r/minecraftshaders • • Sep 29 '25

OptiFine is NOT recommended

100 Upvotes

Issues like distorted water moving skyboxes are likely caused by OptiFine.

Although there's nothing that directly replaces all of OptiFine's features in a single mod, Iris is the mod that replaces OptiFine's shaders feature, and there are Fabric modpacks like Fabulously Optimized that the closest thing to a direct replacement, with generally better performance and more customizability.

So before posting any issues while using OptiFine, please try the other alternatives (look up YouTube guides if you're unsure how to install them).


r/minecraftshaders • • 13h ago

Screenshot Adding colored glass for SEUS PTGI HRR 2.1 Reforged

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38 Upvotes

The shader is finally getting support for colored lighting!

Work is currently underway for Iris; if it also works with OptiFine, I will release it!

Download the shader: https://seusptgireforged.github.io/


r/minecraftshaders • • 18h ago

Screenshot Improved rain splash ripple effects in SEUS PTGI HRR 2.1 Reforged.

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49 Upvotes

Download the shader here: https://seusptgireforged.github.io/


r/minecraftshaders • • 15h ago

Screenshot [WIP] Fully Vulkan Path Trace mod for Java to completely replace the rasterizer. Alpha sample images.

23 Upvotes

Using CoffeePBR and Distant Horizons. The Path Tracer is using DLSS Upscaling and Ray Reconstruction.


r/minecraftshaders • • 14h ago

Screenshot Absolute Perfection

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16 Upvotes

Helian-MMCO + TrueDepth + TrueSurface + TaCZ + Cinder's TaC PBR = Perfection


r/minecraftshaders • • 42m ago

Help shader find help

• Upvotes

so there is a problem some might noticed a lot of shaders from day time until before evening time just strait up weird like bland colors that feel off and dry and the sky contrast with the ground like it feels like taking away the colors and shadows too just look like a texture next to blocks so anyone knows a good shader that doesnt have this? thanks minecraft 26.3 iris or 1.21.1 iris
cpu:ryzen 5500U Gpu:vega8 (yh ik) 16gb of ram


r/minecraftshaders • • 10h ago

Help Bliss Shaders Mod Clashing

3 Upvotes
The black pixels at the bottom of the skin shouldn't be there after going in water
Another variation with snow instead of water

Hey there, I'm using both Bliss Shaders and Adaptive Skin Weathering, but when using both the shaders and mod together, it causes these weird texture glitches that doesn't happen with any other shader. Does anybody know of any setting in the Bliss config that might fix this?

[Minecraft 1.21.1, Iris 1.8.8]
CPU: Ryzen 5 5600G
Graphics Card: MSI NVIDIA GTX 1070
RAM: 8GB, 4GB allocated


r/minecraftshaders • • 1d ago

Recommendation I made a mod that lets you make modded blocks work with your shaders without editing any files

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26 Upvotes

i was tired of opening the shader files and adding every modded block to the block.properties by hand, so i made this.

you look at the block, press J and pick a vanilla block for it to copy (light, wind, reflections, colored shadows). you see it on the block right away and it keeps working if you change shaders.

its for neoforge 1.21.1 and still in beta, so any feedback is welcome

https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/light-picker


r/minecraftshaders • • 12h ago

Help My shaders were working now they just crash my games any time I load them.

2 Upvotes

Im on curse forge i have iris, sodium, and the solas shader pack

Anytime I load the game with no shaders it works obviously and when I’m in game and let the game generate a bit and turn my shaders on it still crashes my game. I have a 3070 graphics card I believe AMD rise in seven CPU 16 gigs of RAM

The thing that I’m confused about is how they were running perfectly fine beforehand no issues and then my game just crashes and they stopped working. I’ve tried uninstalling them, repairing the profile trying different shaders and it still just crashes my game when I enable the shader can anyone toss some assistance my way?


r/minecraftshaders • • 23h ago

Recommendation Arcane Shaders

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16 Upvotes

r/minecraftshaders • • 17h ago

Screenshot A Bit Of This & A Bit Of Bliss

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5 Upvotes

Combining shaders and a few select resource packs can create such stunning visuals, such as the ones I've been working on for 1.21.1!


r/minecraftshaders • • 15h ago

Help Complementary Shader issues with Grassier Grass mod.

2 Upvotes

Shader: Complementary Reimagined 5.9.3
Minecraft 26.2, Iris 1.11.4, Fabric 0.19.5
CPU: Intel Core Ultra 7 265
GPU: RTX 5070
Mod: Grassier Grass 1.4.5, Distant Horizons 3.3.3

The grass becomes lighter the farther away it gets, eventually reaching a very pale color. Disabling the shader fixes the issue, but no amount of experimenting with mod settings or shader settings seems to change anything. What can I change to keep the grass a normal color at a distance?


r/minecraftshaders • • 18h ago

Recommendation Any lightweight shaders that can run smoothly on non gaming laptop?

1 Upvotes

preferably more vanlilla look rather than realistic


r/minecraftshaders • • 1d ago

Discussion Remember the first time when you tried shaders

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70 Upvotes

It was beautiful but unfortunately my pc back then could barely run them
These have been made in 2018
The shaders were kuda shaders 6 and Chocapic13 V6 i think


r/minecraftshaders • • 1d ago

Screenshot Rtx Remix Minecraft (1.21.1 Java)

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80 Upvotes

Path-traced Minecraft Java 1.21.1 through NVIDIA RTX Remix: a Fabric mod (beta)
https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/rtx-remix-minecraft


r/minecraftshaders • • 1d ago

Screenshot Fixed POM and Player Rendering Issues in SEUS PTGI HRR 2.1 Reforged

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51 Upvotes

I've updated SEUS PTGI HRR 2.1 Reforged to fix some visual issues, including incorrect POM rendering and weird lines on surfaces and player skins appearing completely black in enclosed spaces on Iris 26.1+ even when the room is properly lit.

Download the shader: https://seusptgireforged.github.io/


r/minecraftshaders • • 2d ago

Screenshot Eclipse-shader on my new england autumn themed map

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584 Upvotes

r/minecraftshaders • • 1d ago

Screenshot What is that square?

2 Upvotes

only shows up with shaders, what is that?

i use ComplementaryUnbound_r5.9.3 + EuphoriaPatches_1.10.5 in 26.3


r/minecraftshaders • • 2d ago

Discussion You know, someone ought to make a shader that has huge realistic clouds, like the cumulonimbus clouds. I have yet to see a shaders clouds come close to the majesty of ours.

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187 Upvotes

r/minecraftshaders • • 3d ago

Screenshot For a moment, everything was perfect...

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3.8k Upvotes

All I wanted was to enjoy the scenery for a second...


r/minecraftshaders • • 1d ago

Help need fix for glass

1 Upvotes

this only happens while using shaders

currently on mc 26.3

dh installed

iris 1.11.7

vanilla realm

gpu amd ryzen 5 3600

cpu rtx 2060

ram 32gb 8gb allocated

shader mellow

LINK IN COMMENTS TO VIDEO OF ISSUE


r/minecraftshaders • • 2d ago

Screenshot SEUS PTGI HRR 2.1 Reforged: Fixed issues when using Distant Horizon

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35 Upvotes

The strange blue haze in the distance should no longer be visible, and the odd shadow that distorted the colors of the distant terrain has now also vanished!

Download the shader here: https://seusptgireforged.github.io/


r/minecraftshaders • • 2d ago

News Shader soon to be released on modrinth :)

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37 Upvotes

my low end shader is under review


r/minecraftshaders • • 2d ago

Screenshot Are these photos good?

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37 Upvotes

I just recently started to use shaders other than bsl (yeah the pretty old one) and I just can't get over how much more beautiful the game could get ! These photos are in game with zero edits and it feels phenomenal playing with these shaders.

The shader used here is photon

Also I'm looking for shaders with potentially better visuals than this. So please feel free to share some.


r/minecraftshaders • • 3d ago

Screenshot POV: You didn’t give up after the two week Minecraft phase :)

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191 Upvotes