Better BATS by MarkiS_Arts Resource Pack (26.3, 1.20.1)

Better BATS by MarkiS_Arts Resource Pack refreshes cave wildlife with pixel-consistent models, clean animations, and many visual styles. This pack gives standard vanilla bats a fresh look while keeping the familiar blocky feel. You encounter distinct bat styles naturally during mining trips or rename them with name tags to display special forms. It turns simple flying cave mobs into memorable creatures with vampire, undead, and fantasy styles.

Features:

• Consistent Pixel Art: Replaces the old bat model with a clean, pixel-accurate build that fits modern Minecraft blocks and mobs.
• Fresh Flight Animations: Gives bats new wing motions and resting poses for lively movement in dark caverns.
• Natural Mob Variants: Spawns multiple color variations across your worlds, including brown, black, gray, and white bats.
• Special Themed Bats: Adds rare looks such as vampire bats, skeletons, zombies, dark crystal bats, and creatures inspired by famous monster games.
• Custom Name Tag Codes: Lets you rename any bat using specific text codes to switch directly to your favorite texture.
• Depth-Based Spawns: Alters spawn rates below Y=0 so rarer bats appear more frequently in deep underground caverns.
• Includes festive holiday designs with pumpkin accents and bony wings.
• Works directly with random mob systems to keep each cave full of visual surprises.

Bat Variants and Name Tag Codes:

Players can use a name tag with a specific namecode anywhere in the custom name to change a bat into a chosen style. For example, naming a bat “Markis DC” turns it into a Dark Crystal Bat.

Required Settings:

The Better BATS by MarkiS_Arts Resource Pack relies on custom entity features to show all models and randomized skins correctly:

• Use OptiFine or load both Entity Model Features (EMF) and Entity Texture Features (ETF).
• When using OptiFine, navigate to Options, Video Settings, Quality, and ensure Custom Entity Models is ON and Random Entities is ON.
• With EMF and ETF, the necessary options run automatically by default.

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