Utility Nexus QoL

💡 Utility Nexus QoL

Small optional quality-of-life tweaks for NeoForge: a vanilla-style beacon beam of light rising from every Waystones block so travel hubs stand out at a distance, and an in-GUI picker for crafting recipes that clash between mods.

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✨ Overview

Utility Nexus QoL is a home for small, optional player-facing enhancements that don't belong in a server-ops mod or a crash-patch mod. Features that enhance another mod stay completely inert unless that mod is installed; the rest are pure vanilla. Every feature is a self-contained toggle. Built for NeoForge 21.1.249 on Minecraft 1.21.1. What it covers so far: Waystone Beacon Beam — a client-side vanilla beacon beam over every Waystones block in view, with configurable colour and height. Requires the Waystones mod; a no-op without it. Recipe Conflict Selector — when several mods define crafting recipes that share the same ingredients but produce different results, an in-GUI picker above the result slot lets you choose which one you get. Pure vanilla, no dependencies.

🎯 Features

🌟 Waystone Beacon Beam

Renders a vanilla-style beacon beam rising from the top of every Waystones block within render distance, so bases, shops and travel hubs are visible from far away — just like a beacon marks a spot.

• Client-side only; nothing changes on a server, and nothing is sent over the network
• Waystones blocks are found by registry namespace alone — the mod never links against the Waystones API, so it survives Waystones updates
• Double-gated: the render is only wired up when the Waystones mod is actually present, and a runtime check re-confirms that on every frame — with Waystones absent the feature registers nothing and cannot crash
• Beam colour (RGB) and height in blocks are configurable

🔄 Recipe Conflict Selector

When two or more crafting recipes match the same grid layout but produce different results — a common clash once several mods are installed — vanilla silently picks one and you can never craft the other. This adds a small swap-arrows button above the crafting result slot so you can pick.

• Works in the crafting table and the 2×2 inventory grid
• Click the button to open a bordered panel of every possible result — the current pick is outlined, and hovering an icon shows its tooltip. Click one to switch.
• The choice updates the preview and the real craft, and is remembered for the rest of the session (never written to disk)
• Pure vanilla — no dependencies. When a grid has only one possible result the button never appears and behaviour is unchanged.
• For the pick to affect a real craft, the mod must be installed on both the client and the server

⚙️ Configuration Reference

Files live under config/utility_nexus/qol/.

Key	Default	Notes
config.toml — [waystoneBeam]
waystoneBeam.enabled	true	Master switch for the Waystone Beacon Beam. Requires the Waystones mod; does nothing without it.
waystoneBeam.beamHeightBlocks	100	How many blocks tall the beam is. Range 1–1024.
waystoneBeam.colorRed	80	Beam colour, red channel (0–255).
waystoneBeam.colorGreen	200	Beam colour, green channel (0–255).
waystoneBeam.colorBlue	255	Beam colour, blue channel (0–255).
recipe-select.toml — [recipeSelect]
recipeSelect.enabled	true	Master switch for the Recipe Conflict Selector (both the client button and the server-side recipe override).

📋 Requirements

Minecraft	1.21.1
NeoForge	21.1.249+
Java	21
Waystones	optional — only needed for the Waystone Beacon Beam feature
Dependencies	none — the Recipe Conflict Selector is pure vanilla

🎮 How to Use

1. Install NeoForge 21.1.249 for Minecraft 1.21.1.
2. Place Utility Nexus QoL in your mods folder.
3. Install Waystones as well to get the Waystone Beacon Beam — the beam appears automatically over Waystones blocks.
4. To change the beam colour or height, or to switch it off, edit config/utility_nexus/qol/config.toml ([waystoneBeam]).
5. The Recipe Conflict Selector works out of the box: whenever a crafting grid has more than one possible result, a button appears above the output slot. Turn it off in config/utility_nexus/qol/recipe-select.toml ([recipeSelect]).

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🙏 Credits

Developed by Stalking Dragons.

https://codex.skdragons.com/
Codex Stalking Dragons — Minecraft Modding