Ecotones is a biome overhaul mod that attempts to capture the chaotic essence of the real world's flora by filling each biome with life, where each generated tree, shrub, and rock is unique in where it generates and the shape. It also takes inspiration from the beta days of Minecraft and makes each biome feel dynamic and varied. Ecotones' many trees and bushes adapt to their surroundings and each tree generates in it's own unique way. Currently, the mod adds over 33 distinct biomes, or 115 including variants.
Biome Generation Algorithm
Ecotones has 16 base biomes, which are generated according to a simplex noise grid. This ensures that temperature and humidity scales well, so rain forests are not next to deserts, for example. Then, another simplex noise grid is used to generate biomes' hilliness, so certain parts of the map will have generation that is almost "shattered". After the base biomes are generated, "Special" biomes are generated on top. These special biomes do not follow the same temperature and humidity rules, and have special effects, such as unique grass, leaf, and sky colors, as well as unique generation.
Full Biome List
- (images coming soon)
Hot biomes:
* Desert
* Scrubland
* Steppe
* Tropical Grassland
* Lush Savannah
* Dry Forest
* Lush Forest
* Tropical Rainforest
Warm Biomes:
* Cool Desert
* Cool Scrubland
* Cool Steppe
* Prairie
* Boreal Forest
* Spruce Forest
* Temperate Forest
* Temperate Rainforest
Each of the above biomes has 2 other variants, each with more mountainous and extreme terrain.
Swamp Biomes:
* Bog
* Mire
* Marsh
* Wetland
Special Biomes (biomes that have a chance of appearing a couple thousand blocks from spawn):
* Volcanic biome
* Supervolcanic biome
* Hot Springs biome
* Blessed Springs biome
* The Pits
* Oasis biome
* Hazel Grove
* Green Spires
* Pine peaks
* Uluru
* Flower Prairie
* Woodland Thicket
* Poplar Forest
* Clover Field
* Wasteland
Technical biomes:
* Beach
Images
Prairie biome
Pine Peaks:
Beach:
Hilly Desert:
Tropical Rainforest:
Tropical Grassland:
Dry forest and Wet forest boundary:
Oasis biome:
Uluru (small special biome):
Boundary of 3 biomes:
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does this work with simplex terrain gen?
In reply to FantasyPvP:
Because of how ecotones operates under the hood, they are not compatible unfortunately.
is it compatible with other biome mods
In reply to epiphenomenalism:
It should be, but the 1.16 update broke the compat. I'll re-add it soon.
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could this be integrated into the base world gen and not just the "ecotones" world gen option?
In reply to magentapuppy:
It's not possible as ecotones uses custom biome generation mechanics that wouldn't work in the normal world gen.
Question, if I already have a world/server running and I add this. How would this affect my current world?
Awesome mod by the way!
In reply to sadgasm98:
It wouldn't affect the server at all, as it uses a custom world type.
Soo... i'm using TerraForged with BoP, any chance this'll integrate itself too without conflicts ?
In reply to Eliaan7:
Those are forge mods, and this is a fabric mod.
In reply to SuperCoder79:
Oh nevermind then, doesn't anywhere say Fabric though
In reply to Eliaan7:
it says in the categories that is a fabric mod. It has for a while.
For some reason this crashes my game on startup. Anyone know why? I'm playing on 1.16.4 if that helps
In reply to brongus_:
Ecotones hasn't been ported to 1.16.4 yet
sorry how do i deleete coamoent
In reply to epiphenomenalism:
Welcome to the Curseforge. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE LOL.
In reply to epiphenomenalism:
Well you can't cause' this is CurseForge, but you can edit it and write "[Deleted]", that works for me lol
I really would like to use this but it's incompatible with other biomes mod.
In reply to RDKRACZ:
what do you mean please tell