10]
• 15.10.5: the overlay now disables blend and depth test after it finishes rendering.^[10][11]
• 15.10.4: removed a destroySpeed check, and Jade no longer shows "empty" on a jukebox when there is no server data.^[10][11]
• 15.10.3: fixed the offset for modded boss bars.^[10][11][12]
• 15.10.2: fixed a crash (NPE) with trapped chests.^[10][11][12]
• 15.10.1: fixed fluid amounts bigger than the max int not reading correctly on NeoForge, and fixed a stream data ClassCastException.^[10][11][12]
• 15.10.0: fixed porting mistakes, made the hideModName cache a weak reference, and added filtering of large bitmap glyphs.^[11][12]

Earlier releases

• 15.9.4: avoids displaying too many fluid tanks, fixes the tooltip animation being weird at uncapped frame rates, fixes the gold harvest level not showing, and fixes an item collecting loop or failure when a container is empty.^[12]
• 15.9.3: dropped items now show that they are dropped items, the number box in Plugin Settings can be edited again, and the warning color is darker.^[12]

These are mostly bug fixes and polish for the tooltip, with no big feature changes in the entries above.^[10][11][12]