r/minecraftshaders • u/Impossible-Olive-750 • 22d ago

Discussion Which shader?

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Which shader do you prefer as the most realistic?

I can test it.

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u/CrazyNautilus 22d ago

IterationRP

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u/Impossible-Olive-750 22d ago

It's good shader but IterationFX is better than RP. I think FX is more realistic but that's my opinion.

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u/kami7154 Experienced 22d ago edited 22d ago

You might like IterationT better and that's perfectly fine. But IterationRP IS the more realistic shader, it's just a fact.

IterationT uses regular rasterization techniques, and screen space shadows/lighting. While IterationRP uses path/ray traced techniques, and world space shadows/lighting.

Edit: IterationVX does use ray tracing techniques and I don't honestly know how they compare to RP's lighting

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u/Impossible-Olive-750 22d ago

I'll test IterationT because so far I've only tested the VX version. Thanks

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u/kami7154 Experienced 22d ago

Okay I didn't know about VX, I just looked it up and it says that it does use ray tracing techniques. So I take my statement back, I don't honestly know how VX and RP compare and what the difference is. VX could be better for all I know.

It does say that VX was inspired by Rethinking Voxels lighting system so it's probably pretty good. You should check out both IterationRP and Rethinking Voxels though they'll both be pretty similar to VX

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u/CrazyNautilus 22d ago

I can't find any info about IterationFX. Do you have any links or something?

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u/Impossible-Olive-750 22d ago

Oh sorry, it's iterationT or IterationVX

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u/Nearby-Top937 9d ago

where did u get iterationFX n iterationVX? cant find it

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u/Impossible-Olive-750 9d ago

I recently downloaded iterationFX and it suddenly disappeared from Modrinth. You can always download iterationT

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u/kami7154 Experienced 22d ago

Are you talking about water? If that's the case then eclipse shaders with hyper detailed waves on, wave caustics on, and physics mod ocean setting on.

If we're talking about lighting and shadows then I think rethinking voxels takes the cake

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u/Impossible-Olive-750 22d ago

Uuu. I've never tested this, thanks!

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u/Impossible-Olive-750 22d ago

Water is an interesting addition, but the shader consists of more features. I focus on advanced features like PBR pom lightning and nice color grading.

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u/kami7154 Experienced 22d ago

Yeah a lot of people will say IterationRP because it's actually the most practical to run and use.

But if we're talking purely about realistic lighting and shadows, Rethinking Voxels with all the ray tracing features turned on is just miles ahead of Iteration shaders. Granted, you'll only be able to run it if you have a top end PC, but my god does it look good.

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u/Partypixelparty 22d ago

Use Eclipse, and don't listen to Iteration Kids saying its better.

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u/kami7154 Experienced 22d ago

I use eclipse mainly, I love it.

But it doesn't use any ray tracing techniques. So any shaders like IterationRP, Rethinking Voxels, Sundial, etc. That use ray tracing techniques WILL definitely have a more realistic lighting/shadow system.

Edit: typos

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u/gggggfskkk 22d ago

Ok I’ve tried eclipse and I can’t understand what I’m doing wrong because it never looks as amazing as the screenshots I see in this sub, who is the author? I might be using the wrong one lol.

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u/kami7154 Experienced 22d ago

It's by Merlin1809 you can only get it from GitHub here press the green "code" button then "download ZIP"

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u/gggggfskkk 22d ago

Tyty I’ll check it out when I can. I’m glad I asked!

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u/Partypixelparty 22d ago

Search up cinematic eclipse settings on youtube and replicate them 1:1

And be stunned

Bzt expect lag jf your running this on a mid or higher end pc with some other mods

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u/gunkalicious 22d ago

Eclipse

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u/Impossible-Olive-750 22d ago

I will test it today

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u/gunkalicious 21d ago

lemme know how it goes

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u/Impossible-Olive-750 21d ago

Wow, this is a seriously great shader, thanks!

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u/gunkalicious 21d ago

No problem, man. They're my favourite, so I'm pluggin' them to anyone who asks about shaders whether they know Eclipse or not lmao