PathSpeed!

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PathSpeed makes players walk faster on the blocks you choose, so roads are worth building. Every block can have its own speed, so a cheap dirt track and an expensive asphalt highway feel different.

Server-side mod — install it on the server only. Vanilla clients connect and get the speed boost with nothing installed.

Free to use in any modpack — public or private, no permission needed.

## What it does

• Speeds you up while you walk on any block listed in the config
• Gives each block its own multiplier, so better road materials can be genuinely faster
• Keeps the boost while you jump along a road instead of stuttering back to normal speed mid-hop
• Ships working defaults for Macaw's Paths and Pavings, Immersive Engineering and Immersive Petroleum — if you have them, roads just work with no editing
• Reloads on a running server with `/pathspeed reload`, no restart
• Supports a per-world config override, for servers running several worlds
• Tells you clearly when something in your config is wrong, instead of silently doing nothing

## How it works

Every server tick the mod checks the block at your feet and the one below; on a configured block it applies a transient `movement_speed` modifier sized by that block's multiplier — nothing is written to your save, and removing the mod restores normal speed instantly.

• While airborne it keeps looking down up to `airborneBoostReach` blocks (default 4), so jumping along a road keeps the boost — optionally only while sprinting.
• No boost while spectating, riding a vehicle or mob, or gliding with an elytra.
• Multipliers run `1. 0`–`5. 0`; exactly `1. 0` marks a block as neutral — it cancels the road under it instead of boosting.

Because it works purely through a vanilla attribute, no client mod is needed.

## Configuration

`/config/pathspeed-server.properties`, created on first launch with comments explaining every key.

• `speedMultiplier` — speed used by any `boostBlocks` entry that does not name its own. Clamped to `1. 0`–`5. 0`.
• `boostBlocks` — comma-separated block ids, each optionally `id=multiplier`. An entry without a namespace gets `minecraft:`.
• `boostWhileAirborne` — keep the boost while jumping over a road.
• `airborneBoostReach` — how far below you a boost block still counts while airborne. Clamped to `0`–`16`.
• `airborneBoostRequiresSprint` — only keep the airborne boost while sprinting.

Give a block its own speed with `id=multiplier`, and leave the rest bare to take `speedMultiplier`:

```properties speedMultiplier=1. 5 boostBlocks=dirt_path=1. 2, immersiveengineering:concrete=1. 7, gravel ```

Here dirt paths give +20%, concrete +70%, and gravel falls back to the global +50%. Older configs written before per-block speeds keep working unchanged.

## For modpack authors

• Nothing in the config can break the game. Bad values fall back to working defaults; a broken config never blocks a world from loading.
• Every block id is checked against the real registry, and mistakes are named in the log and in the `/pathspeed reload` reply — a typo'd `minecraft:` block, a comma decimal (`1,5`), a bad setting name. Ids from mods you don't have are skipped, not errored.
• Per-world override: drop `pathspeed-server.properties` into `/serverconfig/` to override the global config key by key.
• Live reload with `/pathspeed reload` (permission level 2) — the only command the mod adds. Older config files self-heal, keeping your comments intact.
• No client install, no player data touched. Vanilla clients connect normally.

## Feedback

Please report any bugs, errors, or feature suggestions on Discord: https://discord.gg/HTkn94BXmA

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