Taller Torches: Hitbox & Particle Fix
A micro-mod that resizes torch collision/outline boxes and moves their flame particles so tall torch textures finally look right.
🔥 Why This Exists
Resource-packs that restore the Indev-era 13 px torch (or any taller design) look gorgeous—until the flame spawns halfway down the stick and you end up smacking your mouse while trying to break the torch. Taller Torches fixes both issues for torches, soul torches and redstone torches (floor & wall variants):
- Particle origin lifted to match the real top of the sprite.
- Hit-box & outline stretched so you can target the torch where it visibly is.
No more flames stuck inside the stem or mis-aligned outlines—just pretty, tiki torches!
📏 How It Works
At load-time the mod reads a single JSON file:
// config/tallertorches.json
{
"torch_height_px": 13, // 10 = vanilla, 13 = Indev (default)
"include_redstone": true // toggle: also adjust redstone torches
}
- torch_height_px — height of your torch.png in pixels.
- include_redstone — when true, applies the same adjustments to redstone torches & wall redstone torches; set false to keep their vanilla shape.
- Everything else (collision, outline, flame/smoke offsets, wall side-shift) is computed automatically.
⚙️ Installation & Dependencies
| Loader | Version | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fabric | ≥ 0.16.14 (1.20.1) | Fabric-API not required |
| Forge (Sinytra Connector) | (1.20.1) | Works flawlessly |
| Quilt | Untested | Expected to behave like Fabric |
Built against Yarn mappings; only four tiny mixins (TorchBlock, WallTorchBlock, RedstoneTorchBlock, WallRedstoneTorchBlock).
🧰 Lightweight by Design
- ≈ 23 kB JAR
- No mixin GUIs, no runtime reflection
- Mixins run only when a torch’s shape or particle spawns
🖼️ Example Heights
| Torch sprite | torch_height_px | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Vanilla | 10 | Unchanged (particles & hit-box remain vanilla) |
| Indev | 13 (default) | Flame sits neatly on the tip; hit-box ≈ 30 % taller |
| Custom 16 px | 16 | Ultra-tall torches? Just set 16 and restart! |
(Values beyond 16 px are supported but may clip ceilings in cramped builds.)
(Values below 10px are also supported, the minimum is 2px.)
🖇️ Credits
- Code & idea: HandLock_
- Inspiration: Mojang’s forgotten Indev textures – see the Wiki archive.
“A taller torch deserves a taller flame.”
