Star

This major update to Star includes the following features:

• Update Minecraft to 1.21.10
• Update the included Star resource pack
• Switch from Complementary Shaders to Mellow Shader 2.2 for better performance
  • 60-71 FPS at 2880x1800 in performance mode on Intel Iris(R) Xe graphics on the Surface Pro 9
  • 120 FPS at 4K an RTX 2070 Super on my desktop PC with a Core i5-12600K
  • These numbers are with shaders enabled, V-Sync off
• Update all included optimization mods, and add some more
  • Sodium in particular had a large update, 0.7.0, with improvements to complex transparency and translucency
  • Up to 800 FPS at 4K an RTX 2070 Super on my desktop PC with a Core i5-12600K (shaders off, V-Sync off)
• Enable Continuity's default connected textures
• Enable Controlify's "legacy console" style controller glyphs/icons

Note for Ears mod users

If you use Ears features on your Minecraft skin and you have enabled the chest feature on your skin, wearing any chestplate will render incorrectly on the chest area and be partially visible from first person near your hand. This issue exists on the latest version of Ears which is 1.4.7+fabric-1.21.10.

I've opened an issue for this on the Ears GitHub repo to bring it to unascribed's attention.

Note for Windows ARM64 users

The game works perfectly if you play on a machine with the Snapdragon X-series chips or newer, like the X Plus, X Elite or the upcoming X2 Elite. Shaders and all.

However, if you are playing on a machine with anything older than the Snapdragon X-series like the Snapdragon 8cx series or Microsoft SQ-series, turning on Iris shaders will crash the game. This is because Qualcomm didn't ship a native OpenGL driver for these older chips and Microsoft had to include a translator driver in Windows for OpenGL apps like Minecraft. Unfortunately, this translator driver is not as good as native OpenGL and it makes the game crash when it tries to compile the shaderpack's shaders. Please don't turn on shaders and especially do not report crashes on these platforms to Sodium's developer.

There is currently no solution except for switching to a machine with an Intel/NVIDIA/AMD GPU, or buying a newer Snapdragon machine with the X-series or newer.

Mod additions

• JustEnoughItems
  • Replaces RoughlyEnoughItems which isn't available on 1.21.10
• Enchantment Descriptions
• Visual Workbench
• Controlify
  • Replaces MidnightControls to offer better controller support thanks to SDL3)
• Optiboxes
  • Replaces FabricSkyboxes which isn't available on 1.21.10
• Entity Model Features and Entity Texture Features (Was unavailable in Star 3.0 betas)
• Debugify
• Krypton
• ScalableLux
• FerriteCore (Was unavailable in Star 3.0 betas)
• ModernFix-mVUS
  • A fork of ModernFix to add support for 1.21.10, hopefully it is good
• Not Enough Crashes

Mod removals

• FabricSkyBoxes (replaced with Optiboxes)
• EatingAnimation (unavailable on 1.21.10)
• DynamicFPS (equivalent is built into the game now)
• Enhanced Block Entities (unavailable on 1.21.10)
• AuthMe (not needed)
• Memory Leak Fix (unavailable on 1.21.10)

Complete mod list

• 3d-Skin-Layers [1.9.2] by tr7zw
• AppleSkin [3.0.7+mc1.21.9] by squeek502
• Architectury [18.0.6] by shedaniel
• BadOptimizations [2.4.0] by Thosea
• Balm [21.10.8] by BlayTheNinth
• Better Animations Collection [21.10.0] by KodaichiZero, Fuzs
• Better Beds [1.4.1] by Motschen, TeamMidnightDust
• Better Mount HUD [1.2.6] by Lortseam
• Blåhaj of Undying [1.7.3+1.21.10] by enjarai
• CICADA [0.14.3+1.21.9-1.21.10] by enjarai
• CameraOverhaul [2.0.5-fabric+mc.1.21.9-plus] by Mirsario
• Chat Heads [1.1.7] by dzwdz, Fourmisain
• Client Tweaks [21.10.2] by BlayTheNinth
• Cloth Config v20 [20.0.149] by shedaniel
• Continuity [3.0.1-beta.2+1.21.10] by PepperCode1
• Controlify [2.4.2+1.21.10-fabric] by isXander
• Custom Window Title (Multiloader) [1.4.3] by chylex
• Debugify [1.21.10+1.1] by isXander
• Ears [1.4.7] by unascribed
• EnchantmentDescriptions [21.10.1] by Darkhax
• Enhanced Attack Indicator [1.2.0+1.21.6] by Minenash
• Entity Model Features [3.0.7] by Traben
• Entity Texture Features [7.0.6] by Traben
• Explosive Enhancement [1.4.0-1.21.10] by Superkat32
• Fabric API [0.138.3+1.21.10] by FabricMC
• Fabric Language Kotlin [1.13.7+kotlin.2.2.21] by FabricMC
• Falling Leaves [2.0.2] by Fourmisain, BrekiTomasson, RandomMcSomethin
• FancyMenu [3.8.1] by Keksuccino
• Fast IP Ping [1.0.7] by Fallen_Breath
• FerriteCore [8.0.2] by malte0811
• Forge Config API Port [21.10.1] by Fuzs
• Freecam [1.3.5+mc1.21.10] by hashalite, Matt Sturgeon
• Held Item Info [1.9.0] by A5b84
• ImmediatelyFast [1.13.2+1.21.10] by RK_01
• Indium [1.0.35+mc1.21] by comp500
• Iris [1.9.6+mc1.21.9] by coderbot, IMS212, Justsnoopy30, FoundationGames
• Jade [20.1.0+fabric] by Snownee
• Just Enough Items [26.2.0.27] by mezz
• Konkrete [1.9.13] by Keksuccino
• Krypton [0.2.10] by tuxed
• LAN World Plug-n-Play [1.9.7] by Satxm, Rikka0w0
• LambDynamicLights [4.8.6+1.21.10] by LambdAurora
• Lithium [0.20.1+mc1.21.10] by JellySquid, 2No2Name
• MaLiLib [0.26.6] by masa
• Melody [1.0.14] by Keksuccino
• MidnightLib [1.9.1] by Motschen
• Mod Menu [16.0.0-rc.1] by Prospector, haykam821, TerraformersMC
• Model Gap Fix [1.21.10-1.12] by MehVahdJukaar
• ModernFix [5.20.6] by embeddedt
• More Culling [1.5.0-beta.2] by FX - PR0CESS, 1Foxy2
• NBT Autocomplete [1.3.13] by mt1006
• No Chat Reports [1.21.10-v2.16.0] by Aizistral
• Not Enough Crashes [4.4.9+1.21.10] by Fourmisain, Fudge, Liach, Madis0, Runemoro, Siuolplex, WuzgXY, the456gamer, wafflecoffee
• NotEnoughAnimations [1.10.6] by tr7zw
• Ok Zoomer [15.0.0-beta.5] by Ennui Langeweile, Up
• Optiboxes [1.7] by lowercasebtw, FlashyReese, AMereBagatelle
• PrickleMC [21.10.2] by Darkhax
• Puzzles Lib [21.10.8] by Fuzs
• Reese's Sodium Options [1.8.6+mc1.21.10] by FlashyReese
• Resourcify [1.7.5] by DeDiamondPro
• ScalableLux [0.1.6+fabric.c25518a] by Spottedleaf, ishland
• Shulker Box Tooltip [5.2.12+1.21.9] by MisterPeModder
• Simple Hud Enhanced [4.7.5] by SoRadGaming
• Sodium [0.7.3+mc1.21.10] by JellySquid (jellysquid3)
• Sodium Extra [0.7.1+mc1.21.10] by FlashyReese
• Star Icon Provider [1.0.1-Star1.21v2.0] by Badstagram, ThatStella7922
• Visual Workbench [21.10.0] by Fuzs
• Visuality [0.7.11+1.21.9] by PinkGoosik
• WaveyCapes [1.8.0] by tr7zw
• YetAnotherConfigLib [3.8.0+1.21.9-fabric] by isXander
• green background [1.0.0] by Masiha128
• oωo [0.12.24+1.21.9] by glisco

otherwise works fine idk bro

This is a beta version of Star.

It is not finished, but should be mostly stable. This particular build SHOULD be good for release, pending more testing of course. However, I am waiting to see if 1.21.9 becomes widely adopted quickly, as it'd be nice to launch Star 3.0 on that new version of the game.

Regular release notes

This major update to Star includes the following features:

• Update MC to Minecraft 1.21.8
• Update the included Star resource pack
• Move to Mellow Shader for better performance with a special configuration
  • Currently achieves around 40fps at 2880x1800 on Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe(TM) graphics on the Surface Pro 9
• Update all included optimization mods.
  • Sodium specifically got a large update with 0.7.0 with improvements to complex transparency and translucency
  • Achieves around 110fps at 2880x1800 on Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe(TM) graphics on the Surface Pro 9
• Slightly reduce modpack size, again

Mod additions

• FerriteCore
• RoughlyEnoughItems
• Optiboxes (to replace FabricSkyboxes being lost in the last beta)
• Controlify (to replace MidnightControls for better controller support with SDL)

Current mod list:

• 3D Skin Layers (star classic)
• AppleSkin (useful)
• Architectury (dependency)
• BadOptimizations (optimization)
• Balm (dependency)
• Better Animations Collection (star classic)
• Better Beds (star classic)
• Better Mount HUD (star classic)
• Blahaj of Undying (star classic)
• Camera Overhaul (star classic)
• Chat Heads (star classic)
• CICADA (dependency)
• Client Tweaks (useful)
• Cloth Config (dependency)
• Continuity (useful)
• Controlify (useful)
• Custom Window Title (branding)
• Ears (star classic)
• Enhanced Attack Indicator (star classic)
• Explosive Enhancement (star classic)
• Fabric API (dependency)
• Fabric Language Kotlin (dependency)
• Falling Leaves (star classic, adds more leaves than vanilla)
• FancyMenu (branding)
• FerriteCore (optimization)
• Forge Config API Port (dependency)
• Freecam (useful)
• green background (branding)
• Held Item Info (useful)
• ImmediatelyFast (optimization)
• Indium (optimization)
• Iris (shader)
• Jade (useful)
• Konkrete (dependency)
• LambDynamicLights (useful)
• LAN World Plug-n-Play (useful)
• Lithium (optimization)
• MaLiLib (dependency)
• Melody (dependency)
• MidnightLib (dependency)
• Mod Menu (dependency) (useful)
• Model Gap Fix (useful)
• More Culling (optimization)
• NBT Autocomplete (star classic)
• No Chat Reports (useful)
• NotEnoughAnimations (star classic)
• Ok Zoomer (star classic)
• Optiboxes (useful)
• owo (dependency)
• Puzzles Lib (dependency)
• Reese's Sodium Options (useful)
• Resourcify (useful)
• Roughly Enough Items (star classic)
• Shulker Box Tooltip (star classic)
• Simple Hud Enhanced (star classic)
• Sodium (optimization)
• Sodium Extra (optimization)
• Star Icon Provider (branding)
• Visuality (star classic)
• WaveyCapes (star classic)
• YetAnotherConfigLib (dependency)

This is a beta version of Star.

It is not finished and has bugs, some of which I am aware of and have listed below.

• Ears will crash the game if you have implemented Ears' chest feature onto your Minecraft skin and you wear an Elytra
  • Ears does not have a 1.21.7 release yet, it is included as PoC, do not send issue reports to the developer over this.
• Blåhaj of Undying always has the "holding blahaj" arms, even when you are not actually holding one. The shark itself, and the colored variants work fine however.
  • Blåhaj of Undying does not have a 1.21.7 release. It is included as PoC, do not send issue reports to the developer over this.
• Chunks Fade In is intended to be in this version, and it works at this time but it causes the majority of shaders to fail to load since it requires them to provide a shader for the chunk fade object. Investigating a solution.
  • Chunks Fade In also does not have a 1.21.7 release yet. It's included as PoC, do not send issue reports to the developer at this time.
• Client Tweaks erroneously recognizes volume mouse buttons as 'hide offhand item' even when there's no key bound to it in Minecraft's options. Investigating a solution.
• Probably more that I'm not aware of.

I plan to release Star 3.0 once I can get these fixed. Ideally, I also want to wait for ModernFix and Continuity to be ported to 1.21.7.

Regular release notes

This major update to Star includes the following features:

• Update MC to Minecraft 1.21.7
• Update all included optimization mods.
• Remove some unneeded mods, reduce startup time
• Slightly reduce modpack size, again

Mods unavailable/removed with the move to 1.21.7:

• FabricSkyBoxes
• EatingAnimation
• Just Enough Items
• Animatica
• DynamicFPS
• Enhanced Block Entities
• Enhanced Model Features
• Enhanced Texture Features
• AuthMe
• Memory Leak Fix
• FerriteCore
• ModernFix

This list is here for people who want to know every little detail. The removal of these mods doesn't really affect experience compared to Star v2.2.

November 30th, 2025 Update: The description for Star v2.1 is available at this page, in case you need it after the description has been updated.

This minor update to Star includes the following features:

• Update all included optimization mods
• Performance improvements specifically with Intel GPUs, thanks to improvements in Sodium
• Better support dual-GPU laptops with NVIDIA GPUs thanks to improvements in Sodium
• FRAPI support thanks to Sodium
• Many more improvements in Sodium in mod compatibility and bug fixes
• Remove some unneeded mods, reduce startup time

The mods that were removed are:

• BetterF3
• Debugify
• EntityCulling

These mods were removed from Star's base modlist due their improvements and benefits being implemented into other mods within Star.

Windows ARM64 note

This release should be compatible with Windows ARM64 but I have not tested yet. If you encounter issues with Star 2.1 on ARM64 Windows, please contact me!

Star v1.2 is a minor maintenance/LTS update for users of Star v1.1 who need Minecraft 1.20.1. All included mods are updated and Fabric Loader itself is updated as well.

ARM64 Windows note

• This version of Star will crash on ARM64 Windows computers using a translation layer to render OpenGL due to a Sodium quirk.
  • Specifically, the crash is seen on Windows ARM64 computers that need "OpenCL, OpenGL and Vulkan Compatibility Pack". This should not include Snapdragon X Plus/Elite computers, or VMs with OpenGL support like VMWare Fusion.
  • If you are using an affected system, please stay on Star v1.1 or update to v2.x.

All of the other mods that Star includes have been updated as well to keep providing a nice experience.

October 17th, 2024 Update: The description for Star v2.0 is available at this page, in case you need it after the description has been updated.

This major update to Star includes the following features:

• Update MC to Minecraft 1.21, adds all the new 1.21 features
• Update all included optimization mods.
• Remove some unneeded mods, reduce startup time
• Slightly reduce modpack size
• Lower memory requirement (768MB minimum, 1GB+ recommended)

Some mods were removed:

• Simple Voice Chat
• JourneyMap
• Auto Third Person

These mods were removed from Star's base modlist due to not many people actually using them.

Mods unavailable on 1.21 or removed with the move to 1.21:

• Aiming Fix (Not available for 1.21)
• Attribute Fix (Not available for 1.21)
• Blur Fabric (No longer needed)
• Borderless Mining (Not available for 1.21)
• Clear Despawn (Not available for 1.21)
• Exordium (Not available for 1.21)
• Cosmetica (Not available for 1.21)
• DashLoader (No longer needed)
• Distinguished Potions (Not available for 1.21)
• Jade Addons (Not available for 1.21)
• LazyDFU (No longer needed)
• ModDetectionPreventer (No longer needed)

This list is here for people who want to know every little detail. The removal of these mods doesn't affect the experience compared to Star's prior version, 1.20.1 v1.1.

Aug 8, 2024 Update: The description for Star v1.1 is available at this page, in case you need it after the description has been updated.

New release of Star, here's what's changed!

• Updated Fabric Loader
• Updated all included mods
• Corrected the size of Star's taskbar icon on Windows
• Improved optimization of the included Complimentary Shaders config, achieves 5-10 more FPS on low end GPUs.
  • I am seeing playable 40-50FPS framerates with shaders enabled on an i5-1235U with Iris Xe iGPU at 1080P.
• Added the ResolutionControl+ mod, usable by pressing O in a world
  • This allows you to tune the 3D render resolution of the game without resizing the window
  • Big performance gains on devices with HiDPI screens like Microsoft Surface, Dell XPS, HP Envy
  • macOS users, your game already runs at 50% 3D render resolution on Retina displays

Star 1.20.1 v1.0 is ready for prime-time.

Changelog from alphas:

• Improved selection of mods for speed and reliability
• Improved shader configuration to be easier to run on all hardware
• Added icons for Star using custom version of MCC Icon mod

Please refer to Star's description for more details!

Further optimized and tuned the experience, made some mods optional.

Test release 2

Initial Modrinth release with a set of mods and config ready for testing