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Templates 2

Retexturable blocks powered by the Fabric Rendering API

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Quick answer

Which Templates 2 release should I use?

Updated 1 year ago
Latest stable file 2.5.1-fabric-1.21.1
Game version 1.21.1
Loader Fabric

Templates 2 2.5.1-fabric-1.21.1 targets 1.21.1 with Fabric. Installation on the client is optional. Installation on the dedicated server is optional. No extra mods listed for this file.

Where it goes

Is Templates 2 required on the client, server, or both?

Installation on the client is optional. Installation on the dedicated server is optional.

Client Optional
Dedicated server Optional
Loader for this release Fabric
Required install it here Optional supported, not mandatory Not supported do not install here Source doesn’t say do not assume

The source marks this as usable on both the client and server.

What else does Templates 2 2.5.1-fabric-1.21.1 need?

2.5.1-fabric-1.21.1. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

No extra mods listed for this file

This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.

This file does not list any required or optional mods.

Before you install it

Add Templates 2 without breaking your instance.

Built for Templates 2 2.5.1-fabric-1.21.1. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.

  1. 01

    Stick to this file

    Use 2.5.1-fabric-1.21.1. It targets 1.21.1 with Fabric; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.

  2. 02

    Bring the mods it needs

    This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.

  3. 03

    Put it on the correct side

    Installation on the client is optional. Installation on the dedicated server is optional.

  4. 04

    Pick the file you checked

    Use the “Get this file” button beside 2.5.1-fabric-1.21.1. It opens that exact file at the source.

About this project

What does Templates 2 add?

version loader availability note
1.21.1 Fabric
1.20.4 Fabric (low priority)
1.20.1 Fabric

Templates adds retexturable blocks. Place a Template and right-click it with any full-size block, and the Template will look just like that block.

You can make custom fences, walls, stairs, slabs, trapdoors, levers, buttons, candles, TNT, and more.

  • Click with Glowstone Dust to make it emit light.
  • Click with a Redstone Torch to make it act as a redstone power source.
  • Click with a Popped Chorus Fruit to make it non-solid.

It is a mod in the long tradition of "Carpenter's Blocks", "Framed Blocks", and friends. It is not the first implementation of this idea, and it won't be the last.

It's also not too hard for other mods to interface with Templates and add their own templatable blocks.

New in 2.2.0: Supports connected textures! I tested Chisel Reborn, but any mod that implements FabricBlock#getAppearance should work.

⚠ Templates was originally conceived as a tech-demo for, and tests the limits of, the Fabric Rendering API. You'll need a compatible renderer implementation installed. Fabric API includes one called Indigo, but it is not compatible with Sodium. If you use Sodium, you might need to install a mod like Indium for Templates to work properly.

Project description from Modrinth.

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Recent files

Templates 2 versions and loaders

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