A Minecraft Java shader that attempts to maintain a minimal "vanilla" aesthetic, while adding some optional features:
- Waving Plants.
- FXAA (anti-aliasing).
- Sharp/Soft Shadows.
- CSM (Cascaded Shadow Mapping). *
- Dynamic colored lighting. *
- Ray-Traced block-light shadows. *
- Volumetric fog lighting.
- POM (Parallax Occlusion Mapping).
- Normal Mapping.
- Specular (shininess).
* Feature only available with Iris 1.6 or later!
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08.12.2024 · Modrinth
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Published versions and original Modrinth files.
08.12.2024 · 949 949 downloads
13.03.2024 · 535 221 downloads
* Currently requires a special Iris beta
** Does not currently support TAA.
*** Requires an external shader settings editor: https://editor.balintcsala.com/
22.10.2023 · 330 829 downloads
This update contains a ton of minor fixes/adjustments not listed.
- Improved overall lighting, fog, VL.
- Added bounced floodfill lighting for sunlight only.
- Added cloud shadows (thanks to Fayer3).
- Added screen-space reflections [WIP].
- Added distance-blur/DOF.
- Added initial support for Supplementaries mod.
- Added initial support for Distant Horizons mod.
- Added water blur.
- Added more RT shapes for Create mod.
- Added hard-coded-metal support for LabPBR materials.
- Added more tonemap options.
- Added world-time animation option (for fixed-time recording mods).
- Added initial water caustics (needs work).
- Added option for adjusting exposure offset.
- Added water TIR (off by default).
- Added support for rendering multiple water volumes (off by default, broken with latest AMD drivers).
- Added screen-space ambient occlusion.
- Added fog-shape option.
- Added option to enable/disable light-leak fix.
- Improved blending of stained glass.
- Improved glass tinting.
- Improved warer waves.
- Improved bloom.
- Improved SSS [WIP].
- Improved smooth-POM performance.
- Fixed LabPBR normals being decoded improperly.
- Made metals less dark.
- Softer POM shadows.
- Document mod support.
03.06.2023 · 67 778 downloads
24.04.2023 · 14 656 downloads
30.03.2023 · 4 193 downloads
* For best results, use the latest Iris 1.6.0 beta 3 from the Iris discord.
* This release includes an experimental option for ray-tracing block-lighting with volumetric fog. This is very performance heavy and will likely be replaced with a simplified version in the next release, or removed entirely.
20.03.2023 · 5 863 downloads
10.03.2023 · 2 996 downloads
06.03.2023 · 1 380 downloads
03.03.2023 · 674 downloads
02.03.2023 · 819 downloads
01.03.2023 · 1 026 downloads
Initial Release