Those who have read our previous blog posts may recall seeing MegaMod briefly mentioned in a paragraph. Now it’s time to show you what MegaMod is actually capable of and how it will change your Beta 1.7.3 experience forever.

Note that just like with Betavision, our optional texture pack which will eventually be bundled with MegaMod, this will not be exclusive to OldHaven. Everybody is, once again, free to use it to play on any server they like. We are considering adding some features that would allow it to be better interwoven with OldHaven using a custom server plugin, but all of the main client-side features will always be accessible to everyone.

Here’s a showcase of a pre-release test version to show you just how capable it is.

Main menu of MegaMod.

Starting from the main menu, you can obviously see a big difference compared to the vanilla one. We have brought in the newer Beta 1.8+ menu style, making the game look fresher than ever.

Multiplayer menu.

This does of course include the new style multiplayer menu you’re used to seeing in more modern versions of the game. Say goodbye to retyping the server IP every time you want to join a different server! Now you can save all of your favorite servers in an easy to access place.

Auto-Login menu for servers.

Speaking of servers, we’re excited to unveil a feature welcomed by many, especially content creators. You can now set up an automatic AuthMe login for any server. If you’re a streamer, you no longer have to hide your game every time you want to log into a server. And it saves time! How much time, to be exact? Well, let’s assume that it takes you 5 seconds to log in and on average you log in 10 times per day. After a year, you would save over 5 hours of time in total! Definitely worth it in our opinion.

Main option menu. Note the addition of a field of view slider.

New music and sound options.

New brightness setting.

Optional button outlines.

Mod settings.

Wow, that’s a lot of new settings! The most important feature that makes Beta essentially unplayable if it’s not present is the addition of a field of view slider. We’re sure that most of you are used to high FOVs in more modern versions of the game. Going back to Beta with its default FOV feels like you’re tunnel visioned and has even made some people nauseous. There is an FOV mod avaiable for Beta 1.7.3, but it’s not compatible with OptiFine and it’s a bit of a hassle to install.

Some other settings that stand out are the new brightness option (acting similarly to the modern equivalent, brightening up the dark Beta look), music and sound options, sky options (cloud height, forced time of day, enable/disable snow/rain), GUI settings (button outlines), accessiblity settings (chat opacity), tooltips for items, adjustable flying (available in singleplayer or for server moderators) and so much more! And this is just the preview version of MegaMod. The full release may come with even more settings and options to play around with!

Working skins with Release 1.8+ layers.

Bundled with MegaMod is a special overhauled version of SkinFix that brings in full Release 1.8+ skin compatiblity with all layers and Alex skins. Your skins will now look exactly the same as in modern versions of the game with all of their features. The example skin in the picture is showing a suit implemented as an over-body layer with a shirt underneath.

Modern text editing in signs and chat.

A small but nead addition is modern text editing in signs and chat that allows you to move your cursor back to edit a typo or mistake. This isn’t as big of a feature as some of the other ones, but prevents a lot of frustration on your end when you’re typing a long sentence or line of text and you mess up in the middle.

That’s it for now. We are expanding MegaMod every day and we may continue to do so even after the initial release, which is nearing soon. We would ideally like to be done by the end of this month (in about a week). Once again, stay tuned for further updates.