uNmINeD

Rendering blocks using textures: Real shadows: Compared to current heightmap based shadows (look at the tree shadows in the middle):

This is what a world looks like when it's rendered using in-game biome tints. Minecraft 1.18 world in uNmINeD using in-game biome tints

This is a Terralith world rendered using biome foliage colors read from the datapack:

Many features have been added this year, like Bedrock support, tile caching, biome and blockstate styles, shadows, virtually infinite zoom, saved map settings and more. uNmINeD has improved a lot, now it supports older Minecraft versions, block styles can be defined using JavaScript, and it works on Linux and macOS thanks to AvaloniaUI. A huge amount of work and sleepless nights were spent on optimization, now it's incredibly fast and uses low amount of memory. Upcoming: Some docs and howtosImage/web export improvementsCustom map markersEntities and POIs, villages, mobs, etc.PlayersGUI improvementsSelection toolChunk data view/exportBlock highlighter/finderOverlays (biomes, caves, chunk properties, statistics, etc.)Rendering blocks using in-game texturesBetter shadowsBetter error handling and reportingSource code release of the Minecraft world reading libraries

Coal ore distribution in Minecreaft Java Edition 1.17.1 vs 1.18: Coal ore distribution in Minecraft 1.17.1 Coal ore distribution in Minecraft 1.18

Experimenting with biome dependent water colors:

The first result of biome conditional rendering (can you find the savanna?): Update: it will work with 1.12 worlds as well:

The very first render using block textures:

The first biome render using random colors :D

Far view of a large anarchy server at 1:512 (1 pixel = 512 blocks = 1 region):