BalancedBright

Original Minecraft Java Resource Pack
Smooth • Lightweight • Natural permanent brightness (Night-Vision style)

Version: 1.0.0
Target: Minecraft Java 1.21+ (including 26.x year-based versions)

What it does

Replaces the vanilla core lightmap shader so every light level becomes brighter in a controlled way.
Feels like a permanent, polished Night Vision effect that works in:

• Caves & abandoned mineshafts
• Nighttime surface
• Underwater
• Dense forests
• Mountains & interiors
• Deep Dark
• The Nether
• The End

Colors stay natural. No neon, no heavy wash-out.

Performance

• Zero FPS impact
• Zero extra memory
• Zero lag
• Only one shader file is overridden
• Fully compatible with Vanilla, Sodium, Iris (when no external shaderpack is loaded), and OptiFine

Installation

1. Download the zip
2. Put it in .minecraft/resourcepacks
3. Options → Resource Packs → move BalancedBright to Selected
4. Keep it above any other packs that touch shaders
5. Set in-game Brightness to Bright / 100% for maximum effect
6. Press F3+T to reload

Compatibility Notes

Environment	Status
Vanilla	Fully supported
Sodium	Fully supported
Iris (no shaderpack)	Fully supported
OptiFine (no shaderpack)	Fully supported
External shaderpacks	Effect is overridden (expected)
Other resource packs	Works – put BalancedBright higher

Technical

Overrides only assets/minecraft/shaders/core/lightmap.fsh.
Block textures, models, fog and UI remain 100% vanilla.

Credits

Completely original.
Shader logic derived from public vanilla lightmap.fsh and re-balanced for natural appearance.