
This mod is only for Fabric Servers(or Single-Player) and requires Fabric API. Works with Vanilla clients thanks to Polymer!
Server-side Features
- Atlas - A combination between a bundle and a map.
- Fill it with empty maps and it will automatically create new maps as you explore off the edge of your current map.
- Automatically switch to the relevant map when returning to previous areas.
- Make a copy of the entire Atlas. Great for map walls!
- Fits up to 512 filled maps(configurable), and any number of empty maps
- Map Information Tooltips - See the map scale and center coordinates right from the tooltip
- Biome Map Colours - Records which biome each map pixel came from, so maps tint grass, leaves
and water per biome instead of drawing every biome the same flat green
- Only players with the mod installed see the difference - a vanilla client see vanilla maps/atlases
(Optional) Client-side Features
- Minimap - Your last selected Atlas can be displayed as a minimap
- Atlas View - Press
M(rebindable in Controls) to see every map in your Atlas stitched into one big map. Opens centred on you; scroll to zoom and drag to pan. - Biome Map Colours - Draws the biome tint for grass, leaves and water on maps and atlases
- Proper display of Atlas' fullness bar
How to use Atlases
- Craft one by combining a filled map and a book in a crafting bench
- An Atlas is specific to a dimension
- All maps in an Atlas must have the same scale
- Atlases behave like bundles, but can only take filled and empty maps
- Copy an Atlas by combining an Atlas and a book, either in a crafting bench or a cartography table
- You must have enough empty maps in the Atlas to copy it, otherwise it won't craft
- You'll get 2 identical Atlases, each containing half the remaining empty maps
- You can take maps out like you would take items out of a bundle. To take out the empty maps you can either place the Atlas in a cartography table, or take out all the filled maps then right-click the empty Atlas in your inventory
(Optional) Custom Icons
- Installing the mod client-side will show custom icons for the Atlas item and fix some UI issues
- Icons can also be used by providing the Polymer resource pack to your vanilla clients
- Find out how to setup Polymer AutoHost here: https://polymer.pb4.eu/latest/user/resource-pack-hosting/
- Run
/polymer generate-packafter installing the mod to generate the resource pack
Known Issues
- Bundle tooltip on Atlas will show full once it hits 64 maps. You can still keep adding maps
- Installing the mod client-side will fix this
Shout-outs
- Pillowsledder for creating the excellent icons!
- Map Atlases by Pepperoni-Jabroni for the original idea and map switching logic.
- Diversity: Better Bundle by FaeWulf for implementation of larger bundle sizes
How to Install Improved Maps (Mod)
Improved Maps by CraftyCorvid is verified for Fabric across Minecraft versions 1.21.10, 1.21.11, 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 26.1.2 (latest release: 1.0, file size: 153 KB). Follow the steps below to install it safely from ModCraft.tv:
- Click the Download button above and select your Minecraft version (1.21.10, 1.21.11, 1.21.5, 1.21.6, 1.21.7, 1.21.8, 1.21.9, 26.1.2) and platform (Fabric).
- Make sure you have the compatible loader or environment installed for Fabric.
- Move the downloaded Improved Maps file into your Minecraft
.minecraft/modsfolder and launch the game.
All Versions
+ Add Version- Port to 26.3
- Only resolve atlases of the dimension the player is in
- Fixed a malformed packet error that could trigger as race condition when players with the mod installed connected to a server. (Thanks to @kgadberry)
- Tint map colours per biome
- Client-side Atlas View
- Bugfixes
- Client-side minimap
- Client-side Settings GUI
- Show atlas empty maps in the cartography result on vanilla clients
- Bugfixes
- Upgrade to Minecraft 26.2
- Upgrade to Minecraft 26.1.2
- Upgrade to Minecraft 1.21.11
- Fix map duping bug
- Bump server-translations version
- Bump server-translations version
- Creative mode bug and crash fixes
- Added correct client-side rendering of Atlas bundle UI
- Creative mode bug and crash fixes
- Added correct client-side rendering of Atlas bundle UI
- Added icons for each Atlas type created by pillowsledder
- Beginnings of client-side features
- Fixed bug with expanded atlas bundle size
- Only create new maps when the Atlas matches the dimension
- General bug fixes