Could someone convert this mod to 1.14.4?

[Dams]

Hi, I don't have great skills in Minecraft mod, but I'm pretty good in Java. However, I did everything I could to convert this mod (the ReachCirclesMod (1.8.9)) to 1.14.4 but impossible. Could someone help me to do it?
Here is the download link for the jar plugin (1.8.9):  [diesieben07: removed random mediafire link]

Edited April 2, 2020 by diesieben07
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[Dams]

  On 4/2/2020 at 3:20 PM, diesieben07 said:

Please link to the original source of the mod instead of just some random Mediafire upload.

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[Draco18s]

That's not source code, that's a youtube video.

[Dams]

  On 4/3/2020 at 6:37 PM, Draco18s said:

That's not source code, that's a youtube video.

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No release of the source code, unfortunately...

[me1]

@Dams Why would you want that mod anyway? Looks like a cheat to me...

Edited April 3, 2020 by me1

[Dams]

  On 4/3/2020 at 7:26 PM, me1 said:

@Dams Why would you want that mod anyway? Looks like a cheat to me...

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It's not a cheat, this mod draws a line 3 blocks from each player, that's all. This allows to see if a player has a reach or not (even if the ping interferes). 

[Draco18s]

  On 4/3/2020 at 6:44 PM, Dams said:

No release of the source code, unfortunately...

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Then I have no idea how you're going to go about "updating" it.

[TheGreyGhost]

Howdy

 

It does look like a fairly simple mod in terms of the amount of work needed to recreate it.  I suggest you don't spend any time trying to find/decompile the source code, it would be easier for you to recreate from scratch.

 

The basic algorithm I think you need is

1) Subscribe to the RenderWorldLastEvent

2) Iterate through all Entities within a desired distance from the player; eg using world::getEntitiesWithinAABB

3) Draw a circle around each one eg similar to vanilla's worldRenderer::drawSelectionBox or this code here.

 

The hardest bit will be making the circle appear "real" in space - the original mod appears to drop the circle down onto the ground like a vertical shadow.  You might need to play around quite a bit to make an effect that looks three-dimensional.

 

Cheers

  TGG

 

 

 

 

[DavidM]

  On 4/4/2020 at 6:44 AM, TheGreyGhost said:

The basic algorithm I think you need is

1) Subscribe to the RenderWorldLastEvent

2) Iterate through all Entities within a desired distance from the player; eg using world::getEntitiesWithinAABB

3) Draw a circle around each one eg similar to vanilla's worldRenderer::drawSelectionBox or this code here.

 

The hardest bit will be making the circle appear "real" in space - the original mod appears to drop the circle down onto the ground like a vertical shadow.  You might need to play around quite a bit to make an effect that looks three-dimensional.

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I think another approach to this would be to subscribe to RenderLivingEvent and draw the circle at the given position from the event. This might be easier to implement, and can be a bit more flexible.