PomPom — real 3D, no shader pack required

Bumpy 3D blocks with depth and moving shadows — for a fraction of a shader pack's cost.

No shaderpacks required. PomPom bakes LabPBR pack depth straight into terrain at a low cost. It hooks into how Minecraft (or Sodium) draws the world and adds the 3D look on top. It isn't free — you'll give up a few frames — but nowhere near what a full shader pack asks of your GPU. (And if you do run a shader pack, PomPom automatically deactivates when one is activated!)

Honest note: PomPom is "matte by design", doing 3D and normal mapping, but it does not give the wet or shiny look like a true shader. This tradeoff is crucial for keeping the mod light, and lets you say "wow, that's 3D!" without "why is my game at 20fps?"

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Why PomPom is special

Before PomPom, there were primarily only 2 ways of getting true 3D, and both dunked on performance:

Setup	Performance	3D depth
Vanilla + LabPBR pack	✅	❌
Vanilla + 3D pack (JSON geometry)	❌	✅
Shader pack (Iris)	❌	✅
PomPom	✅	✅

Why?

• Vanilla + LabPBR pack — you have SO much fancy information (depth, roughness, etc.) that just won't show up because vanilla Minecraft doesn't read or use it.
• Vanilla + a 3D resource pack (JSON block models) — actual 3D models = lag, because giving all blocks extra mesh data just tanks your frames.
• A shader pack (Iris) + LabPBR pack — real 3D depth + gorgeous visuals, but you *should know by now what shaders do to your performance.
• PomPom + LabPBR pack — 3D depth no geometry bloat and heavy shader pipeline. It costs a few frames but FAR less than the 2 other methods; that's why it exists after all.

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Do I need a special resource pack?

No — PomPom works on any texture pack, even vanilla. It has two modes and picks automatically:

• With a LabPBR resource pack → respects the authored 3D data and delivers it, giving you real 3D like a shaderpack.
• With any other pack (or vanilla) → it generates depth on its own from block textures and shades it.

So you can install it and immediately see a difference, then add a LabPBR pack later for the best results.

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Quickstart

1. Install Fabric and Fabric API.
2. Drop PomPom into your mods folder.
3. (Optional but recommended) add Sodium for the best FPS, and a LabPBR resource pack for authored 3D.
4. (Optional) add Mod Menu + YACL to open in-game settings and toggle features

That's it — launch and look at some stone.

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Requirements & compatibility

Minecraft	26.2 (Fabric)
Required	Fabric API
Recommended	Sodium (performance), a LabPBR resource pack (best visuals)
For the config screen	Mod Menu + YACL (both optional)

• ✅ Sodium — fully supported, recommended.
• ✅ Vanilla renderer — supported.
• ✅ LabPBR resource packs — supported.
• ✅ Iris + shader packs — fully compatible, keep both installed! When you turn a shader pack on, PomPom automatically steps aside and lets the shader render the world; when you turn the shader off, PomPom comes right back. Nothing to uninstall, no conflict — PomPom is simply your no-shader-pack option for when you want depth without the FPS hit.

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⚠️ This is a beta

First public release! Working LabPBR POM is expected, but artifacting and glitches are possible. If you hit something weird, please report it — screenshots and your setup (pack, Sodium on/off, config) help a ton.

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License

PomPom is All Rights Reserved, with one explicit exception:

✅ You may include an unmodified copy of PomPom in a modpack — but only if that modpack is distributed exclusively on Modrinth.

That means:

• ✅ Allowed: bundling PomPom, unchanged, in a Modrinth-hosted modpack.
• ❌ Not allowed: distributing it on any other platform, redistributing it as a standalone download, or including a modified version.

If you want to use PomPom in any other way, please ask first.