Social Isolation

Social Isolation

A server-side proximity mod that ties minor gameplay effects to how close you stay to other players. No client installation required.

Ever feel like multiplayer servers could use a little more incentive to stick together? Social Isolation adds a subtle social meter (0–100) that fills when you're near other players and drains when you're alone. It's not a punishment mod it's a gentle nudge toward not making your base 2 million blocks away.

Concept

Your social meter (0-100) fills when other players are nearby and drains when you're alone. Effects scale across four tiers with hysteresis to prevent flickering. New players start at 70.

Tier	Range	Effect
Thriving	60-100	+8% block break speed, +8% XP gain
Neutral	40-60	None
Lonely	15-40	-6% block break speed
Isolated	0-15	-12% block break speed, phantom spawning enabled

Features

• Server-side only. Clients do not need the mod. Effects work transparently.
• Optional client HUD. Players who install the mod locally get a draggable, resizable meter bar with smooth color transitions. Drag to reposition in chat, scroll to resize.
• Familiarity. Familiarity builds between player pairs over ~5 hours together. At maximum, that player stops contributing to your meter. Decays over ~24 hours apart. Toggleable.
• Group multiplier. Logarithmic bonus for larger groups: 1.25x at 2 players, 1.5x cap at 4+.
• Tier hysteresis. Dropping a tier requires overshooting the threshold by 5 points (~90 seconds alone), eliminating flicker from brief separations. Moving up is instant.
• Live configuration. All 12 server settings adjustable via /social config set without restarting.
• Performance-conscious. Staggered tick processing, vanilla AABB queries, no mixins.

Commands

Command	Permission	Description
/social meter	Everyone	View your social meter
/social get [player]	Everyone	View another player's meter
/social set <player> <0-100>	OP level 2	Set a player's meter
/social regained [player]	Everyone	View total social points ever gained
/social config list	OP level 2	List all server config values
/social config get <key>	OP level 2	Get a config value
/social config set <key> <value>	OP level 2	Change a config value live
/socialhud toggle	Client	Show/hide the HUD bar
/socialhud pos <x> <y>	Client	Set HUD bar position
/socialhud scale <0.25-3.0>	Client	Set HUD bar scale
/socialhud reset	Client	Reset HUD to defaults

Server Configuration (config/socialisolation-server.toml)

Key	Default	Description
proximityRadius	24	Block radius for detecting nearby players
meterGainRate	0.1667	Meter gained per second near others
meterDrainRate	0.0556	Meter lost per second when alone
familiarityGainRate	0.00006	Familiarity gained per second together
familiarityDecayRate	0.00001157	Familiarity lost per second apart
thresholdThriving	60	Meter threshold for Thriving tier
thresholdLonely	40	Below this is Lonely tier
thresholdIsolated	15	Below this is Isolated tier
enableBenefits	true	Master toggle for positive effects
enablePenalties	true	Master toggle for negative effects
enableFamiliarity	true	Master toggle for anti-AFK familiarity
phantomSpawnWhenIsolated	true	Whether isolated players can spawn phantoms

Requirements

• Minecraft 1.21.1
• NeoForge 21.1.229+