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MineLights is a Minecraft Fabric mod that brings your world to life with dynamic RGB lighting effects for your peripherals. It targets a range of Minecraft versions (1.14.3+) and uses a modular design to support a wide range of hardware.

Currently supported: MInecraft 1.14.3 - 1.21.10 (Fabric)

Features

  • Extensive Multi-SDK Support: Integrates with a wide array of RGB SDKs simultaneously, including OpenRGB, Corsair iCUE, Logitech G HUB, Razer Chroma, MSI Mystic Light, ASUS Aura, SteelSeries GameSense, and Wooting.
  • Dynamic Environmental Effects: Your lighting changes in real-time based on your in-game surroundings.
    • Biome Colors: Your keyboard's background color smoothly transitions to match the biome you're in.
    • Weather Effects: Experience rain and dramatic lightning flashes during in-game thunderstorms.
    • Status Effects: Your lighting will react when you are on fire, poisoned, or withering.
    • Block Effects: Standing in lava, fire, or portals will trigger unique lighting themes.
  • In-Game Status Bars: Use your keyboard's function keys as real-time status bars for health, hunger, and experience, alongside tracking other players or waypoints!
  • Compass: A compass on your numpad (Extended keyboards only) will appear, if you have either a compass or recovery compass in your inventory! Alternatively it can always be displayed via a toggle in settings.
  • Highly Configurable: An in-game configuration screen (via Mod Menu) lets you enable/disable every feature, integration, and even individual devices.
  • Multiple Languages: Support for English, Anglish, German and Chinese (Simplified) has been added (Along with some joke languages)

Supported RGB Software

  • OpenRGB Full device support (DIRECT mode!). Requires OpenRGB - Windows, Linux and MacOS.
  • Corsair iCUE: Full device support for keyboards, mice, headsets, and more via the iCUE SDK (requires Corsair iCUE - Windows).
  • Logitech G HUB / Lightsync: Controls Logitech G keyboards, mice, headsets, and other Lightsync-enabled gear (requires Logitech G HUB - Windows).
  • Razer Chroma: Extensive support for all Razer Chroma-enabled peripherals like keyboards, mice, and mousepads (requires Razer Synapse - Windows).
  • MSI Mystic Light: Control for motherboards, GPUs, and other devices via the Mystic Light SDK (requires MSI Center - Windows).
  • ASUS Aura Sync: Control for motherboards, GPUs, and other devices via the ASUS Aura SDK (requires Armoury Crate - Windows).
  • SteelSeries GameSense: Integration with SteelSeries peripherals like keyboards, mice, and headsets (requires SteelSeries GG - Windows).
  • Wooting: Direct, low-latency control for Wooting analog keyboards (requires Wootility software to be running - Windows).
  • Novation: Support for Novation MIDI controllers like the Launchpad, enabling unique grid-based effects (Windows).
  • Raspberry Pi Pico: Directly control custom DIY lighting projects powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico (Windows).
  • Yeelights Directly control your Yeelights smarthome bulbs (Universal).

This project uses the RGB.Net Nuget package.

🛠️ Installation

Prerequisites

  • Minecraft Fabric: You must have the Fabric Loader installed.
  • Mod Menu: Required to access the in-game configuration screen.
  • Cloth Config API: Required to access the in-game configuration screen.
  • (Optional) OpenRGB: If you want to use OpenRGB devices, make sure the OpenRGB server is running before you launch Minecraft.
  • (Optional) All other RGB software: If you have any other hardware, ensure their official software is installed and running.

Installation

  • Simply place the mod in your mods folder, then start Minecraft. Wait 20+- seconds, and your RGB will be detected! (112MB+- download for the RGB Server on Windows on first launch).

Installing MineLights version 2.2: Simply place the mod in your mods folder, then start Minecraft. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Installing MineLights version 2.1 or below: Follow the guide in the release changelog.

Usage

  1. Launch Minecraft: Start the game with your Fabric profile.
  2. Configure:
    • In the main menu, go to Mods > MineLights > Config (the gear icon).
    • Enable the integrations you want to use (OpenRGB, Corsair iCUE, etc.).
    • Save the config.
    • Refresh devices to show newly added devices.
    • You can re-enter the config to disable specific devices if you wish.
    • ⚠️: MSI Mystic Light integration requires you to restart the MineLights server as administrator to work!
  3. Enjoy! Your lighting will now sync with your game.

Roadmap

  • Windows Dynamic Lighting: Integration with Windows Dynamic Lighting is planned for the future.
  • Improve Device Compatibility: Continuously working to improve support for more devices across all SDKs.
  • Community Testing: Ideally have testers, well test!
  • Resolve Issues: I aim to resolve problems either within the issues page or issues I personally find and log.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and submit a pull request.

Contact

For any questions, suggestions, or bug reports, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.

About

MineLights is a Minecraft mod that brings RGB lighting integrations to Minecraft Java Edition.

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