Better Happy Ghast Controls

Better controls and movement when riding Happy Ghasts, especially for building. Makes it feel more like creative flight.

Better controls and movement when riding Happy Ghasts, especially for building. Makes it feel more like creative flight.

Key Features

• Speed Control – Fully adjustable movement speeds in all directions.
• Creative Feel – Movement that feels like creative mode.
• Multiple Profiles – Profile switching for situational control styles.
• Precision Movement – Sharper movements, fixed rotation, maintained Y position.
• Custom Keybinds – Descend, Toggle Profile, Open Config.
• Server Controls (optional) – Increase speed limits, adjust size, disable roaming.

Client Settings

Set on the client, does not require server-side mod. Use Mod Menu to customize settings in-game.

Key Binds

Flight controls align with regular creative flight by default, with dismount requiring to double-tap sneak. Descend key can be rebound to restore regular single-press sneak to dismount behaviour.

Descend

A custom keybind that can be assigned instead of Sneak to descend while riding a Happy Ghast. This can be assigned as an alternative to Sneak when using Sneak to dismount.

Default = `Unbound` (uses Sneak unless otherwise disabled)

Toggle Profile

Allows you to toggle between preset profiles while riding a Happy Ghast to switch between control sets. E.g. to toggle between a “Travel” profile adjusted for speed and ease of use, and a “Build” profile adjusted for smaller more precise movements.

Default = “ ` “ (backtick)

Open Config

Opens the client config screen from in-game. Saves having to use Mod Menu.

Default = `Unbound`

Profile Settings

Name

A friendly name for the profile. This is shown on screen when toggling between profiles.

Default = `Default`

Master Speed

Sets a consistent speed for all Happy Ghast movements. This simply sets all other speed settings at once.

Default = `1.0`

Forward Speed

Sets the Happy Ghast speed while moving forward (W). Holding Sprint increases this by a further 50% (within max speed limits).

Default = `1.0`

Backward Speed

Sets the Happy Ghast speed while moving backward (S).

Default = `1.0`

Strafe Speed

Sets the Happy Ghast speed while moving sideways (A and D).

Default = `1.0`

Ascend Speed

Sets the Happy Ghast speed while ascending vertically (Space Bar).

Default = `1.0`

Descend Speed

Sets the Happy Ghast speed while descending vertically (Left Ctrl).

Default = `1.0`

Dynamic Pitch

Adjusts the Happy Ghast vertical position while moving forward based on whether the player is looking up or down. Turn OFF to maintain the Y position unless using the Ascend/Descend key.

Default = `true`

Fixed Rotation

Fixes the Happy Ghast rotation to center around the player rider, allowing more precision while stationary and looking around. Turn OFF to restore the standard rotation centering around the Happy Ghast.

Default = `true`

Smooth Glide

Sets whether movements are smooth or instant while riding Happy Ghasts. Turn OFF for more precise movement.

Default = `false`

Speed Boost Rate

Apply a speed boost multiplier when pressing the Sprint key while riding Happy Ghasts. Double-tapping forward also boosts based on the global Minecraft setting. Resulting speed must be within the server maxiumum.

Default = `2.0`

Crouch to Descend

Select whether to use the Sneak/Crouch key to Descend while riding a Happy Ghast, or to only use the custom Descend keybind. If using Double-Tap to Dismount, this should use Custom Keybind only.

Default = `true`

Double-Tap to Dismount

Select whether to require double tapping the Sneak/Crouch key to dismount while riding Happy Ghasts, or to apply the standard single tap Sneak/Crouch to dismount behaviour.

Default = `true`

Dismount Window

Time window in ticks where double-tapping the Sneak/Crouch key dismounts the Happy Ghast. Only applies when Dismount is set to Double-Tap.

Default = `5`

Server Features

Set on the server, does not require client-side mod. Min/Max Speed can be used to set speed limits on the client-side. If server-side mod is not installed, defaults align with standard Minecraft.

Disable Roaming

Makes all Happy Ghasts stop roaming while not being ridden. Only applies when wearing a Harness.

Default = `true`

Ghast Size

The size multiplier of all Happy Ghasts, where 1.0 is the standard size.

Default = `0.75` (3 blocks wide)

Default Speed

Sets the default speed while riding Happy Ghasts. This also applies the default speed for anyone not using the client-side mod. Additionally, roaming ghasts move slightly slower than normal too.

Default = `1.0`

Minimum Speed

Sets the minimum client speed settings allowed while riding Happy Ghasts. Overrides any client config that exceeds this.

Default = `0.0`

Maximum Speed

Sets the maximum client speed settings allowed while riding Happy Ghasts. Overrides any client config that exceeds this.

Default = `5.0` (5x as fast as standard)