BetterHud

Here you can learn how BetterHud support works!

1 min readUpdated Nov 12, 2026

Use SamsRank's animated tags together with BetterHud.

Why It Needs an Integration?

BetterHud draws its HUD with its own copy of Minecraft's text shader, the same shader SamsRank uses for rank effects. Two resource packs can't both replace one shader.

How It Works

When BetterHud is installed, SamsRank doesn't ship its own text shader. It plugs its effect code into BetterHud's shader through BetterHud's API instead, and BetterHud does the final drawing. One shader, and both the HUD and the animated tags work, on every version BetterHud supports (1.21.4 up to 26.3).

Automatic - nothing to configure.
BetterHud's shader is rebuilt for you on startup and on /samsrank reload.
/samsrank report shows betterhud-shader-hook and betterhud-owns-text-shader.

Setup

Install both plugins

Install BetterHud and SamsRank, then restart.

Make sure both packs reach players

BetterHud's resource pack must reach players together with SamsRank's for example both merged through ItemsAdder or Nexo.

Reload

Run /samsrank reload. If BetterHud's HUD still looks off, run /hud reload too, then regenerate your pack and rejoin.

Turning It Off

Installed BetterHud but don't use its resource pack? Set:

integrations:
  betterhud: false

SamsRank then ships its own text shader again. Run /samsrank reload after changing it.