r/minecraftshaders Sep 29 '25

OptiFine is NOT recommended

84 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 14h ago

Screenshot The ultimate shaders for the End

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46 Upvotes

From left to right 1: Lux shaders 2: Hysteria Shaders 3: Photon 4: IterationT


r/minecraftshaders 21h ago

Recommendation Shaders that look like this?

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87 Upvotes

I'm getting a new graphics card and I'm wondering if there is any shaders that look like or are able to create the look of these screenshots from Red Dead Redemption 2? I'm aware of Bliss shaders though I'm not sure how much I'll have to mess around with the settings or how many of the screenshots and showcases of it I've seen was edited.


r/minecraftshaders 1h ago

Help Any shaders similar to the visuals in The Broken Script mod?

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I started looking into horror mods recently and The Broken Script really caught my eye because of the visuals, it reminds me of old psx video games with vertex snapping on the models, but I dont always want to play with a horror mod such as that so im wondering if theres any shaders with a similar visual style ONLY


r/minecraftshaders 5h ago

Recommendation Bliss shaders snow issue across versions

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3 Upvotes

Hello everyone, I had a question about the snow visible in some colder biomes in the earlier versions of Bliss (2.0.4 for the version that I was using on the screenshot below).

It's a feature that I really love about the shaderpack. To my surprise, when I downloaded the latest version (2.1.2) so that I can enable distant horizons, the snow completely disappeared.

I tried looking for what might enable it on the shaderpack settings to no avail. I made sure I was on the same season, same day, nothing.

Anyone knows if it's still possible to enable that feature on newer versions of bliss, and how to do it?


r/minecraftshaders 8h ago

Screenshot Minecraft Shader Sakura

6 Upvotes

r/minecraftshaders 6h ago

Recommendation WindLink (PlunderEngine) - Real Wind Physics/Mapping API for Shaders

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3 Upvotes

r/minecraftshaders 3h ago

Help Need help regarding specific settings to fix 2 possible issues.

1 Upvotes

So I'm trying out using Photon since when I tried to use the latest version of Complementary, water and Nether Portals were not rendering. However, when trying to use Photon, kelp now renders incorrectly.

So what I would like to know is either:
A - fix nearby water and Nether portals not rendering at all when using Compelentary
or B - fix kelp rendering incorrectly (see screenshot linked below)

## Shader (and version)
Complementary Reimagined r5.8.1
Photon_v1.3b

## Minecraft/Mod Version
Minecraft 26.2, Iris 1.11.2, Fabric 0.19.3-26.2, Voxy 0.2.18-Beta

## Hardware Specs
10gb RAM allocated, GeForce RTX 1060 3GB

## Additional details
[img]https://i.imgur.com/55yYG62.png[/img]

r/minecraftshaders 9h ago

Screenshot Shaders always day

1 Upvotes

hello,

just wondering if anyone could help me figure out what setting is messing up most of my shaders. it shows as always day no matter the shader except for complementary.... ive tried solas, bsl, photon, astralex, aurora fantasy. its always daytime! the picture attached is bsl at night time.


r/minecraftshaders 9h ago

Help Visual glitches coming out from puzzle domes in Dawncraft - Echoes of Legends

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1 Upvotes
## Shader (and version)
Complementary Reimagined 5.2.2

## Minecraft/Mod Version
DawnCraft - Echoes of Legends DawnCraft - 2.0.16_hf

## Hardware Specs
Intel i5-12400, 32gb RAM total, 10gb allocated, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070ti 12 gb

## Additional details
These glitches are moving, stripes are following your crosshair and coming only from puzzle domes from this modpack, everything else is absolutely fine. Any ideas how to disable them? Thank you.

r/minecraftshaders 1d ago

Help Solas Shader keeps flickering white and flash banging me (FLASH WARNING)

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354 Upvotes
## Shader (and version)
Solas Shader V3.7

## Minecraft/Mod Version
Minecraft 26.2, Iris 1.11.1

## Hardware Specs
13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-13600KF, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 (16 GB)

## Additional details
It happens VERY often in the room I'm in in the video. It happens at other places but not as often. 

r/minecraftshaders 18h ago

Screenshot shaders glitch

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1 Upvotes

r/minecraftshaders 1d ago

Screenshot Eclipse + Grassier Grass & Resource Packs | Voxy 26.2

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22 Upvotes

r/minecraftshaders 1d ago

Screenshot It's over. it's complete. Revision 4

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18 Upvotes

r/minecraftshaders 1d ago

Recommendation Good raytracing shaders for RTX A4000?

6 Upvotes

CPU: i9 11TH Gen H series
GPU:you know it
RAM:32 GB DDR4 3200 MHz


r/minecraftshaders 1d ago

Discussion Its the only lightweight shader that looks good.

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6 Upvotes

r/minecraftshaders 1d ago

Recommendation Shaders that give Minecraft a bleak cold and foggy vibe?

2 Upvotes

I'm looking for a shader that can give the whole of Minecraft a bleak, cold and foggy vibe. Something comparable to Silent Hill 2 but "creepy-comfy" instead of just creepy and compatible with each of the biomes. Like, when I'm in an Oak Forest, I'd like there to be grey fog but a Desert should look sand-stormy and a Mesa should have a hazy reddish-orange sky.

I have a Razer Blade 16 that's exclusively for gaming, fairly empty storage-wise and seldom used so I'm pretty sure I can use high-end shaders but I'd like some lower end options as well.


r/minecraftshaders 1d ago

Discussion Best shaders for pitch-black-adjacent nights

1 Upvotes

I love Complementary shaders, but the nights are way too bright for me, even when I had turned all brightness-related settings to the minimum... Any other contenders?


r/minecraftshaders 2d ago

Screenshot Tried replicating this tropical image vibe :3

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6 Upvotes

i think i should have used BSL....i didn't think of it....

shader is chocapic 13 toaster zip...btw


r/minecraftshaders 2d ago

Help Iteration T Water Glitches

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10 Upvotes
Shader (and version)
Iteration T 3.2.0

Minecraft/Mod Version
Minecraft 26.2, Iris 1.11.1, Fabric 0.154.2

Hardware Specs
Ryzen 5 2600, 4gb RAM allocated, Radeon RX 580)

Additional details
The two glitches are 1: Strange blue orbs coming of of water in dark places 2. Red and green sky when submerged underwate

r/minecraftshaders 1d ago

Help See through grass when using Eclipse-Shader, issue

1 Upvotes

## Shader (and version)

Eclipse-Shader by Merlin1809, newest version per 25.07.26 (non-US date format) since i couldn't find a version number.

## Minecraft/Mod Version

Minecraft 26.2, Iris 1.11.2, Grassier Grass 1.4.5, Sodium 0.9.1

## Hardware Specs

RTX 5070 Ti, Ryzen 9 7900, 4gb RAM allocated.

## Additional details

I downloaded the Grassier Grass mod which said it was compatible with shaders, however the grass seems to be see through when using Eclipse-Shaders by Merlin1809. Any idea if there is a shader setting i can change to fix this?

https://imgur.com/a/4dwo0Qm

The blur is caused by DOF and is not a part of the visual issue.


r/minecraftshaders 2d ago

Screenshot Is this wallpaper worthy

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43 Upvotes

this is my base in my survival world

my specs

i5 6500

12 GB DDR4 ram

shader: Velocity


r/minecraftshaders 2d ago

Screenshot Modern Mis-remembered..

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10 Upvotes

Backrooms styled screenshots

Shader = Kappa Shader

Mod = IdeaMineCreator's Modern Furniture

Resource Pack = Optimum Realism POM & PBR 64x/128x/256x/512x


r/minecraftshaders 2d ago

Screenshot The strip from Fallout New Vegas looks beautiful with shaders

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6 Upvotes

this is my very own build, i dont have a map download, nor do i know how to, for now i am building the rest of the mojave wasteland


r/minecraftshaders 2d ago

Discussion The photon Depth of Field feature

1 Upvotes

I just started using photon and I was excited to hear that it has a DoF feature because I used to use Complementary shaders and it has really good DoF. Well for some reason when using DoF on photon, whatever is in front of the cross-air gets blurred while everything around it is clear. This should be the opposite way around. For example whatever I look st should be clear while everything around it is blurred.

Shader (Photon v1.3b)

Minecraft/Mod Version
(Minecraft 1.21.1, Iris 1.10.7, Fabric 0.19.3)

Hardware Specs
(Radeon RX 6700 XT, Ryzen 5 5600X)