AimBow 1.8.9

Credit goes to Michael Zang for the original Minebot/Aimbow project
I simply added to the project with the help of LegoNinja48 and updated the compatibility to 1.8.9 (amazing wrapper!)

Features

• 1.8.9 Forge Minecraft functionality
• Graphs the trajectory of projectiles, arrows, fishing rods, snowballs, eggs, ender pearls, potions, and fishing rods
• Customizable trajectory colors
• Crosshair fixing (Not really functional?)
• Block distance (works sometimes)
• Hit-face block highlighting (highlights the specific face the projectile will land on)
• Entity hit highlighting (red bounding box on entities in the trajectory path)
• Smart autoaim with target prediction (stationary, physics, path, and vector modes)
  • 🔴 Red ghost = Physics mode (target is airborne/jumping)
  • 🟢 Green ghost = Path mode (target is on a bridge)
  • 🟣 Purple ghost = Vector mode (target sprinting in open field)
  • Ghost brightness = prediction confidence
• J toggles trajectory, Y toggles autoaim

Explaining the Math

• Script/Explanation
• Put this on 2x Speed Please!!!

Demonstration video

Latest Video
Video
Code/Math Breakdown

Extra Showcase

VIDEO: CE v1.3 CallenFlyn

Todo

• Backward aim finder (recommended by melumi in which you can find where a player is looking and their trajectory)
  1. could be quite computationally expensive depending on how we run this, but is feasible.
• More customizability
  1. block highlighting color/style should be configurable
  2. autoaim FOV and rotation speed should be exposed in config

Autoaim Config

Edit src/main/java/net/famzangl/minecraft/aimbow/SmartAimConfig.java to tune behavior:

• MAX_AIM_ANGLE = 30f — max degrees the bot will snap from your current look
• MAX_ROTATION_SPEED = 10f — degrees/tick rotation speed (smoothness)
• HITBOX_BIAS = 0.25f — how far ahead of a moving target to aim (lag compensation)
• RENDER_GHOST = true — show/hide the prediction ghost
• GHOST_ALPHA = 0.3f — ghost transparency

Known Limitations

• Path prediction assumes the target keeps moving forward — misses if they stop
• Bridge detection may false-positive on small platforms
• Hitbox bias is constant and doesn't scale with target speed (can overshoot slow targets)
• Only one target can be locked at a time

Completed

• Smart autoaiming — static aim (stationary targets) and dynamic aim (moving targets, bridge detection) both implemented
• Ender pearl trajectory — dedicated solver with correct physics
• Block highlighting — now shows only the specific hit face instead of full wireframe box

Suggestions

Suggestions and Fixes are always appreciated, if you find a bug or have a suggestion, open a pull request or open a issue request!