Fast Better Grass – Untinted Edition

A micro-pack that removes biome coloring from Fast Better Grass so it matches classic/alpha, fixed-palette foliage packs.

🌿 Why This Exists

Packs like Golden Days + Alpha Addon and PACP + Beta Addon + Alpha Addon revive the bright, always-green look of Minecraft Classic/Alpha.
Fast Better Grass keeps terrain edges tidy, but its full grass-blocks still pick up biome tints—so plains, jungles, swamps, etc. show jarring color shifts.
This add-on keeps Fast Better Grass’s sides overlay while locking the grass color to the grass_block_top.png texture, giving you seamless greenery everywhere.

🗒️ What’s Inside

The only file touched is:

assets/minecraft/models/block/grass_block.json

It simply drops every tintindex: 0, disabling biome tint:

❌ Original (from Fast Better Grass)

{
  "parent": "block/block",
  "textures": {
    "particle": "block/dirt",
    "bottom":   "block/dirt",
    "top":      "block/grass_block_top"
  },
  "elements": [
    {
      "from": [0, 0, 0],
      "to":   [16, 16, 16],
      "faces": {
        "down":  { "uv": [0,0,16,16], "texture": "#bottom", "cullface": "down" },
        "up":    { "uv": [0,0,16,16], "texture": "#top",    "cullface": "up",    "tintindex": 0 },
        "north": { "uv": [0,0,16,16], "texture": "#top",    "cullface": "north", "tintindex": 0 },
        "south": { "uv": [0,0,16,16], "texture": "#top",    "cullface": "south", "tintindex": 0 },
        "west":  { "uv": [0,0,16,16], "texture": "#top",    "cullface": "west",  "tintindex": 0 },
        "east":  { "uv": [0,0,16,16], "texture": "#top",    "cullface": "east",  "tintindex": 0 }
      }
    }
  ]
}

👌 Untinted Edition

{
  "parent": "block/block",
  "textures": {
    "particle": "block/dirt",
    "bottom":   "block/dirt",
    "top":      "block/grass_block_top"
  },
  "elements": [
    {
      "from": [0, 0, 0],
      "to":   [16, 16, 16],
      "faces": {
        "down":  { "uv": [0,0,16,16], "texture": "#bottom", "cullface": "down" },
        "up":    { "uv": [0,0,16,16], "texture": "#top",    "cullface": "up" },
        "north": { "uv": [0,0,16,16], "texture": "#top",    "cullface": "north" },
        "south": { "uv": [0,0,16,16], "texture": "#top",    "cullface": "south" },
        "west":  { "uv": [0,0,16,16], "texture": "#top",    "cullface": "west" },
        "east":  { "uv": [0,0,16,16], "texture": "#top",    "cullface": "east" }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Load order recommendation:

⬆️ Fast Better Grass – Untinted Edition
➡️ Fast Better Grass (original)
⬇️ Golden Days + Alpha Addon  /  PACP + Beta Addon + Alpha Addon

✅ Compatibility

Feature	Status
Minecraft 1.20-1.21.5 (Java)	✔ Tested, no mods needed
Fast Better Grass 1.21.5	✔ Tested, should also work for newer versions
Other resourcepacks	✔ Works with any colored grass_block_top.png (if gray, it will not work)

🤝 Credits

Fast Better Grass by robotkoer – base pack and overlay logic.
Untinted tweak by HandLock_
Distributed under the same license as the original (MIT).

“Sometimes the best color… is the one that never changes.”

Fast Better Grass: Untinted Edition

Compatibility

Minecraft: Java Edition

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