Dark Mode configuration

The settings screen

Open Options and click Dark Mode in the top left. On Forge and NeoForge it's also in the mod list. Color changes apply when you close the screen, with a short resource reload.

The Dark Mode settings screen with its buttons, slider and text box — The settings screen.

The file

Settings live in config/darkmode.json, created on first start.

{
  "mycel_config_version": 1,
  "enabled": true,
  "theme": "NEUTRAL",
  "brightness": 30,
  "loadingScreen": "BLACK",
  "modScreens": true,
  "hud": false,
  "drawnBackgrounds": true,
  "readableText": true,
  "skippedMods": []
}

Settings

Key	Default	What it does
`enabled`	`true`	Turns dark screens on or off.
`theme`	`NEUTRAL`	The tint: `NEUTRAL`, `MIDNIGHT`, `FOREST`, `PLUM` or `EMBER`.
`brightness`	`30`	How bright dark screens are, from 8 to 60 percent of normal.
`loadingScreen`	`BLACK`	Mojang screen color: `BLACK`, `CHARCOAL`, `MIDNIGHT`, `PLUM` or `RED` (normal).
`modScreens`	`true`	Also darken screens from other mods.
`hud`	`false`	Also darken the hotbar and other parts of the HUD.
`drawnBackgrounds`	`true`	Darken light backgrounds that screens draw in code.
`readableText`	`true`	Brighten dark text so it stays readable.
`skippedMods`	`[]`	Mod ids whose screens stay as they are, such as `create`.