itscola / photon

A shader pack for Minecraft: Java Edition

photon

A gameplay-focused shader pack for Minecraft

acknowledgments

• Emin - Shadow bias method from Complementary Reimagined (fully fixes peter panning and light leaking underground!)
• DrDesten - Depth tolerance calculation for SSR (helps to prevent false reflections)
• Jessie - f0 and f82 values for labPBR hardcoded metals
• Sledgehammer Games - Bloom downsampling method used in Call of Duty Advanced Warfare (described here)
• http://momentsingraphics.de/ - Blue noise texture

features

• Custom shading with variable penumbra shadows and ambient occlusion
• Colored lighting using flood-fill algorithm (enabled with Ultra profile, requires Iris)
• Custom sky with multiple volumetric cloud layers and different weather each day
• Camera effects - bloom, depth-of-field, motion-blur
• Full labPBR resource pack support
• Revamped water
• Screen-space reflections
• Volumetric lighting
• Much improved image quality thanks to TAA, FXAA and CAS
• Advanced temporal upscaling (disabled by default) for low end devices

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