Boat Item View

About

The Boat Item View Mod is a client-side only Minecraft Mod that allows the player to see the item held in their hand while riding in a boat.

This is functionality is normally not possible in the base game.  

Note: Any items being displayed in the hand when the boat is moving still cannot be used. This mod only deals with rendering, it does not change vanilla serverside logic.

Features

• Toggle the ability to render hand items when sitting in a moving boat.
• Define the type of items to be rendered when sitting in a moving boat.
• Compatibility with Cloth Config and ModMenu   

Installation

This mod is client-side only. Do not install this on dedicated servers.

Dependencies

• Fabric API (Required)
• Cloth Config API (Required, Preinstalled in this mod)
• Mod Menu API (Optional, install if you like an Ingame Config GUI)

Usage

Enabling this Mod

1. Open the Configuration File. This can be done via minecraft/config/boatiview/client.toml or the Mods -> Boat Item View -> Configure Button if you have Mod Menu Installed.
2. Set the Configuration Option “showHandsInMovingBoat” to True.
3. Hold the item in the player’s main hand or offhand.

• Usage with ModMenu Config GUI: https://streamable.com/m8n37z

Adding an item to the display list

1. Open the Configuration File. This can be done via minecraft/config/boatiview/client.toml or the Mods -> Boat Item View -> Configure Button if you have Mod Menu Installed.
2. Add a new entry to the “itemsToShowInMovingBoat” option. This entry is the namespaced id of an item. E.g. “minecraft:carrot”
3. Click “Save” in the File Editor program if you have opened the client.toml file. If you are using Mod Menu, click the “Save and Quit” button.

• Usage in ModMenu Config GUI: https://streamable.com/n9vwwz
• Usage in TOML File: https://streamable.com/9f5z3v

Screenshots

Issues

Please report any issues to the issue tracker linked at the top of this page.

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