{"id":28746,"date":"2026-06-01T14:33:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/better-leaves-programmer-art\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T14:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:33:30","slug":"better-leaves-programmer-art","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/better-leaves-programmer-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Motschen&#8217;s Better Leaves (Programmer Art Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Better Leaves adds additional layers to leaf blocks, making them appear more bushy, dense and natural.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/github.com\/TeamMidnightDust\/BetterLeavesLite\/blob\/dev\/banner_p.png?raw=true\" alt=\"A banner showing a leaf block with the text 'Better Leaves Performance Update'\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Version 9.0 is focused on performance, with textures being automatically created for every leaf. Unlike 8.1, this is not dynamic, so you have to follow a few simple steps to compile custom versions for use with texturepacks. I have already done so for Minecraft&#8217;s Programmer Art textures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/RL_--nShJ9w\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>I strongly recommend installing the Cull Leaves mod alongside Sodium\/Embeddium to get more FPS.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/QXePegVz\/images\/388e3d201568ccb6bdaeaa6e0eedf3864bbe83d9.webp\" width=\"842\" height=\"219\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<details>\n<summary>Explicitly supported Mods (v9.5):<\/summary>\n<ul>\n<li>Ad Astra<\/li>\n<li>Alex&#8217;s Caves<\/li>\n<li>Architect&#8217;s Palette<\/li>\n<li>Ars Elemental<\/li>\n<li>Ars Nouveau<\/li>\n<li>Aurora&#8217;s Decorations<\/li>\n<li>Better End<\/li>\n<li>Better Nether<\/li>\n<li>Bewitchment<\/li>\n<li>Biome Makeover<\/li>\n<li>Biomes O&#8217; Plenty<\/li>\n<li>Blockus<\/li>\n<li>Blossom<\/li>\n<li>Blue Skies<\/li>\n<li>Bountiful Fares<\/li>\n<li>Chipped<\/li>\n<li>Cobblemon<\/li>\n<li>Croptopia<\/li>\n<li>Deep Aether<\/li>\n<li>Deeper and Darker<\/li>\n<li>Dreamwoods<\/li>\n<li>Dynamic Trees (+ Addons)<\/li>\n<li>Ecologics<\/li>\n<li>Enderscape<\/li>\n<li>End&#8217;s Phantasm<\/li>\n<li>Environmental<\/li>\n<li>Eternal Starlight<\/li>\n<li>Forbidden and Arcanus<\/li>\n<li>Fruits Delight<\/li>\n<li>Integrated Dynamics<\/li>\n<li>[Let&#8217;s Do] Beachparty<\/li>\n<li>[Let&#8217;s Do] BloomingNature<\/li>\n<li>[Let&#8217;s Do] Meadow<\/li>\n<li>[Let&#8217;s Do] Vinery<\/li>\n<li>Lighter End<\/li>\n<li>Nature&#8217;s Spirit<\/li>\n<li>Nether&#8217;s Exoticism<\/li>\n<li>Mariposa<\/li>\n<li>Mystic&#8217;s Biomes<\/li>\n<li>Oh The Biomes We&#8217;ve Gone<\/li>\n<li>Paradise Lost<\/li>\n<li>Quark<\/li>\n<li>Regions Unexplored<\/li>\n<li>Tech Reborn<\/li>\n<li>Terrestria<\/li>\n<li>The Twilight Forest<\/li>\n<li>The Undergarden<\/li>\n<li>Traverse<\/li>\n<li>The Aether<\/li>\n<li>The Aether: Redux<\/li>\n<li>Wilder Wild<\/li>\n<li>Windswept<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Looking for the regular version? Find it here.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/bNSRNhc\/Better-Leaves-Logo.png\" alt=\"Better Leaves Logo\" width=\"496\" height=\"129\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Like this pack? 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