#Vanilla Tweaks

[krissiefox]

I learned how to use data packs in Minecraft Java today! I'm so used to having my coordinates handy when I play on Bedrock that it was a real bummer being reminded that to use this in vanilla Java you have the screen completely covered in debug info, causing horrible eyestrain. But thanks to the "Coordinates HUD" data pack here I can now more easily navigate my survival worlds!

[valoisfulcanellideux]

So I was just browsing Vanilla Tweaks...

I wanted to see what new resource packs were available, and update the set that I usually run with. I never normally bother with the aesthetic stuff, but that section was already open when I loaded the site, so I scrolled through it out of interest.

And then I found this:

If that was available when Empires Season 1 was ongoing, then Pix really missed a trick. The Phantom Assassin could have had phantom wings! Given all the custom armour and weapons that everyone else was using back then, I remember wishing that Pix had got some custom elytra textures, if only for the Phantom Assassin. These would have been perfect.

(Yes, I know that would have changed all elytra into phantom wings, but he could have only used it for those individual scenes and then removed the pack for everyday use.)

[lynnnshooty]

i fuckin love vanilla tweaks dude

[ectomoog]

The Ecto Moog Vanilla Experience

[ Disclaimer!! this post is outdated- ill update it probably by november, or when all these mods are updated for 1.20.2 😁 ]

I'm an unwilling user of a MacBook Air, and I'm also someone with strong (picky) preferences for ✨vibes✨, and so to play Minecraft casually on my laptop, I've had to jump through several hoops to achieve what I would consider a "tailored & premium" vanilla experience. At this point though, I've put probably too much time and effort into it, and so I thought to justify that I'd make a guide to all the mods, resource packs and game options I use, as of May 2023 (1.19.4). 👇

I will attach a hyperlink to any resources I mention :)

Mods

Ok so to start off, yes, I technically I don't actually play true vanilla Minecraft, but the mods I have installed are all client-side, and for the purpose of improving or optimising the vanilla experience. You can find me on Modrinth, but here are all the mods I use:

Fabric & Modrinth (Intro)

To mod the game, I use Fabric, (rather than Curseforge). I know there are other modding tools, but Fabric works very well for me, and honestly the Forge website and launcher are pretty ugly, so I've stuck to Fabric up until this point. I ideally use Modrinth to download mods, as I like the design of that too.

As part of Fabric, I do have the Fabric API in my mods folder.

Sodium, Lithium and Phosphor

In the past I've used Optifine, but in December 2022 I switched to JellySquid's, Sodium, Lithium and Phosphor. So far, they work a *lot* better, in terms of optimisation. While they don't have the dynamic lighting, zoom or other cosmetic features that Optifine does, the performance they manage to achieve on my non M1 Mac is amazing. On average, at a 15 chunk render distance in the Overworld, I averaged around 45 fps. I'm actually really exciting about that because it allows me to actually play the game properly lol.

2. Lamb Dynamic Lights

To compensate for Sodium, I use Lamb Dynamic Lights, which is a simple but thorough dynamic lighting mod that adds light-emitting handheld items, dropped items and entities.

3. WI Zoom

Again, to compensate for Sodium, I use the Wurst-Imperium Zoom mod, which provides the zoom from the Wurst Client as a standalone mod. This is understandably shady, but it's very useful and feels at least vanilla-adjacent.

4. ShulkerBoxToolTip

A very minor mod, and one used by Xisumavoid, ShulkerBoxToolTip allows you to look inside a shulker box while it's in your inventory.

5. Better F3

Better F3 does exactly what it sounds like - it improves the F3 menu. I haven't optimised mine yet, but there is the option to colour code and shift/delete parts of the menu depending on your use case, and it looks a lot better too.

6. Mod Menu

Just in case you need to know what mods you have installed, and where to find information on them, Mod Menu provides that in game, which is super helpful.

7. FastLoad

FastLoad removes 441 chunk generating and implements different loading screens, and allows for the world to be generated a lot quicker.

Resource Packs

For vanilla Minecraft, I actually only use one resource pack, but if you're familiar with Vanilla Tweaks, you'll understand why this deserves its own category.

I've picked a lot of tweaks in Vanilla Tweaks, and some of them are more obtrusive than others. Some of my favourites are:

Dark Mode UI

Lower Fire

Quieter Nether Portals

Circular Sun and Moon

Bedrock Menu Title

Gold Hemlet -> Golden Crown

And the rest are:

Don't Eat the Bowl!, Bedrock Menu Title, No Panorama Overlay, Literal Gamerule Names, Numbered Hotbar, Dark UI (1.19.3 - 1.19.4), Ping Color Indicator, Wither Hearts, Lower Fire, Borderless Glass, Lower Shield, Translucent Pumpkin Overlay, Directional Hoppers, Visible Tripwires, Visual Note Block Pitch, Quieter Nether Portals, Quieter Minecarts, Quieter Fire, Quieter Pistons, Quieter Sculk Shriekers, Variated Dirt, Variated Coarse Dirt, Variated Grass, Variated Cobblestone, Variated Moss, Variated Bricks, Variated Birch Logs, Variated Red Mushroom Blocks, Variated End Stone, Variated Gravel, Variated Mycelium, Variated Planks, Variated Bookshelves, Variated Stone, Lower Grass, Circular Sun and Moon, Twinkling Stars, Circular Log Tops, Shorter Tall Grass, Whiter Snow, Different Stems, Red Iron Golem Flowers, Vertical Nuggets, Unique Dyes, Animated Campfire Items, Splash Bottle o' Enchanting, Accurate Spyglass ,Golden Crown

In-Game Options

I'm very picky with my in-game options, but they're all quite small changes, and so probably aren't worth discussing all that much, I'm just going to drop the most important ones below:

The end :)

That's my complete Ecto Moog vanilla experience! I'm sure I've missed some things, but overall that's how I've customised my experience. Let me know if there's alternatives I should try...

[98chao]

Yummers

[bunnithechubs]

we are so back babes!!

[girlboyburger]

my first ever completely-from-scratch CPM model! it's my sweet ol' piglin, melora! 🐷 she's got toggleable bandages, emissive eyes & lantern, and, most importantly, sick dance moves.

[sealrock]

the sisters of the wormwood clan are a strange bunch...

[fisheito]

i told myself that yakuei only had one position then i proved myself (sorta) wrong

my fave face here:

[single-malt-scotch]

some s7 Bdubs build love (home base and star gazers shop). screenshots taken by me. shader is rethinking voxels.

[bunnymedley]

yea i made a new creative world in terralith and set the generation to extra large biomes and i think that helps but im still not sure on it... i rly like some of these new biomes but i dont think i like having a bunch of blocks and things that are normally kind of exclusive to certain areas suddenly showing up randomly in a bunch of different places, like it doesnt matter or anything but it feels kinda off and less special

[asokkalypsenow]

My friends and i are playing dnd dragon heist and i and my partner surprised them yesterday by showing off this replica we made of the house you get in that campaign, along with decorated rooms for everyone! It was a lot of fun but so much work i wont play Minecraft for like 3 months now lol

[nabaath-areng]

Think we might be onto something here with Ieeha's face—

[lesspopped]

oh no I went out to the farmers’ market to get some stuff for holiday cooking and on the way back I had an idea for a ds9 vid that might be even WORSE than the hot to go vid

[hydaelyns-bitch]

meow meow purr purr

[lavampira]

the light has returned to d’alia’s eyes 🥺