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Developer Art Classic

Recreating the Beta Minecraft experience in modern versions with as much accuracy is possible.
HUD modern elements and combat indicators are simplified to the effect of Beta. The XP bar is grey so as to blend in when you don't need to look at it. Sword swipe and cooldown indicators and simplified and damage indicators removed.

HUD modern elements and combat indicators are simplified to the effect of Beta. The XP bar is grey so as to blend in when you don't need to look at it. Sword swipe and cooldown indicators and simplified and damage indicators removed.

The original look and feel of the Nether. gloomy hellscape. just as it was :)

The original look and feel of the Nether. gloomy hellscape. just as it was :)

The original main menu, dirt background included. Conforms properly to your GUI scale and window size. The "play tutorial level" button is cosmetic, clicking the button will take you to the Realms interface.

The original main menu, dirt background included. Conforms properly to your GUI scale and window size. The "play tutorial level" button is cosmetic, clicking the button will take you to the Realms interface.

Grass and foliage refer to colors typical of Beta, "tall" grass colors vary randomly even within a biome, as they did in Beta.

Grass and foliage refer to colors typical of Beta, "tall" grass colors vary randomly even within a biome, as they did in Beta.

All interfaces modified to respect the Beta look, in addition, the recipe book icon is hidden until hovered and tooltips are a translucent black color. Text labels are reverted to their Beta contents. Durability bars use their original colors.

All interfaces modified to respect the Beta look, in addition, the recipe book icon is hidden until hovered and tooltips are a translucent black color. Text labels are reverted to their Beta contents. Durability bars use their original colors.

Enjoy all the features of Beta lighting; colorless, static, torches are darker and the sun is brighter just like before. Best enjoyed at "moody" brightness.

Enjoy all the features of Beta lighting; colorless, static, torches are darker and the sun is brighter just like before. Best enjoyed at "moody" brightness.

Modern interfaces are stylized to match, most noticeably the recipe book, which takes a page out of legacy console :)

Modern interfaces are stylized to match, most noticeably the recipe book, which takes a page out of legacy console :)

Beta fog, water color, and sky color. Fog behaves accurately to how it did in Beta no matter your setting.

Beta fog, water color, and sky color. Fog behaves accurately to how it did in Beta no matter your setting.

All following images were taken in vanilla Minecraft, however there are features included for those using optifine. In addition to what you see here, there is *much* more to discover ingame! ^w^

All following images were taken in vanilla Minecraft, however there are features included for those using optifine. In addition to what you see here, there is *much* more to discover ingame! ^w^

Description

Recreating the Beta Minecraft experience in modern versions with as much accuracy is possible by pushing the limits of resource pack technology and describing the styles of old. It is part of the "Developer Art" meta-project.

please ensure you are using "programmer art" beneath this resourcepack!

if you like this pack, let me know! also, share it with your fellow old-school minecrafters!

 
RECOMMENDED SETTINGS:

Video Settings:
--- Biome Blend: 15x15 (Maximum)
--- Brightness: Moody (+0%)
--- Mipmap Levels: OFF


~ If you are using any of the following mods,

these settings are recommended ~

Optifine Settings:
--- Quality...
------- Emissive Textures: ON
------- Custom Sky: ON
------- Custom Entity Models: ON
------- Custom Colors: ON

Colormatic Options:
--- Block Light Intensity: 100%

Nostalgic Tweaks Settings:
--- Eye Candy...
------- Old Light Rendering: OFF
------- Old Cloud Height: OFF

 

~ created by shmoobalizer ~

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