Saturnity
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Heyo, here with another silly little item to consider.
JEI (Just Enough Items) was client-side for a long time. Super useful tool for just quickly searching for crafting recipes, especially since the green book of recipes is very finnicky. Starting with 1.21.2, the recipe sync system changed and now JEI can't read recipes off a vanilla/Paper server anymore unless something on the server side bridges the gap. Basically made it that instead of the client having the recipes, the server sends you the recipes.
One large issue is that JEI is primarily a Forge/Fabric mod, and I imagine since we are only really using plugins, it probably doesn't include anything like Cardboard/Banner to allow Fabric mods to run alongside the normal plugins. Basically requires a hybrid setup, which can be incredibly irritating, as if a system isn't already hybrid, it requires replacing the server jar and hybrids can be a tad less stable than just a pure one-sided installation, along with sometimes screwing up plugins.
but:
there's a Paper plugin that fixes this called JustEnoughRecipes by DerSimeon:
What it does tldr;
- Runs server-side only, collects all crafting recipes and sends them to clients in the format Fabric mods expect
- No gameplay impact, no extra dependencies, no config needed
- Doesn't force anyone to install JEI. If you don't have JEI, nothing changes for you. If you do, it just starts working again
- Supports Paper 1.21.11
Basically zero downside for people who don't use JEI, and it brings back a really useful QoL tool for those of us who do. Recipe lookup, item search, "show me what this is used for" all comes back. Kind of a win-win where it doesn't change anything required by users, but also happens to allow users to use an old classic mod.
JEI (Just Enough Items) was client-side for a long time. Super useful tool for just quickly searching for crafting recipes, especially since the green book of recipes is very finnicky. Starting with 1.21.2, the recipe sync system changed and now JEI can't read recipes off a vanilla/Paper server anymore unless something on the server side bridges the gap. Basically made it that instead of the client having the recipes, the server sends you the recipes.
One large issue is that JEI is primarily a Forge/Fabric mod, and I imagine since we are only really using plugins, it probably doesn't include anything like Cardboard/Banner to allow Fabric mods to run alongside the normal plugins. Basically requires a hybrid setup, which can be incredibly irritating, as if a system isn't already hybrid, it requires replacing the server jar and hybrids can be a tad less stable than just a pure one-sided installation, along with sometimes screwing up plugins.
but:
there's a Paper plugin that fixes this called JustEnoughRecipes by DerSimeon:
What it does tldr;
- Runs server-side only, collects all crafting recipes and sends them to clients in the format Fabric mods expect
- No gameplay impact, no extra dependencies, no config needed
- Doesn't force anyone to install JEI. If you don't have JEI, nothing changes for you. If you do, it just starts working again
- Supports Paper 1.21.11
Basically zero downside for people who don't use JEI, and it brings back a really useful QoL tool for those of us who do. Recipe lookup, item search, "show me what this is used for" all comes back. Kind of a win-win where it doesn't change anything required by users, but also happens to allow users to use an old classic mod.