Luminol Republic Shader

v2.2.0

New

• Aurora Borealis 4.0: zig-zag curtains hung across the sky. Each has a winding aqua lower edge, with pleated drapes streaming up to the zenith in blue and violet. Several curtains hang at different heights with gaps between them. They sway, ripple and breathe.
  • New Aurora Colors setting: Polar (default), Emerald or Rose.
  • Aurora Quality is now Aurora Curtains: it sets how many curtains hang in the sky.
• Chunk Rise-In: terrain and water at the edge of your view distance rise out of the ground as you approach, instead of popping into view. It works by distance, not by load time. It has a Chunk Rise Depth setting and switches itself off while Distant Horizons is on.
• Solid Leaves option (Leaves: Solid / Full Block): solid leaf cubes with no alpha test.
• Smart Culling: skips work you can't see, such as far shadows, far puddles and caustics, and blur and god rays on empty sky.
• Distant Horizons support (experimental): LOD terrain and water use the pack's lighting, haze and water look.
• Performance impact tags on every setting, color-coded from Very Low (blue) to Ultra (pink).
• Menu cleanup: new Clouds and Performance sub-menus, and colored section titles with short descriptions.

Changed

• New Lighting System It has a warm golden sun, cooler soft shade, deeper shadows and a gentler exposure. Sand, snow and quartz no longer blow out to white.
• Sea and beach water (surface around Y 63) is greyer and calmer, with softer waves, fainter sun glitter and a bit more body. Higher lakes keep the original clear teal water.

Fixed

• Blocky stair-step patches on the water. They were reflections of Boxy Clouds bent by the waves. Water now reflects the soft flat clouds.

Notes

• Distant Horizons support and Chunk Rise-In have only been compile-checked and not yet run in game.
• Voxy is not supported yet. Bobby works as is.