Folium Frond Expansion Mod (26.2, 1.20.1) – Bushy Leaf Models for Lush Forest

Folium Frond Expansion Mod transforms tree foliage into bushy and fuller models across your worlds. It works automatically with both vanilla trees and trees from other mods without breaking their original colors or textures. The mod runs entirely on the client side, meaning you can join multiplayer servers without needing server setup. It keeps the classic blocky look of the game while making forest canopies feel much softer.

Features:

• Automatically detects foliage from vanilla and modded trees.
• Preserves original leaf textures, transparency, and biome color tinting.
• Adapts instantly to active resource packs without needing extra patches.
• Adds position, depth, and rotation variations to prevent repetitive forest patterns.
• Creates trimmed, pixelated leaf geometry using transparency masks.
• Removes hidden interior faces between leaf blocks to boost rendering speed.
• Provides LabPBR normal and specular map capabilities for compatible shaders.
• Runs client-side so multiplayer servers do not need it installed.
• Includes an in-game settings screen to adjust foliage options easily.

Leaf Styles:

• Native: Keeps the default cubic leaf shape while applying lighting and culling tweaks.
• Classic: Keeps the standard cube model and adds smaller bushy foliage layers to visible sides.
• Plus: Replaces standard leaf blocks with three large crossed panels for a full look.

Configuration:

enabled = true
type = "PLUS"
culling = true
ambientOcclusion = false
directionalShading = false
blacklist = [
  "mod_name:block_name",
  "another_mod:another_leaf_block"
]

• enabled: Turns the mod on or off.
• type: Chooses the leaf style between NATIVE, CLASSIC, or PLUS.
• culling: Removes hidden geometry inside tree canopies to improve frame rates.
• ambientOcclusion: Adds softer corner shadows around neighboring leaf blocks.
• directionalShading: Changes surface brightness based on facing angles.
• blacklist: Lists specific block IDs that should keep standard models.

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