Block render layer transformer

What for?

This mod allows you to modify the render layer type of blocks (or fluid) in your resource pack, so that transparent textures can be used on non-transparent blocks, and so on.

Why?

In vanilla minecraft, you cannot just put an texture with alpha channel on a normally solid-rendered block and hope it works to be transparent. You can only get a white "background" in the texture. However, by using this mod, you can modify or *tweak* the vanilla behavior of block rendering, making it possible to have a transparent texture on a normally solid-rendered block.

How?

add key pairs like:

"blockIDNamespace" : "RenderLayerTypeName"

into

assets/render_layer_trans/lang/en_us.json

Example

by adding

"render_layer_transformer.fluid.minecraft:lava" : "translucent"

and use lava textures with transparency, you can get a clear lava lake.

https://github.com/X-Green/Minecraft-Clear-Lava-Texture

Keys for reference

for block and fluid IDs, see BlockIDs

for render types, see RenderLayerTypes