VertaLux

Massive Overhaul: Implemented numerous changes across the board.

New Shadows: Added pixel-perfect shadows (which also affect caustics) to maintain a classic "Minecrafty" vibe.

Volumetric Clouds: Overhauled cloud rendering, now utilizing 3D noise.

Mod Compatibility: Now fully compatible with the Physics Mod's oceans.

UI Update: Redesigned the shader configuration screen.

Misc: Countless other adjustments, bug fixes, and much more!

Added more settings, like, if you want the sunset to be more satureted, boom. there you go, personalisation update

• please!** report bugs or suggestions in the [discord] !(https://discord.gg/VaJqaNDHxJ)

Massive **optimization** update: half-res volumetrics, GI, clouds & bloom, −650 MB VRAM — High now runs like Medium did.Full entity/armor PBR, damage flash, reworked crystal-clear water with true mirror reflections, plus many **fixes** (glass through walls, pink cave fog, rain).

• please!** report bugs or suggestions in the [discord] !(https://discord.gg/VaJqaNDHxJ)

Fixes

Huge update is here!
## VertaLux V4

• CLOUDS REWORK, WATER REWORK, TAA REWORKD**, and more.

come report bugs or suggestions on my [discord](https://discord.gg/VaJqaNDHxJ)

First Release

# VertaLux V3 — Major Update ✨

A big visual overhaul focused on water, sky, clouds and distant terrain — plus a brand new ⭐ BEST VISUALS profile.

| | Before (VeraLux) | Now (VertaLux V3) |
|---|---|---|
| Quality profiles | 4 | **5** (incl. ⭐ BEST VISUALS) |
| Distant Horizons | ❌ | **✅** |
| Water | basic waves | **Waves v2 + Kelvin wake v6** |
| Clouds | v2 | **Cumulus v3 + high layers** |

## 🚀 Highlights

### 🌄 Distant Horizons support *(new)*
Fully lit DH terrain & water LODs — consistent sun, ambient, cloud shadows and fog, with analytic sky reflections on distant water. But still in work in progress, expect bugs.

### 🌊 Water rework
Directional swell **Waves v2**, **Kelvin wake v6** with foam, rain ripples & splash rings, glossy/rough reflections, cloud reflections, large-scale caustics, waterfalls, and volumetric underwater fog with godrays.

### ☁️ Clouds rework
Realistic cumulus (shape, erosion, silver lining), detail **v3** with internal wisps, high alto + cirrus layers, and fast soft cloud shadows.

### 🌅 Sky & atmosphere
Aerial perspective, new **star engine v2**, atmospheric & distance fog with biome tint and dusk boost, finer godrays.

### 🧱 Glowing blocks *(new)*
Emissive metal/ore blocks (iron, gold, diamond, emerald, netherite, copper, redstone, amethyst + raw ores), portal glow FX, and animated lava flow.

### 🌑 Shadows
Cutout/entity & translucent shadow fixes, tunable distortion & depth range, tinted foliage shadows.

### ✨ Post-processing
Motion blur, **AgX tonemap** option, physical/MIP bloom, glossy glass reflections, and improved TAA (sub-pixel jitter, ghost rejection, tonemap clamp).

### ⚠️ Fixes

• many fixes that i can't count.

> ℹ️ *Note: I experimented with a full path-tracing / voxel lighting engine during this update, but decided to move it into a separate project — so it's not part of this release.*

• Profiles: 🥔 Potato · ⚖️ Medium · ✨ High · 📸 Extreme · ⭐ BEST VISUALS*

The shader is comptable with create!
And i've manage to make no more transparence on the particles or whatever.
Sorry for no update, I got my pc some upgrades !

I made a complete overhaul of the shader, hope guys enjoy it.
Please, report bugs and stuff on my discord.
Thanks you for testing my shaderr!!!

BIG UPDATE.
I've manage to make better clouds. And better underwater environnement.
I recommend to just desactivate the real lights stuff in the shaderpack settings.

Very first version of my shaderpack i'm working on.
espect bugs it's the first version of the shader