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How to Enable Resource Packs with Custom Connection Styles

The mod reads special configuration files stored inside your active resource packs to determine how different materials merge and flow across surfaces.

Loading Compatible Resource Packs

To apply custom textures that take full advantage of the mod's rendering engine:

1. Open the Minecraft pause menu and select Options, then choose Resource Packs.

2. Select your desired resource pack that includes custom connection files and move it to the active column on the right.

3. Click Done to reload your textures.

4. The mod reads the pack's internal instructions and applies them to the corresponding blocks automatically.

Understanding Supported Connection Styles

Packs can define several distinct boundary behaviors for different structural roles:

  • Horizontal Connections: Surfaces merge exclusively from side to side, which is useful for continuous horizontal trim, counters, or wainscoting.
  • Vertical Connections: Blocks blend only upward and downward, ideal for vertical pillars, posts, and tall support beams.
  • Top Borders: Textures configure edges specifically along the upper boundary of a block cluster.
  • Edge Borders: Retains framing around the outer perimeter of a block group while removing all internal intersecting lines.