Compare a crop with vanilla

A crop's density and read can only be judged on the block model, next to vanilla. This guide assumes you have a .stages file for your crop and Minecraft installed (see Install TextureScript).

Write the scene

Create a TOML file next to your .stages file:

camera = { yaw = 30, pitch = 22, distance = 7 }
floor = "minecraft:grass_block"
ground = "minecraft:farmland[moisture=7]"

[[plot]]
label = "tomato"
stages = "tomato.stages"
ages = [0, 3, 7]
at = [0, 0]

[[plot]]
label = "wheat (vanilla)"
block = "minecraft:wheat[age=7]"
at = [4, 0]

• Each age takes the next block along +x, so ages = [0, 3, 7] at [0, 0] fills x 0 to 2.
• Leave one empty block between plots, along x and z. Plots that touch merge into one bed and their labels overlap.
• Use model = "cross" for flowers and saplings, which sit on two diagonal planes.
• block takes any block state your jar has, like minecraft:sunflower[half=lower].

Every key is described in Scene files.

Look at it live

texturescript view tomato.toml

The view updates whenever you save the scene, a grid, a palette or a map. Drag to orbit, scroll to zoom, l toggles labels.

Screenshot it

When you cannot see a browser, or want a picture to share, shoot the same scene. One angle hides overlaps, so take two or three:

texturescript shoot tomato.toml shot.png --cam 30,22,7 --cam 120,10,5 --cam 0,60,6

Those frame the whole scene. To judge one plant, move in and enlarge the shots:

texturescript shoot tomato.toml close.png --cam 30,22,4 --size 900x600

Compare two drafts

Give a plot several stages as named variants:

[[plot]]
label = "tomato"
stages = { first = "tomato-a.stages", second = "tomato-b.stages" }
at = [0, 0]

In view, keys 1 to 9 switch between variants and v cycles through them. shoot puts each variant in its own row of the sheet; --variant NAME limits it to some of them.

Compare items

Items are flat, so compare them on a contact sheet instead, at three times their size:

texturescript sheet items.png out/corn_item.png vanilla-items/ --scale 3