Just Vanilla (for the IEEE Sooners)

Just Vanilla (for the IEEE Sooners)

Just Vanilla (for the IEEE Sooners) is a Vanilla+ Minecraft modpack created for the IEEE Sooners student organization. Built upon the Immersed With Shaders modpack, Just Vanilla is designed to keep the classic Minecraft experience intact while making it feel more polished, immersive, and enjoyable for multiplayer.

The goal of the pack is simple: Minecraft, but better. Rather than adding large amounts of new content or completely changing progression, Just Vanilla focuses on improving the parts of Minecraft that are already there. Better visuals, sounds, animations, exploration tools, quality-of-life features, and performance improvements all come together while still keeping the game recognizably vanilla.

The pack is primarily intended for use on the IEEE Sooners Minecraft server, giving members another way to hang out, build, explore, and connect outside of our regular meetings, projects, and events.

Features

• NeoForge 26.2 support with mods selected for compatibility, stability, and a smooth Vanilla+ experience
• Vanilla+ gameplay that keeps the traditional Minecraft experience at its core
• Shader support for improved lighting, shadows, atmosphere, and visuals
• Enhanced ambience with environmental sounds and improved sound physics
• Dynamic lighting for more immersive caves, exploration, and nighttime gameplay
• Improved player and mob animations
• Enhanced entity models and textures
• JourneyMap for easier navigation and exploration
• Waystones for convenient travel between established locations
• Simple Voice Chat for talking with other players directly in-game
• Corpse recovery for a less frustrating death and item-retrieval experience
• Improved third-person gameplay with Shoulder Surfing
• Quality-of-life improvements including JEI, AppleSkin, Mouse Tweaks, Better Advancements, Controlling, and more
• Performance optimizations using Sodium, Lithium, FerriteCore, ImmediatelyFast, and other optimization mods
• Improved menus, HUD elements, and UI features
• Automatic backups to help protect multiplayer worlds
• Multiplayer-focused improvements intended to make playing together smoother and more social

Whether you’re building an IEEE headquarters, exploring with friends, starting unnecessary engineering projects in Minecraft, or just hanging out after class, Just Vanilla is meant to provide a familiar Minecraft experience with enough improvements to make it feel fresh.

Thank you to ChatGPT for the wonderful description.