Pause/Lag indicator
Simple spinner that keeps going so long as the game is running. (instantly know if the game is paused or lagging by looking at it NOT spin)
I don't know my version or loader
Extremely simple mod that adds a little Spinner to the Top Left of the screen to indicate that the world is ticking at the right speed. One spin per second is ideal.
Not spinning means there's lag or the world is paused.
Required on server and client. Keybind is available to be set, so you can disable seeing the spinner clientside.
Created to help find modded screens that don't pause the game with the Menu Pause mod by Macbrayne, but also works great for server lag detection.
For multiplayer pausing, iChun has a mod for that. I just needed to tie it all together with an indicator like this.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 1.21.1, 1.20.1, 1.19.2
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as pause_indicator-1.0.2-forge-1.20.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 419 KB
- Download link checked 28 Sept 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.