Description

TravellersToasts

Vanilla Minecraft features a plethora of biomes, yet many go overlooked due to visual similarities with other biomes. TravellersToasts is a small mod which aims to better express the personalities of each biome by displaying a toast when you begin 'exploring' a new biome—take a look!

A longstanding issue I've had with vanilla Minecraft is how unrewarding it can feel to visit new biomes. I hope this small addition could help incentivize/reward traveling—if only just a bit more.

Features (Technical Information)

...Well, the singular feature of this mod fairly evident, so I'll use this section to talk about the various checks in place to ensure biome toasts only show when it makes most sense (that is, to not just mirror whatever biome the debug screen shows).

• Movement Checks (biome toasts will not be immediately shown when entering a new biome until the player's future position (based on current velocity) remains within said biome for a set amount of time).
  - This prevents biome toasts from showing up when traversing through a biome quickly (e.g. riding a boat on ice).
   
• Cooldown Checks (a biome toast for a given biome will never show up twice within a configurable cooldown period).
  - This prevents biome toasts from being invoked constantly when crossing the same border often.
   
• Location Checks (biome toasts will not be shown when underground, unless in a cave biome (e.g. lush caves)).
  - This prevents biome toasts from showing up when mining (as opposed to the default behavior of underground biomes mirroring the surface).
  - Additionally, for ocean biomes, toasts will not show if the player is not swimming (e.g. riding a boat).
   
• Inhabited Time Checks (biome toasts will never be shown when entering a chunk with an inhabited time past a *configurable* threshold).
  - This prevents biome toasts from showing in bases or commonly explored areas.
  - Note: This feature is not available on servers which don't have the mod installed!

Summarizing, to begin 'exploring' a new biome is to enter a biome whilst passing all the above checks (and probably a few more I forgot to list). Thanks for reading!

What means Verified?

• Compatibility: The mod should be compatible with the latest version of Minecraft and be clearly labeled with its supported versions.
• Functionality: The mod should work as advertised and not cause any game-breaking bugs or crashes.
• Security: The mod should not contain any malicious code or attempts to steal personal information.
• Performance: The mod should not cause a significant decrease in the game's performance, such as by causing lag or reducing frame rates.
• Originality: The mod should be original and not a copy of someone else's work.
• Up-to-date: The mod should be regularly updated to fix bugs, improve performance, and maintain compatibility with the latest version of Minecraft.
• Support: The mod should have an active developer who provides support and troubleshooting assistance to users.
• License: The mod should be released under a clear and open source license that allows others to use, modify, and redistribute the code.
• Documentation: The mod should come with clear and detailed documentation on how to install and use it.

How to Install