Iris 1.8 and Sodium 0.6 are now in beta for Minecraft 1.21!

This is a major release for everyone; special thanks to douira and the rest of the team at CaffeineMC, as well as all the testers.

First, the (admittedly minor) changes in Iris 1.8 standalone:

• (Better) support for tags in shader packs! This allows shader packs to more easily support modded blocks should they wish.
• Support for Distant Horizons 2.2. This will officially release this weekend; any older versions will not work.
• Fixed support for some packs that did not work correctly on Iris 1.7.x. (Some packs such as KappaPT are currently broken for an unknown reason; this is being investigated.)

Now, for the big part.

The changes in Sodium 0.6:

- Translucency sorting!

• No more weird bugs with putting stained glass in front of water or water through itself; it will all be handled by an advanced algorithm.

- Support for the Fabric Rendering API (FRAPI)!

• This will allow mods like Continuity, LambdaBetterGrass and Distant Horizons to work without Indium.

- Both Iris and Sodium now support NeoForge.

• Yes, that's correct; You will be able to use the official releases of both Iris and Sodium on your favorite NeoForge packs, such as All the Mods 10.