Mods
Resource Packs
Data Packs
Modpacks
Shaders
Plugins
Mods Resource Packs Data Packs Plugins Shaders Modpacks
Get Modrinth App Upgrade to Modrinth+
Sign in
ModsPluginsData PacksShadersResource PacksModpacks
Sign in
Settings
SmoothMaps

SmoothMaps

Provides smooth lighting for framed maps, paintings and rails.

1,418
15
Decoration
Optimization
Utility

Compatibility

Minecraft: Java Edition

Platforms

Fabric
NeoForge
Quilt

Supported environments

Client-side

90% of ad revenue goes to creators

Support creators and Modrinth ad-free with Modrinth+

Links

Report issues View source
Sponsor on GitHub

Creators

Barnaby
Barnaby Owner

Details

Licensed MIT
Published 2 months ago
Updated 3 weeks ago
DescriptionGalleryChangelogVersions

SmoothMaps 1.4 (NeoForge)

by Barnaby on Jun 26, 2025
Download

Supported versions

Mod loader Version(s)
Fabric/Quilt 1.21.2-1.21.6
NeoForge 1.21.2-1.21.6

Changes

  • No longer conflicts with MoreCulling (if using MoreCulling v1.4 or newer)
  • Multi-loader support

SmoothMaps 1.4 (Fabric)

by Barnaby on Jun 26, 2025
Download

Supported versions

Mod loader Version(s)
Fabric/Quilt 1.21.2-1.21.6
NeoForge 1.21.2-1.21.6

Changes

  • No longer conflicts with MoreCulling (if using MoreCulling v1.4 or newer)
  • Multi-loader support

SmoothMaps 1.3.3

by Barnaby on Jun 11, 2025
Download

Fixes

  • Maps now render with smooth lighting when using the MoreCulling mod

Known issues

  • Paintings don't render with smooth lighting with the MoreCulling mod unless "Painting Culling" is disabled.
    • Fixed in MoreCulling v1.4.0

v1.3.x Changelog

Even better performance!!!!!!

Fixes

  • Stored lighting values weren't working and now they are
  • Relight maps and paintings when their rotation and facing directions change

Additions

  • Now displays number of rendered maps and paintings in F3 debug menu
    • This also shows the number of relit maps and paintings per frame (will be 0 in most cases)

Performance

When profiled with Spark, 2400 framed maps and ~1000 relights per second caused under 3% of render thread time to be taken up by the mod down from >10%. FPS is now the same as with smooth lighting disabled.

You should expect performance gains in all situations, with any reasonable amount of paintings or maps you should now get similar FPS to what you would without the mod.

Version support

  • Support wider range of versions (1.21.2 - 1.21.6)

SmoothMaps 1.3.2

by Barnaby on Jun 7, 2025
Download

Changes

  • Support wider range of versions (1.21.2 - 1.21.6-pre4)
    • This version will likely work with the final release of 1.21.6
  • Relight maps and paintings when their rotation and facing directions change

v1.3.x Changelog

Even better performance!!!!!!

Fixes

  • Stored lighting values weren't working and now they are

Additions

  • Now displays number of rendered maps and paintings in F3 debug menu
    • This also shows the number of relit maps and paintings per frame (will be 0 in most cases)

Performance

When profiled with Spark, 2400 framed maps and ~1000 relights per second caused under 3% of render thread time to be taken up by the mod down from >10%. FPS is now the same as with smooth lighting disabled.

You should expect performance gains in all situations, with any reasonable amount of paintings or maps you should now get similar FPS to what you would without the mod.

SmoothMaps 1.3.1-hotfix

by Barnaby on Jun 6, 2025
Download

Fixes

  • Fixed game crash with held maps and map preview mods that was introduced in 1.3 (#1)

v1.3.1 Changelog

Even better performance!!!!!!

Fixes

  • Stored lighting values weren't working and now they are

Additions

  • Now displays number of rendered maps and paintings in F3 debug menu
    • This also shows the number of relit maps and paintings per frame (will be 0 in most cases)

Performance

When profiled with Spark, 2400 framed maps and ~1000 relights per second caused under 3% of render thread time to be taken up by the mod down from >10%. FPS is now the same as with smooth lighting disabled.

You should expect performance gains in all situations, with any reasonable amount of paintings or maps you should now get similar FPS to what you would without the mod.

SmoothMaps 1.3.1

by Barnaby on May 30, 2025
Download

IMPORTANT: Has a game crashing bug, use the hotfix instead (https://modrinth.com/mod/smoothmaps/version/1.3.1-hotfix)

Even better performance!!!!!!

Fixes

  • Stored lighting values weren't working and now they are

Additions

  • Now displays number of rendered maps and paintings in F3 debug menu
    • This also shows the number of relit maps and paintings per frame (will be 0 in most cases)

Performance

When profiled with Spark, 2400 framed maps and ~1000 relights per second caused under 3% of render thread time to be taken up by the mod down from >10%. FPS is now the same as with smooth lighting disabled.

You should expect performance gains in all situations, with any reasonable amount of paintings or maps you should now get similar FPS to what you would without the mod.

SmoothMaps 1.3

by Barnaby on May 30, 2025
Download

Even better performance!!!!!!

Fixes

  • Stored lighting values weren't working and now they are

Additions

  • Now displays number of rendered maps and paintings in F3 debug menu
    • This also shows the number of relit maps and paintings per frame (will be 0 in most cases)

Performance

When profiled with Spark, 2400 framed maps and ~1000 relights per second caused approximately 3% of render thread time to be taken up by the mod down from >10%. FPS is now the same as with smooth lighting disabled.

You should expect performance gains in all situations, with any reasonable amount of paintings or maps you should now get similar FPS to what you would without the mod.

SmoothMaps 1.2

by Barnaby on May 13, 2025
Download

Greatly improved performance!

Changes

  • Internal data structure optimisations to reduce overhead
  • Disables smooth map lighting when:
    • More than 128 blocks away
    • Looking away from map
    • Behind item frame
  • Stores calculated lighting information when lighting engine doesn't have updates

SmoothMaps 1.1

by Barnaby on May 3, 2025
Download

Adds smooth lighting to rails.

SmoothMaps 1.0

by Barnaby on May 2, 2025
Download

Initial release.

Modrinth is open source.

main@016c3d7

© Rinth, Inc.

Company

TermsPrivacyRulesCareers

Resources

SupportBlogDocsStatus

Interact

Discord X (Twitter) Mastodon Crowdin
Get Modrinth App Settings
NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT SERVICE. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG OR MICROSOFT.