Way Back When...

After years of playing different minecraft versions, watching nostalgic let's play series', 
looking at different debates & arguments between beta and modern mc fans 
I decided that I wanted to try and resolve the conflict by creating this modpack.
Do mind that I am a beta minecraft fan - though not the most hardcore one.

In short I came up with the idea to mash new & old minecraft but also introduce extensions to already existing content/ game mechanics. I believe that many recent updates such as aquatic or caves & cliffs do indeed bring great features to the game, however I also think that beta minecraft has a stronger style, it is more consistent with it's 
feature set and focuses on the "sandbox" aspect more than new mc versions.

-OVERWORLD Ores are generally rarer and more likely to be found in caves rather than when strip mining
-NETHER has new generation thanks to incendium and a lot more generated structures
-END has new generation thanks to Nullscape and some more structures
-BELOW BEDROCK CAVES is a new dimension added just to help with getting recources
-MODERN BETA adds many old minecraft world-gen options

-Sparse structures makes overworld structures 3 times rarer to encounter
-Villages have more varied sizes
-Vanilla structures have all been upgraded via JUNG's mod suite
-A lot of structures can now be located with items from the mod "Greater Ender Eyes"

-A map atlas has been added to the game
-A cave map with the ability to track caves
-A portal linking compass has been added
-An end respawn anchor has been added
-Better Loot has been added for most structures

-Old textures & new ones "oldified" with resourcepacks
-Some grass blocks are now shorter to not obstruct the view as much
-Beta 1.3 Smooth lighting system
-Super dark darkness
-Dynamic light system with the old lighting (can be disabled/ work with blocky lighitng)
-Cave Dust
-Old Water colors & lighting
-More mob variants textured in beta/vanilla style
-Added ambient fireflies & firefly bushes that add ambience
-Added more rain ambient noises

-Extended to last bout 13min day / 13min night
-Added special nighttime events such as blood-moon, harvest-moon etc. via Enhanced Celestials + addons
-Added seasons that affect weather, foliage & crop growth via Fabric Seasons

-Old combat system (no hit delay)
-Dual wielding mechanic added
-Sword blocking mechanic added back
-Shields kept but only block some dmg & have tiers
-Armor & damage scaling mod balances certain stats to balance increased difficulty
-Added 3 quivers via Simple Quivers mod!
-Added more crossbow variants via Crossbow Expansion
-Added more bow variants via More Bows: Restrung!
-Tridents are now craftable via Better Tridents
-Added full set of turtle armor with added effects via Full Turtle Armor
-Copper tools & armor added (work like stone, but are faster & less durable)
-Amethyst tools & armor added (2 tiers: weaker - works like iron but less durabilty; stronger is like diamond but also has less durability)
-Warden tools & armor added as an upgrade to netherite
-Rose gold tools & armor added, they're more durable than diamond but dont deal more dmg

-Old food system (no hunger)
-Custom food item stacking
-Eating animation retained
-High nutrition food good for combat, low nutrition good to refill smol health amounts
-More golden foods
-Potions buffed by allowing combined potions
-Added strawberries, coffe, nether foods & pears
-Added new berry variants
-Added new small glass vials & big glass jars to store potions in

-Inmis mod adds old-school textured simple backpacks
-Added Craftable bundles 

-Give less loot
-Old despawn mechaincs (like in beta mc animals despawn & spawn more frequently)
-Breeding kept as a game mechanic
-Added hog as a chonkier pig that gives more food
-Sheep no longer drop food
-Bees are now smaller in size
-Villagers have different skin tones & eye colors!

-Starting from 270 coordinates on X,Z slowly get tougher so exploring becomes more dangerous
the farther you travel
-Get stronger the lower you are so caves become harder to explore
-Max amount of naturally spawned monsters around you is 90

-Added a Copper Hopper
-Minecarts can travel much faster
-Nerfed elytra & now it's customizable
-Mending enchantment nerfed via Mending Nerf
-Added a Rainbow lamp
-Added more pumpkin carving patterns
-Sprint removed but added speed increasing blocks
-Added a new mechanic to fishing - now when you catch an entity it will spawn as one when the fishing rod is retracted via Fishing Real
-Anvil repairing is now possible by right-clicking it with an iron ingot
-ENCHANTING  is expanded, you can craft your normal enchant table, but also an upgraded version