AdvancedInfo

AdvancedInfo

A Hytale server plugin that displays a configurable information HUD with real-time data about the player's surroundings and current target.

The panel is registered as its own keyed HUD, so it coexists with other mods' custom HUDs.

HUD Panels

• Time - the server's current wall-clock time.
• Biome - the name of the biome the player is standing in.
• Position - the player's current XYZ coordinates.
• World Time - the in-game world time.
• Zone - the zone and tier the player is currently in.
• Target - the name and health of the entity or block the player is looking at, with an optional health bar.
• Captions - labels shown next to each HUD value.
• Timezone Offset - the UTC offset of the active timezone shown next to the time (hidden by default; requires a timezone to be set).

Storage Panel

A second panel that appears while the player looks at a storage block (chest, barrel, …) and lists its contents: one icon per item type with the total count, sorted from the largest count to the smallest.

• Has its own alignment, independent of the info panel; with the same alignment it is shown below the info panel.
• By default it is shown and placed where the info panel is.
• Uses the width and background opacity of the info panel. The size of the item icons and counts has its own setting (/ai storage size), which only changes how many items fit in a row.
• The counts have a black outline for readability on light icons; it can be turned off (/ai storage outline off).
• The number of item rows is limited (/ai storage rows); further items are summarised as +N.
• With the SimpleClaims mod installed, the contents of a storage block in a claimed chunk are only shown to players who may open it there.

Target Health Bar

• Two display styles: below (bar underneath the name) and overlay (name rendered on top of the bar).
• Health-gradient color: transitions from red through orange and yellow to green based on remaining health.
• Can be toggled independently from the target panel.

Settings UI

Run /ai ui to open the in-game settings page. It configures all options without typing commands and is split into tabs:

• Info - the info panel:
  • Visibility - toggle each HUD panel on or off individually.
  • Alignment - choose horizontal (left, center, right) and vertical (top, bottom) position.
  • Time - switch between 12-hour and 24-hour format, select a timezone from a dropdown, or type any IANA timezone ID directly, and choose how the world day is shown (hidden, day of the year, total days).
  • Target Health Bar - choose the display style (overlay or below).
• Storage - the storage panel: show or hide it, its alignment, the maximum number of item rows (1-6), the item size (10-32) and the outline around the counts.
• Display - sliders for the font size (8-32) and the panel background opacity (0-100 %), shared by both panels.

Use SAVE to apply and close, RESET DEFAULTS to restore all settings, or Close to discard unsaved changes.

Commands

All commands use /advanced-info or the alias /ai.

Command	Description
/ai ui	Open the in-game settings UI.
/ai show <element>	Show a specific HUD element.
/ai hide <element>	Hide a specific HUD element.
/ai show captions	Show all HUD element captions.
/ai hide captions	Hide all HUD element captions.
/ai show all	Show all HUD elements.
/ai hide all	Hide all HUD elements.
/ai time <12|24>	Set the time display format to 12-hour or 24-hour.
/ai day <none|year|total>	Show no day, the day of the in-game year (default) or the total number of days since the world started in the world time row.
/ai timezone <zone>	Set the timezone for the time display using an IANA zone ID (e.g. Europe/Prague, America/New_York, UTC).
/ai align <h> <v>	Set both horizontal and vertical alignment at once.
/ai halign <left|center|right>	Set the horizontal alignment of the HUD panel.
/ai valign <top|bottom>	Set the vertical alignment of the HUD panel.
/ai healthbar <below|overlay>	Set the health bar display style.
/ai font <size>	Set the font size of the HUD labels (range: 8-32, default: 18).
/ai opacity <percent>	Set the panel background opacity (range: 0-100, default: 60).
/ai storage align <h> <v>	Set the horizontal and vertical alignment of the storage panel.
/ai storage rows <n>	Set the maximum number of item rows in the storage panel (range: 1-6, default: 2).
/ai storage size <n>	Set the size of the item icons and counts in the storage panel (range: 10-32, default: 18).
/ai storage outline <on|off>	Turn the black outline around the item counts in the storage panel on or off (default: on).
/ai status	Print the current visibility and configuration of all HUD elements.
/ai reset	Reset all settings to their default values.

Available elements for show/hide: time, biome, position, worldtime, zone, target, healthbar, timezone, storage.

Permissions

Every player can use the mod by default. Server admins can take parts of it away, either for single players or for a whole group, by adding a deny entry (a permission prefixed with -).

Permission	Grants
advancedinfo.command	The /ai command and all its subcommands.
advancedinfo.command.<subcommand>	A single subcommand, e.g. advancedinfo.command.ui or advancedinfo.command.show.healthbar.
advancedinfo.health	Seeing the target's health (the numbers next to its name and the health bar). Without it, the health options are also hidden from the settings UI.
advancedinfo.storage	Seeing the contents of the targeted storage block in the storage panel. Without it, the panel, its settings tab and the /ai storage settings are unavailable.

Examples:

• Hide target health from one player: /perm user add <uuid> -advancedinfo.health
• Hide target health for all regular players: /perm group add hytale:Adventurer -advancedinfo.health (groups that inherit from hytale:Adventurer are affected too; hytale:Admin keeps it through * unless you add the deny entry there as well)
• Hide storage contents for all regular players: /perm group add hytale:Adventurer -advancedinfo.storage
• Disallow the /ai command for one player: /perm user add <uuid> -advancedinfo.command

The same entries can be written to permissions.json directly.

Settings

All settings are saved per-player and persist across sessions. Settings introduced in future versions are automatically migrated with sensible defaults.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for the full version history.

Project page

Source code and issue tracker: https://github.com/MH1/AdvancedInfo