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Paintings Need Glass (PNG)

by Antik16384

Paintings Need Glass lets painting textures show transparency on the client, so a painting can look like glass instead of an opaque canvas.

FabricClient-side onlyMIT LicenseOpen source1.21.11

What it does

Transparent parts of painting textures render as see-through on the client. The change works through resource packs, data packs and other mods that supply painting textures, so the mod itself ships no artwork. An in-game command, paintingsneedglass toggle, turns the mod on or off, and a second command, paintingsneedglass togglesides, controls whether the side faces of paintings are rendered. Fabric API is required, and Mod Menu is optional for opening the config screen, where the horizontal offset of the painting texture can also be adjusted. Builds cover 1.21.11 only, with 1.2.0 as the latest Fabric file.

Key features

  1. Transparent painting textures

    Transparent areas of painting textures render as see-through, which works with textures from resource packs, data packs and other mods.

  2. In-game toggles

    The effect is switched on or off with the paintingsneedglass toggle command, and side rendering with paintingsneedglass togglesides.

  3. Config screen

    Both settings and a horizontal offset for the painting texture can be changed in a config screen, reachable through Mod Menu.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.111.2.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

Fabric APILightweight and modular API providing common hooks and intercompatibility measures utilized by mods using the Fabric toolchain.
Required

Optional 1

Mod MenuAdds a mod menu to view the list of mods you have installed.
Optional

How it compares

Full comparison

Custom Paintings is a server-side only Fabric mod under All rights reserved, not open source, for 1.21.4 – 1.21.11, so it runs without any client install. Refined Paintings is a client and server mod under the MIT License, open source, published for 1.21 only. Client Paintings is client-side only and open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, for 1.19 – 1.20.2.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Paintings Need Glass (PNG)Fabric1.21.11Client-side only2026-07-09
Custom PaintingsFabric1.21.4 – 1.21.11Server-side only2026-02-10
Refined PaintingsFabric1.21Client and server2024-06-22
Client PaintingsFabric1.19 – 1.20.2Client-side only2023-11-03

Questions

Does Paintings Need Glass require Fabric API?

Yes. Fabric API is a required dependency and must be installed alongside the mod on Fabric for 1.21.11.

In the catalog

Paintings Need Glass (PNG) is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.

Decoration mods12,078Fabric modsMods for 1.21.1119,862

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What the author says

Paintings Need Glass (PNG) is a client-side mod which adds support for transparent painting textures. These textures can be used through resource packs, data packs or other mods.
Antik16384, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
Antik16384
Published
2026-06-15
Updated on Modrinth
2026-07-09
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

DecorationGame mechanicsUtility
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