RealisticallyOptimized
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- 👍 0.0% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #108 of 262 iris mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
# RealisticallyOptimized Shader ## Overview RealisticallyOptimized is a stylized, performance-focused shader preset with toon lighting, strong outlines, brighter sky highlights, deeper nights, and improved emissive handling for ores and light sources. ## Features - Real-time shadow mapping for terrain, entities, textured geometry, and water. - Toon ramp direct lighting with adjustable shadow darkness and step count. - Day/night color tinting with global vibrance control. - White world outline effect in final pass (Complementary-inspired depth-based method). - Adjustable outline thickness and brightness. - Brighter sky/sun/moon rendering with preserved geometry separation. - Darker nighttime grading with optional cool blue weather/night tint. - Enhanced blocklight contribution across terrain, entities, and textured passes. - Stronger emissive treatment for major light sources (torch, lantern, glowstone, sea lantern, candles, campfire, etc.). - Complementary-style glowing ores using per-ore groups and per-pixel ore-part detection: - Iron, Gold, Copper, Lapis, Emerald, Diamond, Nether Quartz, Nether Gold, Redstone. - Adjustable ore glow strength (`GLOWING_ORE_MULT`). - Water shading with toon-lit base and no forced water glow overlay. - Waving vegetation support via custom block material IDs. ## Install 1. Put `RealisticallyOptimized.zip` in `.minecraft/shaderpacks`. 2. Select `RealisticallyOptimized` in the Iris shader menu. 3. Ensure Shadows are enabled in Iris settings. ## Troubleshooting - Set Graphics to Fancy or Fabulous. - Set Shadow Quality to at least 1024. - Test at noon near a wall and a mob (`/time set noon`).
# RealisticallyOptimized Shader
## Overview RealisticallyOptimized is a stylized, performance-focused shader preset with toon lighting, strong outlines, brighter sky highlights, deeper nights, and improved emissive handling for ores and light sources.
## Features - Real-time shadow mapping for terrain, entities, textured geometry, and water. - Toon ramp direct lighting with adjustable shadow darkness and step count. - Day/night color tinting with global vibrance control. - White world outline effect in final pass (Complementary-inspired depth-based method). - Adjustable outline thickness and brightness. - Brighter sky/sun/moon rendering with preserved geometry separation. - Darker nighttime grading with optional cool blue weather/night tint. - Enhanced blocklight contribution across terrain, entities, and textured passes. - Stronger emissive treatment for major light sources (torch, lantern, glowstone, sea lantern, candles, campfire, etc.). - Complementary-style glowing ores using per-ore groups and per-pixel ore-part detection: - Iron, Gold, Copper, Lapis, Emerald, Diamond, Nether Quartz, Nether Gold, Redstone. - Adjustable ore glow strength (`GLOWING_ORE_MULT`). - Water shading with toon-lit base and no forced water glow overlay. - Waving vegetation support via custom block material IDs.
## Install 1. Put `RealisticallyOptimized.zip` in `.minecraft/shaderpacks`. 2. Select `RealisticallyOptimized` in the Iris shader menu. 3. Ensure Shadows are enabled in Iris settings.
## Troubleshooting - Set Graphics to Fancy or Fabulous. - Set Shadow Quality to at least 1024. - Test at noon near a wall and a mob (`/time set noon`).
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Minecraft Shaders
- Author
- bitz
- Version
- 1.0.2
- Downloads
- 4,136
- Endorsements
- 1
- Category
- iris
- Created
- 3/12/2026
- Updated
- 8/9/2026
- Game Versions
- 26.2
- Tags
- potato, realistic, shadows
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Which Minecraft Shaders versions does RealisticallyOptimized support?
The author lists 26.2. Other versions may work but are untested by the author.
What is the latest version of RealisticallyOptimized?
Version 1.0.2, published 2026-08-09 with 4,136 downloads recorded at the source.
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