About:

Shaders typically fall into one of two camps: completely overhauling minecraft's style or completely copying it. This shader aims to overhaul the graphics while making it feel like nothing has changed. I've built this shader according to my own shader preferences, which are:

• Beatiful / Pleasant
• Unobtrutive
• Sharp AA
• Gameplay-Oriented
• Interesting and Exciting
• Performant

Installation:

• Step 1: Choose a version
• • If using OptiFine or if you want to see the default settings, choose an optifine version
• • Otherwise, choose the latest Iris version
• • You can also download the latest development version here
• Step 2: Download and install either OptiFine or Iris
• Step 3: From the in-game shaders menu, open the shaders folder and put the downloaded zip file in it (then select it within the shaders menu)

Note: OptiFine is considered a second-class platform and the majority of development and support is for Iris 1.21+

Performance:

All of these tests were done with a GTX 1070 + 16 Chunks + 1080p + Distant Horizons + Fabolously Optimized + Linux. I'm not sure how trustworthy these results are, but it should give you a rough idea of peformance between shaders. Also you can compare your graphics card to mine here.

Tests with default settings:

• No Shaders: >250 fps
• Makeup Ultrafast: 170 fps
• RenderPearl: 133 fps
• I Like Vanilla (Vanilla style): 120 fps
• BSL: 106 fps
• Sildurs Vibrant Extreme: 105 fps
• I Like Vanilla (Fantasy style): 93 fps
• Photon: 90 fps
• Complementary Reimagined: 76 fps
• SUES PTGI: 56 fps

              No Shaders -------------------- >250
        Makeup Ultrafast (No Effects)          235
          I Like Vanilla (Vanilla, Potato) --- 225
          I Like Vanilla (Fantasy, Potato)     210
          I Like Vanilla (Vanilla, Very Low) - 195
          I Like Vanilla (Fantasy, Very Low)   179
        Makeup Ultrafast (Low) --------------- 173
        Makeup Ultrafast (Medium)              170
             RenderPearl (Lowest) ------------ 167
        Makeup Ultrafast (High)                163
             RenderPearl (Low) --------------- 156
                     BSL (Minimum)             147
             RenderPearl (Medium) ------------ 146
        Makeup Ultrafast (Extreme)             137
          I Like Vanilla (Vanilla, Low) ------ 137
Complementary Reimagined (Potato)              136
                     BSL (Low) --------------- 135
             RenderPearl (High)                133
Complementary Reimagined (Very Low) ---------- 127
                     BSL (Medium)              120
          I Like Vanilla (Vanilla, Medium) --- 120
          I Like Vanilla (Fantasy, Low)        117
                  Photon (Low) --------------- 112
                     BSL (High)                106
 Sildurs Vibrant Extreme --------------------- 105
                     BSL (Ultra)               104
             RenderPearl (Ultra) ------------- 104
Complementary Reimagined (Low)                 98
                  Photon (Medium) ------------ 96
          I Like Vanilla (Fantasy, Medium)     93
          I Like Vanilla (Vanilla, High) ----- 92
                  Photon (High)                90
Complementary Reimagined (Medium) ------------ 86
          I Like Vanilla (Vanilla, Ultra)      79
Complementary Reimagined (High) -------------- 76
                  Photon (Ultra)               70
             RenderPearl (Extreme) ----------- 67
          I Like Vanilla (Fantasy, High)       63
               SUES PTGI --------------------- 56
Complementary Reimagined (Very High)           54
          I Like Vanilla (Fantasy, Ultra) ---- 46
Complementary Reimagined (Ultra)               41

Links:

Bug Reports,       Discord,       Source Code,       License

Credits:

• Patricio Vivo: Simplex noise function
• EminGTR: Misc code from Complementary (TAA, FXAA, coordinate transforms, probably more)
• Nathan Reed: Easy hashing function
• Acerola: ACES tonemapping code
• XorDev: Original isometric projection code

License Overview:

This is not exact or binding in any way.

You can (with restrictions):

• Use this for gameplay, screenshots, videos, etc
• Use this in modpacks
• Create public and/or private modifications
• Reuse shader code

You cannot (without any exceptions):

• Redistribute this shader with little to no modifications
• Create shortened / indirect links to this shader

You can read the full license Here.

Note: this shader has very limited testing and is very likely to break in niche cases, but I'm very open to fixing any and all bugs that are reported