Is this still Minecraft? A mod makes the grass so realistic that your PC already gets 10° warmer at the mere thought of it.
Even after years, Minecraft is still extremely popular, not least because of the large community of modders who provide numerous expansions like texture and resource packs. Some of them are simple, while others look extremely good – and voraciously consume your PC’s performance.
Like the resource pack “Realistic Grass” by NicoRTX.
What is special about it? As the name suggests, the resource pack aims to provide as realistic grass as possible. While conventional Minecraft grass consists of just a few dozen pixels, NicoRTX pushed the boundaries. Rather than giving the grass formations only 32×32 pixels, NicoRTX went further – up to 2048×2048. You can recognize every single blade of grass and feel almost like you are in a modern game with high-resolution graphics – if the rest wasn’t so blocky.
Combined with other add-ons, like shaders, amazing realism can be achieved in Minecraft. Even boring grass becomes a real eye-catcher.
What is the problem? Despite its fairly simple block graphics, Minecraft is extremely resource-hungry. With high-resolution textures that are as detailed as this grass, even the most modern PCs will eventually buckle – especially when shaders are added.
Creating screenshots, for instance to present your own world or to record a video briefly, is quite suitable with such a pack. However, those who plan to explore vast worlds with it should perhaps pay a little attention to their PC’s load. Sooner or later, when the fire department arrives, you might have missed the moment.
If you want to try the resource pack yourself, you can download it from the website planetminecraft.
What are players saying? In the Minecraft subreddit, there is a lively discussion about the resource pack. Many players are particularly concerned about overheating their PCs when using this mod. There are many comments like:
- ‘Imagine how much fear your PC must have when it’s just looking at these images.’
- ‘Hey, someone created a resource pack that you can use to heat your house in winter.’
- ‘The three screenshots shown are the only ones he could capture before his PC turned into a supernova.’
If you want to test the limits of Minecraft and your own computer, you should take a look at this resource pack. For everyone else, we have here the 7 most beautiful texture packs for Minecraft, where your PC won’t call the fire department right away.
