Shift & Fade

Shift & Fade

Shift & Fade brings cinematic teleport transitions to Minecraft Bedrock Edition. Use it directly through short namespaced commands, or connect it to Waystones, homes, warps, fast-travel menus, and other add-ons through the included public SDK.

Two cinematic styles

Grand

The camera rises vertically above the player, travels toward the destination, hides unloaded distance behind a smooth black fade when necessary, then approaches and descends at the destination.

Twilight

The camera orbits the player while dark fragments simulate a dissolve effect. The teleport happens behind a black fade, followed by a reverse rebuild animation at the destination.

Automatic selection

• Grand is selected for same-dimension teleports up to 1,000 horizontal blocks.
• Twilight is selected for longer same-dimension teleports.

Commands

/sf:tp <x y z> [auto|grand|twilight]
/sf:send <players> <x y z> [auto|grand|twilight]
/sf:reset [players]

The commands require cheats to be enabled. /sf:send and /sf:reset require operator permissions.

Minecraft may display an informational message because the command leaf tp is also used by the vanilla command. Always use the complete namespaced command: /sf:tp.

Add-on integration API

Shift & Fade includes a standalone JavaScript SDK based on system.sendScriptEvent. Other add-ons can request an animated teleport while keeping control of their own:

• Permissions
• Experience or item costs
• Cooldowns
• Waypoint storage
• Menus and messages
• Failure fallback

This makes Shift & Fade suitable for Waystones, homes, warps, custom portals, quest travel, and server administration tools.

Important limitations

• Shift & Fade does not replace or automatically intercept vanilla /tp.
• The current animated flow supports destinations in the player's current dimension.
• Cross-dimension systems should keep their normal teleport behavior.
• Terrain loading near the render-distance edge may cause a small local hitch on lower-powered devices.

Compatibility

• Minecraft Bedrock 1.26.30+
• Stable Script API; no experimental toggles required
• PBR capability declared for Vibrant Visuals compatibility
• Multiplayer and dedicated-server compatible

Installation

1. Import the .mcaddon file.
2. Enable both Shift & Fade packs in the world.
3. Enable cheats to use /sf:* commands.
4. For external add-ons, follow the SDK documentation available in the source repository.

Credits

Created by AresgettaYT.

Conceptually inspired by the cinematic presentation of the Java Edition projects Grand Teleport and Twilight Teleport. Shift & Fade contains its own Bedrock implementation and original assets.

This project is not affiliated with Mojang Studios or Microsoft.