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:

• Beautiful / Pleasant
• Unobtrusive
• 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 Comparisons:

I'm not sure how trustworthy these results are, but it should give you a rough idea of the performance between shaders. Also, you can compare your graphics card to mine here. Tests:

• Makeup UltraFast: 170 fps
• RenderPearl: 133 fps
• I Like Vanilla: 120 fps (Vanilla style)
• BSL: 106 fps
• I Like Vanilla: 93 fps (Fantasy style)
• Photon: 90 fps
• Complementary Reimagined: 76 fps

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

All of these tests were done with a GTX 1070 + 16 Chunks + 1080p + Distant Horizons + Fabulously Optimized + Linux + default shader settings.

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