Vanilla Enhanced

🌿 Vanilla Enhanced Shader v0.5 - Release Notes

🔄 General Overview:

• Continues to stay true to the vanilla aesthetic, now with physically based rendering (PBR) support.
• Prioritizes clarity and light realism while keeping the shader light and fast.

✨ NEW FEATURES

🧪 Physically Based Rendering (PBR):

• 🧱 Basic PBR integration for terrain and blocks:
  • Normal, specular, and roughness maps supported.
  • Surfaces now respond dynamically to light angle and intensity.
• 💡 Real-time specular highlights and improved surface depth perception.
• 🕹️ PBR maps pulled from texture channels (normals, specular, etc.).

❌ Removed Features:

• 🌅 Dynamic ambient color by game time has been removed:
  • Lighting no longer shifts based on Minecraft's in-game time.
  • Ensures more stable and consistent environmental tones.

🎯 Tweaks & Improvements:

• 🌈 Balanced tone-mapping to better match new PBR lighting.
• ✏️ Minor code cleanups and optimization across shader passes.

📊 Performance & Compatibility:

• Still based on #version 120 GLSL for wide GPU support.
• PBR calculations are optimized to minimize performance loss.

🔮 Planned for v0.6:

• Volumetric godrays
• Lightweight screen-space reflections
• Configurable shader options (brightness, saturation, etc.)
• Smooth water caustics and reflection tweaks