
Dunce's Fine-Tuned
A vanilla+ modpack that still feels like Minecraft. You may need a decent PC to run this modpack.
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About this Modpack

Fine-Tuned is a Vanilla+ modpack dedicated to keeping the Minecraft feel while still improving the game.
Features
Inventory Improvements
- Many items are now animated
- Inventory items now have particle effects
- Mouse Tweaks
- Each enchanting book, painting, and trimmed armor piece has unique textures in their inventory.
- Items now stay inside crafting tables, enchanting tables, and anvils whenever you leave their respective menus.
Graphical Improvements
- Automatically comes with BSL, Complementary, and Solas Shaders pre-installed. (BSL is the default, and my personal choice)
- Many blocks now have emissive textures
- New first-person animations
- Fresh Animations and addons
- New icons on tooltips and menus
- Many optimization mods
- Better explosion vfx
- More particle effects
- Chunks now smoothly load in rather than instantly appearing
- EMF player skin options in the mod menu, including enchanted and emissive pixels on player skins.
- Rain is now replaced by sandstorms in deserts
Audio Improvements
- More ambient sounds
- Sound physics (echoes, muffled sounds, etc.)
- Unique SFX for basically everything, including holding, breaking, placing, and moving items.
- Unique rain SFX for certain materials
Gameplay Improvements
- Improved F3 Menu
- New button on the main menu to quickly join the last played world/server.
- Improved terrain generation
- Improved elytra controls, allowing you to do cool tricks in the air.
- Fast leaf decay
- The ability to favorite worlds
- Adds the option to play on a borderless fullscreen window, letting you do stuff on other monitors or applications.
...and many other small tweaks!
The majority of these things can be fine-tuned to your liking in the mod menu.
*gallery images are downscaled to conform to Modrinth's image size limits.
Credits:
Vanilla Tweaks: https://vanillatweaks.net/
Available Versions
How to Set Up a Dunce's Fine-Tuned Server
Order Server
Choose at least 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended for Dunce's Fine-Tuned). Based on player count: per 8 players.
Install Modpack in Dashboard
Open the modpack browser in the dashboard, search for "Dunce's Fine-Tuned" and click "Install". The fabric loader and Minecraft 1.21.11 are configured automatically.
Start Server & Play
Start the server – all mods are loaded automatically. Share the server IP with friends and play together!
Frequently Asked Questions
Dunce's Fine-Tuned server crashes or won't start – what to do?
Most common causes: insufficient RAM or wrong fabric loader. Check latest.log for "OutOfMemoryError" → increase RAM to at least 6 GB. For "Mixin" or "ClassNotFoundException" errors: modpack version and loader don't match. With Mado Hosting, loader and Minecraft version are auto-configured on modpack install – preventing most startup issues.
How much RAM does a Dunce's Fine-Tuned server really need?
Minimum 4 GB, recommended 6 GB for stable performance. per 8 players. Important: Minecraft modpacks need more RAM than vanilla – plan extra per additional player. With Mado Hosting, you can scale RAM up live at any time without data loss (from €8/month).
Can I add custom mods to Dunce's Fine-Tuned without conflicts?
Yes, but check compatibility: only use mods for the same loader (fabric) and same Minecraft version (1.21.11). Common issues: ID conflicts with recipe mods and incompatible coremod versions. The Mado dashboard mod browser only shows compatible mods and warns about known conflicts.
Dunce's Fine-Tuned server lagging – performance tips
1) Increase RAM to 6 GB+. 2) Reduce server view-distance to 8 (server.properties). 3) Pre-generate chunks with the "Chunky" plugin. 4) Use /spark profiler to check which mods consume the most tick time. With Mado Hosting, all servers run on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores – eliminating hardware as a bottleneck.
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