Boat Item View

About

The Boat Item View Mod is a client-side only Minecraft Mod that allows the player to see the item held in their hand while riding in a boat.

This is functionality is normally not possible in the base game.  

Note: Any items being displayed in the hand when the boat is moving still cannot be used. This mod only deals with rendering, it does not change vanilla serverside logic.

Features

• Toggle the ability to render hand items when sitting in a moving boat.
• Define the type of items to be rendered when sitting in a moving boat.
• Compatibility with Cloth Config and ModMenu   

Installation

This mod is client-side only. Do not install this on dedicated servers.

Dependencies

• Fabric API (Optional)
• Cloth Config API (Required, Preinstalled in this mod)
• Mod Menu API (Optional, install if you like an Ingame Config GUI)

Usage

Enabling this Mod

1. Open the Configuration File. This can be done via minecraft/config/boatiview/client.toml or the Mods -> Boat Item View -> Configure Button if you have Mod Menu Installed.
2. Set the Configuration Option "showHandsInMovingBoat" to True.
3. Hold the item in the player's main hand or offhand.

• Usage with ModMenu Config GUI: https://streamable.com/m8n37z

Adding an item to the display list

1. Open the Configuration File. This can be done via minecraft/config/boatiview/client.toml or the Mods -> Boat Item View -> Configure Button if you have Mod Menu Installed.
2. Add a new entry to the "itemsToShowInMovingBoat" option. This entry is the namespaced id of an item. E.g. "minecraft:carrot"
3. Click "Save" in the File Editor program if you have opened the client.toml file. If you are using Mod Menu, click the "Save and Quit" button.

• Usage in ModMenu Config GUI: https://streamable.com/n9vwwz
• Usage in TOML File: https://streamable.com/9f5z3v

Screenshots

The Config GUI that is generated when Mod Menu is installed alongside this mod.

Issues

Please report any issues to the issue tracker linked at the top of this page.

Credits

Treblero, for the original idea