## 🆕 What's New in v1.0.1 — *Stability, HDR Bloom & Photographic Tone Mapping*
Version **1.0.1** is a focused hotfix on top of v1.0.0 that addresses five edge-case rendering issues and introduces a new cinematic tone-mapping curve with lightweight HDR bloom.
### 🛠️ Bug Fixes
* **TAA history acceptance threshold.** Added `historySample.a < 0.99` guard in `composite1.fsh` so uninitialised or stale history buffers (e.g. right after shader reload or resolution change) are rejected instead of causing ghosting.
* **Vibrancy math.** `applyVibrancy` in `final.fsh` now correctly handles negative saturation values — oversaturation works as intended rather than relying on undefined GLSL `mix` extrapolation followed by hard clamping.
* **SSR normal NaN guard.** Added `length(N) > 0.5` check before `traceSSR()` so invalid normals from edge pixels are silently skipped instead of producing black reflections.
* **SSR near-field trace precision.** Minimum raymarch step lowered from `1.0` to `0.3` view-space units, dramatically improving hit rate on close surfaces (ripples, shallow pools, wet stone).
* **Meteor moon-brightness curve.** `gbuffers_skybasic.fsh` now uses `cos²(phase × π/8)` — identical to `getMoonPhaseBrightness()` in `composite.fsh` — so moon washout is physically consistent.
### 🎨 Visual Enhancements
* **HDR Bloom *(v1.0.1)*.** Cheap single-pass 3×3 neighbour blur for overbright pixels (luminance threshold 0.75). Naturally affects sun/moon disks, lava, portals, bright specular highlights, and torches — without smearing the entire scene or requiring extra render targets.
* **Photographic (AgX-like) Tone Mapping *(v1.0.1)*.** A new `CONTRAST = 4` option in `final.fsh` provides a sigmoidal tone curve with natural highlight chromatic attenuation, soft toe, and lifted blacks — giving a cinematic, non-clipped look that keeps foliage saturation under control while handling extreme brightness gracefully.
* **EXTREME profile updated.** Now uses `CONTRAST=4` (Photographic/AgX-like) instead of `CONTRAST=3` for cinematic highlight handling.
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