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Resource Pack Options client sided

If a resource pack would have the ability to toggle between different textures or even turn of some textures, without deleting or moving the files, that would be great.

There would be a new menu that you can access through clicking "Menu" beneath the resource pack you want to change the settings for (if that pack supports it). It grants you access to some on/off toggles that are defined in a json file in the pack, something like "pack_options.json". There would be written if something is on or off, just like the Minecraft options.json file works.

In the pack would be also another file where is defined which option turns on/off or switches textures. It would be a list with variables and after that the path to the textures that are used if it is on/off, if it is empty, it uses the vanilla textures. There can be multiple block textures defined for one option.

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    Another use case for this feature would be resource packs with custom shaders. Resource pack config screens could provide numeric/enum inputs for those. Implementing this feature is possible, I have a working prototype for the fabric mod loader here

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    Also, it is Java Parity.

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    Agree. Subpacks are good for drastic changes for textures, but not so much for toggling only certain small features of a resource pack