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SmoothMaps

Mod

Provides smooth lighting for framed maps, paintings and rails.

Type

Mod

Modrinth Downloads

14,158

Modrinth ID

x69OnBPN

Last Updated

Jun 6, 2026

Description

SmoothMaps

A Minecraft mod to provide smooth lighting and performance improvements for framed maps, paintings and rails.

Respects your smooth lighting setting and won't cause a noticeable performance hit.

Features

  • Fast smooth lighting for framed maps
  • Fast smooth lighting for paintings
  • Enables smooth block lighting for rails
  • Improved painting performance by removing interior faces
  • Improved server-side map rendering performance (up to 60% faster)
  • Reduced GPU bandwidth overhead for map rendering (partial texture updates)

Picture of Toby in Minecraft maps, showing the smooth lighting.

Compatibility

Mod Loaders

Fabric Neoforge Quilt

Game Versions

1.21.2 1.21.3 1.21.4 1.21.5 1.21.6-pre1 1.21.6-pre2 1.21.6-pre3 1.21.6-pre4 1.21.6 1.21.7 +7 more

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