Effective

A Fabric client-side mod improving Minecraft's ambience through particles, visual effects and sounds.

⚠️ Please note: This mod is intended to be used with the Fast or Fancy graphic setting. Not Fabulous. The Fabulous graphic setting often tends to break mods visually with water. ⚠️

The mod adds various effects like water splashes, waterfall clouds, fireflies, improved visual effects, screen shake and many more.

Every effect is customisable and can be toggled in the configuration.

Video showcase (Effective 2.1 + in depth cascade system explanation)

Gallery

Current features:

Water effects:

Splashes, droplets and ripples when entities fall in water
Waterfall clouds
- Appears when water flows into two block deep water source blocks / a water source above a wool block (to make it silent)
- Can also be used on beaches to simulate waves crashing
Waterfall mist
- Appears when water directly flows from above into source blocks
- Can be used to create fog or mist ambiences
- If a water source above a wool block is used instead of two water sources, the mist will be colored after the wool
Flowing water droplets
Rain ripples
Glowing plankton
- Makes splashes, droplets, ripples and waterfall clouds glow blue in warm oceans
Chests open underwater emit bubbles
- Chests with soul sand below them open randomly when underwater

Entity effects:

Glow squids hypnotize players
Allay trails
Golden Allays

Screen shake effects for:

Warden roars
Warden sonic booms
Ravager roars
Ender dragon roars

Illuminated effects:

Fireflies in forests and humid biomes
- Frequency depending on the biome's humidity, the higher the more appear
Chorus petals around Chorus trees and when breaking Chorus flowers
- Frequency depending on the Chorus flower's age
Will o' Wisps in soul sand valleys
Eyes in the dark that creep on you during Halloween

Improved effects for:

Fireballs
Dragon fireballs and breath
Spectral arrows
Glow squid particles

Miscellaneous effects:

Sculk dust floating out of sculk blocks
Cosmetics for supporters: [no longer available to purchase]
- Support dashboard
Ultrakill parry effect when deflecting Ghast fireballs

FAQ

Q: Can I use this mod on a vanilla server?

A: Yes. If you have installed this mod on your Minecraft client, you will be able to connect to vanilla Minecraft servers and the ambient effects will work as intended.

Q: Can I port this mod to [Loader]? Can I update this mod this mod to [Newer version]?

A: If you want to make a port or update of Effective, you are welcome to ask in the Ladysnake Discord to get permission or make a pull request on GitHub.

Q: Can you backport this mod to 1.x? When will you update to [Older version]?

A: No. I mod Minecraft as a hobby with very limited time. Therefore, I will not backport this mod to older versions of Minecraft, and I will update it to future versions when I feel like it. If you want it updated to newer versions, feel free to contribute to the mod and make a pull request, it's appreciated! Otherwise, don't come begging.

Q: Can I include this mod in a modpack?

A: Yes you can. Please however provide credit and a link to the Modrinth project page.