i make resource packs sometimes

minecraft sideblog for @cornbread-but-cringey

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Hi! I'm Cornbread, and I make Minecraft resource packs for both Bedrock and Java Edition (though mostly Bedrock Edition)!!

Cornbread's Texture Fixer - This pack aims to fix and/or cover up any visual issues the game has accumulated over the years. Currently in beta and only for Bedrock Edition, but it will get a Java Edition port when it's finished.

Conglomeration - Currently in alpha, this pack mixes and matches the best looking, sounding, and even controlling aspects of every official release of Minecraft. It relies pretty heavily on Bedrock Edition's data-driven UI system, so it probably won't be seeing a Java Edition release any time soon.

Cornbread's Music Fixer - Quality-of-life changes to the way music plays, prioritizing C418's tracks without completely removing any of the new ones. Available for Bedrock and Java Edition in two different styles!

Y'all, It's Fall!! - Completely overhauls the game's grass and foliage colors to create a more autumnal experience across the entire world! Or, you can use the "Forest Only" subpack (on Bedrock Edition), to make fall local to the forests. Receives updates every real Northern Hemisphere fall. For both Bedrock and Java Edition.

Y'all, It's Winter! - Sister pack to Y'all It's Fall that makes the world snowy. Updates every Northern Hemisphere winter. For both Bedrock and Java Edition.

Slightly Better Foliage Colors - Adds hue-shifting to some of the plants that normally don't have it. Among other tweaks. For Bedrock and Java Edition.

Thickly Be-Beveled Buttons - Makes the bevels on the buttons on the UI thicker and more pleasing to the eye. Available for Java Edition but definitely made for Bedrock Edition, where it has a little bit of compatibility with CrisXolt's packs.

Menu Buttons of Stone - Makes the buttons on Java Edition's UI look even more like stone than they already do, by giving them edits of the 1.14+ stone texture. Made for Java Edition, but available for Bedrock Edition via CrisXolt's VDX: Desktop UI pack.

Navigational tags under cut:

#is about my resource pack - Posts about my resource packs. Tag is always singular, even if the post is about multiple packs. Posts will also be tagged with the pack name(s).

#update post - Posts about the blog itself or planned schedule.

#preview changelog response - Responding to parts of the Bedrock Edition previews that I like, hate, or otherwise find interesting; with a focus on technical features. Only happens when I find something I want to comment on or just point out, which is most weeks but not all of them.

#lime response - Responding to the slicelime snapshot videos, with a focus on gameplay changes.

#cornbread has opinions - Random opinions about the game I want to share. Preview and lime responses don't go in here for some reason.

#cornbread has ideas - Random ideas I have. Doesn't get used very often since most ideas I have I either just make or keep secret for when I do want to make them.

#cornbread does a devlog - Development logs for my resource packs, elaborating on most individual changes and the thought processes behind them. Usually doesn't happen unless the update both takes longer than a week to make and is interesting.

#cornbread explains minecraft mechanics - Posts where I explain mechanics in Minecraft that might not be fully intuitive.

#cornbread explains minecraft resources - Posts where I explain aspects of the resource pack system.

#cornbread explains minecraft data - Posts where I explain aspects of the data and behavior pack systems. Used less often because I'm more focused on resource packs.

#cornbread makes assets - Non-resource-pack assets that I make, such as graphics for editing or conversion lists between Java Edition and Bedrock Edition IDs.

#cornbread discovers bullshit - Immediate responses to learning about an aspect of the game for the first time. Bullshit is not inherently negative here.

#videos that are mine - Youtube videos.

changelog for this post

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i still think wool stairs are kind of a stupid concept (which is an opinion i don't think i've shared yet, but is one i've had for a bit), but i am kinda looking forward to the new biome (even if the last thing the game needs is another forest variant lol). was absolutely not expecting to get another new biome so soon, especially not this one!

kinda really want the new leaf blocks to get their own particles before release. like, if they're not gonna give unique particles to the older leaves, it'd be nice if they at least did for the newer ones, y'know? but given that there even is a generic leaf partical at all, that probably won't happen for another five trees, if ever.

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26.30.32

their block. "cubes" is plural. come on, this is literally the second line.

is xbox officially capitalized that way, or did you just feel like yelling it?

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java edition no longer has multiplayer. yup. literally just a few weeks after adding it, they removed it.

okay, i'm like, simplifying the explanation heavily to the point of error (intentionally, 'cause it's funny), but that genuinely does suck. the way multiplayer currently """"""works"""""" on there is genuinely ridiculous and atrocious.

anyway, java edition now also has superflats for all dimensions, which is close to how superflats worked on the legacy console editions, but not quite the same. also, the option apparently "isn't available in the menu by default"? under what circumstances is it available then?????

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oh yeah the lime vids

java edition beds are now slightly bouncier to match bedrock edition beds. had no idea they were even slightly different but i guess this is a good change. if for no other reason than i like when bedrock edition is represented.

also, they added a texture without bumping the minor resource pack version, which is literally, explicitly, the one thing the minor version exists to denote. (i'm pretty sure this texture is another duplicate also, because java edition apparently can't get enough of those)

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26.30.29

i wonder if they're ever gonna make sulfur spikes grow over time

okay but that's functionally identical. why do this?

oh what? the way this is written makes it seem like ddui as a whole is already out of beta and we're just waiting for the individual pieces. did i miss something? or is this just written confusingly?

and what, exactly, would a negative number, like, accomplish in this context?

we're literally so close to the bottom of the page. are you kidding me?? its. "it's" with an apostrophe is exclusively a contraction. also, you forgot to capitalize this one.

anyway, custom blocks can now define their note block instrument! that's cool! interesting that it allows specification of a bottom-face instrument. given that it defaults to none, i'm assuming this is how the whole wool-blocking-note-block-sounds thing works.

also, all the examples given match existing sound_definition.json entries, excluding note.none, which is explicitly stated to be new, so i think these might be completely arbitrary strings and not enums! i think you can just add new note block instruments now!!

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really stupid inconsistency i just found:

on java edition, both the stonecutter buttons and the loom buttons have hover text. the stonecutter buttons keep their hover text when pressed, but the loom buttons do not.

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just listened to the new music. was gonna make a post detailing my thoughts on each individual track, but then i read it back and realized it was kind of a nothingburger. anyway, as a whole, i think this soundtrack is... not amazing. i don't actively dislike it like the trails and tales soundtrack or think it sounds actively out of place, but none of the tracks are really particularly that interesting. none of them really go anywhere. some of them sound kinda like the underwater tracks, which is interesting, but none of them play underwater, so it's like: why? at least they all have proper fade-ins and stuff instead of just starting instantly. finally.

memories doesn't play in the sulfur caves, which means Cornbread's Music Fixer can't just make all the new music exclusive to them like it usually tries to for updates like these. will probably just remove all the new tracks from the generic music pool while keeping them in the biome music pools. all of these tracks play in quite a few biome pools anyway, so it wouldn't even be affecting the rarity all that much.

maybe i'll remove 'em from swamps too. like, yeah, this is the first new swamp music in quite a while, but the existing swamp music is so different from everything else in the game, it doesn't really mesh well with any of it. idk. i've yet to test things in game. maybe it's all just fine already. we'll see....

we'll hear i mean....

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26.30.28

creative mode? what the fuck are they doing in there and why?

did they forget that creative mode only plays survival mode music on java edition? they probably did.

why the fuck did you do that then? also would it kill you to just call it java edition?? like just once??

oh, so now it's not a baby? but now it's getting a baby model??

this shit is confusing and we haven't even gotten to the technical stuff yet.

or you could just make copper grates function as actual grates. literally everyone wants this, and it is a niche that is noticeably not filled.

that's great! this means what btw?

there are non-gameplay toasts? i have never seen anything of that description.

hey give us money

oh shit what? official cloud backups that aren't realms-based? am i misunderstanding something or are they just being weirdly nonchalant about this?

i take it someone's working on custom signs or something?

dang, we almost made it to the end of the changelog without one of these. applies. "validation" is not plural.

oh shit these things are like, coming out soon, aren't they?

oh okay so this is like the most impactful beta of all time then gotcha

dang, they're even making custom music discs actually functional. took 'em long enough. those have technically been a thing for years.

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HOLY FUCKING SHIT JAVA EDITION FINALLY HAS MULTIPLAYER??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

also i totally forgot we would be getting new music for this one.

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26.30.27

fuck it. until the billion dollar company gets an english speaker to write their english change logs, i'm going to be pointing out all the stupid bullshit grammatical mistakes. this will have no tangible effect and only make these posts more annoying to read. hope everyone's okay with that.

anyway, has. "placement" is not plural.

dang it. here we go again....

oh, so the small ones ARE babies? 1. that's inconsistent with the other mobs in this family. 2. why do they not get pixel-size consistent textures, then?

dang it; i just did a numbered list. this one's gonna read as repetitive. oh well.

has. "cube" is not plural.

its. "it's" with an apostrophe is not a possessive.

that's not even an apostrophe!

hoooly shit yes please thank you

i'm guessing chorus flowers and spore blossoms weren't correctly tagged as being flowers before?

thankies

"the common game"? what, are you nobility now?

oh fuck shit wait that's awesome i love formatting codes

that name is way too long.

not actually sure if this is actually grammatically incorrect or just bizarre phrasing, but i'm gonna put this here anyway.

custom dimensions?!?!?!?!? did i miss/forget something??!?!???

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finally! the next preview version's come out! and it's... 26.30.25/26?? why did we skip so many?

speaking of finally. finally!

anyway, now that it has its own slider, can we revert the thing where disabling screen animations also disables the panorama rotation? pretty please?

now here's a parity issue that i bet you didn't notice!

don't really care that much tbh, but i mean... i guess this is better now. if i had to chose.

okay?? why are you telling me this? you're supposed to be telling me about the fixes!! this isn't even like, following up on anything.

elaborate?

thanks. now i'm really hyped for this update.

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here's something i bet some of you didn't know (because i didn't): cats will automatically sit down when you tame them, but wolves will not.

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26.30.20/21

what? literally why?

for context, when stitching textures onto their atlases, minecraft stretches the edges out so that they don't bleed into each other. bedrock edition has been doing this for a while and java edition recently also started. which i guess means bedrock edition now has to stop or something because mojang is intent on giving the two the exact opposite technical features for some reason.

the padding on the atlas is data-driven though, so hopefully, this can just be fixed with a resource pack. i shouldn't have to though. not everyone can do that.

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HOLY FUCKING SHIT BEDS ARE FINALLY RENDERED AS BLOCKS AGAIN BEDROCK EDITION WHEN PLEEEAAAAAASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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anyway, one time the panorama didn't load correctly for a little while, leaving me in this ominous black void. (ignore the blurry part over to the right; that's just me censoring my username even though it's not difficult information to find.)

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so, you know how on bedrock edition, certain plants and other small blocks get culled when they get too far from the camera? and you know how this happens in chunks instead of per-block?

apparently, mobs also get culled in chunks. notice how they disappear in a kinda stair-step pattern instead of a circle? kinda strange. how did i never notice this before?