Colorful Flares

Did I hear flares? Colorful Flares is a mod made to help you quickly illuminate areas, light your surrounding or use them to tell your friends about your location. (Started as an self-educational project)

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About this Mod

Colorful Flares

Colorful Flares is a mod created with the objective of helping players to illuminate large areas temporarily for exploring, specially caves. Comes with the bonus of being also useful to tell your friends your position thanks to the colored smoke these flares emit.

A flare in a player's view that is exploring a cave

Features

Throwable flares
13 different colors
Sets entities on fire when hitting them at high enough speeds
2 minutes despawn timer

The 13 different colors

Available Versions

Colorful Flares 1.2.1release

MC 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.4forge

April 13, 2025

Colorful Flares 1.2.0release

MC 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.4forge

April 13, 2025

Colorful Flares 1.1.0release

MC 1.20.1, 1.20.2, 1.20.3, 1.20.4forge

January 24, 2025

How to Install Colorful Flares on Your Server

Order Server

Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).

Set forge Loader

In the panel under "Egg", select the forge loader and matching Minecraft version (1.20.4).

Install Mod

Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Colorful Flares". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

forge

Minecraft Versions

1.20.4, 1.20.3, 1.20.2 (+1 more)

Server-side

✓ Required

Recommended RAM

4 GB(min. 3 GB)

Frequently Asked Questions

Colorful Flares server crashes on startup – what to do?

Most common cause: wrong forge version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.20.4). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.

Is Colorful Flares compatible with forge?

Colorful Flares officially supports forge for Minecraft 1.20.4, 1.20.3, 1.20.2. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.

Server lagging with Colorful Flares – how to optimize performance?

Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Colorful Flares consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.