Batty's Coordinates PLUS! Mod: Your Ultimate In-Game HUD Companion
Minecraft’s F3 debug screen is a treasure trove of information, but keeping it open clutters your view and breaks immersion. Batty's Coordinates PLUS! solves that by elegantly displaying essential data right on your main game screen. This lightweight mod combines three powerful tools: a coordinate display, a stopwatch timer, and a configurable info panel. Whether you're exploring new biomes, timing speed challenges, or monitoring light levels to prevent mob spawns, this mod keeps everything discreetly in the corner of your eye.
What Makes This Mod Special?
Unlike many HUD mods, Batty's Coordinates PLUS! doesn't require Forge (though a Forge-compatible version exists separately). It modifies a few core Minecraft classes to overlay information without affecting performance. The result is a seamless, always-available dashboard that you control entirely with your keyboard’s numpad. Every setting—from screen position to display mode—is remembered between sessions, so you set it once and forget it.
Coordinate Display Modes
The mod’s namesake feature offers seven distinct modes that progressively reveal more detail. You cycle through them with a simple key press.
- Mode 0: Coordinates are hidden—perfect for cinematic screenshots.
- Mode 1: Shows X, Y, Z and the compass direction you’re facing (North, South, etc.).
- Mode 2: Adds indicators showing whether your X and Z coordinates will increase or decrease if you move forward.
- Mode 3: Displays the current biome below your coordinates, invaluable for biome-specific resource hunting.
- Mode 4: Includes the Minecraft day counter (dy), helping you track long-term projects.
- Mode 5: Replaces world coordinates with chunk information—showing which chunk you’re in and your block position within it, formatted like
c-10 b9.
This granularity lets you choose exactly how much screen real estate you’re willing to sacrifice. The coordinates can appear in the top-left, top-right, or bottom-right corner of your screen.
The Stopwatch Timer
Speedrunners and mini-game enthusiasts will love the built-in stopwatch. It sits unobtrusively in a corner and can be started, stopped, and reset with numpad keys. The timer displays hours, minutes, and seconds, and its color changes at a glance: a warm hue when running, a cooler one when stopped. You can place it in five different screen positions—top left, top centre, top right, bottom right, or bottom left—ensuring it never interferes with your main view.
Info Panel: FPS, Light Level, and Moon Phase
A third overlay, the Info Panel, cycles between three vital readouts with a single button press.
- FPS Display: Monitor your frames per second to fine-tune performance settings.
- Block Light Level: Shows the artificial light level of the block you’re standing on. This is crucial for preventing hostile mob spawns—levels of 7 or below are dangerous, and the mod even color-codes them: dim colors for unsafe light, bright colors for safe levels.
- Moon Phase Icon: A small icon indicates the current moon phase, which affects slime spawns and mob difficulty.
The Info Panel can be placed in four corners: top left, top centre, top right, or bottom right.
Customization and Controls
All controls are mapped to the numpad (make sure NumLock is on). The default keys let you toggle visibility, cycle modes, and reposition each element. But the real magic lies in the optional BatMod.properties file. By creating this simple text file in your .minecraft folder, you can recolor every piece of text the mod displays. You can differentiate positive and negative coordinates with distinct colors, choose custom characters for increase/decrease indicators, and even set whether copied coordinates use standard format or a /tp command format for easy teleportation.
For instance, you might set Coords.colours.PosCoordText = green and Coords.colours.NegCoordText = red to instantly recognize your quadrant. A sample properties file is available from the mod’s documentation to help you get started without guesswork.
Installation and Compatibility
Because Batty's Coordinates PLUS! modifies GuiIngame.class, GuiIngameMenu.class, and Minecraft.class, it will conflict with other mods that alter the same files. However, Optifine does not touch these classes, so they coexist perfectly. The traditional installation method involves opening your Minecraft jar, deleting the META-INF folder, and merging the mod’s class files—a process that can be daunting for newcomers. Alternatively, launchers like MagicLauncher or MultiMC simplify the process. For those who prefer a hassle-free setup, this mod can be easily installed via the foxygame.net launcher — a convenient, flexible, and modern Minecraft launcher where you can download mods right from the menu. No matter which method you choose, always back up your world before modifying game files.
Why You Should Try It
Batty's Coordinates PLUS! strips away the clutter of the debug screen and delivers only what you need, when you need it. The combination of coordinates, timer, and info panel in one lightweight package makes it a must-have for builders, explorers, and technical players alike. Its non-Forge nature also means it can run on vanilla-like setups where other HUD mods fail. Once you experience the convenience of at-a-glance coordinates and a color-coded light level readout, you’ll wonder how you ever played without it.