Beyond & More 4.1.0 — The Wood & Storage Update

This major content update for Beyond & More 4.x introduces new wooden storage variants, improved crafting mechanics, visual fixes, and better consistency across Minecraft mod loaders.

New Features

• Added 11 wood variants of chests, trapped chests, and barrels.
• Added unique textures and inventory models for each wood type.
• Added matching wooden storage blocks to the mod's Creative Mode inventory.
• Expanded alternative crafting recipes for wooden storage blocks.

Crafting Improvements

• Crafting a chest using a single wood type now produces the corresponding wooden chest.
• Mixing different wood types produces the vanilla Minecraft chest.
• Barrels follow the same system: matching wood produces a matching barrel, while mixed wood produces the vanilla barrel.
• Trapped chests can be crafted using a matching wooden chest and a tripwire hook.
• Improved alternative crafting recipes involving logs and wooden slabs.
• Fixed conflicting recipes that previously produced incorrect vanilla items.

Visual Fixes

• Fixed missing textures on chest inventory models.
• Restored the metallic latch on wooden chest inventory icons.
• Improved consistency between placed blocks and inventory models.
• Corrected oak and birch barrel textures to better match their respective wood types.
• Improved organization of the mod's Creative Mode tabs.

Technical Improvements

• Improved rendering consistency across NeoForge, Forge, and Fabric.
• Fixed loader-specific item model and texture issues.
• Improved recipe compatibility and registration.
• Preserved support for 320 language locales.

Compatibility

• Minecraft: 1.21.1
• Mod version: 4.1.0
• Supported loaders: NeoForge, Forge, Fabric
• Java: 21

Testing

• Visual testing successfully completed on all three loaders.
• 67 crafting tests passed on NeoForge.
• All three release JARs successfully compiled and passed integrity checks.

Thank you for playing Beyond & More!