Smooth Chat

⚠ Warning - this mod adds animation to the chat of the game which may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Usage discretion is advised. Read the license/unlicense.

About

Mod for making the chat smoothly move upwards whenever sending/receiving a message. The mod is available in Fabric and Forge.

SmoothChat.mp4

Requirements

Fabric:

Forge:

Commands

Command	Description	Side
/smoothchat reset	resets all the values to default	Client
/smoothchat true/false	activates or deactivates the smooth chat	Client
/smoothchat speed <float-seconds>	sets the time in seconds or fractions of a second for the chat transition	Client
/smoothchat config reload	loads the values set in the configuration file for the mod	Client
/smoothchat upward-animation true/false	toggles the Upward animation	Client
/smoothchat left-right-animation true/false	toggles the Left To Right animation	Client

• /smoothchat reset - resets all the values to default
• /smoothchat true/false - activates or deactivates the smooth chat
• /smoothchat speed <float-seconds> - sets the time in seconds or fractions of a second for the chat transition
• /smoothchat config reload - loads the values set in the configuration file for the mod
• /smoothchat upward-animation true/false - toggles the Upward animation
• /smoothchat left-right-animation true/false - toggles the Left To Right animation

Configuration

The mod creates a file named smoothchat-config.json in the config directory of the game instance. This instance looks like

{
  "SmoothChat": true,
  "TransitionTimeFloat": 0.5,
  "LeftToRight": true,
  "Upward": false
}

• SmoothChat - a boolean that indicates whether the smooth chat is enabled or not
• TransitionTimeFloat - a float specifying the time for the transition in seconds or fractions of a second
• LeftToRight - a boolean specifying if the animation should be from left to right. Mutually exclusive with Upwards
• Upward - a boolean specifying whether the animation should be upwards. Mutually exclusive with LeftToRight

License

This mod was made using various libraries. They have their own licenses:

• Architectury API - https://github.com/architectury/architectury-api
• Fabric API - https://github.com/FabricMC/fabric

This mod itself is available under The Unlicense