Solas Shader

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About

Solas is a modern fantasy stylized Minecraft: Java Edition shaderpack aiming to provide stunning visuals at a moderate performance cost. Please check the "Gallery" section to see some screenshots showcasing the shader's visual style and general look.

What makes it special

Highly customizable and performant multicolored block lighting with light contribution to fog.
Customizable planar 2D and volumetric 3D clouds with closed space leaking prevention and self-adjusting render distance.
Shadows with light leaking prevention, minimized Peter-Panning and optional VPS/PCSS filtering.

Main features

Many settings translated to different languages.
Fancy volumetrics: 3D ray marched clouds, fog, fireflies, etc.
Beautiful sky effects: rainbows, Aurora Borealis, Milky Way, Ender nebula, Ender black hole, etc.
Cinematic post effects: bloom, chromatic aberration, depth of field, distant blur, TAA, FXAA, etc.
Advanced lighting model: cloud shadows, crepuscular rays, ambient occlusion, etc.
Realistic water with 3D waves, caustics, light absorption and refraction.
Integrated PBR resourcepack with autogenerated texture emission, specular and normal mapping.
LabPBR and SeusPBR resourcepacks support.
Distant Horizons support.

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Credits

SixthSurge for VX LPV algorithm.
EminGT and gri573 for improved shadow sampling.
Capt Tatsu for TAA, FXAA and a few other pieces of BSL's code.
Community members who have contributed to Solas in various ways.
Ember Host for sponsoring me! They are a modern Minecraft hosting provider with a variety of options for all your needs, be it a small server for your friends or a big one with lots of players. I also have a server there and it's really fast and stable! Use the code below for a 10% discount! :P

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