TB Shaders

TB Shaders v5.4

✨ Added

•🌗 Dynamic Day/Night Lighting with smoother transitions

•🌙 Enhanced Moonlight with cool nighttime tones

•🌅 Improved Sunrise/Sunset Lighting

•🌧️ Dynamic Rain Lighting Response

•🌫️ Atmospheric Fog with day, night, sunset, and rain variations

•💡 Enhanced Ambient Lighting for terrain

•🌊 Water Lighting Refinement with waves, Fresnel reflections, and sun highlights

🔧 Improved

•🕳️ Enhanced SSAO with 16 samples

•🎯 SSAO distance protection for cleaner distant terrain

•🌫️ Better separation between SSAO and atmospheric fog

•🌧️ Improved rain fog density and blending

•☀️ More natural direct sunlight response

🎨 Improved

•color/contrast/saturation balance

•🛡️ Better highlight and color-range protection

⚡ Performance

•No additional expensive rendering pass

•SSAO remains the main performance-heavy feature

•Optimized atmospheric calculations

•Tested and confirmed acceptable FPS

🌌 Preserved

•Vanilla-style sky

•Vanilla sun and moon

•Existing water system

•Existing bloom

•Enhanced SSAO

•Existing shadow system

TB Shaders v5.4

More atmospheric, more dynamic, and more immersive while keeping the core Minecraft sky and visual identity intact.

📋 TB Shaders v5.3

• Added enhanced SSAO

• Improved ambient depth and block contact shading

• Refined water reflections

• Improved color and highlight handling

• Retained existing bloom

• Maintained acceptable performance

• Preserved the calm

• TB visual style

TB Shaders v5.2

🌿 Improved terrain & forest lighting

🌑 Improved shadow quality

💡 Refined ambient lighting

✨ Upgraded Bloom 2.0

🌊 Refined custom water & reflections

🎨 Improved color grading

⚡ Maintained good performance

🌌 Vanilla sky, sun & moon preserved

❌ No SSAO / ray tracing Overall:

A cleaner, smoother and more atmospheric lighting upgrade while keeping the calm TB Shaders visual style.

TB Shaders v5.1 — Water & Lighting Edition

🌿 Reworked terrain lighting

💡 Added ambient lighting improvements

🌊 Added custom translucent water

🔍 Added Fresnel water reflections

☀️ Added water sun reflections

🌊 Added animated water distortion

🌧️ Improved rain lighting

🌅 Improved atmospheric/sunset lighting

✨ Added bloom and sharpening

🎨 Improved brightness, contrast & saturation

🎮 Preserved Minecraft's familiar visual style

⚡ Optimized for Iris + Sodium

This release marks the beginning of the TB Shaders v5 series.

🌟 TB SHADERS V4

TB Shaders v4 focuses on delivering sharper visuals, improved lighting, and a more cinematic atmosphere while maintaining excellent performance.

This update enhances the game's appearance without sacrificing FPS, making it ideal for a wide range of hardware.

✨ What's New

☀️ Improved Lighting Warmer and more natural sunlight Cooler moonlight for nighttime Softer ambient lighting Smoother light transitions

🌅 Enhanced Sky Richer daytime sky colors Warmer sunrise and sunset gradients Deeper blue night sky Improved sky blending

☁️ Better Clouds Softer cloud edges Improved cloud lighting Enhanced sunrise and sunset cloud colors More natural cloud appearance

🌫️ Atmospheric Fog Smoother fog transitions Improved distance fog Enhanced height-based fog Better rainy weather atmosphere Refined underwater fog

🌊 Water Improvements Improved underwater tint Better Fresnel reflections Enhanced water normals Stronger sunlight reflections Clearer underwater visibility

🎨 Color Enhancements Improved contrast Slight vibrance boost More natural color balance Cleaner overall image

🔍 Sharper Visuals Improved edge definition Crisper terrain appearance Better perceived texture clarity

🌑 Softer Shadows Smoother shadow transitions Reduced harsh lighting contrast More natural terrain shading

⚡ Performance Optimized for high FPS Lightweight rendering Minimal performance impact Designed for smooth gameplay on a wide range of systems

🎮 Compatibility Minecraft: 1.20.4–1.21.11 Shader Loader: Iris (OptiFine compatibility where supported)

TB Shaders V3

Major Visual Overhaul

• Reworked overall atmospheric rendering
• Improved cinematic fantasy visual style
• Enhanced visual consistency across day and night

Sky Improvements

• Added cinematic sunrise and sunset colors
• Improved sky gradients
• Enhanced daytime atmosphere
• Improved night sky rendering
• Added soft moon glow
• Added fake cinematic godrays
• Added aurora night effect
• Improved sun glare rendering

Cloud Improvements

• Added layered cloud rendering
• Improved cloud lighting
• Added fake volumetric cloud depth
• Enhanced cloud blending
• Improved atmospheric cloud appearance

Fog & Atmosphere

• Improved atmospheric fog
• Enhanced border fog
• Added cinematic weather atmosphere
• Improved rainy weather mood
• Enhanced storm ambience

Water Improvements

• Added transparent-looking water
• Improved underwater tinting
• Cleaner water appearance
• Better underwater visibility

Lighting Improvements

• Improved terrain lighting
• Added warm sunlight tones
• Enhanced emissive/torch lighting
• Added fake shadow depth
• Improved dynamic atmosphere lighting
• Added lightning flash illumination during storms

Night Atmosphere

• Improved stars
• Added twinkling star effect
• Enhanced nighttime ambience
• Improved moon atmosphere

Post Processing

• Added cinematic color grading
• Improved contrast balance
• Added lightweight fake bloom
• Enhanced visual richness
• Improved cinematic tone

Weather Improvements

• Improved rain atmosphere
• Added cinematic thunderstorm flashes
• Enhanced rainy fog mood
• Improved storm ambience

Optimization

• Optimized for lightweight rendering
• Improved mobile/Pojav compatibility
• Maintained stable FPS
• Reduced heavy rendering usage
• Focused on smooth gameplay experience

Recommended Platforms

• Iris + Sodium
• Fabric Loader
• Minecraft 1.20.4
• PojavLauncher
• Low-end and mid-range devices

Shader Style

TB Shaders V3 now follows a: “Lightweight Cinematic Fantasy” visual style focused on atmosphere, smooth performance, and immersive gameplay.

Added

•Dynamic cloud system

•Atmospheric fog

•Cinematic lighting

•Mobile bloom

•Better sky colors

•Enhanced night ambience

Improved

•Shader performance

•Cloud movement

•Day/night blending

•Sunset rendering

Optimized

•Android GPU performance

•FPS stability

•Mobile compatibility

Initial release of TB Shaders