When No Fog Appears in the Forest
If you walk into a Pale Garden and the air looks completely clear, work through these checks in game:
1. Confirm Polytone is running: This resource pack extends the Polytone mod. If Polytone is missing from your mods folder, vanilla Minecraft ignores the pack's fog data.
2. Check the pack order: Open Options > Resource Packs and make sure the pack is in the active right-hand column.
3. Check your altitude: Because the fog disappears high above the clouds and deep underground, descend or climb back to surface tree level.
4. Verify the backport biome ID: Press F3 while standing among the pale trees. The pack specifically looks for a biome named pale_garden; if a custom worldgen mod uses an unrelated biome name, the fog will not trigger.
When Fog Appears in Caves or Settings Are Missing
- Missing settings button: Install the Respackopts mod to unlock the in-game configuration menu.
- Fog inside shallow caves: Shallow dirt caverns sit close enough to surface elevation to stay inside the active zone. Open the Respackopts menu for the pack and adjust the height settings so the fog stops higher up.