Solas Shaders (1.21.10, 1.20.1) – Realistic Lighting, Soft Shadows and Effects
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Solas Shaders (1.21.10, 1.20.1) is a shader pack that combines stunning visual effects with moderate performance requirements. It stands out for its volumetric lighting, 3D clouds, crepuscular rays, and atmospheric fog effects, enhancing the visual experience without sacrificing too much processing power. The shader includes features such as water effects, light absorption, refraction, and multiple cinematic effects like blur and chromatic aberration. It is also compatible with PBR resource packs and supports advanced effects such as soft shadows and ambient occlusion. Among its innovations, Solas addresses common issues found in other shaders, such as volumetric cloud leakage in enclosed spaces, offering a more realistic atmosphere under various lighting and weather conditions.
Features:
Advanced lighting
- Colored block lighting
- Realtime shadows without light leaking in caves
- Cloud shadows
- Subsurface scattering on certain blocks
High quality volumetrics
- 3D Clouds, crepuscular rays, fireflies, Nether smoke, Ender protoplanetary disk
Beautiful sky effects
- Aurora, Milky Way, Ender Nebula and Black Hole, rainbows
Customizable post-processing
- Fine-tuned tonemapping, bloom, lens flare, chromatic aberration, depth of field, motion blur, tilt-shift
Realistic water
- Procedural waves, caustics, light absorption and refraction
Integrated PBR resourcepack
- Emissive textures, reflective materials and procedurally generated normals
PBR resourcepacks support
- Both LabPBR and OldPBR/SeusPBR formats are supported
- Turn on “PBR Resourcepack” in shader settings!
Mod compatibility
- Distant Horizons
- Iris Shaders (Preferred)
- OptiFine (Custom skyboxes and colored block lighting are not supported)
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How to install:
- Please visit the following link for full instructions: How To Download & Install Shaders with OptiFine
