Get ready for a big one! Snapshot 13w36a is out and brings with it all the biome changes previously rumored and more! Get ready for disco mountains, cliffs, savannas and others. Read on for an overview of everything added…Let's start with terrain generation. The upcoming 1.7 update focuses on terrain, and this first snapshot shows a lot of the changes made.
Navigating the beautiful randomly generated world of Minecraft can be disorienting sometimes, and that's where maps come in to make it easier. Antique Atlas is an alternative, and in many respects improvement, to the regular maps with a more rustic, old-school RPG look that fits in well with some of the top mods these days.
Welcome to a new series here on McModder.net called Wombo Combo. Each time, I'll be taking a look at a combination of mods that work together symbiotically to create an amazing experience. In this edition, biomes and world generation have never been this beautiful - I take a look at Realistic World Gen Alpha, a mod that recently got support for Biomes O' Plenty, creating a combo that truly amazes.
Mojang has released a new snapshot - 14w25b - with a lot of cool new stuff you'll want to read about. A new mob? Underwater dungeons? New blocks? SPONGES?! Sign me up…Let's start with the new mob. In an attempt to make oceans less bland and boring, the devs have added a new underwater mod called the Guardian to 14w25b.
No, not paintball gun, silly, that's another mod for another article, but just paintgun. You know, the one that shoots paint onto walls, and not enemies on the battlefield? That paintgun can now be a part of your Minecraft experience with this mod by rich1051414 (boy, that's a lot of numbers). It uses dyes to paint blocks around you, so it brings a new level of decoration into play.
It's no secret that Sonic Ether has blown our mind before with his amazing shaders for Minecraft, based on daxnitro's GLSL shaders. They have always pushed the boundaries of Minecraft's visual capabilities beyond anything we imagined before. His latest update includes a number of changes, including a new light system and water shaders, which once again top anything we've ever seen before.
