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<\/p>\n# Client Paintings <\/p>\n
Client Paintings is a simple, *fully client-side* mod to add
\nnew paintings via resource packs while keeping the vanilla paintings intact.
\nIt achieves this by looking at the UUID of the painting entity and
\napplying a pseudo-random algorithm to it to determine which painting to render.<\/p>\n
This mod uses a custom resource pack format to add new paintings,
\nyou can use the Client Paintings Pack Generator on my website
\nto generate such a pack easily. Alternatively, see the resource pack format section below for technical instructions.<\/p>\n
### Features<\/p>\n
– Add multiple new sets of paintings via resource packs
\n– Keep the vanilla paintings intact
\n– When a vanilla painting is shown, it will match the vanilla painting seen by players without the mod
\n– Custom paintings shown will match the custom paintings seen by other players with the mod
\n– Custom paintings are fully persistent between relogs and server restarts<\/p>\n
### Caveats<\/p>\n
– Custom paintings will only match up between players if they both use the exact same painting sets
\n– Painting sets have to be added via a custom resource pack format, see below for details<\/p>\n
## Example<\/p>\n
With the included default resource pack:<\/p>\n
![](\"https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/6NZYNcOV\/images\/18ed311ec6686c0e50beb715a89a5e0470db09da.png\")
<\/p>\n
What vanilla players see:<\/p>\n
![](\"https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/6NZYNcOV\/images\/be67923c3ded57c4b82a47daccab9e86e1bbdec0.png\")
<\/p>\n
## Resource pack format<\/p>\n
The resource pack format is very simple. It consists of a single `client_paintings` folder Each json file must have the following structure:<\/p>\n “`json – `texture` is the texture of the painting, it must be a png image with a ratio matching the `size` field, An example resource pack structure would look as follows:<\/p>\n “`text The source for the default included pack can be easily browsed A mod that adds fully client side custom paintings without replacing vanilla ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":41375,"template":"","meta":{"_minecraft_slug":"client-paintings","_minecraft_project_id":"6NZYNcOV","_minecraft_author":"enjarai","_minecraft_license":"LGPL-3.0-only","_minecraft_downloads":2287,"_minecraft_follows":30,"_minecraft_client_side":"required","_minecraft_server_side":"unsupported","_minecraft_storage_type":"zip","_minecraft_archive_name":"client-paintings.zip","_minecraft_size_bytes":4081902,"_minecraft_version_count":12,"_minecraft_updated_at":"2026-05-15T21:45:00.388184Z","_minecraft_date_created":"2023-03-23T01:21:51.140306Z","_minecraft_date_modified":"2023-11-03T07:19:46.967584Z","_minecraft_project_url":"https:\/\/modrinth.com\/mod\/client-paintings","_minecraft_icon_attachment_id":41375,"_minecraft_imported_at":"2026-06-01T22:47:30+00:00","_minecraft_import_hash":"0b758396aa6ee324b0b749b303067d25","_minecraft_versions":"","_minecraft_links":"","_minecraft_gallery":"","_minecraft_api_metadata":""},"mod_category":[156,97,89,92],"mod_loader":[99],"minecraft_version":[54,55,56,58,59,36,60],"class_list":["post-41374","mod","type-mod","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mod_category-decoration","mod_category-fabric","mod_category-game-mechanics","mod_category-utility","mod_loader-fabric","minecraft_version-1-19","minecraft_version-1-19-1","minecraft_version-1-19-2","minecraft_version-1-19-4","minecraft_version-1-20","minecraft_version-1-20-1","minecraft_version-1-20-2"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nlocated in the root of your resource pack namespace (e.g. `assets\/
\nInside this folder, you can place any number of json files, each representing a custom painting.<\/p>\n
\n{
\n “texture”: “
\n “back”: “
\n “size”: [2, 1]
\n}
\n“`<\/p>\n
\n with width and height both being a multiple of 16. The texture has to be located within
\n the `assets\/
\n– `back` is the texture of the back of the painting, it must be a square png image with similarly, a width and height
\n being a multiple of 16.
\n– `size` is the size of the painting in blocks, the first value is the width, the second value is the height.
\n Do note only 1×1, 1×2, 2×1, 2×2, 4×2, 4×4, and 4×3 size paintings are supported due to the need to replace
\n a vanilla painting.<\/p>\n
\npack.mcmeta
\nassets
\n\u2514\u2500\u2500 namespace
\n \u251c\u2500\u2500 textures
\n \u2502 \u2514\u2500\u2500 client_paintings
\n \u2502 \u251c\u2500\u2500 painting1.png
\n \u2502 \u251c\u2500\u2500 painting2.png
\n \u2502 \u251c\u2500\u2500 painting3.png
\n \u2502 \u2514\u2500\u2500 backs
\n \u2502 \u251c\u2500\u2500 back1.png
\n \u2502 \u2514\u2500\u2500 back2.png
\n \u2514\u2500\u2500 client_paintings
\n \u251c\u2500\u2500 painting1.json
\n \u251c\u2500\u2500 painting2.json
\n \u2514\u2500\u2500 painting3.json
\n“`<\/p>\n
\nhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"