Sidekick - Your Faithful Companion in Creative Mode

Sidekick represents a complete overhaul of Minecraft's creative inventory, enhanced with a set of useful superpowers that make building as convenient and efficient as possible.

This mod began its journey as Not Enough Creativity - my first major update for versions 1.16+, inspired by the Creative+ mode from the Not Enough Items mod. Since then, Sidekick has been completely rewritten to achieve better compatibility with other mods, smoother performance, and create a well-designed protocol that can be implemented by other mods and even plugins.

Enhanced Creative Inventory

The Creative+ system uses survival code instead of the standard creative mode, making it predominantly server-side and eliminating the synchronization and instability issues characteristic of the vanilla creative inventory. Additionally, you get access to the 2x2 crafting grid, which is useful for dyeing items and other similar operations.

All standard creative mode tabs remain available in the Creative+ inventory, but they are moved to a background tab panel for more convenient item management. The user interface differs significantly from the vanilla system and is designed for quick access to content, especially when working with a large number of creative tabs.

Superpowers for Creativity

Above the inventory is a panel of toggleable abilities:

• No Item Pickup - prevents picking up random items from the ground, keeping the inventory clean
• Instant Kill - significantly increases punch damage for quick elimination of annoying mobs without needing to carry weapons
• Enable Health - activates damage reception and displays the health bar (you still cannot die, except for standard situations fatal to creative mode)
• No Break Delay - removes the delay when breaking blocks in creative mode
• Full Bright - ignores lighting, making everything visible as if fully lit (does not affect fog)
• Phasing - free passage through blocks as in spectator mode
• Long Reach - increases interaction range from 4 to 12 blocks
• Free Flight - flight in the style of classic mods instead of the momentum-based vanilla system (choice between full 3D freedom or plane lock in settings)
• Super Speed - quadruples flight speed

Configurable Parameters

Sidekick also offers several configurable options applied globally rather than per world:

• Plane Lock - ignoring vertical direction when moving in free flight mode
• Pick Swap - items displaced by the block selection function are moved to the extended inventory for later use
• Disable Animations - removes transitions and animations for maximum efficiency
• UI Sounds - adds audio feedback where it's missing in the vanilla version
• Creative Tabs - display of standard creative tabs
• Delete Mode - holding Shift when clicking the item destroy button activates delete mode instead of immediately destroying everything
• Night Owl - makes the Sidekick interface darker instead of pure vanilla style