📷 Photo & Newspaper Mod
Take real screenshots in-game, print them, hang them on walls, turn them into wanted posters - and read it all back in an automatically published weekly server newspaper.
Built for multiplayer: photos are stored on the server and synced to every player who looks at them.
The Camera
Craft a camera and right-click to snap exactly what you're looking at — no HUD, no hand in the shot, with a satisfying shutter flash. Developing a photo costs 1 paper (free in creative).
Photos
- Render as polaroid-style cards showing the actual captured image — in your inventory, in your hand, and hung in item frames
- Right-click to view full-screen with the photographer's name and the day taken
- Print copies: photo + paper in a crafting grid (each paper = one extra copy)
Posters
Craft a blank poster, right-click to edit:
- Three styles: WANTED poster, Advertisement, and Plain
- Attach any photo from your inventory
- Add a title and subtitle (text auto-fits and wraps)
- Hangs poster-sized in item frames
Perfect for bounty boards, tournament champions, and shop ads.
Newspapers
- Write multi-page newspapers: headline, story, and an optional photo per page
- Sign & Publish locks the paper like a written book, with your name and date on the masthead
- Print copies with newspaper + paper in a crafting grid
🗞️ The Weekly Times (automatic!)
Every 7 in-game days the server publishes a newspaper automatically and delivers a copy to every online player:
- Player deaths are reported automatically ("Obituaries & Incidents")
- Anyone can file a story:
/news report <text> - Ops and command blocks can file categorized stories for server events:
/news report-as golf Steve wins the Sunday Open with a hole-in-one!(sections: golf, gambling, rare catches, events, community news) - Ops:
/news list,/news clear,/news publish [title]to run the presses early
Recipes
| Item | Recipe |
|---|---|
| Camera | 8× iron ingot ring: glass pane center-right, redstone center (shaped) |
| Poster | 2× paper + 1× stick (shapeless) |
| Newspaper | 3× paper + 1× ink sac (shapeless) |
| Copy photo | photo + n× paper |
| Copy newspaper | signed newspaper + n× paper |
Requirements
- Minecraft 1.21.1
- Fabric Loader ≥ 0.16.0
- Fabric API
FAQ
Where are photos stored? As PNGs in <world>/cameramod_photos/ - they survive
restarts and are included in world backups.
Does it work on servers? Yes, that's the whole point! Both server and clients need the mod installed.
Can I use it in a modpack? Yes - MIT licensed.
