Talk Balloons

Calls something that is on Kiln's roadmap. Parts of it may already run.

Evidence

Ran on Kiln's test stand (2026-11-04): TalkBalloonsFabric did not start: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/fabricmc/fabric/api/resource/IdentifiableResourceReloadListener.

What it needs from Kiln

Mixin
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayConnectionEvents
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.client.networking.v1.ClientPlayConnectionEvents.Disconnect
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayConnectionEvents
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayConnectionEvents.Disconnect
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.networking.v1.ServerPlayConnectionEvents.Join
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.resource.IdentifiableResourceReloadListener
net.fabricmc.fabric.api.resource.ResourceManagerHelper
net.minecraft.resources.FileToIdConverter
net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer
net.minecraft.server.network.ServerGamePacketListenerImpl
net.minecraft.server.packs.PackType
net.minecraft.server.packs.resources.PreparableReloadListener
net.minecraft.server.packs.resources.PreparableReloadListener.PreparationBarrier
net.minecraft.server.packs.resources.PreparableReloadListener.SharedState
net.minecraft.server.packs.resources.Resource
net.minecraft.server.packs.resources.ResourceManager
net.minecraft.server.packs.resources.SimplePreparableReloadListener
net.minecraft.server.players.PlayerList
net.minecraft.util.StringRepresentable.EnumCodec
net.minecraft.util.profiling.ProfilerFiller
FabricLoader.isModLoaded()
ClientLevel.getPlayerByUUID()
Identifier.CODEC
ServerLevel.getServer()
StringRepresentable.fromEnum()

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

Add bubbles above players heads when they send a message in the chat.

Scan

Scanned on 4 November 2026 against Kiln 0.2.0, file TalkBalloons-fabric-1.6.6+26.3.jar. The scan reads the mod's classes; it does not run them.

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