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Limit a DecentHolograms display range for a crowded spawn

Applies to: DecentHolograms; match the linked maintainer documentation to your installed platform and release.
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A spawn full of displays can reach players who are far beyond reading distance. Test a bounded range on one display while preserving the route players use to approach it.

Prepare the test

Record the hologram name, world and location before editing. Match the command family to the installed release because newer display commands and older hologram commands can differ.

Make the change

  1. Map where the display first becomes useful to an ordinary visitor. Record the current display range and update range separately, because rendering visibility and refreshing values may have different controls.
  2. Use the installed release’s documented range operation on a test copy. Choose a distance that covers the approach path and avoid changing several crowded spawn displays in the same comparison.
  3. Walk toward and away from the copy with a normal account. Check the boundary from more than one direction and include any raised path or nearby portal that changes the practical viewing distance.
  4. Compare the server profile and visible behaviour under similar player activity. Check a changing placeholder near the boundary so a readable display does not retain an out-of-date value.

Check the result

The display should appear before players need to read it and stop rendering outside the planned area. Keep a note of the selected values and the approach routes used for the trial.

If the test fails

Restore the previous range if visitors lose necessary directions or values stop refreshing at readable distance. Adjust this display’s bounds before applying the same value to every hologram across different worlds.

A shorter range is a design decision as well as a performance decision. Essential safety or navigation text needs a wider test than an optional decorative label.

References and related help

Check the official DecentHolograms documentation against your installed release before using a command or setting from another version.