MAGE - Mildly Advanced Graphical Enhancements
by asie
MAGE, short for Mildly Advanced Graphical Enhancements, is a Forge client-side mod that extends the graphical customization options Minecraft offers.
What it does
The mod covers a set of graphics tweaks: custom colors for potions, redstone text, pumpkin and melon stems, and pine and birch foliage, along with custom lightmaps for luminance. Smooth water fixes smooth lighting problems on the surface of liquids, and an optional true darkness tweak changes how the dark is shown. Most of its hooks are exposed through an API, so other mods can supply their own implementations of these graphics tweaks.
Because the mod is client-side only, players install it alone and servers do not need it. It works with resource packs such as Pixel Reality and with MCPatcher-style custom colors and lightmaps, with partial support for the Custom Colors functionality. Luminance can be handled without OptiFine. The author describes the project as being in an early stage, so the supported features may change, and the performance effect on clients is still being measured.
Files are published for Forge only, for Minecraft 1.12.2, and the latest is version 0.2.4, released on 2021-11-12. The code is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and the source and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Custom colors
Recolors potions, redstone text, pumpkin and melon stems, and pine and birch foliage through custom color rules.
Custom lightmaps
Replaces the vanilla lighting with custom lightmaps, including luminance adjustments without OptiFine.
Smooth water
Corrects smooth lighting artifacts on the surface of water and other liquids.
Optional true darkness
A configurable tweak changes how total darkness is rendered, and it can be turned off.
Graphics API
Most graphics hooks are exposed as an API, letting other mods provide their own implementations.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Resource pack setups
Players who use resource packs such as Pixel Reality can keep their custom lighting and colors working with the mod.
Modpacks
Pack makers can include the mod as a default graphics layer, since it runs without any server-side installation.
Who it’s for: Players who want more control over Minecraft's graphics and pack makers who build visual setups for 1.12.2 Forge. The mod is client-side only, so it suits single-player and multiplayer clients alike.
Questions
Does MAGE need to be installed on the server?
Does MAGE work without OptiFine?
Which Minecraft version does MAGE support?
In the catalog
MAGE - Mildly Advanced Graphical Enhancements is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,149 Decoration mods for Forge. 2,920 mods support Minecraft 1.12.2.
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What the author says
MAGE - Mildly Advanced Graphical Enhancements - is a mod devoted specifically to extending the graphical customizability and capablities of Minecraft. It is, as such, client-side-only. Please note that the mod is in a very early stage of development and that the following list of features and supported versions is…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/mage
- Owner
- asie
- Published
- 2021-11-12
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2021-11-12
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15