Fast and Better Vanilla

Fast & Better Vanilla

Maintenance & Refinement Update

This release is a comprehensive maintenance and refinement update for Fast & Better Vanilla. The focus of this version is stability, consistency, and usability. Numerous long-standing issues were resolved, default behaviour was standardised, and the overall user experience was cleaned up. No core gameplay mechanics were altered.

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General Stability & Maintenance

• Fixed missing shaderpacks in previous releases
• Fixed crash handling; the game now reliably returns to the title screen after crashes
• Reduced startup errors and warnings
• Updated all mods to stable releases only
• Removed redundant or unnecessary mods to improve reliability and clarity

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Settings & Default Behaviour

• Closed Captions are now disabled by default
• Narrator is now disabled and muted by default
• All keybinds were reset to proper Vanilla defaults
• Default settings were standardised across the modpack
• Removed forced or intrusive default options such as automatic item swapping
• Facing direction is now visible in the F3 debug screen
• Simplified and cleaned up complex settings menus

Known Issue:

• Default settings and configurations are not consistently applied for players joining already existing worlds (defaultoptions limitation)

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UI & HUD Improvements

• Significant cleanup of HUD and UI elements to reduce visual clutter
• Simplified menus and removed unnecessary visual noise
• Added a new loading animation
• Reworked the main menu layout for better readability
• Added a custom resource pack providing a cleaner background panorama

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Resource Packs & Visual Fixes

• Removed the forced custom Totem to allow full player customisation

• Fixed invalid textures for bows and crossbows

• Removed broken or conflicting resource packs

• Reworked resource pack structure to:

  • Allow multiple optional packs
  • Prevent overriding player-added packs (Totem, Hotbar, UI elements)

• Added full support for 3D Skin Layers

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Gameplay & Quality-of-Life Changes

• Fixed unintended glowing block outlines

• Removed Carpet Mod (no longer required due to Fake Players)

• Added Nether Portal linking support

• Enabled decorative and functional fake players and advanced armor stands using:

  • Armor Poser
  • Armor Stand Arms
  • Player Armor Stands

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Help & Guidance

• Planned integration of a custom in-game help system (command/UI-based)

Status: Not yet integrated

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Modpack Presentation

• Updated modpack profile with new images
• Revised description and presentation

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Summary

This update focuses on polishing Fast & Better Vanilla into a more stable, predictable, and clean Vanilla-enhanced experience. Most legacy issues have been resolved, and remaining limitations are clearly documented. The core philosophy remains unchanged: improve Vanilla Minecraft without altering its fundamental gameplay.