Alec's Radial Menu

Bind interactions, commands, messages, NPC interactions, java, and more to asset-driven radial menus.

Documentation

Use the Alec's Radial Menu wiki for installation, menu authoring, NPC integration, Java API use, and troubleshooting.

Features

• Define radial menus as assets under Server/RadialMenu/Menus/*.json.
• Show between 1 and 8 options on the built-in textured wheel.
• Bind a menu to one or more held item IDs, or open it directly through the Java API.
• Execute player commands, invoke actions registered by another mod, or run native Hytale RootInteraction assets.
• Open a target-aware menu from an NPC interaction and change that NPC through states, named results, or registered actions.
• Choose whether a slice runs immediately or becomes the item's armed primary action.
• Customize wheel geometry, labels, texture sets, and per-option font size. Configured custom colors remain disabled until Noesis UI is available.
• Retain each player's selection independently for every menu until they disconnect.

Native Interaction Wheels

RunInteraction options turn a radial menu into a wheel of Hytale interactions. A menu can mix interaction options with commands and registered mod actions.

There are two execution modes:

• SelectAndArm: choosing a slice stores it as the selected option. The item's ExecuteSelected binding then runs it through the active item interaction context. In the included example item, secondary use opens the wheel and primary use—normally left click—runs the armed option.
• SelectAndRun: choosing a slice starts a standalone interaction chain immediately and also remembers the selection.

Interaction menu example

{
  "Enabled": true,
  "ItemIds": [
    "Alec_Radial_Menu_Example"
  ],
  "ExecutionMode": "SelectAndArm",
  "DefaultOptionId": "left_swing",
  "Options": [
    {
      "Type": "RunInteraction",
      "Id": "left_swing",
      "Label": "Left Swing",
      "RootInteraction": "Root_Unarmed_Swing_Left",
      "InteractionType": "Primary"
    },
    {
      "Type": "ExecuteCommand",
      "Id": "help",
      "Label": "Help",
      "Command": "/help"
    }
  ]
}

The menu's identity is its asset key—the file/path key under Server/RadialMenu/Menus. RadialMenuConfig does not contain an Id field.

Item binding example

Use OpenMenu on the input that should display the wheel and ExecuteSelected on the input that should run the armed option:

{
  "Interactions": {
    "Primary": {
      "Interactions": [
        {
          "Type": "RadialMenuInteraction",
          "CommandId": "ExecuteSelected"
        }
      ]
    },
    "Secondary": {
      "Interactions": [
        {
          "Type": "RadialMenuInteraction",
          "CommandId": "OpenMenu"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

The complete example item is at Server/Item/Items/Commands/Alec_Radial_Menu_Example.json.

RadialMenuConfig Fields

• Enabled (true default)
• ItemIds[] (menu can be auto-resolved by held item id)
• ExecutionMode (SelectAndArm default)
• DefaultOptionId (optional)
• Options[] (required, 1..8)
• Visual (optional, defaults to the built-in texture wheel)

Visual Fields

• RenderMode: Texture; old Vector values fall back to Texture
• Geometry:
  • OuterDiameterPx
  • InnerDiameterPx
  • LabelRadiusPx
  • CenterDiameterPx
• BorderThicknessPx (reserved for future Noesis UI support)
• Label.FontSize
• States (reserved for future Noesis UI color support)
• TextureSet:
  • Prefix (optional custom texture set path using the same naming convention)
  • omitted Prefix uses the built-in RadialMenu/Default texture wheel

Option Types

Every option supports Id, Label or LabelKey, optional Feedback, and optional VisualOverride.

• ExecuteCommand
  • Adds Command.
• InvokeRegisteredAction
  • Adds ActionId and optional string-to-string Payload.
• RunInteraction
  • Adds RootInteraction and optional InteractionType.
  • RootInteraction references a Hytale RootInteraction asset.
  • InteractionType defaults to Primary; Equipped is unsupported because it requires an equipment slot.
  • With SelectAndRun, selecting the option starts a standalone interaction chain immediately.
  • With SelectAndArm, selecting the option arms it and ExecuteSelected enters the root through the active item interaction context.
  • For an armed option, the active binding supplies the interaction type (normally Primary); the configured InteractionType applies to standalone execution.
• SetNpcState
  • Adds State and optional SubState.
  • Runs only when an NPC opened the menu.
• EmitNpcResult
  • Adds ResultId.
  • Sends a short-lived named result to the NPC instruction graph.
• InvokeRegisteredNpcAction
  • Adds ActionId and optional string-to-string Payload.
  • Calls a target-aware Java handler with the live NPC.

Example:

{
  "Type": "RunInteraction",
  "Id": "left_swing",
  "Label": "Left Swing",
  "RootInteraction": "Root_Unarmed_Swing_Left",
  "InteractionType": "Primary"
}

Feedback Fields (Option)

• ChatMessage and HudMessage send text after a successful option execution.
• SoundEvent, ParticleSystem, and ParticleOffset are reserved configuration fields; sound and particle playback are not implemented in the current runtime.

VisualOverride Fields (Option)

• LabelFontSize (optional)
• States (reserved for future Noesis UI color support)

Interaction Usage

RadialMenuInteraction supports:

• MenuId (optional menu key override)
• CommandId (OpenMenu or ExecuteSelected)
• ExecutionMode (optional per-binding mode override)

If MenuId is omitted, the runtime resolves the menu from the held item's ID using the menu's ItemIds list.

NPC Interaction Usage

Use the OpenRadialMenu action in an NPC InteractionInstruction:

{
  "Sensor": {
    "Type": "HasInteracted"
  },
  "Actions": [
    {
      "Type": "OpenRadialMenu",
      "MenuId": "Example_Npc"
    }
  ]
}

An NPC-opened menu always uses SelectAndRun. It keeps a live target only until the player selects an option. If the NPC despawns first, the selection has no target effect. NPC-only options stay visible but disabled when a menu has no valid NPC target.

Use EmitNpcResult when the role must run a native action such as SetFlag, State, or an animation. Match and consume the result with RadialMenuResult:

{
  "Sensor": {
    "Type": "RadialMenuResult",
    "MenuId": "Example_Npc",
    "ResultId": "stay"
  },
  "Actions": [
    {
      "Type": "SetFlag",
      "Name": "StayRequested",
      "SetTo": true
    }
  ]
}

Results expire after five seconds. The sensor matches the same player, NPC, menu, and result, then consumes that result once. The mod ships a test role and menu. Run /npc spawn Alec_Radial_Menu_Example_Npc, then interact with the cow. See examples/npc-radial-menu for the test steps.

API Usage

From another mod:

RadialMenuApi api = RadialMenuMod.getApiInstance();
if (api != null) {
    AutoCloseable registration = api.registerActionHandler("Example.Ping", context -> {
        // custom action logic
        return true;
    });

    // Optional direct control:
    // api.openMenu(player, "menus/example");
    // api.openNpcMenu(player, "Example_Npc", npcRef, store);
    // api.executeSelected(player, "menus/example");
}

Register a target-aware NPC action when a menu option must call another mod:

AutoCloseable registration = api.registerNpcActionHandler("Example.InspectNpc", context -> {
    var target = context.npcTarget();
    // Use target.reference(), target.npc(), and target.store() only during this call.
    return true;
});

Do not retain RadialMenuNpcTarget, its entity reference, its NPC component, or its store after the handler returns.

Build

.\mvnw.cmd test
.\mvnw.cmd package

Maven Profiles

# Build + install jar to Server/mods and UserData/Mods
.\mvnw.cmd -Pinstall-plugin package

# Build + install + launch Hytale server
.\mvnw.cmd -Prun-server package

# Use prerelease install path (can combine with profiles above)
.\mvnw.cmd -Dprerelease=true -Pinstall-plugin package

Texture Slice Generator Script

Use scripts/generate_rotated_radial_slices.py to generate all 24 custom slice-state files from one source image.

python scripts/generate_rotated_radial_slices.py `
  --input "C:\Users\22ale\Downloads\Ellipse.png" `
  --output-dir "target/radial-textures/EllipseTest" `
  --copy-core-from "src/main/resources/Common/UI/Custom/RadialMenu/Default" `
  --mask-from "src/main/resources/Common/UI/Custom/RadialMenu/Default"

Notes:

• Produces CommandWheelSlice0..7_{Default,Hover,Pressed}.png.
• Copies CommandWheelCenterPanel.png when --copy-core-from is set.
• Default rotation order is clockwise in 45-degree steps.
• Use --base-angle to tweak orientation if slice 0 needs an offset.
• --mask-from is recommended so generated textures keep the exact per-slice alpha silhouettes.

Use explicit exported segments instead of rotation:

python scripts/generate_rotated_radial_slices.py `
  --segments-dir "C:\Users\22ale\Downloads\Untitled" `
  --segment-pattern "Segment {n}.png" `
  --output-dir "target/radial-textures/SegmentTest" `
  --copy-core-from "src/main/resources/Common/UI/Custom/RadialMenu/Default" `
  --mask-from "src/main/resources/Common/UI/Custom/RadialMenu/Default"

Notes:

• Segment mode maps Segment 1..8 to slice indices 0..7.
• Segment mode conforms each segment to the target slice canvas and applies optional mask clipping.