Thanatophobia — Changelog

v1.0.4 — The Immersion Update

🧱 Block & Item Fear Modifiers

A brand-new proximity-based fear system inspired by sanity:dim. Certain blocks and items now directly affect the player's fear level:

Fear-increasing blocks (within 5-block radius):

• Sculk Shrieker, Sculk Catalyst, Sculk Sensor, Sculk Vein
• Skeleton/Wither Skeleton/Zombie/Creeper/Piglin/Player Skulls
• Spawners, End Portal, Nether Portal, Dragon Egg
• Soul Sand, Soul Soil, Soul Fire, Crying Obsidian
• Bone Blocks, Cobwebs, Wither Rose, Cave Vines

Fear-reducing blocks:

• Beacon (strongest), Campfire, Lantern, Torch, Glowstone
• Jack o'Lantern, Sea Lantern, Shroomlight
• Jukebox, Note Block, Enchanting Table, Bookshelf, Cake

Held item modifiers:

• Totem of Undying, swords, shields, torches, compass, clock reduce fear
• Skulls, rotten flesh, spider eyes, ghast tears, nether star increase fear
• Effects apply from both main hand and off-hand

Toggleable in config: "Block/Item Fear Modifiers"

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👤 Shadow Watcher — Complete Overhaul

The Shadow Watcher entity has been totally reworked based on player feedback:

• Stands on solid ground — no longer floats mid-air (gravity enabled, physics collision for ground detection)
• Smooth player tracking — head and body smoothly rotate to always face the nearest player (5°/tick interpolation)
• Reactive behavior — if the player approaches within 6 blocks:
  • 70% chance: teleports behind the player (20-35 blocks away)
  • 30% chance: silently vanishes (creepy disappearance)
• Better spawn placement — spawns 20-35 blocks away with guaranteed solid ground validation (±15 Y search)
• Spawn cooldown increased to 40-80 seconds for less spam
• Lifetime extended to 40 seconds

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🎨 New Visual Effects

Massively expanded visual feedback system with 6 new effects:

Effect	Trigger	Description
Color Tint Shift	30%+ fear	Sickly green/yellow overlay that gradually shifts to deep red at high fear
Chromatic Aberration	45%+ fear	Colored horizontal lines (red, cyan, magenta) with horizontal offset — simulates camera distortion
CRT Scan Lines	55%+ fear	Scrolling dark horizontal lines across the screen — old TV effect
Tunnel Vision	65%+ fear	Pulsating black borders narrowing the field of view
Sharp Brightness Flash	80%+ fear	Rare white or red camera-flash bursts
Fog Color Shift	60%+ fear	World fog gradually tints toward dark brownish-red

All effects are animated, pulse with time, and scale in intensity with fear level.

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⚙️ New Config Options

Three new toggles added to the in-game config screen (Effects section):

• Chromatic Aberration — toggle chromatic distortion lines
• CRT Scan Lines — toggle the retro scan line effect
• Block/Item Fear Modifiers — toggle the proximity-based block/item fear system

All options include full English and Russian localization.

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🔧 Technical Changes

• Desaturation overlay now triggers earlier (40% instead of 50%)
• Shadow Watcher spawner now respects paranormalEnabled config
• Block proximity check runs every 20 ticks (1 second) for performance
• Held item check runs every tick for responsive feedback
• Fixed: removed unused field warnings

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Minecraft 1.20.1 | Forge 47.4.16