Lighting

Since 0.5.2-birch-5 the pack includes Simply Light, a set of clean, modern light blocks for builds. Torches and lanterns still work; these are for when you want a lit room, a shop front or a street to look finished. Recipes are in JEI.

What is in it

• Edge light strips that run along the join between a wall and a floor or ceiling, so a room is lit without a fixture in the middle of it.
• Light slabs and thin panels you can place any way round: floors, ceilings, under counters, inside stairwells.
• Wall and ceiling fixtures and plain bulbs for workshops and corridors.
• Lamps in 16 colours that switch with redstone, so a sign or a stage changes with a lever.
• A lamp post, three blocks tall, for streets and paths.

Using them well

• They are full light sources, so a few strips replace a lot of torches and keep mobs out of a build without the clutter.
• Panels and slabs are thin: use them where a full block would get in the way, like under a shop counter or along a staircase.
• Colour lamps on a redstone clock make a quick marquee for a casino or a club. Keep flashing lights out of other people’s view.
• Birch Brook’s streets already have lamp posts; match them if you build onto the town’s edge.

Learn more

• Simply Light on GitHub (the author’s releases; this is the one mod in the pack your launcher fetches from GitHub rather than Modrinth, still hash-checked)