unified settings menu
If you run modular OptiFine replacement mods, you know the chore of digging through separate menus. Many players use separate mods to replace OptiFine features because closed-source code often causes mod conflicts. But each replacement mod typically handles only one task. That leaves you searching through ModMenu just to adjust basic visual options.
Puzzle solves that friction. But it puts configuration options for OptiFine alternatives into a single vanilla-style interface. The options screen organizes settings categories into tabs, making individual sliders and toggles easy to locate. You can open this interface directly from the standard vanilla options screen or inside ModMenu.
supported mods and integrations
Puzzle includes built-in settings panels for several visual and utility mods. Here's the thing, it integrates directly with Iris, Continuity, and Cull Leaves. That supports dynamic lighting and terrain details through LambDynamicLights and LambdaBetterGrass. The result also supports custom items and textures through CITResewn, Entity Texture Features, and Entity Model Features.
Compatibility extends to Exordium as well.
If you build mods, you don't have to create your own isolated settings layout. Puzzle contains an API that other projects can use. Developers can plug their own configuration options right into the central Puzzle interface.
resource pack tools
Some visual features from OptiFine don't have separate replacement mods. Puzzle fills those specific gaps on its own.
For resource pack creators, Puzzle adds support for custom splash screens loaded directly through resource packs. It also expands capabilities for JSON models. Pack makers gain access to unrestricted rotation values and larger model sizes for custom JSON assets.
The project also comes with Brazilian Portuguese translations contributed by FITFC.
compatibility and technical requirements
Puzzle is classified under the Libraries and APIs category as well as Utility and Quality of Life. The project was created by Motschen and is published under the MIT License.
It's strictly a client-side mod. It's required on the client, and server-side installation is unsupported.
You can run Puzzle on three mod loaders: Fabric, Quilt, and Neoforge. Supported Minecraft versions are 26.2, 26.1.2, 26.1.1, 26.1, 1.21.5, 1.21.8, 1.21.7, and 1.21.6.
