Nolantic Shader

NolanticShader V0.3 — The Big Rendering Overhaul

This release rebuilds the entire rendering pipeline from the ground up.

⚙️ New Deferred Engine

• Full deferred lighting pipeline (G-buffer based) for terrain
• Physically-based sun & moon light: real atmospheric transmittance drives light color through the day — golden noon, amber sunsets, violet blue hour, cool blue moonlight at night
• Filmic color pipeline: Lottes tonemap, log-space contrast, HSL grading, veil bloom

🌍 Sky & Atmosphere

• Live-computed atmospheric scattering (Rayleigh + Mie + ozone) — sky, fog and ambient light all share one physical model
• Ambient light follows the sky: warm golden ground light at sunset, seamless horizon
• New sun disc with chromatic flare rim and a fully phase-lit moon
• Volumetric fog with sun shafts and luminous haze

☁️ Volumetric Clouds

• Planet-curved volumetric cloud layer — clouds sink naturally toward the horizon
• Dynamic weather system: fair-weather cumulus, moody stratus decks, storm cover — every in-game day looks different
• Multi-octave light scattering with powder effect and silver linings
• Cloud shadows on the ground match the clouds you actually see

🌑 Shadows & Lighting

• Contact-hardening soft shadows (PCSS): crisp at contact, softer with distance
• Subsurface scattering: sunlight glows through leaves and grass
• Screen-space ambient occlusion, HDR torchlight with warm glow
• Glowing end portal frame eyes ✨

🌌 The End

• Complete cosmic makeover: violet nebula filaments, dense star field, planets with rings
• Warm directional lighting with long dramatic shadows

🛠️ Fixes

• Water reflections now only appear on actual water (no more mirror portals / stained glass)
• Fixed glassy/transparent player models and first-person hand
• Nether portal and stained glass render with their real textures
• Removed vanilla square sun/moon overlapping the shader celestials
• Major performance work across sky, clouds, fog and bloom

❤️ Credits

Inspired by Photon (SixthSurge), Solas (Septonious) and Complementary (EminGT). All code and textures in this pack are original — see CREDITS.md inside the pack.