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[Ellian]

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Version 2.6 release

Features:
- Compatibility with Minecraft 1.5.2


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This mod is a a material detector. Its features are:
- show the surrounding material at your level/height map
- indicate (far or not far) a given material with a direction to dig for

The detector shows also the other materials that are in the list (see FAQ for more information) and not only the selected material.
Only the blocks that are 2 blocks deep or 2 blocks above are shown.
This way, while searching for iron, you can easily found coal.
The water and lava is also displayed using this mechanism in order to avoid to dig into lava directly

Warning: As it can be used to dig very easily some rare materials, it can be consider as a CHEAT.

This mod is compatible with the latest release of Mod loader or with Minecraft Forge (the one corresponding to the latest release of minecraft).

Detector in horizontal mode: (current material selected is diamond)

In the detector screen, you can see some arrows, it will indicate the way to dig (up or down).
Two arrows mean that the material is more than 10 blocks away.

Detector in vertical mode: (used to display caves before digging straight down)


You can find my other mod by following this link
Proximity Detector

Thanks in advance for your support.

Before posting a question be sure to have read all this FAQ:

Spoiler:

• Is it compatible with other mods ?
  If you are using Mod Loader or MineForge, it is compatible with any other mod.
  
• How to add other materials to the material detector ?
  Use the menu triggered with the V (default value) key.
  
• What is the block id ?
  The block id is equal to the minecraft integer value of a block.
  The list can be found here.
  For the customized blocks with an id equals to 251:1 for example, you need to set the 1 in the sub type field.
  
• What is the key to change the zoom level ?
  Use the B (default value) key to change zoom level.
  
• What is the key to change the material to detect ?
  Use the N (default value) key to change the material to detect.
  
• How can I switch between the filtered distance or with not filtered distance ?
  You can change this option in the menu.
  
• How do i hide the detector ?
  You can disable the detector in the menu.
  
• Does it work in SMP ?
  Yes.
  
• How do I install this mod ?
  You can have a look at the videos below or in the README file.
  There are multiple ways to install this mod so I will not detailed everything here.
  
• Is it compatible with Mac ?
  Yes, it works whatever the platform PC, Mac or Linux.
  
• Will it be turned into a minimap mod ?
  No, it is not the aim of this mod. This mod is designed only to detect materials not to have a look at all the world and put waypoints to retrieve your house or whatever.
  
• How do i change the size of the minimap ?
  You can change the size of the detector in the menu.
  
• The detector map is not really nice, will the design be improved ?
  No the design will not be improved, Minecraft is a block game, so is the material detector.
  The block size is depending of the zoom level.
  
• What do I do with the META-INF folder ?
  This folder is created by my developing tool, you don't have to delete it, it is not blocking the execution of Minecraft.
  
• Is it possible to change the blocks colors ?
  Yes, you can change the block colors directly in the menu or by editing the materialsColours.txt file in the .minecraft/config folder. The colors are in the hexadecimal format.
  
• Is it possible to change the default key mapping ?
  Yes, you can change the key mapping in the menu

• Can we change the color of the arrows ?
  No it is not planned.
  
• How do I set the position of the detector ?
  You can change the position of the detector in the menu.
  The available position are RIGHT_MIDDLE, RIGHT_TOP, RIGHT_BOTTOM, LEFT_MIDDLE, LEFT_TOP, LEFT_BOTTOM, CENTER_TOP.
  
• How can I report a bug ?
  To report a bug, please provide the execution logs. You can use MCP to launch Minecraft and retrieve the execution logs.

Don't hesitate to post concerning: your tests, your feedbacks, your ideas, your bugs.

Download:
* Download

* see in the older versions for compatibility with older minecraft version

Videos
Thanks to some generous players, you can find here some videos explaining how to use my mod:

* Full manual installation video
* Another full explanation of the mod usage
* Fast diamond finding
* A mod review done in 2011

Credits:
- Thanks a lot to Lahwran and Zan for the zan minimap mod who inspired me and is the source mod of this mod
- Greeting to Professor ­ who has contributed to update this mod to 1.6 (via a donation)
- Thanks to MrWhite2 who has helped me improve this mod with very good ideas and has helped a lot of players on the forum to successfully install it
- Thanks to vdeloso which contributed through a donation, the version compatible with the 1.8 will be done ASAP
- Thanks to Zirca which contributed through a donation after the release of the 1.8.1
- Thanks to highsteve who is helping me debugging the mod

Release notes:
V2.6:
- Compatibility with Minecraft 1.5.2

Older versions:

Spoiler:

V2.5:
- Possibility to disable material detecting (except dangerous ones) to increase performance and use the detector as a minimap
- Latest version compatible with Minecraft 1.5.1

V2.4:
- Fix for the memory and performance issue
- New feature in the memu: scan size option
If you have a powerfull computer and that you accept to have some lag, you can increase the size of the scanning
each time that the menu is displayed it clears the cache to avoid memory issues

V2.3:
- Compatibility with Minecraft 1.5.1

V2.2:
- Rendering issue solved

V2.1:
- Compatibility with Minecraft 1.5
- Possibility to configure the config folder using an environment variable "ELLIAN_CONFIG"
(if the environment variable is not defined the config folder of the .minecraft folder is used be default)

V2.0:
MAJOR UPDATE

- New menu to configure the keys directly from the game
- Configuration files moved to .minecraft/config folder (but they don't need anymore to be edited directly)
- Possibility to configure the material color directly from the menu or in the materialsColours.txt file
- Possibility to set a sub type value to search for a material with an id containing a colon (for example: 242:5 for copper)
- Fix in the management of the disabled material
- Latest version compatible with Minecraft 1.4.7

V1.39:
- Zoom issue fixed

V1.38:
- Compatibility with Minecraft 1.4.6 and 1.4.7

V1.37:
- Compatibility with Minecraft 1.4.4 and Minecraft 1.4.5

V1.36:
- Compatibility with Minecraft 1.4.2

V1.35:
- Fix add material menu
- Latest version compatible with Minecraft 1.3.2

V1.34:
- Compatibility with Minecraft 1.3.2

V1.33:
- Fix the issue while adding a material
- Fix the nullpointerissue when removing a material from the menu
- Set the color of the emerald by default
- Latest version compatible with Minecraft 1.3.1

V1.32:
- Fix issue of the material menu
- Add the possibility to disable a material is the configuration files using the character #

V1.31:
- Compatibility with Minecraft 1.3.1
- Known issues: the material menu is not working anymore, please use the setting file to update your material list

V1.30:
- Bug fixes
Latest version compatible with Minecraft 1.2.5

V1.29:
- Compatibility with Minecraft 1.2.5

V1.28:
- Compatibility with Minecraft 1.2.4
- Add color for the new blocks

V1.27:
- Compatibility with Minecraft 1.2.3
Version compatible with 1.2.3

V1.26:
- Add more options in the menu
- Add GUI for menu to configure the mods without modifying manually the setting file
  The menu is triggered by the V key
Version compatible with 1.1

V1.25:
- Remove threading feature to avoid crashes

Latest version compatible with Minecraft 1.0:
Version compatible with v1.0

V1.24:
- Works with Minecraft v1.0.0
- Fix coordinates issue

V1.23:
- Fix and improve vertical mode
- Remove useless map calculation when the player was not moving

Latest version compatible with Minecraft 1.8.1:
https://adcraft.co/7wmg83


V1.22:
- Make loading of the color block more robust

V1.21:
- Fix bigger setting (the map can be resize for bigger screen)
- Add multithreading for map calculation
- Fix key press issue to avoid to change material multiple times if the material is kept pressed
- Add uranium, titanium block color

V1.20:
- Add saving of the current in game settings and reloading them at launch
- Add property to position the detector were you want on the screen
- Remove bigger feature as it was bugged
- Refractor the mod to make it easier to update
- Fix the performance issue (the mod was calculating the map even if the player was not moving)

V1.19:
- Fix vertical mode display according to the direction of the player

V1.18:
- Add possibility to display the detector map in a vertical mode instead of an horizontal mode (using the H key to switch between the 2 modes)
Usefull to detect caves before digging straight down

V1.17:
- Compatibilty with minecraft 1.8.1

V1.16:
- Fix in case of object with a high data value
- Latest version compatible with 1.7.3:
http://adf.ly/2l45X

V1.15:
- Compatibilty with minecraft 1.7.x
- Fix the fact that the detector was being shown in the menus

V1.14:
- Compatibilty with minecraft 1.6.6
- Fix previous bugs of version 1.13
Latest release compatible with minecraft 1.6:
http://adf.ly/1yo9x

V1.13:
- Compatibilty with minecraft 1.6.4

V1.12:
- Improve robustness with other mods at initialization (should fix issue with Millionaire mod)
Latest release compatible with minecraft 1.5:
http://dl.dropbox.co...ector-v1.12.jar

V1.11:
- Fix direction bug (y and x were mixed)

V1.10:
- Add a setting to display the detector bigger for the wide screens (just define the property Bigger=2 for example in the setting file)

V1.9:
- Release compatible with v1.5_01 of minecraft
- Create a standard EllianDetector.settings fileat startup if the file does not exist

V1.8:
- Add zoom level 1x (be careful when using this zoom level, it reduces a lot the FPS)
- Fix the material list issue (if diamond or iron are not defined in the settings they are not available in the material detector list)
- Latest release compatible with v1.4_01:
http://dl.dropbox.co...tector-v1.8.jar

V1.7:
- Compatible with minecraft V1.4
- Possibility to change the blocks color through a setting file
- Increase arrow size to make them more visible on hight resolution screen

V1.6: (latest version compatible with minecraft 1.3_01)
- Enhance close material detection
- Remove letters to show the search material on the detector
http://dl.dropbox.co...tector-v1.6.jar

V1.5:
- Compatibility with mod loader V5
- Change color of some blocks in order to see them better

V1.4:
- Remove heightmap feature who blurred the colors
- Add continuous lava detection to avoid to dig into lava while searching another material
Latest released compatible with mod loader V4: (no further development will be done using mod loader v4)
http://dl.dropbox.co...tector-v1.4.jar

V1.3:
- Display only the blocks that are on the same level of the player and not anymore the floor of the map

V1.2:
- Add possibility to display or hide far materials (the ones that are more than a certain value deep) (Distance filter option trigger by key V by default)
- Improve the display of the location where there is a high density of material (for coal or iron for example)

V1.1:
- Add timer to the materials change key to avoid to switch too rapidly between materials
- Possibility to hide the detector mini map
- Display of the name of the current material above the detector map

[*** COPYRIGHT NOTICE ***]

Spoiler:

This document is Copyright (2011) and is the intellectual property of the author. It may not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use as long as it remains in its unaltered, unedited form. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this mod on any other website is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright.

Note: I DO NOT grant redistribution rights to this mod to anyone that asks, whether that be for a mod-pack or whatever. Don't bother asking, as it won't happen.

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[Omnomnom24]

Thank you for this mod, look forward to testing it.

[killgoblen]

Looks cool. 2 questions, though:

-Does it have the waypoints like Zan's did?
-Does it work in SMP? If so, would it be possible to make it show players? Thanks!

[Ellian]

Concerning your question on SMp, i have updated my post.
Concerning you question on the waypoints, i don't see the need.
The detector has a reduced view of the landscape and could not be used to navigate through the world.
If you want to use waypoints, you can still add the zan mini map.
If you think about something that i have miss, don't hesitate to reply back, i may included your evolution.

[killgoblen]

Ok, thanks. And yeah, I see your point about it being too limited for navigation.

[Ellian]

UP
new release with some fixes and evolutions
Have fun !!!

[lahwran]

hell yes! your detector waypoints will be hella useful in my equivalent playertracker.

btw: I haven't released the playertracker for a reason :s

[Quintinity]

Nice mod. =)
But you show make it so you can toggle it on or off in-game.

[Alkio97]

And maybe make it merge with the minimap mod? No offence but it looks kinda crappy with his mod and yours right next to each other. When i downloaded this i thought it required Zans minimap not just a replica with the features. If you could make it merge with his minimap that would be great.

[Ellian]

The aim of this mod (for the moment) is not to be used as a minimap.
A minimap should provide much more information as the zan minimap is providing.

My mod is aimed at finding materials in the close environment.

[D. B. Cooper]

Could you make a version where this is a craftable item you use? And if you do, it shouldn't be easy to make.

[Xonoa]

i cant get the config to work
i copied the name required directly from the read me

[Ellian]

I will provide my configuration file so you can easily download it.

[bosky2102]

Up coming changes:
- Bugs:


lololol

[PurpleCamel]

Do I have to do more than just add values to the .setting file? It sometimes works though. Do objects have to be below a certain point?

[Xonoa]

what kind of file is that?
great now none of my mods are working

[Xombie]

Nice mod! I do agree with the others saying how it'd be great if you could integrate it into Zan's Minimap!

[Ellian]

The settings file is a basic text file, you can edit it with any text editor.
The important thing is to the key for the materials without any space ( fOr example "mossstone=xx" and not "moss stone=")

If none of your mods or minecraft is crashing it could come from some bad information in the settings file.

I will try to make it more robust

[setazer]

Thanks for this mod.
Got one question: How can i toggle settings like heightmap & dynamic lightning for your mod when i installed it with original zan's minimap?

[lahwran]

setazer said:

Thanks for this mod.
Got one question: How can i toggle settings like heightmap & dynamic lightning for your mod when i installed it with original zan's minimap?

they probably use the same file, if you change the settings for zanminimap and restart the game they likely will update.