Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-2A02:C7D:5DBE:BA00:C585:CC6C:9381:9986-20170731123313/@comment-27190591-20170802183021

00Fez wrote: Look, if you are a coder as you say you are why not back port all the features we like about it. You cannot "backport" every feature that easy - custom models were made possible by rewriting large parts of the rendering engine of minecraft (this is one of the reasons why updating from 1.7.10 is so time-intensive for large mods). And this applies for every feature that is strongly integrated with the minecraft engine - to example the server-side horses in 1.7.10. Changing these to client-side would result in an excessive use of core mods, which kills compatibility with other mods, is a possible source for many bugs and so on. "Backporting" can be done with simple things like most blocks, items and entities and other features. And honestly, it isn't the job of the Mod Team to recreate Minecraft. All of this needs time - time, that can be spend to expand Middle-earth.