Immersive Paintings FAQ

Place a Painting block, then open its interface and load an image file from the mod's image folder. The painting will then display that image in the world.

Drop your image files into the mod's designated images folder inside your Minecraft instance directory. If the painting shows nothing, the file is usually in the wrong folder or an unsupported format.

It works with common image formats like PNG and JPG. If your image doesn't appear, try converting it to PNG, since that is the most reliable format.

Use the Glowing Painting or Glowing Graffiti variant instead of the regular one. These emit light and stay visible in dark areas.

Paintings can span multiple blocks, so place additional painting blocks adjacent to the first one to extend the canvas. The image will stretch across the connected blocks.

Adjust the alignment and scaling options in the painting's interface, or break and replace the blocks in the correct order. Multi-block paintings map the image across the whole connected area, so the layout of blocks matters.

Yes, Graffiti blocks can be placed on surfaces like walls and floors to display custom images. Glowing Graffiti works the same way but emits light.

The most common causes are the image being in the wrong folder, an unsupported file format, or a file name with spaces or special characters. Move it to the correct images folder and rename it simply.

Large or numerous custom images can increase memory and rendering load, especially on servers. Keep image resolutions reasonable and avoid placing many large multi-block paintings in one area.

Yes, but every player needs the mod installed and the image files must be available to all clients. If images don't show for other players, they are usually missing the image file locally.

It lets you create your own Minecraft-stylized paintings by dragging and dropping images, taking screenshots, or providing a URL. You can pixelate them, apply post-effects and dithering, and pick from different frame styles and materials.

The mod registers four things: glowing graffiti, glowing painting, graffiti, and painting. The graffiti variants let you spray images on walls, including ones with transparency.

It is available for Fabric, Forge, and NeoForge. The listed Minecraft versions are 1.20, 1.20.1, 1.21.1, 1.21.11, 26.1.2, and 26.2.

No, no resource pack is required. You import images through drag-and-drop, screenshots, or URLs instead.

Yes, it is multiplayer friendly. Paintings can be shared and viewed by other players on a server, and server admins can limit user images and throttle bandwidth through the config file.

Yes, you can import images via drag-and-drop, screenshots, or URLs. The creation menu lets you pixelate them and apply post-effects and dithering so they fit Minecraft's aesthetic.

Yes, it is Joy of Painting compatible. You can slap a canvas on a painting to showcase it.

Yes, packs of paintings can optionally be shared using datapacks. A default datapack is also available for a quick start.

The config file includes options such as maxUserImages, maxUserImageWidth, maxUserImageHeight, maxPaintingResolution, maxPacketsPerSecond, packetSize, and packetSplitInterval. These let admins limit user images and throttle bandwidth.

The mod uses smart level of details, caching, and lazy streaming of data, so the performance impact is not noticeable.