Macaw's Windows in All the Mods 10

Macaw's Windows is a decorative mod, and as the name says, it's all about windows. If you build bases and want something nicer than plain glass panes, this one is for you.^[1]

The windows can be opened, closed or locked. On top of that, the mod adds blinds, mosaic glass, mosaic glass panes, one way glass, parapets/sills, gothic windows, shutters, curtains, arrow slits and more.^[1]

In this pack

This version of the pack ships Macaw's Windows 2.4.2, built for Minecraft 1.21.1 on NeoForge. The mod was already in the pack by an earlier release (2.25 or before), so it's a long-standing part of the build-block lineup.^[2]

Who it's for

It's aimed at builders and decorators. It adds no progression of its own in the sources I have, so you can use it whenever you want to dress up a build.^[1]

Unverified The sources don't show where Macaw's Windows fits in the pack's progression. I found no in-jar guidebook for it, so I can't confirm how its items are crafted or whether the pack changed any of its recipes or configs.

Macaw's Windows is a decorative mod, so there's no tech tree to climb here. You pick a style and start building. It adds windows that can be opened, closed or locked, plus mosaic glass, blinds, shutters, curtains, parapets and more. Here's the order I'd go in.^[1]

Start with the window bases

The window recipes in the pack are built around base items: Window Base, Window Four Pane Base and Window Half Pane Base. Get these first, because every window recipe shown in the sources needs one. The recipes below show which base goes with which window style.^[3]

Craft your first windows

Once you have a base, a window is a single craft with a base and a block of your chosen material. Acacia is just the example here, and the other wood, stone and brick variants follow the same pattern. The resizeable window comes first:^[3]

4× Resizeable Acacia WindowMod recipe

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Empty slot	Window Base	Empty slot
Window Base	Acacia Log	Window Base
Empty slot	Window Base	Empty slot

Recipe id: mcwwindows:acacia_window

The four-pane version uses the four-pane base:^[3]

8× Acacia Four Pane WindowMod recipe

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Crafting Shaped

Window Four Pane Base	Window Four Pane Base	Window Four Pane Base
Window Four Pane Base	Acacia Log	Window Four Pane Base
Window Four Pane Base	Window Four Pane Base	Window Four Pane Base

Recipe id: mcwwindows:acacia_four_window

The rectangle version uses the half-pane base. There are also planks versions of each style, like Rectangle Acacia Planks Window, if you'd rather build with planks than logs.^[3]

8× Rectangle Acacia Planks WindowMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Window Half Pane Base	Window Half Pane Base	Window Half Pane Base
Window Half Pane Base	Acacia Planks	Window Half Pane Base
Window Half Pane Base	Window Half Pane Base	Window Half Pane Base

Recipe id: mcwwindows:acacia_plank_window2

Shape and lock your windows

The mod's tooltips describe a hammer and a key. The hammer changes a window's shape when you right click it, and the key locks a window when you right click it.^[4]

Finish the look

After the windows, the cheap extras make a build look finished. The mod also adds parapets (also called sills), and they are a simple craft:^[1][3]

5× Acacia ParapetMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Stick	Stick	Stick
Stick	Acacia Log	Stick

Recipe id: mcwwindows:acacia_log_parapet

Blinds and shutters are just as quick:^[3]

3× Acacia BlindsMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Slab	Acacia Slab	Acacia Slab
Stick	Stick	Stick
Stick	Stick	Stick

Recipe id: mcwwindows:acacia_blinds

3× Acacia ShutterMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Trapdoor

Acacia Trapdoor

Acacia Trapdoor

Recipe id: mcwwindows:acacia_shutter

Curtains are made from coloured wool, like Black Curtain:^[3]

3× Black CurtainMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Black Wool

Black Wool

Recipe id: mcwwindows:black_curtain

Mosaic glass is the colourful option. Craft the glass first, then make panes from it, as with Blue Mosaic Glass and Blue Mosaic Glass Pane:^[3]

8× Blue Mosaic GlassMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Blue Stained Glass	Blue Stained Glass	Blue Stained Glass
Blue Stained Glass	Blue Dye	Blue Stained Glass
Blue Stained Glass	Blue Stained Glass	Blue Stained Glass

Recipe id: mcwwindows:blue_mosaic_glass

16× Blue Mosaic Glass PaneMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

6 × Blue Mosaic Glass

Recipe id: mcwwindows:blue_mosaic_glass_pane

Macaw's Windows is a decorative mod, and the sources describe it that way. It adds windows, mosaic glass, blinds, shutters, curtains, parapets and more. The sources don't mention machines, multiblocks, power, fluids or item automation for it, so there's nothing to cover on those. The mechanics that do exist are about how the blocks behave and how you craft them.^[1]

Opening, closing and locking

The project page says the windows can be opened, closed or locked. The mod's tooltips describe a hammer and a key, and both work with a right click on a window.^[1][4]

• The hammer: right click on a window to change its shape.^[4]
• The key: right click on a window to lock it.^[4]

How window crafting is organised

In this pack, each window family has its own base item. Pane windows and the resizeable windows use Window Base, four pane windows use Window Four Pane Base, and the rectangle windows use Window Half Pane Base. The recipe dump labels these as mod recipes, and nothing in it shows the pack changing them. Here are some examples from the acacia set:^[3]

8× Acacia Pane WindowMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Window Base	Window Base	Window Base
Window Base	Acacia Log	Window Base
Window Base	Window Base	Window Base

Recipe id: mcwwindows:acacia_pane_window

8× Acacia Four Pane WindowMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Window Four Pane Base	Window Four Pane Base	Window Four Pane Base
Window Four Pane Base	Acacia Log	Window Four Pane Base
Window Four Pane Base	Window Four Pane Base	Window Four Pane Base

Recipe id: mcwwindows:acacia_four_window

8× Rectangle Acacia WindowMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Window Half Pane Base	Window Half Pane Base	Window Half Pane Base
Window Half Pane Base	Acacia Log	Window Half Pane Base
Window Half Pane Base	Window Half Pane Base	Window Half Pane Base

Recipe id: mcwwindows:acacia_window2

Shutters, blinds, curtain rods and parapets don't use a window base. Their recipes are built from ordinary materials such as slabs, logs, sticks and trapdoors. Take Acacia Shutter and Acacia Blinds, for example.^[3]

3× Acacia ShutterMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Trapdoor

Acacia Trapdoor

Acacia Trapdoor

Recipe id: mcwwindows:acacia_shutter

3× Acacia BlindsMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Slab	Acacia Slab	Acacia Slab
Stick	Stick	Stick
Stick	Stick	Stick

Recipe id: mcwwindows:acacia_blinds

Unverified The mod has no config files in this pack, and no in-jar guidebook was found, so the sources here do not show any tweakable options or further mechanics beyond what is covered above.

Macaw's Windows doesn't have a tier ladder like a tech mod does. There's no machine chain, and what you can build depends on which material and which base item you have. Every recipe shown in the dump is a regular crafting-table recipe labeled as a mod recipe, so nothing shown suggests the pack changed them.^[3]

Single-material decor

Shutters, louvered shutters and curtains need no base item. Check the recipes for Bamboo Shutter and Black Curtain below. The wooden shutters, like Acacia Shutter and Cherry Shutter, follow the same idea.^[3]

Bamboo ShutterMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Bamboo

Bamboo

Bamboo

Recipe id: mcwwindows:bamboo_shutter

3× Black CurtainMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Black Wool

Black Wool

Recipe id: mcwwindows:black_curtain

3× Acacia ShutterMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Trapdoor

Acacia Trapdoor

Acacia Trapdoor

Recipe id: mcwwindows:acacia_shutter

Blinds, curtain rods and parapets

Next come the pieces that pair a wood or stone with a stick: Acacia Blinds, Acacia Curtain Rod and parapets such as Acacia Parapet and Andesite Parapet. Stone parapets follow the same pattern as the wooden ones.^[3]

5× Acacia Curtain RodMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Stick

Acacia Log

Stick

Recipe id: mcwwindows:acacia_curtain_rod

5× Andesite ParapetMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Stick	Stick	Stick
Stick	Andesite	Stick

Recipe id: mcwwindows:andesite_parapet

Windows from base items

The actual windows are gated behind base items: Window Base, Window Four Pane Base and Window Half Pane Base. Each base decides the window style, and the material you add decides the look. The Window Base gives the pane and resizeable windows, the Four Pane Base gives the four pane windows, and the Half Pane Base gives the rectangle windows. This holds across woods like acacia, birch, cherry and crimson, and across stones like andesite, blackstone and bricks.^[3]

8× Acacia Pane WindowMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Window Base	Window Base	Window Base
Window Base	Acacia Log	Window Base
Window Base	Window Base	Window Base

Recipe id: mcwwindows:acacia_pane_window

Pane window pattern: Window Base plus the material.

8× Acacia Four Pane WindowMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Window Four Pane Base	Window Four Pane Base	Window Four Pane Base
Window Four Pane Base	Acacia Log	Window Four Pane Base
Window Four Pane Base	Window Four Pane Base	Window Four Pane Base

Recipe id: mcwwindows:acacia_four_window

Four pane pattern: Window Four Pane Base plus the material.

8× Rectangle Acacia WindowMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Window Half Pane Base	Window Half Pane Base	Window Half Pane Base
Window Half Pane Base	Acacia Log	Window Half Pane Base
Window Half Pane Base	Window Half Pane Base	Window Half Pane Base

Recipe id: mcwwindows:acacia_window2

Rectangle pattern: Window Half Pane Base plus the material.

Most woods have two families. The log versions, like Resizeable Birch Window, and the planks versions, like Resizeable Birch Planks Window, are separate items with separate recipes. Stone and brick sets, like Resizeable Blackstone Window and Resizeable Bricks Window, use the same bases.^[3]

Mosaic glass and stone specials

For something fancier, mosaic glass takes a dye and stained glass of the same color. You then make a pane from the finished glass, like Blue Mosaic Glass and Blue Mosaic Glass Pane.^[3]

8× Blue Mosaic GlassMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Blue Stained Glass	Blue Stained Glass	Blue Stained Glass
Blue Stained Glass	Blue Dye	Blue Stained Glass
Blue Stained Glass	Blue Stained Glass	Blue Stained Glass

Recipe id: mcwwindows:blue_mosaic_glass

16× Blue Mosaic Glass PaneMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

6 × Blue Mosaic Glass

Recipe id: mcwwindows:blue_mosaic_glass_pane

Castle-style pieces round things out: Cobblestone Arrow Slit, Blackstone Brick Arrow Slit and Blackstone Gothic Window. Their recipes are shown below.^[3]

3× Cobblestone Arrow SlitMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Cobblestone	Cobblestone
Empty slot	Cobblestone Slab	Cobblestone Slab
Empty slot	Cobblestone	Cobblestone

Recipe id: mcwwindows:cobblestone_arrow_slit

3× Blackstone Brick Arrow SlitMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Polished Blackstone Bricks	Polished Blackstone Bricks
Empty slot	Polished Blackstone Brick Slab	Polished Blackstone Brick Slab
Empty slot	Polished Blackstone Bricks	Polished Blackstone Bricks

Recipe id: mcwwindows:blackstone_brick_arrow_slit

4× Blackstone Gothic WindowMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Polished Blackstone Bricks	Empty slot
Polished Blackstone Bricks	Glass Pane	Polished Blackstone Bricks
Empty slot	Polished Blackstone Bricks	Empty slot

Recipe id: mcwwindows:blackstone_brick_gothic

Unverified The quest sources here do not show any quest for this mod, so there is no quest-book placement to point you to. Check the pack's quest book yourself if you want to see whether anything touches Macaw's Windows.

In this pack, Macaw's Windows shows up in one quest chapter, "Building Tips", which has 91 quests. The chapter opens with "Building Tips!" quest, and the rest of the chapter branches out from there.^[5]

The glass route

The windows quest sits on the glass branch. The order is "Building Tips!" quest, then "Blocks!" quest, then a quest in "Building Tips", which asks you for Glass. After that comes "Macaw's Windows" quest.^[5]

The windows quest is a plain item task. The quest book doesn't say which item it wants, so check the quest in game. Its text mentions windows, window panes, shutters, curtains, blinds and even parapets.^[5]

It isn't the only quest on that branch. "Chipped Glass" quest, "Glassential" quest, "Crystalix" quest, "XyCraft Glass" quest, "Railcraft Glass" quest and a quest in "Building Tips" also follow the glass quest, so you can do them in any order.^[5]

The Macaw's branch

The chapter also has a separate Macaw's group. It runs from "Decoration!" quest to "Decor Mods!" quest and then to "Macaw's Mods" quest. The Macaw's Mods quest mentions windows among the things this developer makes.^[5]

Five more Macaw quests come after "Macaw's Mods" quest:^[5]

• "Macaw's Doors" quest^[5]
• "Macaw's Roofs" quest^[5]
• "Macaw's Fences and Walls" quest^[5]
• "Macaw's Trapdoors" quest^[5]
• "Macaw's Paths and Pavings" quest^[5]

"Macaw's Holidays" quest, "Macaw's Lights and Lamps" quest and "Macaw's Furniture" quest are also part of the Macaw set. They sit under different parents in the chapter, not under the Macaw's Mods quest.^[5]

Finishing the set

"Completed Macaw" quest is a checkmark quest. It needs Macaw's Doors, Fences and Walls, Roofs, Paths and Pavings, Trapdoors, Holidays, Lights and Lamps, Furniture and Windows all done first. Its text says you've earned your own Macaw once you have one of everything from Macaw's Mods.^[5]

All the Mods 10 8.1 ships Macaw's Windows at version 2.4.2. It was first included in All the Mods 10 2.25 or earlier, and the pack changelogs record the version bumps below.^[2]

Version bumps in the pack

• All the Mods 10 4.3: updated from 2.3.2 to 2.4.0.^[6]
• All the Mods 10 4.12: updated from 2.4.0 to 2.4.1.^[7]
• All the Mods 10 5.5: updated from 2.4.1 to 2.4.2. This is the version you still get in 8.1.^[2][8]

Unverified What actually changed inside the mod in 2.4.0, 2.4.1 and 2.4.2 (new blocks, fixes, recipe changes) is unverified. The pack changelogs only record the version numbers, and no changelogs for the shipped jars are available.