A poster for Nekoration (screenshot taken with the mod's first release)
A stone wall containing all variants of Nekoration's stone blocks
You can tint any stone block with any vanilla dye, to make it colorful
The image here shows only a few examples. half-timber really has a looooot of variants since it can have different wood types, colors and patterns
The selector that will show up in 'Wooden Blocks' tab in Creative Inventory, helping you select block by wood types (Just ignore those 2 JEI buttons at the bottom XP)
Many different types of window blocks, each with variants of different wood types
You can make a frame around a window to make it look nicer
They can be used to replace the top and bottom parts of window frame, or can be used separately above or below windows as you like
Doors and taller doors made from quartz (they can also be colored with dyes)
Square tables, round tables and sittable chairs, made from different types of planks(except pumpkin ones :P). Those recipes are not conflicting with most(probably all) other furniture mods, so you can feel free to put 'em together
Easel menus can be used to display both items and colorful texts
Other small decorations: flowering plants, candle holders, etc (you can light the candles with a torch or lantern, and use their 'soul' variants if you want the flame to be blue)
Through this painting system, you can draw pictures or load jpg/png images as your paintings, and share 'em with your friends!
Any banner can be made into wallpaper, and can then be pasted onto your walls!
Palette is necessary when you edit a painting and serves as a color picker
They can be turned into other blocks by a right click with other blocks in your hand. And their rotation and position are adjustable using corresponding tools
A book describing and explaining all aspects of Nekoration, from recipes to mechanics.
Nekoration is still updating actively and will keep adding new stuff. So stay tuned, and always be ready for upcoming updates! : )
This image shows all parameters in painting loading and explains what they mean
Description
Nekoration 
A Decoration Mod for Minecraft
Note
The development of Nekoration remained halted in the past few years, and there has not been new official releases for Minecraft 1.20 and later during the time period.
In the past few months, Nekoration has undergone a complete redesign and rewrite. The upgraded version will be known as v2, with revamped models and textures, new QoL features and more. Releases for NeoForge 1.21.1 are expected to be available in the upcoming months, and Forge 1.20.1 backport will soon follow.
Here's a quick lookup table for you to check which version you can use for your game:
| Minecraft Version | Nekoration Version |
|---|---|
| 1.16.5-1.19.2 | v1 for Forge |
| 1.20.1 | v1 unofficial port for Forge by Flechazo098; v2 Forge official backport planned |
| 1.21.1 | Upcoming v2 for NeoForge, with built-in data upgrader |
ALWAYS backup your save before opening it in a new game instance!
Since v2 is a complete rewrite from scratch, many ids and data values have changed from the previous version. You can see here for a technical breakdown of what has changed. A world data upgrader is implemented in Nekoration v2 to handle to data change automatically and you can just load in your old save with v1 mod and continue building. Do remember to backup your old save, just in case.
Introduction
Nekoration is a NeoForge mod for Minecraft which adds lots of decorational stuff to the game, allowing players to have a wider choice when building & creating.
About Its Name
The name 'Nekoration' is a compound of 'cat' in Japanese(ねこ, neko) and 'decoration', suggesting that the mod is both ornamental and cats-friendly… ^._.^= ∫
Features
Dyeing
Some of Nekoration's blocks are dyeable using vanilla dyes, so that you can turn almost everything in this mod to your favorite tint!
Connected Models and Textures
Many blocks in Nekoration supports both model and texture connecting, to name a few, Half-Timber Pillars and Lamp Posts. When being placed by players, they'll automatically adapt to visually connect to adjacent blocks.
Custom Paintings
Painting is a feature with which you can draw your OWN paintings! You can pick colors with a palette item, and enjoy creating your art work on a custom painting! (Click the button below to view tutorial)
How to use paintings in Nekoration
Step 1. Get a Palette and a Blank Painting
They can either be found in the Creative Inventory, or be crafted in Survival Mode. With a palette, you can pick up to 6 colors at a time and use them when creating your painting. The size of blank painting items can be changed through a right click in the air.
Step 2. Start to paint!
Then, you can place your blank painting on a wall, and the size of this painting is fixed at this time and cannot be changed anymore. Simply right click on it with a palette in your hand, and you can start painting!
Step 3. Saving/Loading paintings
You can input a path in the textfield at the top of the GUI, specifying the image file you want to save to/load
from. The root directory of local paths is .minecraft/nekopaint, and these paths should contain the
extension name(.jpg or .png). For png images it's still OK to omit the extension name, which means you can
simply use "foo" to refer to "foo.png", but for jpg images a full name is required.
- Save Painting: Save the whole painting to an image file, canvas included.
- Save Painting Content: Save only the painting content to an image file without the canvas. This function can be especially useful when you want to move painting content from one painting to another.
- Load Local Image Files: Load an image file under
.minecraft/nekopaintonto the canvas. A few loading parameters are supported: Target Left Offset, Target Top Offset, Source Left Offset, Source Top Offset, Scale, Width Limit, and Height Limit, these parameters should be seperated with '>', following the file path. Not all parameters need to be specified, but they must be given in the above order. - Load Images From Web URLs: The editor can also load images from web URLs, and the above parameters still work in this case.
- A Few Examples: Assuming that you have an image named
foo.pngunder.minecraft\nekopaintfolder, inputingfoo.png > 0 > 0 > 0 > 0 > 0.5will load the image at half size, and usingfoo.png > 10 > 20 > 50 > 60 > 1.0 > 10 > 20will load the part of the image from (50, 60) to (60, 80) at position (10, 20) onto your canvas. For another example, you can usehttps://www.misaka-cloud.net/image/Meow.png > 0 > 0 > 0 > 0 > 0.5to load that image from a remote server onto your canvas at half size. (That URL doesn't actually exist, just to explain how it works)
Wallpaper
With Nekoration, you can turn any Banner into Wallpaper with exactly the same pattern, just the way you make Shields from Banners. Then you can place it on any wall surface(several pieces of wallpaper can fit into a 1x1x1 space, so don't worry about room corners).
Neko Brochure
Once you install the mod with Patchouli, you'll find a red brochure in 'Neko Tools' tab, which introduces all aspects of Nekoration, like recipes and mechanics. The book is still being written, and will be of more use as the mod updates.
Code Repository
This project is open-source at https://github.com/DevBobcorn/nekoration, where you can view the code or contribute to the mod.
Your feedback and suggestions are welcome!
The Nekoration Team
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