TB Shaders

TB Shaders v5.5.2

🌟 Major Improvements

☀️ Terrain Lighting

• Added brighter white daylight lighting
• Improved noon sunlight intensity
• Improved ambient lighting
• Improved moonlight
• Improved night lighting
• Improved rain lighting response
• Improved sunrise/sunset lighting
• Reduced unwanted warm tint from daylight

🔄 Camera-Independent Lighting

• Fixed terrain brightness changing when looking or moving at certain angles
• Converted sunlight direction calculations from view space to world space
• Added stable world-space sun height calculation
• Improved lighting consistency while rotating the camera

🌌 Sky Improvements

• Fixed sky becoming black when looking at steep angles
• Fixed colourless sky transitions
• Fixed sudden blue colour changes
• Added camera-independent sky direction
• Improved sky gradient stability
• Improved day/night transition
• Improved sunrise/sunset colors
• Improved rain sky response
• Added additional night colour protection

☁️ Cloud System

• Added foundation for Low Quality volumetric clouds
• Added 5-sample low-quality cloud configuration
• Added optimized cloud rendering distance
• Added cloud density and coverage controls
• Added adjustable cloud layer height
• Added large-scale cloud noise controls
• Added vertical cloud shaping controls

🎮 Performance

• Kept the Low Quality cloud configuration at only 5 samples
• Avoided unnecessary expensive calculations
• Focused on visual improvements while maintaining performance

🛠️ Technical

• Improved GLSL 1.20 shader compatibility
• Improved Iris/OptiFine compatibility
• Added camera-independent world-space calculations
• Improved sky direction normalization
• Added safer clamping for atmospheric calculations
• Improved weather lighting calculations

⚠️ Known Development

The Low Quality volumetric cloud system is currently under development. More realistic cloud shapes and additional quality levels will be introduced in future updates.