Features:
- Player marker stays visible on maps even far outside their boundaries
- Off-map and off-limits decorations are converted into regular player decorations
- The marker keeps its rotation, so your facing direction is always readable
- Optional distance readout to the map centre or the nearest mapped structure
- Short unit format such as 1.2k above a configurable threshold of 1000 blocks
- JSON config file with seven options, including a custom distance format string
- In-game configuration screen with the optional Cloth Config and Mod Menu mods
- Commands to set, get, reset, reload and check the settings without a restart
- Server-side: connected clients do not need the mod when the server has it
- Compatible with most mods that do not heavily modify maps
- NeoForge support for Minecraft 1.21.1
- Made by MrErenK
Maps work well right up to the moment you leave the area they cover. Step past the edge and the player indicator turns into a generic off-map marker with no sense of direction, which makes following a treasure map to its buried chest far more of a guessing game than it should be. This mod converts those off-map and off-limits decorations back into regular player decorations and keeps the rotation intact, so the marker keeps pointing wherever you are actually looking.
On top of that it can print how far you are from the centre of the map, or from the nearest structure marked on it, turning an ordinary Minecraft map into a rough navigation aid. Large values can be shortened to a compact form such as 1.2k once they pass a threshold you choose, which keeps the readout tidy on long journeys.
Everything is adjustable. A JSON configuration file holds the options: whether distances appear at all, whether they show outside the boundaries, inside them or for structures, plus the format string and the short-unit threshold. With Cloth Config and Mod Menu installed the same settings get a proper in-game screen, and the mod’s own commands can read, change, reset and reload them mid-session without a restart.
Built for NeoForge on Minecraft 1.21.1, it runs on the server side, so a group only needs it installed once and connected players get the improved markers without touching their own setup. A plain vanilla server will not apply the fix, and compatibility with other mods holds up well as long as they do not heavily modify maps themselves.
