Settings

Every option in the settings screen, with its default.

Press M and click Settings, or open BuildPrint from Mod Menu.

Build assist #

Build assist (easy place) default Off
Right-click the ghost to place the right block. See Easy place.
Auto-rotate to match state default On
Turns your view for a moment so stairs, logs and furnaces land the right way. Off means blocks that depend on direction may need fixing by hand.
Drag place (hold to build) default On
Hold right-click to keep placing.
Build prerequisites first default On
Places the block something rests on before the thing itself.
Don't place extra blocks default On
Never places a block where the build wants nothing.
Place-in-air blocks default Scaffolding
Blocks that may be placed without support.
Angel placement (mid-air) default Off
Places blocks with nothing to build against.
Write sign text default On
Fills in the text of a sign when it is placed.
Destroy assist (easy destroy) default On
Hold left-click to break only wrong and extra blocks. See Easy destroy.
Survival sanity checks default On
Does not count states nobody can place as mistakes. See Status colors.

Tools #

Auto-use shovel default On
Makes dirt paths and puts out campfires.
Auto-use flint & steel default On
Lights candles, candle cakes and campfires.
Auto-use axe default On
Strips logs and wood.
Auto-use hoe default On
Tills farmland.
Auto-use bone meal default On
Grows short grass, ferns and seagrass into the tall kind.
Auto-use water bucket default Off
Experimental. Waterlogs blocks after placing. Can misfire.
Auto-ignite nether portals default On
Lights the obsidian frame once it is complete.

Tools are taken from your hotbar or inventory. In creative they are made for you.

Crafters #

Lock crafter slots default On
Switches off the same slots as in the schematic when a crafter is placed.
Fill crafters with their items default Off
Puts the items of the schematic into the crafter, from your inventory. Also adds them to the material list.

Printer #

Printer mode (auto-build) default Off
Places missing blocks around you. See The printer.
Blocks per tick default 4
From 1 to 16.
Print range default 4
From 1 to 4 blocks.
Fix wrong state on pass default On
Also fixes placed blocks that are set wrong.
Face directional blocks yourself default On
Waits until you look the right way for barrels, pistons and the like.

Rendering #

Ghost opacity default 85%
How see-through the ghost is.
Status overlay default Tint
Off, Outline or Tint.
Status overlay opacity default 100%
How strong the colors are, from 5% to 100%.
Outline border width default 5
Thickness of the border in Outline mode.
Look-at block info default On
A small panel about the block you look at.
Highlight next block default On
Marks the next block to place.
Entity render distance default 64 blocks
From 16 to 256.
Vanilla face shading default On
Shades faces by direction.
Occlusion culling default On
Only draws faces on the outside.
Tint ghost blue default On
Makes the ghost slightly blue.
Hide correct blocks default On
Hides the ghost where the right block is placed.

Schematics #

Remember placements default On
Saves what is loaded where, per world and per server.
World fingerprinting default On
Shows a build only in the world you placed it in, on servers with several worlds behind one address. See Servers.
Import from Litematica
Brings over your Litematica placements. See Coming from Litematica.

Performance #

Adapt to frame rate default On
Draws less of the overlay and the ghost when the frame rate drops.
Hide builds when lag persists default On
Hides the nearest build when the frame rate stays low. Show it again from the Loaded tab.
Overlay reach, inside a build default 64 blocks
How far the colors are drawn while you are in a build.
Overlay reach, outside a build default 32 blocks
The same, while you are outside.
Max overlay marks default 2048
The most marks drawn at once.
Next-block reach, inside a build default 16 blocks
How far the next block is looked for.
Next-block reach, outside a build default 16 blocks
The same, while you are outside.
Auto-align search radius default 12
How far auto align looks around you, from 4 to 32.

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