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Minecraft: Java Edition
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Details
The Necessary
What does this modpack do ?
This modpack adds 50+ mods (20+ for 1.12.2) to optimize Minecraft and improve the HUD, recipe viewing, tooltips, and more, making Minecraft smoother, more convenient, and easier to manage.
Features
Core features
Optimization
Render: Sodium (Fabric + Neoforge), Embeddium (Forge)
Mob AI: Lithium (Fabric + Neoforge), Radium (Forge)
Chunk Loading: C2ME (Fabric + Neoforge), C2MEF (Forge)
Culling: Entity Culling, More Culling
Bug Fixes: ModernFix (Fabric), Packet Fixer
Reduce Memory Usage: FerriteCore
Block Entity Rendering (Fabric): BBE
And some other mods

HUD improvement
Hunger and Saturation viewing: AppleSkin
View armor durability: uku's Armor HUD

Effect timing: Status Effect Bar (Fabric), Effect Timer Plus (Neoforge + Forge)

Show Hotbar, Hunger Bar, etc. while riding mobs: Better Mount HUD (Fabric), Leave My Bar Alone (Neoforge + Forge)
Player appearance improvement
OptiFine Cape (Fabric): Capes
3D Skin: 3D Skin Layers
Tooltip improvement
Shulker Box item preview: Shulker Box Tooltip

Item durability viewing: Durability Tooltip
Inventory Sorting
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Inventory Profiles Next: Inventory sorting
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Crafting Tweaks: Arrange items more easily while crafting
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Mouse Tweaks (Fabric + Neoforge): Arrange items with mouse clicks
Other features
Zoom: Zoomify (Fabric), Just Zoom (Neoforge), Zume (Forge)

Dynamic Lights: LambDynamicLights
Shader: Iris Shaders (Fabric + Neoforge), Oculus (Forge)
Fullbright: Gamma Utils (Fabric), Fullbright UB + Clear Lava, Water Resourcepacks (Neoforge + Forge)
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LAN server (Fabric + Neoforge): e4mc
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Recipe manager: JEI

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Better visibility when on fire: Low on Fire (Resourcepack)
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Sodium/Embeddium Support: Translations for Sodium (Resourcepack), Sodium Extra (Fabric + Neoforge) / Embeddium Extra (Forge), Reese's Sodium Options (Fabric + Neoforge)
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View items while on a boat: Boat Item View
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Mod management/config: Mod Menu (Fabric), Forge Config Screens (Forge)
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Download Resourcepacks in-game without using a web browser (Fabric + Forge): Resourcify

- quick pack - 26.1+: Decrease Datapack-loading time
Bugs and Issues
Report bugs and issues
Please report issues here: https://github.com/break08/The-Necessary/issues
Many versions may have bugs in one or more mods included in this modpack, and I do not have enough time to test every version thoroughly. Please report any issues so I can remove the problematic mod and replace it if possible.
Solve the issues by yourself
If there are bugs/issues and you can solve them yourself, choose some solutions:
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Remove the mods causing the issue
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Install its required dependencies mod (if required)
Note: Fabric loader will always open a window to report to you the issue when Minecraft crash (except when you install a mod like Crash Assistant), read them to know how to solve the problem.If you can't read crash reports from logs/mod loaders/console, copy them and send to ChatGPT or other AI, they may be able to help you
Finally, open an issue in project site on GitHub.
Some Notices:
Overall
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The mods listed above are not all the mods in this modpack; they are only the core mods
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Some versions may lack some of the features above because they are too old, outdated, or too new to receive updates immediately
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Some features above may exist in a version, but the mods providing them may be different from the ones listed here
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The features above are for the latest or near-latest versions. Therefore, backported versions of the modpack may not include all of them
On Tlauncher
- Tlauncher Capes conflicts with some mods in this pack: Entity Culling, Capes, ...
Requirements
- Fabric Loader (With Fabric): at least 0.18.4
Image Attribution
Some images used in this modpack description are screenshots taken from the original pages or repositories of mods included in this modpack. These images remain the property of their respective authors unless otherwise stated. They are used here only to illustrate features of the included mods and to help explain the contents of the modpack.


