Dark transparent background behind chat screen added back for Minecraft 1.20 and 1.20.1.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ All notable changes to **CreatureChat** are documented in this file. The format
 ### Fixed
 - Changing death message timestamp output to use DEBUG log level
 - Bug with build causing issues with 1.20, 1.20.1 builds (wrong minimum version set in fabric.mod.json)
+- Dark transparent background behind chat screen added back for Minecraft 1.20 and 1.20.1.
 
 ## [1.2.1] - 2025-01-01
 

src/client/java/com/owlmaddie/ui/ChatScreen.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.owlmaddie.ui;
 
 import com.owlmaddie.chat.ChatDataManager;
 import com.owlmaddie.network.ClientPackets;
+import com.owlmaddie.utils.VersionUtils;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.DrawContext;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.screen.Screen;
 import net.minecraft.client.gui.widget.ButtonWidget;
@@ -99,6 +100,11 @@ public class ChatScreen extends Screen {
 
     @Override
     public void render(DrawContext context, int mouseX, int mouseY, float delta) {
+        // Render custom background only for older versions
+        if (VersionUtils.isOlderThan("1.20.2")) {
+            renderBackground(context);
+        }
+
         // Render the label text above the text field
         int labelWidth = textRenderer.getWidth(labelText);
         int labelX = (this.width - labelWidth) / 2; // Centered X position
@@ -116,6 +122,11 @@ public class ChatScreen extends Screen {
         super.render(context, mouseX, mouseY, delta);
     }
 
+    public void renderBackground(DrawContext context) {
+        // Draw a slightly lighter semi-transparent rectangle as the background
+        context.fillGradient(0, 0, this.width, this.height, 0xA3000000, 0xA3000000);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean shouldCloseOnEsc() {
         // Return true if you want the screen to close when the ESC key is pressed

src/client/java/com/owlmaddie/utils/VersionUtils.java

+package com.owlmaddie.utils;
+
+import net.minecraft.SharedConstants;
+
+/**
+ * The {@code VersionUtils} class is used to quickly compare the current version of Minecraft.
+ */
+public class VersionUtils {
+    public static boolean isOlderThan(String targetVersion) {
+        String currentVersion = SharedConstants.getGameVersion().getName();
+        return currentVersion.compareTo(targetVersion) < 0;
+    }
+}
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