TOONSHADE

What's new since v1.0

Works in more places

• OptiFine support: the pack now runs on OptiFine as well as Iris, including the Nether and End. Shiny armor and weapons still need Iris.
• Distant Horizons support: far-away terrain and water get the same cartoon shading, outlines and fog. Distant Horizons' own clouds are turned off so they don't clash with the toon clouds.
• Older versions: the pack now loads on older Iris versions, like Iris 1.7 on Minecraft 1.21.1. Before, a bug stopped it from loading there.
• Smaller download: the pack went from about 0.7 MB to 0.2 MB.

New

• Shiny armor and weapons: iron, gold, diamond, netherite, copper and chainmail gear look like cartoon metal. They reflect the sky in flat tones, catch hard sun highlights, and a shine sweeps across them every few seconds. Diamonds twinkle. This works on worn armor, armor stands, mobs, dropped items, item frames and the items in your hand. Armor trims get their own material too. Needs Iris.
• Cartoon enchant glint: the purple haze is now thin magic lines that flow across the item.
• Wind: gusts roll across grass and treetops as lighter bands, plants lean with each gust, and storms blow harder.
• Wind lines: cartoon wind strokes draw themselves across the sky, curl at the end and fade.
• Heat shimmer: the air ripples gently above lava, fire, campfires and magma. Deserts, badlands and savannas get a faint shimmer near the horizon, and the Nether gets a little in the distance.

New optional extras

These are all off at first. Turn them on in Shader Pack Settings > Extras.

• Storybook sun: a cartoon sun with a yellow rim, an orange outline, a shine spot and slowly turning rays. It turns orange at sunset.
• ✨: appears opposite the sun after rain and fades as the ground dries.
• Sun beams: flat beams of light through gaps in clouds and trees.
• Cartoon rain and snow: crisp streaks and flakes, puddles that reflect the sky, and splash rings on water and puddles.
• Underwater light: wavy light lines on the sea floor and soft light rays from the surface.
• Fireflies: blinking lights on clear nights in mild, grassy biomes.
• Ore sparkles: diamond, emerald and gold ores glow a little and twinkle, so they're easy to find in caves.
• Speed lines: anime speed lines at the edge of the screen when you move fast, like flying with an elytra.
• Comic book mode: halftone dots and hatch lines in the shadows, with black ink outlines.

Fixes

• Mobs, armor and held items no longer get thin white lines along their edges. The rim light now takes their own color, and the ink outline stays dark next to it.
• A held shield or block no longer turns dark when it faces away from the sun.

Settings

• New settings pages: Armor and Weapons, Wind and Heat and Extras.