VertaLux V3 — Major Update ✨

A big visual overhaul focused on water, sky, clouds and distant terrain — plus a brand new ⭐ BEST VISUALS profile.

	Before (VeraLux)	Now (VertaLux V3)
Quality profiles	4	5 (incl. ⭐ BEST VISUALS)
Distant Horizons	❌	✅
Water	basic waves	Waves v2 + Kelvin wake v6
Clouds	v2	Cumulus v3 + high layers

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🚀 Highlights

🌄 Distant Horizons support (new)

Fully lit DH terrain & water LODs — consistent sun, ambient, cloud shadows and fog, with analytic sky reflections on distant water. But still in work in progress, expect bugs.

🌊 Water rework

Directional swell Waves v2, Kelvin wake v6 with foam, rain ripples & splash rings, glossy/rough reflections, cloud reflections, large-scale caustics, waterfalls, and volumetric underwater fog with godrays.

☁️ Clouds rework

Realistic cumulus (shape, erosion, silver lining), detail v3 with internal wisps, high alto + cirrus layers, and fast soft cloud shadows.

🌅 Sky & atmosphere

Aerial perspective, new star engine v2, atmospheric & distance fog with biome tint and dusk boost, finer godrays.

🧱 Glowing blocks (new)

Emissive metal/ore blocks (iron, gold, diamond, emerald, netherite, copper, redstone, amethyst + raw ores), portal glow FX, and animated lava flow.

🌑 Shadows

Cutout/entity & translucent shadow fixes, tunable distortion & depth range, tinted foliage shadows.

✨ Post-processing

Motion blur, AgX tonemap option, physical/MIP bloom, glossy glass reflections, and improved TAA (sub-pixel jitter, ghost rejection, tonemap clamp).

⚠️ Fixes

• many fixes that i can't count.

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ℹ️ Note: I experimented with a full path-tracing / voxel lighting engine during this update, but decided to move it into a separate project — so it's not part of this release.

Profiles: 🥔 Potato · ⚖️ Medium · ✨ High · 📸 Extreme · ⭐ BEST VISUALS