Glowtone

A modern utility mod that simplifies creating glowing textures for blocks and items using resource packs. The mod works without unnecessary system load and offers ready-made examples of emissive textures in its built-in resource pack.

How It Works

The core functionality of Glowtone is extremely simple. To add glow to a texture, just use the suffix _glowtone_emissive in its name. The system automatically generates optimized overlay models that provide the glow effect.

Light level can be configured individually for each texture through .mcmeta files. Here's an example of such configuration:

{
  "glowtone_emissive": {
    "light_emission": 15
  }
}

Additionally, you can override render layers for specific blocks. For this, create a file glowtone_block_render_type_overwrites/<block>.json with content:

{
  "render_type": "cutout"
}

Ready Solutions and Creating Your Own

The mod comes with a built-in resource pack that adds glow to standard Minecraft textures. You can use it as a foundation or create your own glowing textures for any modifications.

Glowtone is fully compatible with popular shaders Iris and Core Shaders and doesn't interfere with their operation.