Changes

• Improved support for blocks in arsnouveau, quark, terralith, densetrees, plus, thanks to Derpsion-Thesaurus.

Changes

• Fixed player skins becoming invisible through water in the latest versions of Minecraft.

Changes

• Added support for Voxy.
• Restored compatibility with very old versions of Minecraft and OptiFine that was broken in recent releases.
• Minor fixes to fog under various circumstances.

Known Issues:

• Rare flickering may occur in distant water when using Voxy, specifically when the water is the default type.

Changes

• Fixed the flickering that returned in the last shader version and affected some users.
• Restored the brightness for flame entities that had been removed in recent versions (Iris only)
• Added support for the new block (plant).

Changes

• Improved support for Aurora’s Lanterns (lighting inconsistencies with the lanterns – only works in newer versions).

Changes:

• Temporary regression to flaming-entity detection due to a flickering issue with objects placed in item frames, caused by a hypothetical bug in Iris on Windows. The functionality will be restored once the flickering issue is fixed.

Changes

• Improved support for flaming arrows and mobs (Iris only).
• Improved the visual quality of motion blur when temporal supersampling is enabled.
• Restored compatibility with older Minecraft versions in OptiFine (≤ 1.16.x) for non-NVIDIA GPUs.
• Began unifying the variable naming style in the shader code to make it clearer and less chaotic. More changes will follow in future versions.

Changes

• Pixel-aligned (texel-aligned) shadows were added.
• Lighting in low-light areas (without direct light and under shadow) was improved.
• Other minor changes.

Changes since 9.3e

• Much of the broken compatibility with previous versions of Minecraft (from 1.12 onward) has been fixed.

• HOTFIX: Night stars are now visible again.

• Fixed an issue that made the beacon beam invisible from certain distances or angles when using Distant Horizons.

• Nights can now be made darker if the user wishes.

Changes

• HOTFIX: Stars are now visible at night again.

• Fixed an issue that made the beacon beam invisible from certain distances or angles when using Distant Horizons.

• Nights can now be made darker if the user wishes.

Changes

• Fixed an issue that made the beacon beam invisible from certain distances or angles when using Distant Horizons.
• Nights can now be made darker if the user wishes.

Changes

• Added support for the new copper blocks (fences, statues, lanterns).
• Added compatibility for the “end flashes” (not tested on Optifine).
• Micro‑optimization for a dithering algorithm.

Changes

• Attempt has been made to address multiple reports of "black ink" and "white glow," however these issues are irreproducible on the hardware I have access to.
• A new review of the TAA system has been conducted.
• Micro-optimizations have been applied in various parts of the code.

Changes

• Second review of the TAA system.
• Added support for future blocks of version 1.21.19.
• Minor adjustments.

Hotfix:

• Fix a compilation error when activating depth of field and TAA simultaneously.

Changes

• Revised anti-aliasing via TAA:
  • Ghosting effects when looking through a translucent surface have been resolved.
  • General ghosting has been slightly reduced.
  • A TAA+ method has been added that utilizes FXAA to enhance quality, especially for entities and moving elements in the scene.
  • The "Sharp TAA" method was removed.
• An inaccurate calculation of the volumetric light position has been corrected, which previously caused light to appear behind certain surfaces.
• Translucent object shadows have been set as default. Previous shadows remain available optionally.

Changes

• Increased compatibility and support for some custom dimensions (Iris only). Tested in Ad Astra, The Aether, Deeper and Darker.
• Fixed the brightness of enchanted objects in darkness.
• Fixed an issue with the sky color when the player was in a pale garden biome and other similar biomes that adjust the sky color.
• Fixed a compilation error message that only appeared in OptiFine.

Changes

• The way fog is applied has been improved so that it looks better during transitions between open and enclosed areas, eliminating some strange behaviors such as when looking through a window or the sensation of fog existing indoors.
• Water transparency viewed from inside has been adjusted.
• Some colors have been subtly fine-tuned.

Changes

• The Vanilla cloud rendering option specified in Minecraft’s native settings is now respected, including the option to hide them.
• Vanilla clouds are now visible at long distances for versions 1.21.6 or higher.