Resource Pack and Shader Guide

Contents:
1. Full support of unmodded clients
2. Optifine and Shaders
3. Sodium and Iris Shaders
4. Troubleshooting

1. Full support of unmodded clients
Our goal at MCME is to build Middle-earth together with as many people as possible. Thus we fully support Minecraft clients without any mods. When joining with such an umodded client you'll see our builds with all their details. It can't be more easy:

• Start Minecraft 26.2: the launcher's "Latest release" is now 26.3, so create an installation for release 26.2 (26.3 should work too; older versions can't join)
• Add build.mcmiddleearth.com to your multiplayer server list
• Enable server textures for that server and join

Note: Some players with low-end graphics cards reported problems loading the Human RP due to low graphics memory. There is a reduced resource pack one may choose by command /rp client lite which may help in these cases. But best solution for these players is probably using Sodium client (see below).

2. Optifine and Shaders
Many people like to use external shaders for improved rendering of light and surfaces. This was quite simple to do by using Optifine mod. Unfortunately Optifine shaders don't work with some new internal Minecraft shader features. So unfortunately we can't support Optifine shaders any more. But there is an alternative: Sodium and Iris (see below). You can still use Optifine without shaders, but you need to disable mip mapping feature to display new models like leaves correctly. For Minecraft 26.2, Optifine is only available as a preview version so far.

3. Sodium and Iris Shaders
To use these shaders you need to do these steps:

• Start the Minecraft launcher and launch Minecraft 26.2 (create an installation for release 26.2 if you don't have one yet). After the game is fully loaded, close it again. Also close the Minecraft launcher.
• Download the MCME mod installer 2.1 (Windows, macOS and Linux): MCME-Installer-2.3.jar
  (You need to install Java first to run the installer. Mods included in the installer can be found at GitHub)
• Start the installer, choose "MCME Install" and click "Install"
• Start Minecraft launcher again and start the game with the preset MCME for 26.2 installation.
• Join MCME server.

Note: If you already use Sodium client you still need the Special-Model-Loader mod, which is included in the MCME mod installer (in the installer choose "Fabric Install" to get it). There is no official Special-Model-Loader for 26.2 yet, so the installer comes with our own build. If you prefer a manual install, take it from our modpack zip: MCME-Mods.zip. The zip also has the 26.2 version of the MCME Modpack Marker, which tells the server to send you the Sodium resource packs.

4. Troubleshooting
Issue: I'm using an unmodded client or an optifine client. I see trees with many pink/black textures like this:

Explanation: The server sent you a resource pack for Sodium clients.
Solution: Do command /rp client vanilla and the server will instantly sent you the correct resource pack.

Issue: I'm using a Sodium client. I see trees with invisible leaves and branches like this:

Explanation: The server sent you a resource pack for unmodded and Optifine clients.
Solution: Do command /rp client sodium and the server will instantly sent you the correct resource pack.

Issue: I'm using optifine and shaders. I see trees with invisible leaves and branches like this:

Explanation: Unfortunately Optifine shaders don't render most of our branches and leaves
Solution: Either disable shaders or install Sodium and Iris shaders (see above).