On 2021-12-06 kira found the datapack behind Hermitcraft’s custom models and textures. 1 Six days later he made the announcement: “prop custom textures and models in axolotl smp, coming soon”. 2 The models would ride on a server resource pack that players could not switch off.
The first model arrived on 2021-12-13, when prop posted “my first attempt at making a model for a sword” in Blockbench. IRIS was unkind and called it a rocket (“nice rocket”). A little later prop had it working in-game: “got it to work boisss”. 3 4
It spread at once. nYx made a lightsaber, IRIS asked for a katana, and prop began a detailed netherite pickaxe. This was the start of S1’s custom-model culture.
Kira meanwhile tested a new .texture command that set the server resource pack from a download link and a SHA-1 checksum. 5 Prop used it to roll out new ASMP Pack versions on 12-17, 12-28, 12-29 and 01-02, learning on the way that a custom model data tag falls back to the nearest lower defined model. 6 7 The later patent rules are in Custom Models and Patents.
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its the datapack used on hermitcraft for custom models/tetxtures
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prop custom textures and models in axolotl smp, coming soon
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my first attempt at making a model for a sword
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got it to work boisss
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then do .texture <link to where youre hosting your zip> <sha1 checksum here>
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so if we have 0 = default 1245 = model 1 5135 = model 2
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just rolling out the updates pog
