Fast and Better Vanilla 3.5.1

Maintenance Update

This release focuses on maintenance, stability, and overall performance improvements.

Changes & Improvements

• Updated the modpack to the latest available mod releases
• Replaced Distant Horizons with Voxy
  • Voxy is more efficient
  • Voxy provides significantly more detail
  • Voxy offers a better overall experience than Distant Horizons
• Updated several settings and configuration files
• Improved stability, compatibility, and general modpack behavior

Version Notice

The modpack currently remains on Minecraft 1.21.11.

We are staying on this version because some mods are not yet fully available or stable on newer Minecraft versions. Since everything currently works reliably on Minecraft 1.21.11, this version provides the best experience for now.

Update and Maintenance update for Fast and Better Vanilla (FBV). Critical update, all old bugs got fixed trough this update.

Also the 3.5.1 will be coming soon!

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.

Pre-Release of the 2.4.0!

More details will come with the 2.4.0 and what changed!

What’s New

Fast and Better Vanilla (FaBV) has received a comprehensive maintenance pass and a full version update. The entire modpack was reviewed, cleaned up, and optimized. Several mods, resource packs, and shader packs were removed, updated, or replaced to improve stability, performance, and long-term maintainability.

Added and Changed Mods

Extended Xaero Zoom Added a mod that significantly increases the maximum zoom level. The zoom limit was improved from 0.006 to 0.00025, allowing for much deeper and more precise map inspection.

FakePlayer Chunkloader Added the FakePlayer Chunkloader mod, enabling players to keep farms and other systems running while away. Usage is straightforward via the /fakeplayer command and its available arguments.

Chunk Loading Improvements Additional mods were introduced to further optimize and stabilize chunk loading behavior.

Crafting utilitys Added a mod that helps when crafting. It does allow to spread, remove or move the items arround.

JEI(Just Enough Items) was added insted of REI (Roughly Enough Items).

Resource Packs

All previous resource packs were removed.

A custom resource pack was created specifically for this modpack. It will be published on Modrinth after the authentication process is completed.

Shader Packs

Shader packs were temporarily removed in this release due to an omission during packaging.

They will be reintroduced in the next version.

Settings and Configuration

General configuration and settings were thoroughly reviewed and optimized.

Significant adjustments were required for Minecraft 1.21.11, but the result is a noticeably smoother and more stable experience.

The debug screen was cleaned up to be more private and less cluttered.

Summary

This update is a general patch and upgrade that moves the modpack to Minecraft version 1.21.11, bringing new game features, better performance, and a cleaner overall setup.

This Describtion will maybe changed!

Beta Update – Modpack Overhaul

This beta release introduces a comprehensive overhaul of the entire modpack. All mods have been updated and properly maintained, resulting in significantly improved stability and a noticeable performance boost.

Several new features and utilities have been added, including new performance-oriented mods, quality-of-life improvements, and gameplay enhancements such as crafting utilities and JEI integration. A new Fake Player–based chunk loading system was introduced, allowing advanced chunk and tick handling via commands.

The modpack also received initial support for a custom, unified resource pack to reduce the need for multiple external resource packs. This feature is currently in beta and will be refined further.

In addition, unnecessary libraries were removed, configurations were cleaned up and optimized, new QoL mods were added, and borderless fullscreen support is now available in-game without external tools.

Overall, this update focuses on modernization, performance, and long-term maintainability. Further details will follow with the full release.

Maintenance & Updates Time!

Here’s what’s new in this update:

This modpack received general maintenance and updates across mods, resource packs, and shaders to ensure stability, compatibility, and overall performance improvements

Also this modpack got a serios patch, because the mod "YetAnotherConfigLib" has a bug with fabric. Needed to downgrade to stable versiont that works with the newest fabric api.

Maintenance & Updates Time!

Here’s what’s new in this update:

This modpack received general maintenance and updates across mods, resource packs, and shaders to ensure stability, compatibility, and overall performance improvements

15.01.2026 22:08: UPDATE: This Version has a little conflickt with YetAntoherConfigLib and the Fabric API. Its is a minior bug, but will the game prevent from starting! It is recommended to use the newer version 2.2.0!