Tachyon Shaders


Tachyon is a highly customizable shader, with HDR, POM, reflections, Volumetric fog and clouds, shadows, Tonemapping, AO, and many other features. It’s optimized to be incredibly fast, often getting higher fps than even light shaders like fastPBR. I designed it to be able to both be a vanilla+ style shader for those who prefer more minimalistic improvements (in this mode it is even faster), as well as a more traditional high-visuals style.

# Known Issues
– the end and nether don’t have dedicated shaders yet so they’re really broken. working on a fix but it’s gonna take a bit

# Customizability
With every feature a shader adds, there’s one more feature you may not want. So Tachyon lets you customize *everything*. You don’t like shadows? Off. You find POM distracting? Off! You can customize Tachyon from just vannilla with shadows, to a full shader with reflections, HDR, ACES tonemapping, POM, etc.

# PBR Resource Pack
This shader looks way better with a PBR resource pack, since they provide extra details like how reflective each pixel is or a depth map. My favorite one to use is [sPBR](https://modrinth.com/resourcepack/spbr), as it remains 16×16 and very true to vanilla.

# PVP
This shader is fast enough and not nearly as distracting as others, so it’s actually usable in pvp, unlike many others. I know a lot of people (especially people who care about fps a ton) will not use this anyway, but I find that with high profile, visuals preset (and “nice water” under materials turned off as it makes it really hard to see shallow pools in pvp), my fps is consistently at my monitor’s max refresh rate.

# Credits
This is my first shader, and while I’d love to claim I wrote this all myself with no help, I did look at other shaders’ code for reference. Most notably:

1. [Solas Shader](https://modrinth.com/shader/solas-shader), which I based the clouds and water off of. The noise texture is a direct copy from this shader, so huge thanks to solas.
2. [XorDevs-Default-Shaderpack](https://github.com/XorDev/XorDevs-Default-Shaderpack) for a lot of the basic rendering, as it is basically a shader implementation of vanilla. Some code is very closely copied from this.
3. [Complementary Reimagined](https://modrinth.com/shader/complementary-reimagined), As I used it as a reference for screen space reflections and DH support.
4. [IterationT](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rUvHaxnHmQCG5LvOL4I8kvoDpJu53lgV/view?usp=drive_link) for some POM reference. I am aware that this shader copied a lot of shaders, but I didn’t directly copy anything from this shader either.
5. [This Youtube Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjyNVmsTBmA) for shadows and other basics for how minecraft shaders work.

Other than the noise texture from solas, and I got explicit permission from Solas’ developer for that, I didn’t actually copy anything, so it doesn’t violate any of the shaders’ licenses.

Super Ugly Shaders

## Why?!
Based on Complimentary Unbound, these shaders were made to be as ugly as possible.

Honestly, these shaders are a complete joke. Use at your own risk and don’t use if you have issues with photosensitivity or motion sickness.

Super Duper Vanilla

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## Description
A shader pack created to convey the style of the cancelled __Super Duper Graphics Pack__ and other popular Minecraft titles. Developed by [@Eldeston](https://github.com/Eldeston), and presented by __FlameRender Studios__.

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## Video

## Screenshots

## License
This shader uses the **FlameRender (C) Studios License**. See [**LICENSE**](LICENSE) for more info.

## Version Compatibility
Version compatibility varies across the 2 known shader loaders Iris and Optifine. Iris versions 1.6.10+ from Minecraft versions 1.18.2+ are compatible with this shader. For Optifine, it varies across GPU vendors. Please always choose the latest Iris or Optifine of your respective Minecraft version.

Optifine support will not be prioritized or maintained starting from version 1.3.7 of this shader.

| Iris | Windows, Linux (Intel, AMD, NVidia) | Apple (M1) |
| ——– | ———————————– | ————— |
| 1.18.2+ | Supported | Supported |
| 1.17.1- | Not supported | Not supported |

| Optifine | Windows, Linux (Intel, AMD, NVidia) | Apple (M1) |
| ——– | ———————————– | ————— |
| 1.17.1+ | Partial support | Partial support |
| 1.14.2+ | Partial support | Not supported |
| 1.13.2- | Not supported | Not supported |

## Official CurseForge Page
Super Duper Vanilla is also on CurseForge! Stable and latest releases will always be available there. Check it out [here](https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/customization/super-duper-vanilla-shaders) and support me by using any one of the download links there!

## Social Links
Come join my Discord server to talk about other developments made by our studio-community!
* [Flamerender Studios Discord](https://discord.gg/UE85W5ynCg)

Or follow me on Twitter or subscribe to my Youtube channel to get updated with my recent developments and contents
* [@Eldeston’s Twitter](https://twitter.com/eldeston)
* [@Eldeston’s Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQCkkFh25ydxZwCqpBhJJlg?view_as=subscriber)

You can become a supporter by doing any of the above, or donate through paypal
* [@Paypal donation](https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=4XLQ4WE296JKW)

Steadfast


Steadfast is a remarkably fast and unobtrusive shader pack with exceptional
attention-to-detail. Easy on the eyes and on your computer, Steadfast massively
improves the graphical quality and realism of Minecraft without getting in the
way of actually playing the game.

Steadfast is free and open-source software developed by coderbot, and can be downloaded from https://modrinth.com/shader/steadfast-shaders (Modrinth), https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/shaders/steadfast (CurseForge), or https://github.com/coderbot16/Steadfast (GitHub). Anyone can modify and distribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3.

## How fast is it really?

Steadfast runs great even on midrange laptops from 5+ years ago, with the
default High profile delivering a smooth 60+ FPS experience on most computers
capable of running Minecraft. On computers with a dedicated high-end graphics
card, Steadfast flies and even the High profile can reliably reach 250-500 FPS.
With a lower profile, it runs playably even on a Raspberry Pi!

Steadfast is designed for mobile / integrated graphics hardware, and is built to
require minimal graphics memory bandwidth and only moderate graphical compute
power.

## Features

* Semi-realistic atmosphere with high-quality sky and fog
* Real-time shadows cast by the sun and moon
* Foliage that waves with the wind and has subsurface light scattering
* Perfectly-tuned lighting to give the illusion of bright sunlight and darker
nights and interiors, but without excessive changes in brightness or contrast,
or obtrusive effects like auto-exposure
* Approximate light shafts (“godrays”) from the sun and moon
* Exceptionally detailed water waves with actual visual depth, reflection,
refraction, and realistic absorption based on water depth
* Water and ice can reflect anything visible on the screen
* Sunlight and moonlight cast bright water caustics on underwater surfaces
* Windswept high-altitude cirrus clouds as well as support for Minecraft’s
standard blocky clouds
* Note: Neither are enabled on the default profile for now.
* Ambient occlusion through Minecraft’s built-in smooth lighting
* Integration with the Distant Horizons and Voxy mods, which offer extreme
render distances without significant performance loss
* Wide compatibility with other mods and modpacks, including support for
high-performance rendering pathways in mods like Create (through the
Colorwheel add-on mod)

## Platform compatibility

Steadfast supports the following hardware and underlying platforms:

* NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel GPUs
* macOS, including Apple Silicon
* Linux, including most hardware supported through the open-source Mesa graphics
drivers, such as the Raspberry Pi and the Steam Deck.
* Minecraft 1.18.2 and above using the Iris shader mod (Iris 1.5 or newer).

## Current limitations

Steadfast has some notable limitations that I hope to resolve in the future:

* Steadfast does not currently support any version of OptiFine.
* Steadfast offloads a ton of calculations to the CPU, but the feature used
to do this (“custom uniforms”) works a bit differently in OptiFine compared
to Iris and porting will take a lot of effort as a result.
* Steadfast lacks support for any dimension other than the Overworld, which
includes a lack of any well-tuned support for the Nether and End.
* To support another dimension basically requires making a new visual style
for the shader. This can take months of work to get right.
* The current Nether / End appearance is entirely playable and lacks the
same serious bugs you might normally expect from shaders lacking dimension
support, but not optimized or tweaked to the same level of quality as the
Overworld dimension. In other words, it basically just works on accident.
* Steadfast does not currently support colored lighting.
* This is really hard to implement in a high-performance and high-quality
way, but I am looking into it and fortunately there is prior art in the
community.
* The current default profile has some issues when underwater and lacks clouds.
* This profile is mostly playable otherwise, and you can enable existing
cloud options if you prefer. Fixes for both are under development.

## Support policy

* I aim for a high standard of quality in my software, and the goal of the beta
testing phase is to find and fix any bugs, stylistic issues, and similar
defects.
* Please try to avoid duplicate bug reports, and use your best judgement when
trying to find out if a bug is in Steadfast, Iris, Minecraft, another mod, or
your graphics drivers / system, but if you aren’t sure, please feel free to
submit a report.
* We aren’t able to help you get Steadfast working properly on phones and mobile
devices running Android or iOS, even with software like PojavLauncher, due to
widespread correctness issues and bugs in the graphics drivers and required
compatibility layers.

## Credits

* Steadfast takes heavy visual inspiration from Sonic Ether’s Unbelievable
Shaders (SEUS), especially SEUS Renewed, as well as some of Chocapic13’s
shaders. SEUS is a great shader pack, and I hope you enjoy this implementation
of a similar visual style!
* Steadfast would not be possible without the Iris shader loader, in particular
the continued development & maintenance by IMS212 allows Steadfast to work on
many Minecraft versions with minimal fuss on the side of Steadfast.
* I would also like to thank my dedicated testers who helped highlight and
uncover many of the bugs and issues fixed in the development of Steadfast!

Spring Shaders (Chun)

# Introduction

“Spring” sets a tone of freshness and nature, using soft and bright colors to create a tranquil and harmonious atmosphere. As the harsh winter melts away and all living things recover, who is it that plucks the strings of the season and plays the movement of life? The brand-new shader work, **Spring v2**, will take you into a dreamlike utopia.

## Shader Information

This shader is a practice work I wrote while studying the course *Games202 – High Quality Real-Time Rendering*. I consider it a sequel to the “Spring” series of shaders; you can view it as a refactored/completed version of *Spring v1*. “Spring” is the codename I used when creating texture packs ten years ago, and I have continued to use this designation.

Below are the effects included in this shader:

### Lighting System
* Path Traced Global Illumination (PTGI) and Ray-Traced Colored Lighting (Requires Iris, disabled by default).
* Reflective Shadow Maps (RSM) with denoiser and screen space light leak suppression.
* PCSS Soft Shadows, Cloud Shadows, Colored (Glass) Shadows, and Screen Space Shadows supporting both near and far distances.
* Ground Truth Ambient Occlusion (GTAO).
* Handheld Dynamic Lighting with colored light support (Syncs with Ray Tracing/Colored Lighting settings).

### Atmosphere System
* Physically Based Atmospheric Scattering and Atmospheric Fog.
* Volumetric Fog, 2D Planar Clouds, Volumetric Clouds, and Screen Space Godrays.
* Unique sunrise and sunset hues.
* Celestial bodies (Sun, Moon, Stars).

### Water and Translucency
* Three wave patterns and Wave Parallax.
* Water Fog, Underwater Volumetrics, and Immersive Underwater Effects.
* Water Refraction simulation and Screen Space Reflections (SSR).
* Water Caustics and Dispersion effects.
* Translucent Object Shadows, PBR Reflections, and Translucent Refraction simulation.

### Material Rendering
* Supports Normal Mapping, Smooth Parallax, and Voxel Parallax.
* Physically Based Rendering (PBR) for reflections, specular highlights, and material interactions.
* Rain puddles, ripples, and wet surface reflection effects.

### Post-Processing
* High-quality Bloom, Auto Exposure, Simple Filters, Tone Mapping, Motion Blur, Depth of Field (DoF), Vignette, and Lens Occlusion.
* Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA), Robust Contrast Adaptive Sharpening (RCAS), and Anisotropic Filtering.

### Others
* Exclusive effects for Night, Rain, The End, and The Nether.
* Natural foliage waving animations.
* Full English shader settings interface.
* Supports Distant Horizons, Voxy (Basic/Partial support), Kaleidoscope Cookery, Farmer’s Delight, and Biomes O’ Plenty.

## Ray Tracing Comparison
**Top:** Ray Tracing / Colored Lighting Enabled.
**Bottom:** Standard Rendering



Spooklementary

#   Spooklementary

## What is Spooklementary?

* Spooklementary, by SpacEagle17, is an edit of EminGT’s [Complementary Shaders](https://www.complementary.dev/).
* It is a horror-themed shaderpack that transforms your game into a moody and spooky experience.
* Perfect for Halloween or scary maps! Click “Gallery” at the top of the page to see screenshots.

**Important notice: Please don’t report any bugs while using this add-on to Emin, but to me instead on [Discord](https://discord.gg/5N45SAsC3X).**

## Links

* SpacEagle17’s **[Discord](https://discord.gg/5N45SAsC3X)** Server for discussion, questions, suggestions…
* Follow SpacEagle17 on **[Twitter/X](https://twitter.com/SpacEagle17)** to get news about the shaderpack

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Solas Shader

### **Showcase**

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### **About**
+ Solas is a fantasy stylized shaderpack aiming to provide stunning visuals at a moderate performance cost. Screenshots showcasing the shader can be found in the **Gallery** section.

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### **Important links**
+ **Discord** / **Boosty** / **GitHub** / **Solas Website**

[](https://discord.gg/HEw9DbQwuM) [](https://boosty.to/septonious) [](https://github.com/Septonious/Solas-Shader) [](https://solasshader.com/)

+ Looking for a **unique**, **high quality** vanilla RPG **server**? Check out my new project – **Ardonia**!

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### **Main features**
+ **Advanced lighting**
– Colored block lighting
– Realtime shadows without light leaking in caves
– Cloud shadows
– Subsurface scattering on certain blocks
+ **High quality volumetrics**
– 3D Clouds, crepuscular rays, fireflies, Nether smoke, Ender protoplanetary disk
+ **Beautiful sky effects**
– Aurora, Milky Way, Ender Nebula and Black Hole, rainbows
+ **Customizable post-processing**
– Fine-tuned tonemapping, bloom, lens flare, chromatic aberration, depth of field, motion blur, tilt-shift
+ **Realistic water**
– Procedural waves, caustics, light absorption and refraction
+ **Integrated PBR resourcepack**
– Emissive textures, reflective materials and procedurally generated normals
+ **PBR resourcepacks support**
– Both **LabPBR** and **OldPBR/SeusPBR** formats are supported
– Turn on “**PBR Resourcepack**” in shader settings!
+ **Mod compatibility**
– Voxy
– Distant Horizons
– Iris Shaders (Preferred loader)
– OptiFine (Custom skyboxes and colored block lighting are **not supported**)

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### **Credits**
+ **EminGT** and **gri573** for improved shadow sampling.
+ **SixthSurge** for voxelization & light propagation algorithm.
+ **Capt Tatsu** for antialiasing and a few other pieces of BSL’s code.
+ **Community members** for contributing to Solas in different ways.

Soft Voxels Lite

[](https://youtu.be/RwGXOxF3DsM “Soft Voxels Showcase”)

## **What is Soft Voxels Lite?**
This is the free edition of my Soft Voxels Shaderpack, which intends to be a minimalistic and rather performant shaderpack that relies on voxels and path-tracing to give you some fast yet good looking lighting. This obviously also includes proper colored lighting from various emitters. As there is no actual shadowmap the direct light from sun and moon is rather soft, giving the pack its signature overcast outdoor-looks.

## **What features does it offer?**
* path-traced lighting
* temporal upscaling (TAAU), at 50% by default
* dynamic fog
* screenspace godrays
* screenspace reflections
* waving foliage
* resourcepack specular support (according to labPBR specification)

## **Any Requirements?**
* Optifine for 1.16 or newer/Iris 1.5.0 or newer
* GTX 1050/RX 560 or similar/better (has to support OpenGL 4.3)
* GTX1660/RX 5600XT or better recommended for 1080p at default settings
* Windows/Linux
* **Intel HD 5000 Graphics and older are NOT supported!**

## **External Links:**
* My Website: [Link](https://rre36.com/soft-voxels)
* My Discord Server: [Link](https://discord.gg/y5xzQ6H)

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Soft Memory

# **Soft Memory**

**I have changed my username from McDonaldsWIFI_ig to IslandAggravated,why? Well nothing bad happened but I wanted to stay safe from potential issues… Anyway don’t worry it is the same dev, same updates!!**

## Recover what they took from us!
**Miss those memories where things were more colorful, brigther and there were no problems?, well… I have studied hundreds and hundreds of nostalogic images and tried several patterns to create something that feels safe… something that can resemble a childhood memory!**

**This is an edit from [Mellow Shader](https://modrinth.com/shader/mellow) by The CMK. I challanged myself to edit it on an intel igpu and it had to run so I am sure that you can run the shader in any device. Special thanks to The CMK, you are the GOAT.**

## Update 1.13

**Version 1.13 comes loaded with new post processing effects such as: Light Shafts underwater, Heat Shimmering in the distance( resembling a hot summer day), Water Refraction and the overall base color of the water improved!**

(Water Refraction is disabled in this shot, but the distortion is also visible from the outside!)

## And Also: Improved Clouds!

## Childhood Summer mode :
### How it looks like:

This mode tries to resemble summer nostalogic memories. It hits its peak at sunrise and sunset. The combination of saturated and vibrant colors, bloom uneven grain and a tiny bit of color chanel splitting can bring what I call home.

## VHS mode :
### How it looks like:

This brings the “Mom said it is my turn on the xbox” memory. It oposed to Childhood summer in terms of colors as it is desaturaated and with less contrast. You can see most of the classic artifacts that VHS tapes caused. If you enjoy how VHS cameras worked this mode is the best for you

## Quality Presets:
– **Fast** – it is the most cut down version of all 4, I don’t recomend playing with this preset unless you want very simple effects and maximize your FPS;
– **Fancy (recomended for high FPS normal gameplay)** – has more effects than fast but not all of the effects that the shader packs. It is a perfect balance between quality and performance;
– **Fabulous (recomended for normal gameplay)** – this preset has all of the effects enabled at a reasonable quality,not as fast as fancy)
– **Ultra (recomended only for screenshots or renders)** – it doesn’t add more effects than fabulous. It only sets the quality to the max ensuring a crisp and detailed image.**It takes a lot of your FPS so BE CAREFUL**

## Features that this Shader brings:
– Very great performance as it was tested on an igpu;
– Nostalogic color grading;
– Shooting stars;
– Shadows;
– PBR and specular support;
– Realistic moon;
– Reflections;
– Godrays;
– VHS effects;
– Bloom;
– 2016 Clouds without frying your pc;
– Great end ambience;
– much more things it is worth giving a try 🙂

Snowimagined

Snowimagined Shaders

A [Complementary Reimagined](https://www.complementary.dev/reimagined/) edit

# Update: You can get this feature with our add-on called Euphoria Patches!
## Get it here: https://modrinth.com/mod/euphoria-patches

### To enable the feature go to: Shader Setting > Euphoria Patches Setting > World > Seasons > Winter
(Other seasons will come in a future update)

## What is Snowimagined Shaders?

* Snowimagined Shaders, by SpacEagle17 and isuewo, is an edit of EminGT’s Complementary Reimagined Shaders. It transforms your game into a beautiful winter wonderland. Click on “Gallery” at the top of the page to see screenshots.

## Community
* Join the [Complementary Discord](https://discord.com/invite/985QQxVQZF) to get support and interact with the community!

## Features