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This is Visibility 2, a continuation of a pack originally by Thinkr. Then the pack was maintained kyctarniq, and now it has been passed on to me.

Minecraft has changed a lot since Thinkr started the pack. There are so many more blocks than there used to be, you can seldom distinguish a block simply by color. Visibility 2 will be vigorously updated focusing on *visibility*, even for those with color-blindness issues. For instance, i've changed the ores to have different shapes, so you don't need color to distinguish them all.


The blocks are done, but some of the mobs and most of the icons are of different styles.



It's been enjoyable working on a pack so clean and simple. Please let me know what you think about it,

Quote from Toxel»

Great i hope you make a good continuation of this pack but don't completely lose focus on Lithos i would love to use this pack along side Lithos i know you are a great texture pack artist and will do well

Don't worry, visibility and lithos sort of compliment each other. And I can reuse a lot of the block model scripting at least with some tweaking. I did 3D nether wart for visibility, then was inspired to add it to lithos.

Quote from echonite»

Not gunna lie. I almost expected an XRay pack when I read the title.

Heh, I can see how that could happen.

Quote from Deepblue686»

Yeah, instead we get a rather imaginative simple pack.

If the author decides to make their own, much nicer, colour pallete, it'd be quite a nice simple pack for a change instead of what we normally see.

Edit: My bad, didn't read it all.
It's a continuation.

Still not bad though.

Thanks for bringing that up. Yeah the palette is still pretty close to vanilla. I don't especially like the vanilla colors but I'm used to copying them due to my work on the mostly faithful lithos. I should put some thought into color schemes, but I'm certainly not going to strictly limit myself to a handful of exact hues. Some people make that work, but too often it forces bad color choices.

As to it being a "simple" pack, yeah it fits that general catagory, but I'm more focused on making everything clear, visible and distinct, almost iconographic. progress it will be less "simple" than the original.

It looks really cool I really like it

Quote from thebaum64»

It looks really cool I really like it

Thanks.

I'm specifically interested in feedback on the mosaic effect I have going on with stone, netherrack, sand, and dirt. Ie the slight random color variations between blocks. My first impression is that it looks great on natural blocks, especially at a distances.

Here's a sneak-peek at ongoing work...

Isn't that water too clear? I mean, in a lake like that, it looks awesome, but in an ocean...

Quote from Pintom»

Isn't that water too clear? I mean, in a lake like that, it looks awesome, but in an ocean...

Due to comments elsewhere, i'm totally redoing the water. Yeah it will be less clear.

New 1.8 beta is available for download.

The first release for Visibility2 is now available.

Keep the work on this pack; it is getting better with each update

Quote from KriKun»

You, know I've come to agree with you. I started a heavy revision of Visibility today, now that Lithos:Core is complete (but not finished). Here's the progress I made today:

Visibility 2.1 for 1.8x is released!

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Visibility 2.1 is the beginning of a major stylistic overhaul. Going for a more solid grid, more consistent style and more emphasis on the "mosaic" effect.

Visibility for 1.9 is released!

Basically the pack is converted to 1.9, but few of the new textures have been added yet.

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Visibility 2.01 for 1.9x is released!

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First official release for 1.9. Some mobs are unchanged, and various textures need an update, but it should provide a good, overall experience.

Lots of improvements, including

• all 1.9 blocks
• new stone brick (all types)
• boats
• crops

Banners, shields, and most items are placeholders borrowed from Lithos:Core.

Visibility 2.02 for 1.9x is Released!

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• New Prismarine blocks
• New Tall Grass
• New Cauldron and Hopper
• Lots of minor tweaks

• Temporarily removed most of the container GUIs since many are broken in .19