DHSnowFix
A simple Fabric Minecraft mod that fixes snow layers rendering as full blocks in Distant Horizons. Please use "Tint With Avoided Blocks" in DH's config, or you won't see any snow at all in LOD chunks!
(The bottom picture is with this mod installed, "Tint With Avoided Blocks" in DH's config is enabled)\
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This mod seems to be needed at least as a hopefully temporary solution since over on Distant Horizons' issue tracker [the issue about this problem](https://gitlab.com/distant-horizons-team/distant-horizons/-/issues/947) was closed without resolution and seems to be a "won't fix" because it's "expected behavior".\
So then Minecraft itself should change?\
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This mod achieves what it does by making the snow layer block non-opaque and transparent, because that's what Distant Horizons checks for when it chooses blocks to avoid/tint blocks below with.
* Gameplay-wise this means that snow layers now let light through. Even though it's unrealistic, you can now have skylight come underground through snow on top of glass without people noticing it!
* (1.20.1) Performance-wise this means that there's now an additional check whether the current block is a snow layer block every time the game checks whether the block is opaque when it needs to decide whether to render a block side or not, which is obviously far from ideal.
* (1.21.10) Loading time-wise this means that there's now an additional check
whether the current block is a snow layer block every time the game
checks whether the block is opaque when it needs to build block shape
cache upon loading/reloading a resourcepack (to later decide whether to
render a block side or not based on that information), which is
obviously far from ideal, but still better than it was on 1.20.1.
Installation
Please refer to version changelogs for information on installation requirements
License
DHSnowFix is licensed under MIT.
How to Install DHSnowFix (Mod)
DHSnowFix by kabanod1m is verified for Fabric across Minecraft versions 1.20.1, 1.21.10 (latest release: 1.21.10-1.0, file size: 11 KB). Follow the steps below to install it safely from ModCraft.tv:
- Click the Download button above and select your Minecraft version (1.20.1, 1.21.10) and platform (Fabric).
- Make sure you have the compatible loader or environment installed for Fabric.
- Move the downloaded DHSnowFix file into your Minecraft
.minecraft/modsfolder and launch the game.
All Versions
+ Add Version### Installation
Requires Minecraft 1.21.10 and [Fabric Loader](https://fabricmc.net/) >=0.18.1.
### Installation
Requires Minecraft 1.20.1 and [Fabric Loader](https://fabricmc.net/) >=0.14.25.