#shaders are sildur's enhanced default

[bucketofminnow]

[ID: A series of Minecraft screenshots, taken with shaders. In a dim and rainy screenshot, a birch and dark oak forest meet on the opposite sides of a creek. Behind them are huge old growth spruce trees, backlit by the sunset.

Second image, the yellow grass and acacia trees of a savanna meet a mangrove swamp. Tall, irregular mangrove trees sprout out of the water and mud, covered in vines. A wide river goes through the center of the screen, the water turning dark green as it enters the swamp. Flowering lily pads float on top.

Third image, a bright, sunny day shows a forest growing along the edge of an abandoned plains village, the houses decrepit and covered in cobwebs. In the foreground is a little farm, across from a mossy well surrounded by red tulips. /end ID.]

various screenshots from my explorations

[xxaurorawingsxx]

Some minecraft world that I am working on I guess. uhhhh You usually say the version, mods and shaders you're using right? uhh... ok

Java 1.18.2 Mods: Biomes O'Plenty, Farmer's Delight, FairyLights, Inmersive Weathering and Exotic Birds. Shader: Sildur's Enhanced Default

The Bakery

[breakbeatbun]

hi!! i was watching the BalloonSMP vods and first off, i love your avatar in minecraft, esp the ear twitches, its very cute. second, how did you get the water to look like that??? i've only fucked around with mods so idk anything about shaders or resource packs, is it one of those? if so, is it one you downloaded or made?

also thank you for the vods bc i never knew about the little frog mod and now i have it in my game and im never deleting it, i love them, they're so cute

have a good day/afternoon/night!!!

thank you! that model evolved a bit over the course of the SMP (you'll see if you can keep up w/ it all of course haha) and i'm STILL adding and changing and cleaning things, but i'm pretty happy with where it's at! everyone seemed to be real impressed with the live expressions i was doing and it felt nice to add that to our interactions ... (customizable player models mod if you're interested!)

second: yup, shaders! depending what modloader you're using you can grab either Oculus (forge) or Iris (fabric) and then browse for some popular shaders on modrinth! i'm assuming you're still early in my vods, at which point i was definitely still using Complementary Unbound. they most notably added the warm lighting, the clouds, the clear/wavy/reflective water, and some hand sway! unfortunately though those got to be too heavy for my aging PC and i switched to either Super Duper Vanilla or Sildurs Enhanced Default at some point, before ultimately turning them off midway thru the SMP because they broke some custom stuff that was made for us. (i've still yet to find a new shader that actually does everything i want & doesn't make my computer frow up ... still looking)

regardless what you end up going with, some of those shaders will take some tweaking to get them to behave right. minecraft w/ shaders has always been notoriously a little tough to run, & YMMV. also i recommend picking up the Modrinth Launcher if you can! it makes searching for & adding mods/dependencies/shaders/resource packs/data packs easy as fuckk.

I'D ALSO NEVER HEARD OF RIBBITS BEFORE BALLOON & IT'S SO PRECIOUS ... the little song they play never gets old to me. it sounds like home. thank u 4 the kind message & hope you're well yourself ! ^^

[rad-roche]

what minecraft mods do you play with :0

generally, building mods! but none in this instance. i'm playing the 1.20.1 instance of minecolonies. it's complete enough on its own to be fun, but if you want a full modpack with tech mods/deco stuff, and have a strong computer, then i've heard good things about life in the village.

oh, word of advice if you want to play it: optifine doesn't work with the building system in this if you're using forge, it generates a bunch of visual noise that makes the game unplayable. if you want to use shaders in forge, use oculus and play around with it. i use sildur's enhanced default, any shader that really changes the lighting doesn't play nice with the build mode

[francesthecute]

this enderman teleported inside the boat farmer’s house and hopped in the boat with him. now they’re on a date

[clannfearrunt]

The fact that I can run this is a dream come true

[rachiegeorge]

My 3 favourite Java Minecraft shaders

My favorite lite Minecraft shader: Sildurs Enhanced Default

If you have a computer that isn't super duper powerful, but isn't a complete potato either, this is the shaderpack for you. Its pros are: Shadow support, water looks surprisingly nice for such a lite shaderpack, and because it's lite, it's a fantastic shaderpack option for things like Steam Deck. No real drawbacks except it isn't exactly what you would call a "flex" shaderpack. But then again it's not supposed to be. Also no tinted lighting support, but you really shouldn't expect that from something this lite. That said it is a great option for those on a budget but still want eye candy.

Shader that most accurately depicts my idea of an ideal shader: Rethinking Voxels

This shaderpack does something better than any other shaderpack I've ever seen. Actually make the light emitting blocks cast shadows too. Sure other shaderpacks do that too, but none as accurately as what I wanted to see than in this pack. Pros are: Light block shadows (duh), looks fantastic, few bugs (there are some but that is to be expected, none of the bugs are deal breakers tho) and bear in mind that this thing is still in Beta. We could see more, better and less buggy down the line. Bear in mind this still doesn't have tinted lighting support, water is still, and if you're an Optifine user, you may run into problems, as this is optimized for Iris, but that's ok because Iris also works with all the other shaders mentioned so... Maybe stick with Iris for this list~

Prettiest shader: Soft Voxels Lite

I'm gonna be honest and reveal the complete nerd in me... I nearly cried when I saw this shaderpack. This is undoubtedly the most divine looking shaderpack I have ever seen. Playing Minecraft with this is an experience. It's also the most graphics intensive of the bunch, but honestly for what you get, it's not at all bad. Certainly less resource intensive than SEUS, and I'd personally take this look over SEUS anyday. Pros are: So beautiful, tinted lighting that's a delight to look at, lighting is more overpowering depending on what is emitting it (for example lava makes everything burn a deep red) and while it doesn't do light block emitting shadows as well as Rethinking Voxels, it does do them, and it does work in context. Drawbacks are: Water does look a bit funky (if you look closely some parts of the screen can stay unchanged when looking out to the ocean) and supposedly Nether and End support is reserved for the paid version. But honestly, if that doesn't bother you, this is definitely the pack to go for.

[quaintbuilds]

Bonus Update - Shaders

I have installed Sildur’s Enhanced Default shader pack and taken some nice screenshots of some of my favorite areas of the kingdom. There are some things in this compilation that haven’t been showcased yet, but will be covered in the near future.

[hedjcraft]

house in the hill on obscuros pixelmon pt1

server: obscuros pixelmon

textures: zigzag

shaders: sildur's enhanced default

[quartzcraft-mc]

Evergreen Town

Two of our lovely players have been making this adorable town in the server. The builds look so cute and its lovely to sit in the little garden and just vibe in the atmosphere!

This town was made by @pinkleviathaan and @camilleon8

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Resource Pack - Mizunos 16 Craft Shaders - Sildurs Shaders Enhanced Default

[xxaurorawingsxx]

The Bakery and the Baker's house

Java 1.18.2 Mods: Biomes O'Plenty, Farmer’s Delight, FairyLights, Inmersive Weathering and Exotic Birds. Shader: Sildur’s Enhanced Default

The Witch's house

[batz-zzz]

UM UNFORTUNATELY IT IS COCRICOT,,, BUT ANYWAYS

minecraft 1.12.2 mods: forge cocricot customNPCs decocraft dynamic lights effortless building mrcrayfish's furniture hwyla gachashroom (its just mushrooms)

shaders: sildurs enhanced default

resource packs: invisible item frame pack cocricot

enjoy exploding ur computer !!!!

😡😡😠🤬🤬🤬👺👺👹👹👺🤬😡😡😡😡😠👺👺👹👹👹👹👹👺😡😡😡😠😠😠😡😡😡😡😡😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😡😡 if i accidentally set my apartment on fire its gonna be ur fault......

[omegalodon]

more pics of my desert oasis base :3c

currently making a cool building, not sure what i’ll put in there but it’s lookin really pretty!

Resource pack: Jicklus Shaders: Sildur’s Enhanced Default

[cheriecraft]

this has not been asked for, but is more for me to keep track of everything i use because i constantly am forgetting what i use so this is for future me when i have to redownload it all <3 ur weclome cherie

mods

- optifine (currently 1.16.2 & 1.16.4)

shaders

*if you have a lower performance computer like me, i recommend all of these shaders!! after over a year of searching and testing these have all worked the best for me!*

- sildurs enhanced default (for gameplay)

- sildurs vibrant shaders lite (for screenshots)

- chocapic toaster edition (for gameplay & screenshots)

resource packs

- mizunos 16 craft & cit

- mizunos invisible item frames

- ghoulcraft cit

[herobrines-gay-stepdad]

View from the Ranch.

by @surrealsealantern on my Realm.

Shaders are Sildurs Enhanced Default and BSL.

[personal-for-leaf]

I finished building the windmill on my server just as the sun started setting so I decided to take some screenshots of our whole community.

Resource pack: Mizuno’s 16 Craft

Shaders: Sildur’s Enhanced Default