Nature Simulator

Overview

The goal for this modpack is simple: A farming simulator that is realistic (but not annoyingly so), a beautiful world to explore and create, and nothing immersion-breaking. No nightly zombie apocalypse, no complicated tech trees, no sparkly magic flowers, and no throwing eggs to hatch them. Many useful, beautiful, and common-sense mods are included. Perfect for designing your dream farmstead, castle, or secret lair.

Mods (World-Gen and Theming)

• Antique Atlas (by Hunternif) - low-tech mapping tool
• Animania (by Purplicious_Cow) - realistic livestock models and behavior, new animals and breeds
• BiblioCraft (by JDSinclair) - furniture and more
• Biome Bundle (by MC_Pitman) - option for amazing vanilla-based world gen
• Birds Nests (by cleverpanda714) - adds birds' nests with a few random drops from leaf blocks
• Brutal Zombie Siege (by Micmux) - used to disable sieges, actually
• Cooking for Blockheads (by BlayTheNinth) - kitchen appliances and recipes for Pam’s HarvestCraft
• Mo' Bends (by iwoplaza) - more “realistic” mob animations—visual effects only
• Moar Boats (by jglrxavpok) - adds minecart-style functionality and more to boats
• Pam's HarvestCraft (by MatrexsVigil) - Lots. Of. Food.
• PeacefulSurface (by ZLainSama) - no more monster-filled nights—they only spawn in total darkness
• Pumpkin Carving (by cleverpanda714) - pumpkins are blank by default, can be carved and worn
• Ruins (Structure Spawning System) (by AtomicStryker) - structures to explore
• Simple Corn (by cleverpanda714) - tall corn
• Sophisticated wolves (by NightKosh) - sophisticated wolves have better pathing and self-defense

Mods (Tools)

• Block Armor (by 2piradians) - more armor options
• Carry On (by Tschipp) - can pick up and move chests, small animals, and other items
• Chisels & Bits (by AlgorithmX2) - use the chisel to edit blocks pixel by pixel
• Comforts (by theillusivec4) - adds sleeping bags and hammocks (to skip through the day)
• Craftable Horse Armour & Saddle [CHA&S] (by EwyBoy) - adds recipes
• Death Compass (by Vadis365) - find your stuff
• Fast Leaf Decay (by Olafskii) - no waiting around for leaves to decay
• Fence Jumper (by TheRealp455w0rd) - allows players to vault over fences
• Flat Colored Blocks (by AlgorithmX2) - good for Chisels and Bits, choose your favorite color
• Flopper (by kroeser) - hopper for fluids
• GraveStone Mod (by EuhDawson) - easier item retrieval on death
• Inventory Tweaks (by Kobata) - sorting and replacement of used-up stacks
• Iron Backpacks (by gr8pefish) - better backpacks
• Iron Chests (by progwml6) - better chests
• Morpheus (by Quetzi) - sleep voting for servers
• Quark (by Vazkii) - lots of small tweaks to base MineCraft, a few new materials
• Redstone Paste (by FyberOptic) - easier to use redstone
• Storage Drawers (by jaquadro) - low-tech storage mod
• SwingThroughGrass (by exidex) - hit the mob, not the grass
• Tinkers' Complement (by KnightMiner) - early-game or hobbyist metal tool option
• Tinkers Construct (by mDiyo) - better tools, more possibilities
• Tinkers' Tool Leveling (by bonusboni) - keep tinkering
• Uppers (by Vadis365) - hoppers, reversed

Mods (GUI)

• AppleSkin (by squeek502) - displays information about hunger and saturation
• Controlling (by jaredlll08) - adds search to the KeyBinding menu
• Cosmetic Armor Reworked (by ZLainSama) - change armor appearance independently of function
• DeathQuotes / Death Quotes (by andrenoel1) - just for fun
• Dynamic Surroundings (by OreCruncher) - adds better sound and a few other features
• Hardcore Darkness (by lumien231) - caves are pitch black without lighting, moonless nights come close
• Hwyla (by TehNut) - displays block information
• Just Enough Items (JEI) (by mezz) - shows item recipes
• Just Enough Resources (JER) (by Way2muchnoise) - shows ore levels and some mob drops
• Mouse Tweaks (by YaLTeR97) - adds a bit more functionality to the standard interface
• Waila Harvestability (by squeek502) - displays information about what tools are needed to harvest a block
• Wawla - What Are We Looking At (by Darkhax) - additional information

Mods (Behind the Scenes)

• AutoRegLib (by Vazkii) - tool for Quark
• Bed Bugs (by gr8pefish) - small mod to fix issues with vanilla beds
• Chameleon (by jaquadro) - code for Storage Drawers
• CraftStudio API (by ZeAmateis) - supports custom animal models for Animania
• CraftTweaker (by jaredlll08) - used to adjust recipes and remove items that break realism
• Cyclops Core (by kroeser) - library mod for Flopper
• Mantle (by mDiyo) - code for Tinkers’ Construct
• ModTweaker (by jaredlll08) - used for Tinker's Construct recipes
• MTLib (by jaredlll08) - Tool for CraftTweaker
• Open Terrain Generator (OTG) (by team_otg) - used for Biome Bundle
• Shadowfacts' Forgelin (by shadowfactsmc) - code for Moar Boats

Notes:

This modpack has been playtested on a multiplayer server, and is designed with lower-spec computers in mind. Make sure the world type is set to "Biome Bundle" (or a clone of it) to use the intended world gen for this pack. The Tinker's Construct islands are disabled by default, since they interfere with the world gen. There are alternative ways to obtain all the materials (use JEI). I've also done a lot of work to integrate Animania with Pam's HarvestCraft using MineTweaker. If you'd like to reuse any of my MineTweaker code in your modpack, feel free. I only ask that you credit me as the author.