Alpha Below 1.0.2

Patch release for Minecraft 1.20.1 focused on the new Alpha Steve horror layer, Alpha HUD/gameplay parity across Fabric+Forge, and a large compatibility/stability pass for rendering + music in modded dimension stacks.

Highlights

• Renamed Mysterious Stone to Petrified Cobblestone.
• Updated Player Remains texture, thank you @FeritWolf95!
• Added Alpha Steve as the main horror entity (horror mode):
  • New encounter types include cave work sightings, strip-mine reveal moments, structure window watch scenes, tree-work sightings, and failed ceiling escape events.
  • Includes dedicated sounds, renderer/model support, and debug hooks for encounter testing.
• Added Alpha Steve lore traces and aftermath storytelling:
  • Contextual sign traces after encounters (sparse, cooldown-gated, non-spammy).
  • Added rare Alpha Cave Chicken encounter scenes (horror mode only).
• Added/finished Alpha gameplay rules:
  • Sprint disabled in Alpha.
  • Hunger drain disabled in Alpha.
  • Food restores health directly in Alpha.
  • Fall damage in Alpha cannot be fatal.
  • 1.9+ melee cooldown removed in Alpha (classic full-strength swings).
  • Classic bow, no draw/charge animation.
• New config — Allow mob spawning (Alpha dimension): enables overworld-style natural spawning and chunk population; uses Plains-like spawn lists when Alpha biomes have none.
• New config — Allow entity roaming (Alpha dimension): stops removing non-persistent mobs on load so you can bring animals, use other mods’ entities, etc.; does not enable natural spawning unless Allow mob spawning is on.
• Added/expanded rendering compatibility pass (300+ textures):
  • Expanded Alpha texture coverage for boats, armor, etc.
• Removed Chicken Freestyle track. Never was intended to be included in the mod, was just part of the C418 archive used to provide our music.
  • Cave chicken event inspired by this.

Fixes

• Fixed player remains piles not dropping their scattered loot when the block was broken.
• Fixed cross-dimension music spam/overlap with other dimension mods:
  • Dimension transitions are now tracked by world key (not only alpha/non-alpha boolean flips).
  • Music reset now runs correctly on any dimension change.
  • Replaced perpetual non-Alpha suppression with a short post-exit grace period, preventing repeated forced restarts in dimensions that mute vanilla music.
• Fixed issue with resource packs using alternative top-layer textures. Resource packs should no longer overwrite textures from the Alpha dimension.

Notes

• Immersive Portals compatibility is reflection-based on both loaders (defensive against API changes).

Known Issues

• Same Sodium/Embeddium-related caveats as 1.0.0 (skybox fog bleed, chest latch glitch); shaders or fog settings may help.

Alpha Below 1.0.2

Patch release for Minecraft 1.20.1 focused on the new Alpha Steve horror layer, Alpha HUD/gameplay parity across Fabric+Forge, and a large compatibility/stability pass for rendering + music in modded dimension stacks.

Highlights

• Renamed Mysterious Stone to Petrified Cobblestone.
• Updated Player Remains texture, thank you @FeritWolf95!
• Added Alpha Steve as the main horror entity (horror mode):
  • New encounter types include cave work sightings, strip-mine reveal moments, structure window watch scenes, tree-work sightings, and failed ceiling escape events.
  • Includes dedicated sounds, renderer/model support, and debug hooks for encounter testing.
• Added Alpha Steve lore traces and aftermath storytelling:
  • Contextual sign traces after encounters (sparse, cooldown-gated, non-spammy).
  • Added rare Alpha Cave Chicken encounter scenes (horror mode only).
• Added/finished Alpha gameplay rules:
  • Sprint disabled in Alpha.
  • Hunger drain disabled in Alpha.
  • Food restores health directly in Alpha.
  • Fall damage in Alpha cannot be fatal.
  • 1.9+ melee cooldown removed in Alpha (classic full-strength swings).
  • Classic bow, no draw/charge animation.
• New config — Allow mob spawning (Alpha dimension): enables overworld-style natural spawning and chunk population; uses Plains-like spawn lists when Alpha biomes have none.
• New config — Allow entity roaming (Alpha dimension): stops removing non-persistent mobs on load so you can bring animals, use other mods’ entities, etc.; does not enable natural spawning unless Allow mob spawning is on.
• Added/expanded rendering compatibility pass (300+ textures):
  • Expanded Alpha texture coverage for boats, armor, etc.
• Removed Chicken Freestyle track. Never was intended to be included in the mod, was just part of the C418 archive used to provide our music.
  • Cave chicken event inspired by this.

Fixes

• Fixed player remains piles not dropping their scattered loot when the block was broken.
• Fixed cross-dimension music spam/overlap with other dimension mods:
  • Dimension transitions are now tracked by world key (not only alpha/non-alpha boolean flips).
  • Music reset now runs correctly on any dimension change.
  • Replaced perpetual non-Alpha suppression with a short post-exit grace period, preventing repeated forced restarts in dimensions that mute vanilla music.
• Fixed issue with resource packs using alternative top-layer textures. Resource packs should no longer overwrite textures from the Alpha dimension.

Notes

• Immersive Portals compatibility is reflection-based on both loaders (defensive against API changes).

Known Issues

• Same Sodium/Embeddium-related caveats as 1.0.0 (skybox fog bleed, chest latch glitch); shaders or fog settings may help.

Alpha Below 1.0.1

Patch release for Minecraft 1.20.1 after 1.0.0. The mod now ships on Fabric and Forge (Architectury is now a required dependency) so both loaders share the same Alpha dimension, structures, optional horror systems, and ruby content—without relying on Sinytra Connector for Forge.

This update also introduces environmental horror, makes Lost Voyager shrines respond more consistently, brings Forge in line with Fabric for worldgen and client behavior, and adds new Alpha dimension config options.

Highlights

• Multi-loader: Fabric and Forge both now officially supported, and will release together.
• JEI integration for ruby crafting and smelting recipes on both loaders.
• Creative inventory tabs for ruby items, tools, armor, and related building blocks (grouped like vanilla categories).
• New config options (Cloth Config (required dependency) / Mod Men (optional, necessary for in-game configuration) on Fabric; Cloth Config (required dependency) on Forge):
  • Bedrock ceiling — optional off so the Alpha dimension’s top bedrock layer (and rare mysterious stone there) is not placed in newly generated chunks only. This "flattens" the bedrock ceiling if playing with Immersive Portals installed.
  • Day/night cycle — optional normal time in the Alpha dimension instead of perpetual midnight; on dedicated servers, match this setting on server and clients for consistent visuals.
• Added Environmental horror (opt-in only):
  • False Presence moments involving doors, chests, furnaces, torches, and blocked paths.
  • Events that trigger only during chunk revisits.
  • Almost Normal House structure with three variants: Normal (similar to the dev house), Disturbed (corrupted, with several anomalies), Watcher (lone house with a solid glass wall).
• Added Minecraft Tutorial World Sign — rare spawn, obvious anomaly.
• Lost Voyager shrines respond more consistently to offerings, and their message signs appear more reliably.

Fixes

• Fixed shrine sign responses sometimes failing to appear after offerings.
• Fixed the shrine build sound cue playing for everyone nearby (now only plays for the player building it).
• Fixed 2Char & Lost Voyager entity rotatioons.
• Fixed cross-mod texture compatibility: other mods' (The Aether, Twilight Forest, etc.) 2D sprites (flowers, saplings, decorations) no longer render as white rectangles or broken textures when Alpha Below is installed. The alpha model wrapper was incorrectly wrapping every block model in the game instead of only the ~50 blocks that take place in the Alpha texture system.

Notes

• Immersive Portals compatibility is reflection-based on both loaders (defensive against API changes).

Known Issues

• Same Sodium/Embeddium-related caveats as 1.0.0 (skybox fog bleed, chest latch glitch); shaders or fog settings may help.

Alpha Below 1.0.1

Patch release for Minecraft 1.20.1 after 1.0.0. The mod now ships on Fabric and Forge (Architectury is now a required dependency) so both loaders share the same Alpha dimension, structures, optional horror systems, and ruby content—without relying on Sinytra Connector for Forge.

This update also introduces environmental horror, makes Lost Voyager shrines respond more consistently, brings Forge in line with Fabric for worldgen and client behavior, and adds new Alpha dimension config options.

Highlights

• Multi-loader: Fabric and Forge both now officially supported, and will release together.
• JEI integration for ruby crafting and smelting recipes on both loaders.
• Creative inventory tabs for ruby items, tools, armor, and related building blocks (grouped like vanilla categories).
• New config options (Cloth Config (required dependency) / Mod Men (optional, necessary for in-game configuration) on Fabric; Cloth Config (required dependency) on Forge):
  • Bedrock ceiling — optional off so the Alpha dimension’s top bedrock layer (and rare mysterious stone there) is not placed in newly generated chunks only. This "flattens" the bedrock ceiling if playing with Immersive Portals installed.
  • Day/night cycle — optional normal time in the Alpha dimension instead of perpetual midnight; on dedicated servers, match this setting on server and clients for consistent visuals.
• Added Environmental horror (opt-in only):
  • False Presence moments involving doors, chests, furnaces, torches, and blocked paths.
  • Events that trigger only during chunk revisits.
  • Almost Normal House structure with three variants: Normal (similar to the dev house), Disturbed (corrupted, with several anomalies), Watcher (lone house with a solid glass wall).
• Added Minecraft Tutorial World Sign — rare spawn, obvious anomaly.
• Lost Voyager shrines respond more consistently to offerings, and their message signs appear more reliably.

Fixes

• Fixed shrine sign responses sometimes failing to appear after offerings.
• Fixed the shrine build sound cue playing for everyone nearby (now only plays for the player building it).
• Fixed 2Char & Lost Voyager entity rotatioons.
• Fixed cross-mod texture compatibility: other mods' (The Aether, Twilight Forest, etc.) 2D sprites (flowers, saplings, decorations) no longer render as white rectangles or broken textures when Alpha Below is installed. The alpha model wrapper was incorrectly wrapping every block model in the game instead of only the ~50 blocks that take place in the Alpha texture system.

Notes

• Immersive Portals compatibility is reflection-based on both loaders (defensive against API changes).

Known Issues

• Same Sodium/Embeddium-related caveats as 1.0.0 (skybox fog bleed, chest latch glitch); shaders or fog settings may help.

Alpha Below 1.0.0

First full public release of Alpha Below for Fabric 1.20.1.

This release combines everything introduced across the beta cycle: the Alpha dimension, old-style terrain generation, custom atmosphere, abandoned landmarks, classic visuals, optional horror systems, ruby content, config support, and seamless world-below transitions with Immersive Portals.

Highlights

• New Alpha dimension with Alpha-style terrain, old caves, and configurable Far Lands
• New biomes: Alpha Forest, Alpha Desert, and Alpha Snowy
• Abandoned landmarks including pyramids, obsidian structures, campsites, and the Dev House
• Alpha-style block and item texture swaps
• Classic C418 music and old-school lighting
• Immersive Portals support and mysterious stone shafts
• Optional Lost Voyager and 2Char / Horror Mode
• Alpha-exclusive rubies, including gear and world generation
• Mod Menu / Cloth Config support for settings

Fixes

• Dev House interior block facing
• Dev House torch placement
• Tint / foliage issues
• Incomplete Alpha texture replacements
• Mounted entry softlocks
• Sleeping-player teleport conflicts
• Ruby crafting and smelting recipe fixes

Known Issues

• Skybox fog bleed can still happen with Sodium

  • Shaders or Single Fog: Off can help

• Chest latch clipping can still happen with Sodium

  • No current fix on our end

Alpha Below 1.0.0 Beta 2

Second beta release of Alpha Below for Fabric 1.20.1.

This update adds optional horror content, ruby gear and ore, more config options, more complete Alpha visuals, and a round of general polish/fixes.

Changes Since Beta 1

Added

• Added Mod Menu (Optional, but recommended) / Cloth Config (Required Dependency) support for in-game settings.
• Added a config toggle for structure spawning.
• Added a config option for Far Lands distance.
• Added Dev House chest loot.
• Added additional Alpha texture replacements for snow, redstone ore, lapis ore, and chests.
• Added a subtle cooler lightmap look in the Alpha dimension.
• Added classic texture remaps for water, lava, crafting tables, and furnaces.
• Added the optional Lost Voyager system, disabled by default.
• Added the optional 2Char / Horror Mode system, disabled by default.
• Added rubies to the Alpha dimension, including ore, block, tools, armor, recipes, and world generation.

Fixed

• Fixed Dev House interior block facing.
• Fixed torches failing to generate correctly inside the Dev House.
• Fixed broader tint/foliage issues affecting unintended visuals.
• Fixed incomplete Alpha texture replacements.
• Fixed mounted entry softlocks.
• Fixed sleeping-player teleport conflicts.

Known Issues

• Skybox can still bleed through the fog.

  • This is a direct issue with Sodium and how it handles fog rendering.
  • Using shaders (BSL recommended) or Single Fog: Off can help reduce or hide the issue.

• The new chest latch can glitch through the old chest model.

  • This is also a direct Sodium issue.
  • There is currently no fix on our end.

Alpha Below 1.0.0 Beta 1

First public beta release of Alpha Below for Fabric 1.20.1.

This version introduces the full core experience: a buried Alpha-style world beneath the Overworld, Alpha terrain generation, custom atmosphere, old-style visuals, abandoned landmarks, and seamless world-below transitions when paired with Immersive Portals.

Added

• Added the Alpha dimension, a dark and silent world with no normal mob activity.
• Added a custom Alpha-style chunk generator with old cave generation and configurable Far Lands support.
• Added a custom biome source with Alpha Forest, Alpha Desert, and Alpha Snowy biomes.
• Added abandoned structures and landmarks including brick pyramids, obsidian walls, obsidian towers, dev house, and campsites.
• Added floating chopped trees for environmental storytelling.
• Added dimension-aware Alpha block texture swapping and disabled grass / foliage tinting in the Alpha world.
• Added Alpha item texture swapping for a curated set of vanilla items.
• Added fast-lighting in the Alpha dimension for a harsher classic look.
• Added classic C418 Alpha-era music playback in the dimension.
• Added mysterious stone shafts linking the Overworld bedrock layer to the Alpha bedrock ceiling.
• Added Immersive Portals compatibility for seamless vertical stacking between worlds.
• Added the /alpha command for direct access.

Known Bugs & Issues

• C418 music may not revert cleanly back to vanilla music when returning to the Overworld via Immersive Portals.
• The Dev House may generate with incorrectly faced interior blocks, and torches may fail to appear inside.
• Some structures may still spawn slightly under the surface.
• Pumpkin patches currently use uncarved pumpkins.
• Tint/foliage has issues for some people and not others.
• That first screenshot was a visual glitch that sometimes happens from Immersive Portals if you use it.
  • Reloading chunks or travelling back and forth again should fix it.
• Skybox bleeds in if fog isnt close enough
• If you use Immersive Portals, a lot of shader packs may give issues. BSL is recommended
• Removed Herobrine.