Nature X

• all previous dead corals models & textures are back!
• short grass will be generated with a small flowers on top with multiple colors in the meadow biome
• seagrass & tall seagrass will have new variants
• sand in deserts will have different layered colors
• reworked birch forests biomes, it's more like the vanilla color palette (+ birch leaves will have a regular texture and a flowery texture, and the old fully flowered birch leaves will now only generate in the flower forest biome)
• new side textures for grass block, snowy grass block, dirt path, podzol, mycelium, warped nylium & crimson nylium
• new 3d models for the brown mushrooms on top of the mycelium block
• new cross model for the red & brown mushrooms with new textures
• re-textured cattails
• snow on spruce leaves will be generated randomly rather than always be generated giving the scenery more natural look
• new better connected glass blocks & glass panes

- overworld features:

• revamped birch forest & old growth birch forest biomes [new textures for the birch leaves and birch sapling, new grass overlay, and new grass block & foliage colormap]
• cattails will generate when a seagrass is placed at y=62 in water, otherwise, a default seegrass model will be used
• a swamp variant of the cattails will be generated only in swamps
• algae will generate when a tall seagrass is placed at y=61 in water, otherwise, a default tall seegrass model will be used
• lily pad flower now has 3 variants
• new models for short grass, tall grass, fern, and large fern
• short grass, tall grass, fern, and large fern will have a snow overlay when they're placed/ generated in snowy biomes
• spruce leaves will have a snow overlay when they're placed/ generated in snowy biomes
• short & tall grass will have a new specific models & textures for the sunflower plains biome
• new models for the mycelium blocks that allows small 3d mushrooms to be generated on top

- nether features:

• new variants of the crimson and warped roots
• new variant of the nether sprouts
• new blue variant of the shroom light and magma block for the warped forest biome
• new red variant of the twisting vines for the crimson forest biome
• emmisive textures added for all of the overlays of the nether wart block, warped wart block, crimson nylium block, warped nylium block, twisting vines, crimson & warped fungus

- end fetures:

• end pillars will have random crying obsidian textures, some of which will glow
• new glowing version of the end grass
• emmisive textures added for the dead chorus flower

- Removed Features:

• all shortgrass variants that were a part of a block model got removed for better shaders compatibility
• sea plant which was a variant of the seagrass model got removed as cattails got implemented in a more better method than the sea plant
• all plants that replaced the dead corals got removed as most of them is now generating naturally in the world
• many of the unused files of textures and models got removed from the pack to reduce file size

• new pointy ice models for ice, blue ice, and packed ice blocks with an item models for each one of them too.
• new branches models for all log & stem types [doesn't include the stripped ones] with an item model for each one of them too.
• new bushy model of the hay block.
• new sea plant texture.
• fixed the issue of bushy leaves don't render properly when a snow layer is on top.
• fixed the issue of mangrove roots bushy model doesn't generate more often.
• fixed dark oak leaves bushy part doesn't have a tint value.

• a qucik update that includes:
• revamped cherry leaves [new models & textures]
• updated animations of sea plant

• new overlays for:

1. sand
2. red sand
3. jungle leaves
4. spruce leaves
5. nether wart
6. warped wart
7. crimson nylium
8. warped nylium
9. grass top
10. dirt
11. coarse dirt

• new models:

1. new model of the lily pad that allows swamp cattails to be generated naturally in the swamps
2. new model of the lily pad flower
3. new model of cactus that allows flowers to be generated on top with 3 different colors
4. new model of seagrass that allows sea cattails to be generated naturally

• new shaded textures for all logs
• fixed sugar cane missing tintindex

• Nature X - v8.0 is now compatible with Sodium. from now on, Nature X will be developed for Sodium only as most of the features of the latest previous Optifine version of Nature X have been converted to work with Sodium as well as many important performance fixes.

• any version of Nature X that is less than 8.0 is an Optifine version of the pack which as i said won't be continued so please make sure to update to the latest version which is 8.0