!7.0

• Overhauled Settings Menu

• Overhauled Water

  • Gerstner Waves = realistic ocean-style waves with horizontal displacement
  • Shore Foam = white foam where water meets terrain
  • Depth-Based Colouring = deeper water appears darker/more saturated
  • Rain Ripples = circular ripple distortion on water surface during rain

• Overall Code Improvements to Increase FPS (exp. Removed Unnecessary duplicate code 40 or so lines)

• Added New Auroras along with rarities

  • Teal/Green/Yellow = 60% Chance of Appearing
  • Red/Crimson = 20% Chance of Appearing
  • Golden = 12% Chance of Appearing
  • White/Silver = 8% Chance of Appearing

• Added Nebula with Rarity System

  • Always (every night)
  • Common 75% Chance of Appearing
  • Uncommon 37% Chance of Appearing
  • Rare = 25% Chance of Appearing

• Added Multiple Aurora Visual Improvements

  • Dual-ribbon curtain = creates separation with vertical fold distortion
  • Temporal pulsation = slow breathing that varies
  • lit depth falloff = Brighter at base fading upwards like irl

• Added Partial Screen-Space Contact Shadows (WIP - Disabled by Default)

• Added Fun Effects (Replacing Extra Category in Settings)

  • Negative World = inverts all colors like a photo negative
  • Psychedelic = continuously shifts all hues over time with adjustable speed
  • Earthquake = terrain shakes with sinusoidal waves, adjustable strength
  • Hologram Entities = sci-fi holograms with blue tint, scanlines, and glow + Glitch Effect = RGB splitting, scanline displacement, and block artifacts
    • Old Film = 1920s cinema look with sepia, scratches, flicker, and vignette
    • Thermal Vision = thermal heat palette based on brightness
    • Thermal Vision = thermal heat palette based on brightness
    • CRT Monitor = old CRT display with scanlines, barrel distortion

• Added Rain on Lens (WIP - Disabled by Default)

• Added More Settings that trigger depending on specific preset

• Added Adaptive Shadow Sampling

• Added Blood Moon

  • Red tinted lighting during moon phase 4
  • Red fog tint at night during blood moon
  • Activates only at night, blends out at sunrise

• Added Adaptive Raytrace Stepping

• Added full PCSS Shadows (Ultra Only)

• Added Mirror Mode (WIP - Disabled by Default)

  • Glass blocks become full mirrors
  • Stained glass becomes tinted mirrors
  • Uses existing reflection system (SSR)

• Changed File Name Layout from "Zayko Shaders V7.1" to "Zayko V7.1"

• Changed Enhanced Light Shaft Colouring

• Changed Screen-Space Global Illumination (SSGI)

• Changed Clouds base style

  • Base Shape: Perlin
  • Density: Low
  • Amount: Few

• Improved Setting Screen

  • SHADOW-QUALITY and CONTACT-SHADOWS to Shadow Config
  • SSGI to Lighting Config

• Improved Temporal Dither as well as TAA Dither

• Improved Volumetric light Sample Scaling

• Improved Cloud Sample Scaling

• Removed Old Nebulas to implement our new one!

• Removed Certain Effects in the End for V7.2 Update