Minecraft: Java Edition has been obfuscated since its release. This obfuscation meant that people couldn’t see our source code. Instead, everything was scrambled – and those who wanted to mod Java Edition had to try and piece together what every class and function in the code did.

Modding is at the heart of Java Edition – and obfuscation makes modding harder. We’re excited about this change to remove obfuscation, as it should make it quicker and easier for modders to create and improve mods. Now you won’t have to untangle tricky code or deal with unclear names. What’s more, de-bugging will become more straightforward, and crash logs will actually be readable!

surprisingly fantastic and consumer friendly move from mojang, good on them

  • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    5 days ago

    Playing minecraft without mods as an adult is like eating a plain potato, or like going to a party without inebriating substances.

    • XM34@feddit.orgEnglish
      10·
      5 days ago

      Then I must be the most plain motherfucker out there. I meddle with Create and Biomes o’ plenty every couple of years, but about 90% of my worlds are vanilla with the exception of a couple of Vanilla Tweaks data packs.

      I tried Feed the Beast once… never again. That was the worst Minecraft experience I’ve had in my entire life!

      • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
        5·
        4 days ago

        Feed the Beast is commonly overloaded and also commonly shoves things like progression and questing, which are not to everybody’s liking.

        The best approach is always to add the mods you want manually to tailor the experience.

        I personally had most fun with Terrafirmacraft, Thaumcraft, Electrical Age, and GregTech. But those were the days gone, and most of them got stuck at 1.7.10

        • astropenguin5@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 days ago

          Terrafirmacraft and Gregtech do actually have modern 1.20.1 versions! I am currently actually playing a modpack with some friends called Terrafirmagreg, which as the name implies is tfc and Gregtech integrated, along with a bunch of other QOL and add-ons. It is a very fun, and very very long pack.

          Edit: I believe there is a 1.7 version of the pack as well

          • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
            2·
            2 days ago

            Nice! Heard of new versions of TerraFirmaCraft, but I believe it is community maintained, as the main author seems to focus on Vintage Story. But since you mention it works fine, I might as well give it a spin! Didn’t know Gregtech updated to newer versions.

        • Ice@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          4 days ago

          most of them got stuck at 1.7.10

          As did I :) The few times I boot up MC it’s the same old modpacks on the same old versions.

          • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
            2·
            4 days ago

            I too find myself returning back there :)

            So many great mods died after this version that it was impossible to recreate the experience - and I feel bad for those who joined the party later and never knew what 1.7.10 (or 1.6.4, or 1.5.2 for that matter) has to offer.

            It goes so bad that when I recently loaded a newer version, I was like “what the hell is going on here” :D

      • Rekorse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        I started with one of the optimized packs and then added stuff I thought was useful: maps, minimaps, backpacks, way stones, ultimine via enchants.

        After I played that for a while and beat most of the game I wanted to, I tried a vanilla plus pack, betterMC. It had a lot of the same mods but more. After I finished that, I went with allthemods10, but at that point you do need youtube and discord open to ask questions or look up how to do certain things.

        Anyways, had a blast with all of it, I’m on vacation now so I’m playing no mods on my steam deck and as long as I turn on keep inventory its not bad at all. The new copper update is pretty cool!

        Edit: just want to add that applied energistics and mekanism are fantastic mods, I’d put them up there with create, so if you haven’t tried them it might be worth just adding one or both to an otherwise unmodded playthrough.

    • 87Six@lemmy.worldEnglish
      132·
      3 days ago

      Not… Really? I mean I get it if you like mods, i do too, but Minecraft offers so much out of the box that I find it extreme to claim that…

      • xttweaponttx@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Yeah dude I totally agree! Mods are great in their own right, but there’s something to be said for the insane variety of gameplay you can get outta the base game!

      • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        31·
        4 days ago

        Sodium, Let Me Despawn (prevents servers from going under 20TPS), No Chat Reports, and other QOL no content mods are essential for even running a server with vanilla clients tbh

        • Benaaasaaas@group.ltEnglish
          3·
          4 days ago

          Server hosting and using mods to improve performance/server moderation tools is a bit different than playing with mods.

          • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            2·
            4 days ago

            Fair, although stock Minecraft without QOL is rough around the edges (especially if we’re talking performance or accessibility)

            Even client mods are almost a must for things like saturation monitoring or ease of navigation