WEEKLY NEWSLETTER (Oct 13): Creative Mode & Dev/mod stuff on Monday the 13th

{Backlog of posts Unpublished Newsletters 3/4}

“Thankfully, we missed Friday the 13th this month – Here we go!” (cover pic: KAPPA)

GODRAY & PATHTRACED SHADERS

The Kappa shader offers a uniquely impressive experience from the average shader. (See cover pic)

It claims to not only “use physically accurate vales and equations like many other packs” but tweak them “to reproduce what you could observe in nature, which usually goes beyond just having equations…”

Like most texture and shader projects of this ambition, it offers both a free and paid version. The creator, RRe36, boasts a comparably large portfolio of shader packs which you can explore at rre36.com.

INFINITE PROCEDURAL FRACTALS

You’ve definitely seen a fractal before. Fractals are structures/shapes that repeat themselves infinitely at smaller or larger scales. But what about building them in Minecraft? The Fractal Explorer might help.

This niche website explores everything fractals, including some exploration within Minecraft. For more useful info on PROCEDURALLY GENERATING BUILDS, check my post on using Automation and “AI”.

BOBBY MOD VS DISTANT HORIZONS

Both extend your render distance, but in different ways. Note that both will generate files that can start taking up gigabytes of space with lots of terrain.

Bobby: Potentially better for multi-player

Use: Lets you see chunks beyond the server’s view-distance (128 chunks).

How: Stores and re-renders previously loaded chunks.

Best for: Multiplayer servers with low view-distance.

Limit: Can’t render new/unseen chunks; only what’s been loaded.

Distant Horizons: Potentially best for solo

Use: Adds Level of Detail (LOD) rendering to show far-off terrain.

How: Renders distant terrain in low detail for better performance.

Best for: Single-player or modded worlds with scenic views.

Limit: May have mod/shader compatibility issues; version-sensitive.

GITHUB DEVS DOING GOOD THINGS

• https://github.com/Owen1212055 (PaperMC contributor, has tools to render assets, sound seeds etc)
• https://github.com/tryashtar (NBT studio coder, has tools like shulker preview, image to mc map etc)
  https://misode.github.io (Incredible toolkit of data pack generators, analyzers, converters and more!)
• https://modrinth.com/mod/moulberrystweaks (Client tweaks aimed at devs, by the creator of Axiom)

VERY SERIOUS BUILD COMMISSION TIPS

• Always insist on using PayPal, even when the client offers a better alternative like Wise or Revolut
• Always pull up to the clients house in person to collect money if there is an NDA with their address
• Always promote your services on MySpace, Vine, Omegle, Google+, 4Chan and Yahoo! Answers
• More coming soon: to be announced!