(Revamp in Progress)SonicMechanics: Monitors
by pploh
Players who want Sonic-style monitors in a Forge world can craft them from iron, then break them to collect their contents, all within SonicMechanics: Monitors.
What it does
SonicMechanics: Monitors is a Forge mod for Minecraft 1.16.5 that focuses on monitor blocks inspired by the Sonic games. The monitor template is craftable and uses eight iron ingots. A crafted monitor works as a usable block with a flickering animation, and breaking it reveals whatever was placed inside. The author notes that an empty monitor can be crafted at any time for a different item. Kleiders Custom Renderer API is required, and the environment is client and server, so the server and every player need the mod.
The mod also adds a set of quality-of-life options. A checkpoint option makes the mod spawn the player at the last checkpoint after death instead of the bed spawn, and checkpoint lives let a player return to the checkpoint on death when lives remain. Counters for rings, continues, extra lives and score can be shown in a side screen and hidden with a toggle. The options menu opens with M by default. Files are published for 1.16.5 under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license, so the mod is not open source.
Key features
Craftable monitor template
The monitor template is crafted from eight iron ingots, and a monitor is built from it.
Monitor animation
A crafted monitor shows a flickering animation similar to the Sonic games.
Monitor contents
Breaking a monitor frame reveals the item it contains, so monitors act as containers.
Checkpoint respawn
With the checkpoint option on, the player respawns at the last checkpoint instead of the bed spawn.
Ring and life counters
Ring, continue, extra life and score counters can be shown on a side screen and toggled off.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Required by 1 mod
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who enjoy the Sonic games and want their monitor mechanics in Minecraft, and server owners who want checkpoint respawn rules.
How it compares
SoniCraft is a Forge mod for 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 that runs on client and server under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license. HedgeMod is a Forge mod for 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 under the same license, and either side can run it, and neither needs it. Survival Monitor is client-side only for 1.16.5, so only the client needs it, and it is licensed as All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Revamp in Progress)SonicMechanics: Monitors | Forge | 1.16.5 | Client and server | 2024-07-11 |
| SoniCraft | Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-06-22 |
| HedgeMod | Forge | 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 | Client or server, optional | 2025-10-06 |
| Survival Monitor | Forge | 1.16.5 | Client-side only | 2026-03-17 |
Questions
Does SonicMechanics: Monitors need Kleiders Custom Renderer API?
Does the server need SonicMechanics: Monitors?
Which version does SonicMechanics: Monitors support?
In the catalog
(Revamp in Progress)SonicMechanics: Monitors is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,058 World generation mods for Forge. 5,992 mods support Minecraft 1.16.5.
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What the author says
As of right now, this mod is currently in beta. Everything you see as of right now is not guaranteed to be the same when the mod reaches its final stage. Before I go into anything, there is an options menu. You can find this menu by pressing M(default). You can press the text to toggle the specific option. I'm going…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sonicmechanics-monitors
- Owner
- pploh
- Published
- 2024-06-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-07-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15