Athena Mod Wiki & Guide

Athena is a baked model loader that lets resource packs use connected textures and custom baked models across loaders and platforms. If you installed it expecting a standalone feature, note that it mostly works behind the scenes supporting packs and other mods that rely on it.

Athena has no in-game blocks or items of its own, so the clearest sign it's active is that a resource pack using Athena-style connected textures renders correctly instead of showing unconnected or missing textures. If packs with CTM look right, Athena is doing its job.

Athena's CTM support is built into its baked models, so the main requirement is a resource pack that ships Athena-compatible connected texture definitions. If a pack's CTM isn't appearing, the issue is usually the pack's model/CTM files rather than a toggle you forgot to flip.

Athena resolves connections per baked model type, so a pack whose CTM definitions don't match the block's model type can connect incorrectly or not at all. Check that the pack was authored for Athena's CTM format rather than a different mod's connected texture system.