This modpack was made to include as little content as possible and is centered around vanilla features to make the game slightly more enjoyable while not feeling completely different.

Most mods have a high amount of configurability.

NOTE: the 1.21 version is missing a few mods

Mod list

Performance mods
Alternate Current (Makes redstone less laggy)
Better Chunk Loading (anticipates new chunk loading based on character movement, optimizing it.)
Canary (optimizes a lot of calculations regarding mob AI and physics)
Chunk Sending (Decreases lag spikes when loading chunks, reduces stutter when first joining a world)
Clumps (xp drops get grouped better, slightly speeds up xp absorption)
Connectivity (Increases the “timeout” window when connecting to a server and increases packet size limit)
Fast Paintings (Decreases the lag paintings can cause)
Fastload (Speeds up world loading times)
FerriteCore (Reduces memory usage)
Let Me Despawn (Hostile mobs sometimes never despawn, causing lag. This lets them despawn)
Rubidium (Optimizes the rendering engine)
Smooth Chunk Save (Saves chunks over time instead of all at once, reducing lag spikes.)
Starlight (Optimizes the lighting engine.)

Decorative
Bedspreads (lets you put banners on beds)
Customizable Elytra (lets you put banners on elytras)
Bushier Flowers (lets you make bunches of flowers by bonemealing them. Looks nice in a flower pot)
FramedBlocks (lets you make stairs, fences, doors, etc. of every block by placing them in “frames”)
Portfolio (Adds more paintings that fit the vanilla look.)

Cosmetic
Better Third Person (lets you look all around yourself in third person)
Chat colors (Lets you use italics and bold font in the chat window. Also colors.)
Chat Heads (Adds an icon based on your skin next to your chat messages)
Drip Sounds (Water droplets now make a sound)
Dyed (Makes leather horse armor look nicer and work better with dyes)
Elytra Physics (Adds cape physics to the elytra)
Falling Leaves (Trees spawn some tiny leaves that float in the air for some forest ambience.)
More Mob Variants (Adds some alternate appearances to vanilla mobs)
Not Enough Animations (Eating and map animations can now be seen by other players.)
Oculus (Adds shader support so you can use downloaded shaders)
Raised (raises the hotbar by a couple pixels so the selector isn’t cut off any longer)
Skin Layers 3D (makes skin layers 3D so skins now look fuller. Much nicer in my opinion)

Gameplay changes
ChickensShed (Chickens passively shed feathers)
CleanSwingThroughGrass (Lets you hit mobs through blocks that break in one hit, such as grass.)
CrawlOnDemand (Adds a button that lets you crawl on command. Default is ‘left-alt’ but can be changed)
Elytra Slot (Adds a slot to put the elytra in, letting it be used alongside a chestplate)
Forgery (Fixes some bugs and lets you add/remove certain minecraft features)
Hourglass (Lets the night pass, albeit slowly, even without all players sleeping.)
JEI (A system to look up recipes in.)
Mouse Tweaks (Adds an inventory sorting button and some more management features)
NetherPortalFix (Nether portals now properly link to one another. Look the bug up for more info)
Regrowth (Makes grass and plants grow back slowly by having animals graze blocks)
Respawning Animals (Makes it so passive mobs can respawn and despawn properly. Look the mod up.)
Snow Under Trees (Snowfall now passes through leaves, making snowy biomes look much better)
Snow! Real Magic! (Snow layers now share blocks with fences and grass, amongst others.)
Simple Backups (Regularly scheduled backups stored on the server side)
Tax Free Levels (Adjusts enchanting and anvil costs to be more reasonable. Look the mod up)

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