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The Necessary
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Optimize Minecraft, add utilities and tools to improve QoL
Enhances game performance and optimizes resource usage.
Forge is a popular mod loader for versions 1.1+ of Minecraft.
Neoforge is a fork of the Minecraft Forge available for versions 1.20.1+ of Minecraft. Many Forge mods are compatible with Neoforge and vice versa.
Fabric is a mod loader for versions 1.14+ of Minecraft, particularly popular for client side and optimization mods.
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The Necessary
What does this modpack do ?
This modpack adds 50+ mods (20+ for 1.12.2) to optimize Minecraft and improve the HUD, recipe viewing, tooltips, and more, making Minecraft smoother, more convenient, and easier to manage.
Features (for Major/Release versions)
Core features
Optimization
Render: Sodium (Fabric + Neoforge), Embeddium (Forge)
Mob AI: Lithium (Fabric + Neoforge), Radium (Forge)
Chunk Loading: C2ME (Fabric + Neoforge), C2MEF (Forge)
Culling: Entity Culling, More Culling
Reduce Memory Usage: FerriteCore
Block Entity Rendering (Fabric): BBE
Light Optimization: ScalableLux, Starlight
Worldgen Optimization: FastNoise
Optimize immediate mode rendering: ImmediatelyFast
Reduce resource usage whie game in background: Dynamic FPS
Fast language switching: Language Reload
Optimize Minecraft server: ServerCore
Decrease Datapack-loading time - 26.1+: quick pack
Optimize Structures Jigsaw and NBT pieces: Structure Layout Optimizer
Fix memory leaks (older): Memory Leak Fix
Misc Optimizations and Bug fixes: ModernFix/ModernFix-mVus, BadOptimizations, PacketFixer

HUD improvement
Hunger and Saturation viewing: AppleSkin
View armor durability: uku's Armor HUD

Effect timing: Status Effect Bar (Fabric), Effect Timer Plus (Neoforge + Forge)

Show Hotbar, Hunger Bar, etc. while riding mobs: Better Mount HUD (Fabric), Leave My Bar Alone (Neoforge + Forge)
Player appearance improvement
OptiFine Cape (Fabric): Capes
3D Skin: 3D Skin Layers
Tooltip improvement
Shulker Box item preview: Shulker Box Tooltip

Item durability viewing: Durability Tooltip
Inventory Sorting
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Inventory Profiles Next: Inventory sorting
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Crafting Tweaks: Arrange items more easily while crafting
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Mouse Tweaks (Fabric + Neoforge): Arrange items with mouse clicks
Other features
Zoom: Zoomify (Fabric), Just Zoom (Neoforge), Zume (Forge)

Dynamic Lights: LambDynamicLights
Shader: Iris Shaders (Fabric + Neoforge), Oculus (Forge)
Fullbright: Gamma Utils (Fabric), Fullbright UB + Clear Lava, Water Resourcepacks (Neoforge + Forge)
LAN server (Fabric + Neoforge): e4mc
Recipe manager: JEI

Better visibility when on fire: Low on Fire (Resourcepack)
Sodium/Embeddium Support: Translations for Sodium (Resourcepack), Sodium Extra (Fabric + Neoforge) / Embeddium Extra (Forge), Reese's Sodium Options (Fabric + Neoforge)
View items while on a boat: Boat Item View
Mod management/config: Mod Menu (Fabric), Forge Config Screens (Forge)
Download Resourcepacks in-game without using a web browser (Fabric + Forge): Resourcify

Quit to the main screen without waiting: fastquit
Remove outdated resourcepacks/datapacks warning: No Resource Pack Warnings
Disable Chat Reports: No Chat Reports
No (Re)loading screen: Remove Reloading Screen
Increase maximum length of chat history: More Chat History
Move Deleted Worlds to Trash: Delete Worlds To Trash
Play in Borderless Full Screen: Cubes Without Borders
Statistics Screen Improvement: Better Statistics Screen
Bugs and Issues
Report bugs and issues
Please report issues here: https://github.com/break08/The-Necessary/issues
Many versions may have bugs in one or more mods included in this modpack, and I do not have enough time to test every version thoroughly. Please report any issues so I can remove the problematic mod and replace it if possible.
Solve the issues by yourself
If there are bugs/issues and you can solve them yourself, choose some solutions:
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Remove the mods causing the issue
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Install its required dependencies mod (if required)
Note: Fabric loader will always open a window to report to you the issue when Minecraft crash (except when you install a mod like Crash Assistant), read them to know how to solve the problem.If you can't read crash reports from logs/mod loaders/console, copy them and send to ChatGPT or other AI, they may be able to help you
Finally, open an issue in project site on GitHub.
Some Notices:
Overall
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The mods listed above are not all the mods in this modpack; they are only the core mods
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Some versions may lack some of the features above because they are too old, outdated, or too new to receive updates immediately
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Some features above may exist in a version, but the mods providing them may be different from the ones listed here
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The features above are for the latest or near-latest versions. Therefore, backported versions of the modpack may not include all of them
On Tlauncher
- Tlauncher Capes conflicts with some mods in this pack: Entity Culling, Capes, ...
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