Aetherstone

Aetherstone r.2026.10.10.1

Performance in this Beta version has not been Optimized yet!

Look

• Colours are altered, with a touch of realism blended in:
  • richer twilights and a soft glow around the sun
  • deep orange-red sunsets
  • a light blue haze on far hills
• New sliders: Sky Realism and Distance Air. Set them to 0 for the classic look.

Shadows

• Far Shadows rebuilt: sharper and more stable on distant terrain and Distant Horizons, with no popping at the screen edges.
• New: Contact Shadows (Recommended and up). Crisp small shadows where things meet the ground.

Leaves

• Trees are lit as a real canopy: light filters through and leaves glow when backlit.
• No more dark speckle inside trees, and lighter Toon outlines on foliage.

Distant Horizons

• DH terrain is lit and shadowed like normal chunks.
• Better-looking trees, a smoother hand-over from chunks, and see-through oceans.
• No more shimmering on far ground.

Water

• The sun's glint no longer shines on water that terrain blocks from the sun.
• New foam along shores, walls and stream ends, plus a Stylized Water option.
• Traced reflections on water and glass.

New Effects

• Bloom: torches, lava, lamps and bright sky glow softly onto their surroundings.
• Rain Puddles: puddles with ripples and reflections, and ground stays damp after rain.
• Rainbows after rain.
• Lightning lights up the world around a strike.
• New lens flare, and sunlight glows through thin clouds.
• Redone lava with a Lava Crust slider.
• Optional Ore Glow.
• Experimental Volumetric Clouds on Pretty.

Nether & End

• Nether: fog and light tinted by biome.
• End: smoother planet bands, a nebula, and fog that matches the sky.