Recommended Mods
On the CivLabs server, you are not required to use any mods. However, some are recommended to use, due to their function.
Recommended Mods:
This list is intended for use with the Fabric Modloader
These mods have been officially endorsed for use on the server. Simple Voice Chat in particular is highly recommended.
If a mod is not on the recommended or whitelisted mods lists it may be disallowed (even if it doesn't appear in the banned list): do not use it or ask a moderator about it first.
Mod Management
- Fabric API (Required for most mods to work)
- Cloth Config API (Config Screen API used by lots of mods)
- Mod Menu (Adds a list of mods you have installed)
- Text Placeholder API (Required library)
Optimization
- Sodium (Optimization mod)
- Lithium (Another optimization mod)
- Entity Culling (Optimizes entity loading)
Other
- Simple Voice Chat - particularly recommended
- Sound Physics Remastered (Enhances your sound experience, works well with Simple Voice Chat)
- JEI (Allows you to view items and their recipes)
- LambDynamicLights (Handheld lights!)
- Iris Shaders (The shader mod)
- Distant Horizons (Increased view distance)
Whitelisted Mods
More broadly, these mods are explicitly allowed:
Optimization Mods | Volume Scroll | Talking Heads |
Iris Shaders | Sound Physics | JEI/REI |
Controller | Controlling | 3D Skin Layers |
Crafting Tweaks | Figura | Cubes Without Borders |
Sound Muffler | Boat Item View | Bind Commands |
Vive Craft | Mod Menu | Enhanced Attack Indicators |
Mouse Tweaks | ReAuth | Appleskin |
Notes/Calculator | Handheld Torch | Not Enough Animations |
Talk Balloons | Fabrishot | Euphoria Patcher |
Armor HUD | Low Fire | Replay Mod (Flashback) See below |
Replay Mod
There are specific rules concerning replay mod. In general, do not look at any of your recordings until the Trial concludes. However, if you wish to get a clip of something specific that may be acceptable. Always remember the moderators make the final call. You are only protected to use your clips until after the trial is over.
Disallowed (Banned) Mods:
If a mod is not on the lists above it may be disallowed: do not use them on the server or ask a moderator about it first. The following mods are explicitly banned:
- Hacked clients
- Map/minimap mods (such as Xaero's Minimap or Xaero's World Map) or mods that display your coordinates