Argus

Argus is a Sodium-native Fabric client mod for OptiFine resource-pack compatibility on the modern Minecraft renderer path.

No bridge mod, no wrapper layer, no old renderer detour: Argus implements supported OptiFine-style resource-pack features directly where they render.

Argus is currently in stable beta. The core systems work in-game, most supported OptiFine pack features should work with existing packs, and compatibility bugs are being fixed against real-world packs as they show up.

Requirements

• Minecraft 26.2
• Fabric Loader
• Fabric API
• Sodium

Features

Implemented or actively usable:

• Connected Textures:

  • CTM
  • compact CTM
  • horizontal
  • vertical
  • top
  • fixed
  • random
  • repeat
  • layered methods
  • overlays
  • atlas tile injection

• Built-in regular-glass CTM resource pack

• Better Grass and Better Snow

• Emissive textures for block and CTM textures

• Custom Item Textures for type=item

• Custom GUI textures for OptiFine-style container rules

• Custom Animations MVP for block-atlas texture animation rules

• Custom Colors and Colormaps

• Custom Sky layers

• Natural Textures via optifine/natural.properties

• OptiFine Extra Options scope

• OptiFine-scope Entity Textures:

  • random entities
  • random tile entities
  • paintings
  • chest and shulker hooks
  • layer synchronization
  • emissive companions

• Sodium settings integration for Argus features and visual controls

• ETF compatibility

• EMF compatibility

• Dynamic Lighting mod compatibility

Compatibility Warning

Argus includes the OptiFine Extra Options scope directly.

This means Argus overlaps with Sodium Extra and other mods that provide the same visual options or renderer-facing features. These mods should not be installed together unless a specific compatibility note says otherwise.

Known overlapping areas include:

• Sodium Extra-style visual options
• OptiFine Extra Options replacements
• mods that change the same renderer-facing feature controls
• mods that implement the same resource-pack compatibility features

ETF and EMF are supported exceptions:

• When ETF is installed, Argus disables its overlapping entity texture features and greys out the related settings.
• EMF remains the intended mod for entity models and entity animations, which Argus does not implement.

Entity Textures, ETF, and EMF

Entity texture features are included for the OptiFine scope.

Entity model and entity animation packs are not included. Use EMF/ETF for that stack.

When ETF is installed, Argus disables its overlapping entity texture features and greys out the related settings.

Not Included

Argus does not implement:

• Entity model replacement
• Entity animation packs, including Fresh Animations-style CEM
• Dynamic Lighting

Use a dedicated Dynamic Lighting mod alongside Argus.

Resource Pack Compatibility

Argus targets real OptiFine resource packs.

CTM, Better Grass, Emissive Textures, Custom Colors, Custom Sky, Custom Animations, Custom GUI, CIT, Entity Textures, and OptiFine Extra Options support have all reached visible in-game paths, but parity is still being tightened feature by feature.

Some packs may still expose edge cases. Please report compatibility issues with the affected resource pack name, Minecraft version, Argus version, Sodium version, and a short description of what renders incorrectly.

License

Argus is licensed under the PolyForm Shield License 1.0.0.