The line beginning with “Facing:” indicates the orientation of the player.
P: The total number of particles on the screen.The penultimate line relates in particular to charged particles: aB: Places available on the waiting list for treatmentĮ: Number of entities rendered out of the total number of entities.L: Number of chunks where the light needs to be updated.D: Number of chunks displayed by your client (D = distance), adjustable in the solo options.C: Number of chunks rendered out of the total number.The following line shows information about the surrounding chunks: Or at least what I found doesn’t match what’s displayed on my screen. You then have the number of chunks being loaded (chunk updates).įinally, I didn’t find any information on the T: at the end of the line. The next line tells the number of FPS displayed by your computer.įPS is the abbreviation of “frames per second”. Note that vanilla is displayed if you use the official launcher, and for example, Forge can be indicated if you use this launcher with mods. If you are juggling multiple versions it may remind you which one you are currently using. The first line of this paragraph shows the version of Minecraft in use. Let’s start with this part on the top left of the screen: Minecraft version The left part of the Minecraft debug screen First paragraph Do not hesitate to directly move to the section that interests you. In this article I will go through this entire screen, starting from the left and explaining to you what each line and each number corresponds to. Unlike the other function keys (F1, F2, …), it is not possible to modify the F3 key in the controls. It displays in text mode a lot of information that we will see later.
Overview of the debug screen in Minecraftīefore getting in too many details, I’ll give you some generic information about this screen in Minecraft.įirst, you can display it at any time by using the F3 key (or Fn+F3 on some laptops and Mac).
We will now see line by line how to read the information there and why you should use it more often. For example, it’s a useful tool to get the current coordinates, biome and light level. This screen shows a lot of information about the game in real time. In Minecraft, the F3 key opens the debug screen. Today you’ll discover everything about this F3 screen. Some don’t even know it exists, and others know very little about its contents. The debug screen in Minecraft is arguably one of the more obscure features in the game.