Ping Wheel — mod for adding a radial menu of quick pings and signals in Minecraft

Ping Wheel — mod for adding a radial menu of quick pings and signals in Minecraft

Ping Wheel brings the ping mechanic from modern co-op games into Minecraft — a way to temporarily mark a point on the terrain or an object that all nearby players can see. The mod allows you to quickly show allies where to look, where an item is dropped, or exactly which mob to target, without opening chat and dictating coordinates. The marker appears as an icon, is visible through blocks, and automatically disappears after a set number of seconds. 

Ping mechanics

The basic action is bound to the Mouse5 key (mouse side button) by default. The keybind can be changed in the standard controls menu. Pressing it creates a marker at the point where the cursor is aimed. The logic differs slightly depending on the target:

• When aimed at a block, the marker is fixed to the coordinates of this block.

• When aimed at an entity, the marker sticks to it and moves with the target.

• If the itemIconVisible option is enabled in the config, for items and blocks with a corresponding item, the marker shows the texture of the item itself instead of the standard icon.

The numerical distance in blocks is displayed next to the marker. When the target goes off-screen, a direction indicator appears at the edge of the screen, which helps to orient where to turn the camera.

Creating a ping on a diamond ore block in a mineshaft 

To remove your own marker, you need to aim at it and press the ping key again. Deletion is only enabled after the marker has existed for more than 1 second — this prevents accidental cancellation immediately after creation.

Player names and team colors

The name of the player who placed the marker can be displayed above it. By default, the name is shown when the Tab key is held. This reduces visual noise when the information is not needed. Other modes can be selected in the /pingwheel config menu.

The color of the marker outline and the name text is automatically taken from the player's vanilla team color (/team modify <team> color). This works without additional configuration if teams are set up on the server.

Communication channels

Channels are a separate layer that determines who can see a specific ping. Use cases:

• Default channel (empty name, channel: ""). Behavior is determined by the server via defaultChannelMode — ranging from global to team-bound.

• Custom channel. Members of the same channel see each other's pings regardless of vanilla teams. Suitable for raid groups or subgroups within a single server.

Switching to a channel is done with the command /pingwheel channel <name> or via the corresponding menu option. The current channel is saved separately for each server address.

Ping Wheel settings menu, opened via /pingwheel config 

Main client config parameters

The file is located in — config/. Below are the most frequently adjusted parameters.

Server config

The file is also located in — config/. Operators can change values in-game with the command /pingwheel:server.

Conclusion

Ping Wheel adds quick non-verbal target marking for teammates, without excessive communication. The mod is well suited for active co-op gameplay: raids, cooperative survival, PvP skirmishes — scenarios where reaction in the heat of the moment is more important than a constant mark on the map.