Vanilla Pings Mod (26.3, 1.20.1) – Point Out Mobs and Loot to Teammates

Vanilla Pings Mod brings a quick location and entity pinging system to your Minecraft world. It lets players mark blocks, dropped items, and mobs directly in the game view using glowing markers. Because the system works through armor stands, it runs purely on the server side without forcing every player to install it. Installing it on the client unlocks a direct hotkey for even faster marking during multiplayer adventures.

Features:

• Glowing Markers: Highlights marked blocks and mobs in the world with a clear glowing aura.
• Works directly on the server without requiring connected players to install client files.
• Displays direction hints in the action bar to help teammates find active markers quickly.
• Prints ping coordinates, mob names, and health numbers directly into the chat.
• Works through water and other liquid blocks without getting blocked.
• Shows item names, enchantments, and item stack counts when marking dropped loot.
• Flashes glowing markers right before they disappear from the screen.
• Plays an audio cue whenever a player places a new marker.
• Lets server operators adjust chat language files, cooldown timers, and ping distances.

Commands:

• /ping: Pings the block or mob directly in front of your crosshair.
• /vanillapings reload: Reloads all configuration settings from the properties file.
• /vanillapings removeOld: Clears leftover markers that did not delete on their own.
• /vanillapings language <name>: Changes the active language for ping chat messages.
• /vanillapings sound : Turns ping sound alerts on or off.
• /vanillapings cooldown <ticks>: Sets the waiting time between player pings in game ticks.
• /vanillapings item <item>: Changes the item displayed inside the ping marker.
• /vanillapings item count : Toggles item quantity counts for dropped items.
• /vanillapings item count range <value>: Sets the search distance for counting nearby dropped items.
• /vanillapings glowing : Toggles the glowing highlight effect on markers.
• /vanillapings glowing flash : Toggles the flashing effect before markers despawn.
• /vanillapings range <value>: Sets the maximum distance players can place a ping.
• /vanillapings range chat <value>: Sets the chat message broadcast distance around a ping.
• /vanillapings range direction <value>: Sets the distance for receiving action bar direction alerts.

Configuration:

• lang: Selects the language code used for chat text notifications.
• ping-chat-message-range: Adjusts how close a player must be to read ping chat messages.
• ping-cooldown: Defines the delay in game ticks required between each ping.
• ping-direction-message-range: Sets the range in blocks for action bar direction notices.
• ping-glowing: Controls whether placed markers show a glowing aura.
• ping-glowing-flash: Makes markers blink right before timing out.
• ping-item: Sets the block or item held by the invisible marker armor stand.
• ping-item-count: Shows the total count of items lying near a marked item.
• ping-item-count-range: Distance used to count neighboring ground items.
• ping-max-range: Maximum block range for creating pings.
• ping-remove-old: Automatically purges stuck markers every 20 seconds.
• ping-sound: Controls whether a sound plays when a ping appears.

How to Use:

1. Aim your crosshair at any block, item, or mob you want to highlight.
2. Press the Z key on your keyboard to instantly place a ping marker.
3. Type /ping in chat if you play on a server without the mod installed on your client.
4. Check your action bar to see the compass direction toward nearby team markers.
5. Rebind the default key anytime under Options > Controls > Key Binds in the controls menu.

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