The Unseelie Community server is currently on version 1.21.4 of Minecraft. Other versions will not be able to access the server!
Modpacks are what they say on the tin: premade packs of Minecraft mods. No experimentation, testing, or rebalancing needed—modpacks come ready to use with your launcher of choice. You can find modpacks on sites like Modrinth and Curseforge.
There are two major mod loaders for Minecraft that are worth using: NeoForge (forked from the Forge launcher) and Fabric. While others exist, the vast majority of mods made for modern versions of Minecraft are created for NeoForge, Fabric, or both. Each launcher has its pros and cons, but the official modpacks for the server will be tailored to the Fabric loader. Pros of the Fabric loader include its ease of development and relative lightweightness in comparison to NeoForge. The server itself uses the Fabric modloader, and the moderators have more experience working in Fabric environments. If there is demand for a NeoForge version of the official modpacks, we are open to making them!
As an aside, the moderators of the Unseelie Community server do not recommend using the popular optimization suite OptiFine, for most of the same reasons laid out by the UsefulMods team and the Prism Launcher team. To summarize: while it used to be the premiere method for achieving better graphics and better performance, it has fallen behind in several ways; it is incompatible with many mods; it no longer boasts the improved performance it used to; and it is notoriously slow to update. Replacement mods for OptiFine can cover every feature formerly exclusive to OptiFine, including shaders, specialized resource packs, and custom item textures. If you choose to use OptiFine, you do so at your own risl.
Launchers are the software used to start Minecraft and install modloaders. If you're only familiar with vanilla Minecraft, then the program you use to login to your Microsoft account, choose what version of Minecraft you're using, and start Minecraft is the vanilla launcher. The moderators recommend using the Prism Launcher with our modpacks. Prism is integrated with both the Modrinth and the CurseForge ecosystems for mod, modpack, resource pack, and shaderpack downloads, and can install both CurseForge and Modrinth modpack files. Both Modrinth and CurseForge have their own launchers, but these are locked into only their respective ecosystems and modpack formats. Prism has a great guide to Getting Started with using it.
For basic improvements to Minecraft's performance, look no further than the Adrenaline modpack. It's the best, simplest modpack for performance improvements to Minecraft. If you use an older or slower computer, we recommend using Adrenaline to eke a little more performance out of the game.
The Unseelie Community Modpack is the main modpack made specifically for players on the Unseelie Community Server! It bundles various optimizations as well as enhancements, such as shaders and a zoom function.
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Alternatives: Additive (by the same team as Adrenaline), Fabulously Optimized, or an OptiFine-alternative pack such as OptiFabric, OptiFinium, or Optify.
