Luster Shaders

A realistic shader with Apple Silicon in mind - Work in Progress

Community

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Frequently asked questions

1. "When will Luster be released for new Minecraft version?"

   • Shader packs are generally not very dependent on Minecraft versions; as long as Iris is available for that version, Luster should generally work.

2. "What shader loader does Luster support?"

   • Luster is designed for Iris. OptiFine is not supported.

Features

• Dynamic Rayleigh, Mie, ozone, and mist-based atmosphere
• Biome- and weather-aware sky colors
• Aurora, stars, galaxy, rainbows, god rays, and advanced mist shading
• Multiple detailed volumetric cloud types including Cumulus, AltoCumulus, Cumulus Congestus, Cirrus, Cirrocumulus, and noctilucent clouds
• Independently configurable cloud layers with temporal upscaling
• Sun, moon, block, Nether, and End lighting
• Screen Space Path Tracing
• Directional Ambient Lighting
• Multiple shadow rendering paths including PCF and screen-space shadows
• Detailed ambient occlusion(GTAO)
• Physically-inspired water absorption and scattering
• Procedural water waves and biome-colored water
• Parallax mapping and POM
• Water caustics and Snell's window
• Rain puddles and subsurface scattering
• Full labPBR material support
• Environment, sky, and screen-space reflections
• Roughness-aware reflections for water and other materials
• Full atmospheric fog with biome-aware rendering
• Colored volumetric light shafts
• Cave, border, Nether, and End fog
• TAA, FXAA, and CAS
• Temporal upscaling with TAAU
• Purkinje shift
• ACES and AGX tonemapping
• Full color grading controls
• Bloom
• Depth of field
• Motion blur
• Vignette
• Multiple exposure modes
• Lens flare
• Extensive in-game configuration through Iris' shader settings
• Low, Medium, High, Ultra profiles
• Distant Horizons and Voxy compatibility

Compatibility

Shader loaders

• Iris

GPU vendors

• Nvidia
• AMD
• Intel
• Apple Silicon

Mods

• Distant Horizons
• Voxy

Some features are conditional on the shader loader, Minecraft version, GPU, and selected Luster profile.