OVERVIEW

• Small patch to fix bugs and make minor adjustments.

General changes:

• Vines now wave.
• Round sun now has antialiasing and is bigger.
• Small changes to ambient occlusion.
• Fullbright mode was reworked to work better during night.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed "Reflection info" compilation failure on AMD hardware.
• Fixed "dither13" failure on AMD hardware.
• Fixed a bug that caused aurora borealis to be distorted at far world positions, e.g., 30K+.
• Fixed blown image on Vanilla color scheme when using simpler exposure.
• Fixed a bug that caused soul lights to be too strong in hands.
• Fixed weird look on trees when using fullbright mode.
• Fixed fog intensity adjust not working on Nether.
• Fixed an issue that caused water reflections (when viewed from underwater) to be too bright.

E-LITE shaders version 5.0

SPECIAL THANKS TO BETA TESTERS:

• tasxatzial
• avc1657

OVERVIEW

• This version is a major update, bringing several features and improving the appearance of the shader in several areas, such as fog and sky, in addition to a rebrand.

Rebrand: LITE is now E-LITE.

• "E-" stands for Entokito, my nickname :)

New feature - Block reflection.

• Makes blocks reflect light like water.
• Medium performance impact.
• Integrated with Material Gloss.

New feature - Pixel-locked shadows. (Inherited from MakeUp)

• Makes shadows pixel-locked in the world.
• Adjustable pixel size.
• Works with caustics.

New feature - Aurora Borealis.

• Optional feature.
• Fast and fancy!

New feature - Round sun.

• Optional feature.

New feature - Near fog.

• Adds a small fog near the player, increasing immersion.
• Optional feature.

New feature - Seasons.

• Adjustable season length.
• Fancy! Enable it at: Misc -> Seasons.

New tonemap - Uchimura.

• Better contrast and colors than Lottes. Now it is the default.

Color scheme changes:

• The following color schemes were removed in E-LITE: Ethereal, Shoka, Legacy (MakeUp), Captain, Psychedelic, Testigo, and Realistic (pollution).
• LITE Cursed, LITE Vanilla, and LITE Legacy are now: Cursed, Vanilla, and Legacy.
• New color scheme: Realistic (Simple), simulates Realistic+, but introducing a slight performance gain.

Lighting changes:

• Subsurface scattering of leaves has been modified, making trees look better at long distances.
• Grass lighting is improved. Now it is smoother.
• Main lighting is clearer during the day.

Fog change:

• Fog is now influenced by the sun, giving a more volumetric look to sunsets/rises.

General changes:

• Sugar cane does not wave anymore.
• Selection lines are now white by default. They can be RGB-like too (Misc -> Selection lines).
• Motion blur code has been restored to the same as in version 4.7.3, as this works better.
• Improved bloom quality.
• Sky now has a bit of noise to avoid color banding (Realistic+ and Cursed).
• PS1 effect does not render at 50% quality anymore due to some bugs and "blur".
• Small optimizations have been made to the code.
• Auto-exposure now avoids overly bright blocks when the player is in a cave or a dark place.
• Vanilla sun look was enhanced.
• Realistic+ sky now simulates sun glow, even in rain.
• Improved godrays during rain at sunsets.
• Reduced TAA ghosting.
• Added waving support to the Wilder Flowers mod (Thanks to Tas).
• Added support for the Aurora’s Lanterns mod (Inherited).
• AMD FSR 1.0 has been removed because it did not meet expectations and caused (MANY) problems.
• Some typos were fixed.
• Reduced noise on clouds.
• FXAA is now enabled by default.
• Cleaned up unused code.

Interface changes:

• New screen: Misc. Some options have been moved here.

Profile changes:

• Shadowless profiles are discontinued.
• "No effects" is now "Minimum".

Bugfixes:

• Fixed cherry and pale leaves not waving.
• Fixed a bug that made fire cast by entities almost black.
• Fixed a bug that made the bottom of trees / caves in the LITE Cursed color scheme too bright.
• Fixed a bug that made the screen zoom when enabling PS1-Like on Oculus 1.8.0. (#5 GitHub)
• Fixed some inconsistencies in glowing ores and materials.
• Fixed a bug that caused clouds to be stretched in older versions of Minecraft.
• Fixed a bug that caused vanilla clouds above 1.21.6 to appear in DH chunks.

Known issue:

• Colored glass is not visible through water when viewed from outside.

OVERVIEW:

• This version makes minor adjustments to the shader.

General changes:

• Vanilla water has now a smoother texture.
• Bit reduced samples on Blocky clouds, improving performance (no visual impact.)
• Slightly adjusted cloud colors on rain.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed ghosting on Smart TAA.
• Fixed excessive fog on Distant Horizons + Snowy biome with "Biome fog" enabled.
• Fixed some typos in Portuguese language.

LITE shaders 4.8

• Thanks to tasxatzial and ediortiz for beta testing this version.

OVERVIEW:

• This version adds Upscale by FSR, as well as fixing bugs and tweaking some features.

New Feature! - AMD FSR

• Adjusts the resolution that the shader is rendered.
• Reducing quality can greatly improve performance, especially in 4K.
• A low-resolution image is reconstructed with FSR 1.0.
• Artifacts and jagged edges are expected.

New language! - Spanish

• Translated by ediortiz. Thanks!
• Translation is available in Latin American and European Spanish.

General changes:

• Image quality is improved when using Smart TAA.
• Sun/moon reflections are now square, and the circular style is optional. To adjust it, go to Basic -> Sun Reflection.
• The "PS1-Like" option now literally renders on lower resolution, improving performance.
• Small color changes on Vanilla clouds and the End portal.
• Sea pickles does not wave anymore.
• Small color changes on Vanilla clouds and the End portal.
• Sea pickles does not wave anymore.
• Blocky clouds now has better quality by default (very low performance impact).

Bugfixes:

• Fixed compilation failure when using Distant Horizons (again.)
• Fixed the pinkish aspect on white, gray, and black glass.
• Fixed emerald ore with some dark pixels when Glowing ores was enabled.
• Fixed FULLBRIGHT mode not working.

• Thanks to tasxatzial for beta testing this version.

This version fails with Distant Horizons, install it on GitHub for bugfix. https://github.com/EntokitoDezonze/LITE-shaders/

OVERVIEW:

• This version fixes bugs and adjusts some features.

INHERITED from MakeUp 9.3h:

• Much of the broken compatibility with previous versions of Minecraft (from 1.12 onward) has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue that made the beacon beam invisible from certain distances or angles when using Distant Horizons.

General changes:

• MAX stars on overworld are disabled on old versions of Minecraft. (below 1.16.4)
• Reduced brightness of MAX stars.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed weird lighting when enabling simpler exposure.
• Fixed too bright scene when using simpler exposure + LITE Vanilla color scheme.
• Fixed sky flickering when exiting pale garden or any gray sky biome.