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Candela Shaders

by THEbluefirestudios • Downloads: 0 • Followers: 0
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Candela Shaders

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A cool shaderpack made by a 13yo with a trash pc, for the HackCraft event that runs better than Complimentary (I use a GTX 1060 6GB, btw, so i know what it is like to have a trash PC)

Features

  • Colored, translucent shadows: Colored transparent block hae colored shadows! (this is just from the lumen guide so not so special.), BUT, it also has shadow blur u can customise!
  • Full day/night cycle: There are independent brightness settings for each time of the day, and for each dimension!
  • Bloom: Gaussian based blur which u can customise horizontally AND ertically seperately (keep the bloom x value higher for a cool camera smudge effect :3 )
  • Godrays: The cool shafts of light from the sun, I have used a different method to create them, see credits for more.
  • Waving foliage and water: Its not even special, every shader has this
  • Depth-based outlines: Very cool block outlines! See credits for more
  • Liminal vibe(kinda): I was listening to "Six Forty Seven" by Instupendo while making this, so i decided to add a pink tone similar to those liminal spaces videos!

Installation

  1. Requires Iris Shaders for Minecraft (Fabric), obviously.
  2. Download the shaderpack on the Github Releases Page OR on Modrinth
  3. Drop the .zip file in your .minecraft/shaderpacks/ directory.
  4. Select Candela Shaders from the Iris shader selection screen.
  5. Open Shader Pack Settings to edit the settings as you wish.

Performance

This is a rather performant shader having better FPS with reasonable settings than other shaders like Complimentary or BSL Lite. I was even ble to push the settings a little higher than other shaders on my diapidated GTX 1060!

Credits

  • Lumen (Hack Club): This is a HackCraft submission, so I did use their Lumen shader guide to help me build the fundamental features, but I also took help of
  • Iris Shaders Documentation: for other thigs like waving foliage and water, shader settings, the correct folder structure, etc. And when my code didn't work, I just looked at my favourite shader:
  • Super Duper Vanilla: When in doubt, i just checked what Super Duper Vanilla did, As of v1.3-beta, I no longer just use the copied files from this shader, to not get in legal trouble. But it is also my fav shader so u should check it out!
  • IGoByLotsOfNames: In a specific video he shares a method to make godrays efficiently, without any lag. see the video, its a great watch!
  • Ascipixi's shader template:Due to issues with git, I had to create a new repo and abandon the original fork but, u should check it out nevertheless! And finally,
  • You, for downloading and trying this shader. It is my 1st shader so I hope you like it!

Built for HackCraft by BlueFireStudios.

AI was not used to write this README, and minimal AI was used to build this shader

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Name Game version Platforms Published Downloads Actions
26.3 26.2
Iris OF OptiFine
21h ago 1
26.2 26.1.x 1.21.x
Iris OF OptiFine
21h ago 1
26.2 26.1.x 1.21.x
Iris OF OptiFine
21h ago 1
26.2 26.1.x 1.21.x
Iris OF OptiFine
21h ago 1
26.2 26.1.x 1.21.x
Iris OF OptiFine
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26.2 26.1.x 1.21.x
Iris OF OptiFine
21h ago 1
26.2 26.1.x 1.21.x
Iris
21h ago 1
[v1.5.1] Small bugfix and optimization by THEbluefirestudios on Oct 16, 2026
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## CHANGELOG

  • Optimized the shader to run better on old hardware :)
  • Fixed the bug where waving water could cast circular shadows
  • Fixed another transparent bug with tile entities
[v1.5] More customization (slightly) OwO by THEbluefirestudios on Oct 16, 2026
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## CHANGELOG

  • Added customization for cloud transparency
  • Excluded clouds from the block outlines, due to visual artifacting
  • Added customization for shadow distance
  • Tweaked FXAA edge detection values a bit :)
[1.3-beta] no more copied SDV code! by THEbluefirestudios on Oct 16, 2026
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## CHANGELOG

  • Rewrote common.glsl and outline.glsl to not copy Super Duper Vanilla and get into legal trouble
[1.2] Another bugfix... by THEbluefirestudios on Oct 16, 2026
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## CHANGELOG
  • Fixed similar transparency issue with particles
[1.1] Bugfixes by THEbluefirestudios on Oct 16, 2026
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##CHANGELOG
  • Fixed transparent cloud issue
  • Updated to Minecraft 26.2
[1.0] Candela Shaders by THEbluefirestudios on Oct 16, 2026
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