Every decent texture pack has a thing. You know that one thing that just makes it so good? It could be a simple wood texture or the way pickaxes look or in this case, the sky. The Inspiration Texture pack by TobiwanK3nobi has truly amazing looking skies, brought to you by MCPatcher's latest Better Skies feature which allows texture artists more control over the skybox in Minecraft.
It's almost spring time, fellow Minecrafters, and it's time for your world to reflect it. Luckily, modder TyronX has you covered with his wonderful Butterfly Mania mod. The mod adds 110 butterfly types, each with specific spawning conditions. They will fly around, feed on flowers and other flora, avoid rain and even bundle up near objects of interest.
Have you ever fought the Ender Dragon and noticed how bare and boring the End was? If you have, I've got just the mod for you. Modder chylex is turning the End into a fully fledged dimension instead of a glorified boss fight. With new mobs, biomes, items and blocks, it's an interesting one. Let's take a look.
The long-awaited Combat Update also known as Minecraft 1.9 will soon be available officially, but you can test it out right now because the first Minecraft 1.9 pre-release is out on the Minecraft launcher! The update features a combat overhaul, flying, the end rework and much more…After almost 2 years of development and tons of snapshots, the update is finally close.
This time on Upcoming I'll take a look at a very ambitious mod recreating a very famous fantasy universe. The Lord of the Rings mod by Mevans aims to add everything you know and love about Middle-earth and more, and it's almost there with lots of features already implemented and working. The mod adds the new dimension of Middle-earth in which all of the content can be found.
Back in July, Sonic Ether blew everyone away by adding a water shader onto his already existing group of shaders including motion blur, dynamic shadows and more. Since then, he has been working on a couple of new features that have now been released as a part of his latest R5 preview build, and they are amazing.
