BetterHead Chat

Evidence

Ran on Kiln's test stand (2026-11-04): OverheadChatClient did not start: java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: Class net.minecraft.client.Minecraft does not have member field 'java.io.File gameDirectory'.

What it needs from Kiln

• Mixin
• com.mojang.authlib.GameProfile
• com.mojang.blaze3d.vertex.PoseStack
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.command.v2.ClientCommandRegistrationCallback
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.command.v2.ClientCommands
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.message.v1.ClientReceiveMessageEvents
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.message.v1.ClientReceiveMessageEvents.AllowChat
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.message.v1.ClientReceiveMessageEvents.AllowGame
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.rendering.v1.level.LevelRenderContext
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.rendering.v1.level.LevelRenderEvents
• net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.rendering.v1.level.LevelRenderEvents.CollectSubmits
• net.minecraft.client.Options
• net.minecraft.client.gui.Font.DisplayMode
• net.minecraft.client.gui.components.Button
• net.minecraft.client.gui.components.Button.Builder
• net.minecraft.client.gui.components.Button.OnPress
• net.minecraft.client.gui.components.EditBox
• net.minecraft.client.gui.components.events.GuiEventListener
• net.minecraft.client.input.KeyEvent
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.SubmitNodeCollector
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.culling.Frustum
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.state.level.CameraRenderState
• net.minecraft.client.renderer.state.level.LevelRenderState
• net.minecraft.network.chat.ChatType
• net.minecraft.network.chat.ChatType.Bound
• net.minecraft.network.chat.PlayerChatMessage
• net.minecraft.network.chat.Style
• net.minecraft.util.LightCoordsUtil
• net.minecraft.world.phys.AABB
• Minecraft.gameDirectory
• Minecraft.options
• Minecraft.setScreenAndShow()
• GuiGraphicsExtractor.centeredText()
• Screen.extractRenderState()
• Screen.keyPressed()
• ClientLevel.players()
• LocalPlayer.distanceToSqr()
• Component.getVisualOrderText()
• MutableComponent.getVisualOrderText()
• MutableComponent.withStyle()
• Player.getEyeHeight()
• and 8 more

On the roadmap: Minecraft's libraries and client API (0.2), Code next to data (0.3), Mixin (0.5)

In the author's words

Displays chat messages above players' heads. Supports vanilla chat, whispers, and configurable /tellraw patterns.

Scan

Scanned on 4 November 2026 against Kiln 0.2.0, file BetterHead-chat-26.3-1.0.1.jar. The scan reads the mod's classes; it does not run them.