Vulkan is a Minecraft performance project that focuses on improving the game’s overall smoothness, stability, and responsiveness. It is designed to give players a cleaner and more optimized experience while keeping the normal Minecraft feel.
Developing and maintaining this project takes time and effort. If you enjoy Vulkan, consider supporting the project and sharing feedback to help improve future updates.
Installation
Requirements
- A supported Minecraft version
- A compatible mod loader
- A device capable of running the project properly
- Latest GPU drivers updates
Steps
- Download the latest Vulkan mod file.
- Move the file into your Minecraft
modsfolder. - Launch Minecraft with the correct mod loader profile.
Performance
Vulkan is built with optimization in mind. It aims to reduce lag, improve responsiveness, and make gameplay feel smoother across supported setups.
Compatibility
Mod compatibility is not guaranteed. Some mods may not work correctly with Vulkan, especially mods that change rendering, visuals, or core client behavior.
Before reporting an issue, make sure your Minecraft version, mod loader, and installed mods are supported.
Community
Need help, want to report a problem, or just want to talk with other users? Join VulkanMod Discord Server for support, updates, and community discussion.
Disclaimer
Vulkan is not an official XCollateral's product (the original VulkanMod creator), credits to him <3
How to Install VulkanMod Reforged (Mod)
VulkanMod Reforged by rindw is verified for Neoforge across Minecraft versions 1.20.1, 1.21.1, 1.21.11 (latest release: VulkanMod-Reforged-0.3.5-ALPHA, file size: 19.6 MB). Follow the steps below to install it safely from ModCraft.tv:
- Click the Download button above and select your Minecraft version (1.20.1, 1.21.1, 1.21.11) and platform (Neoforge).
- Make sure you have the compatible loader or environment installed for Neoforge.
- Move the downloaded VulkanMod Reforged file into your Minecraft
.minecraft/modsfolder and launch the game.
All Versions
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## Compatibility Changes
### Essential
- Added support for Essential 1.5.1’s updated interface renderer
- Fixed missing or corrupted menu text and interface elements
- Fixed upside-down buttons and overlays
- Fixed blank Wardrobe player previews and bundle previews
- Corrected clipping when rendering players into offscreen textures
- Fixed texture-size checks attempting unnecessary GPU allocations
### Veil and Sable
- Fixed a crash caused by unavailable shader matrix uniforms
- Corrected shader-stage handling for supported Veil rendering paths
- Tested powered Aeronautics burner rendering with Sable and Veil
### Simply Swords and SimplyTooltips
- Fixed tooltips leaving other inventory items greyed out
- Restored rendering state after tooltip and item-preview drawing
### Scorched Guns
- Fixed a startup compatibility crash with the Scorched Guns 1.0.2 port
- Updated rendering-hook detection to handle differences between versions
## Rendering Changes
- Unified viewport orientation handling across screen and offscreen targets
- Corrected positioning for partial viewports
- Preserved viewport state when switching or restoring render targets
- Fixed framebuffer activation when a mod attaches its textures after binding the framebuffer
- Preserved the screen’s orientation when another framebuffer shares its color texture
## Bugs Fixed
- Blurred world-loading panoramas appearing upside down
- Offscreen previews being clipped using window coordinates
- Crashes involving missing texture uploads
- Repeated resize callbacks causing rendering re-entry
- Incorrect viewport dimensions being returned to mods
- Added full Sable/Veil Compat
- Fixed rendering issues with FancyMenu, Gnetum, Ixeris, and Exposure
- Fixed first-person item rendering and flat item geometry
- Improved compatibility with GeckoLib4
- Fixed nearby block updates and improve chunk rebuilding
- Improved framebuffer management and shader compatibility
Added Linux/MacOS Support (still in beta testing)
Fixed crashes on modern gpus (RTX GPUS)
Fixed crashes with modern gpus (RTX GPUS)
Added Linux / Mac Support (still in beta testing)
