Particle Disabler: A dynamically generated resource pack that removes all vanilla particles for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition.

Particle-Disabler.ps1

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem

function _($Path) { return [System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Replace([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText($Path), "//.*?$|/\*[\s\S]*?\*/", "", [System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions]::Multiline) | ConvertFrom-Json }

if ($Package = (Get-AppxPackage | Where-Object { $_.PackageFamilyName -eq "Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_8wekyb3d8bbwe" }) ) {
    Remove-Item "$ENV:TEMP\Particle Disabler" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue 
    [System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory("$ENV:TEMP\Particle Disabler\particles") | Out-Null
    
    $MaxEngineVersion = [System.Version]::new() 
    (Get-ChildItem "$($Package.InstallLocation)\data\resource_packs\*\manifest.json" -Recurse).FullName | ForEach-Object {
        $MinEngineVersion = [System.Version]::new((_($_))."header"."min_engine_version" -join ".")
        if ($MaxEngineVersion -le $MinEngineVersion) { $MaxEngineVersion = $MinEngineVersion } 
    } 
    $Version = ($MaxEngineVersion.ToString()) -split '.', '0', 'SimpleMatch' | ForEach-Object { [int]$_ } 

    (Get-ChildItem "$($Package.InstallLocation)\data\resource_packs\*\particles" -Recurse) | ForEach-Object {
        $Object = (_($_.FullName))
        @{
            "format_version"  = $Object."format_version"
            "particle_effect" = @{
                "description" = $Object."particle_effect"."description"
                "components"  = [ordered]@{
                    "minecraft:emitter_rate_instant" = @{ "num_particles" = 0 }
                    "minecraft:emitter_rate_manual"  = @{ "max_particles" = 0 }
                    "minecraft:emitter_rate_steady"  = @{ "max_particles" = 0 }
                }
            }  
        } | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 100 -Compress | Out-File "$ENV:TEMP\Particle Disabler\particles\$($_.Name)" -Encoding utf8 
    }

    $Object = _("$($Package.InstallLocation)\data\resource_packs\vanilla\manifest.json")
    $Object."header"."name" = "Particle Disabler for Minecraft $($Version -join '.')"
    $Object."header"."description" = $Object."modules"[0]."description" = "A dynamically generated resource pack that disables all vanilla particles."
    $Object."header"."uuid" = "d5a9ad60-e797-4d67-89ff-f8d5e5f5c306"
    $Object."modules"[0]."uuid" = "ceceff37-2546-4c7f-9db6-686a3d4a6694"
    $Object."header"."min_engine_version" = $Object."header"."version" = $Object."modules"[0]."version" = $Version
    Set-Content -Path "$ENV:TEMP\Particle Disabler\manifest.json" $($Object | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 100 -Compress)

    Remove-Item "$ENV:USERPROFILE\Downloads\$($Object."header"."name").mcpack" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory("$ENV:TEMP\Particle Disabler", "$ENV:USERPROFILE\Downloads\$($Object."header"."name").mcpack", [System.IO.Compression.CompressionLevel]::Optimal, $false)
    Remove-Item "$ENV:TEMP\Particle Disabler" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Recurse -Force 
}