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The whole sky has been rebuilt: a physical sky model, a live weather system and three cloud layers. ## Sky & light - New sky model based on atmospheric scattering sky, terrain fog and cloud haze now share one colour source - Realistic haze: whitish horizon, distant clouds fade naturally into the air, sunset glow stays after sundown - Sun glare in the eye (blocked by terrain and clouds), light shafts in caves and through trees - Cleaner god rays, stars and Milky Way (visibility changes per night), no more colour banding in the sky ## Weather (new) - A weather model that changes over hours: humid and dry regions, clear and overcast days - Clouds grow, live and dissolve; more towering clouds around midday - Some evenings the clouds spread out (menu option) - Rain moves in region by region: a high veil first, then the cloud deck closes - Deserts and badlands are drier; wind slowly changes direction ## Clouds - Volumetric cumulus with 3D shape and fractal detail, towering cumulus and thunderstorm towers with anvil - Cirrus in two types (puffs and fibrous veils) in local fields - New mid layer: altocumulus "mackerel sky" in local patches - Lightning glow inside the clouds during thunderstorms ## Performance - Faster cloud pass, cheaper water reflections and terrain shading - About +10 % FPS compared to 0.5.4 in our test scene ## Compatibility - Minecraft 1.21.1 and 26.x with Iris (Sodium recommended) - Older versions (1.19 / 1.20) are untested

## Ember & Void 0.5.4 (Beta) ### Clouds > - Fixed the hard line just below eye level. > - Clouds no longer burn out to white (higher-precision color buffers). > - No more black patches inside clouds, and no more direction-dependent graying. > - Removed the flickering dark waves while moving (temporal accumulation). > - Removed grain and motion smearing. > - New: temporary 2D cirrus clouds so the sky isn't empty. > - Removed: the three old cirrus types and the haze layer. They will be rebuilt in 0.6.0. ### Reflections > - Glossy blocks now reflect their surroundings, not just the sky. "Full" is the new default. > - Fixed: >   - flickering on side faces >   - hard-edged circles >   - gaps where block sides are hidden >   - flicker from water and waving grass >   - white haze in caves > - Metals (gold, iron, copper) reflect in their own color instead of pale and bluish. > - Amethyst is glossy in all forms: block, budding amethyst, clusters and buds. > - Puddles: cloud reflections stay fixed in the world, and plants no longer reflect. ### World & lighting > - Lava and fire are no longer white. > - Water is now covered by distance fog. > - New slider for where the render-distance fog starts. It is slightly closer by default. > - Shadows: a new smooth filter is the default, and the old filters are still selectable. ### Menu > - Sky and cloud settings are organized into subfolders.

### Improved Features: - Foam(Experimental) // now depends on the current and waves. - Cloud Shadows // More subtile and improved softness. - World; Moon // Improved the appearece of the Moon with Moon-phases; halo and Kraters, fully 3D, no Glowing Disc anymore. - Caves // Cavelighting finaly added. Vanilla Sun & Moon turned off by default as well as Foam(Experimental) Settings are more organized now! ### Bugfixes: - Cloud Shadows // No more jagged or blocky cloud shadows starting at 1,400 blocks. - Clouds // Clouds are now keeping their shape as they should; no more “hurricanes” or long, angular clouds. - SSR // No more SSR on players. (Also this fixed Nametag issues) - SSR // Flickering on the Water sides fixed.

Hotfix 0.5.1! Shiped out the wrong 0.5.0-beta .zip with the wrong directory-structure!

# Major update to 0.5.0-beta!! This update took the longest so far, but it also brings the most changes! It’s not just moving toward realism anymore, but also more toward fantasy! ### --- Mainly: Sky --- - _Ember sparks at sunset and dynamic horizon color!_ - _Volumetric ray marching instead of 2D coverage, adaptive step count_ - _Multiple scattering, Worley erosion, domain warp, three types of cirrus clouds_ - _Night clouds with moonlight, temporal accumulation_ - _Haze between main clouds and cirrus clouds, carried by the wind._ Real lookup tables for the clouds! They look completely new now! ### --- Light & Shadow --- - _SSAO, aerial perspective_ - _Static distant shadows beyond the shadow map_ - _Godrays through gaps in the clouds and terrain_ - _Aurora borealis shining in color onto the clouds!_ - _Grass shadows without blocky steps_ ### --- Water --- - _SSR, caustics, underwater godrays, ice with Fresnel effects_ - _Shore foam with surf surges and undertow, based on actual water depth instead of a ray of sight_ - _Wind field + gusts to counter grid-like repetitions_ ### --- Miscellaneous, New --- - _LICENSE.txt (ARR with permissions), CREDITS revised_ - _Menu with 158 options, bilingual, 866 entries per language (AI TRANSLATION!)_ ### - Compatibility - **_Tested:_** **GPU:** _Intel Arc B580_ **Drivers:** _Mesa (Linux) and Intel (Windows 11 now works!)_ **Dimensions:** _Overworld; Nether; End_ **Render distance:** _32 chunks_ **Frame rate:** _140–210 FPS_ _**Untested – Expect issues**_ **NVIDIA and AMD.** _The optimizations are aimed at Xe-HPG   (register pressure, extended math pipe). They work on other GPUs as well,   but haven't been tested._ **OptiFine.** _Designed only for Iris. Render distances under 12 chunks._

### Alpha Version!!! This Version is an early test Version for the more tested Beta Version. There can/will be many Bugs. ## New Features: - SSR Reflections // Completely rebuilt; now uses direct screen space coordinates instead of fixed world meters. - Aurora borealis // The Northern Lights were added to the night sky. - Cirrus-Clouds // Cirrus-Clouds were added to the sky. - Dynamic Lighting // Light source now emmit light in your Hand. - Options and Development // Some options for performance, look and Debug were addet to the shaderpack settings. - ## Bug Fixes: - SSR Sky Fallback // When the camera was pointed upward past -90 degrees, a light blue layer would appear over the water. Fixed. - Coustics warping // Coustic warping and shifting was fixed if player moved verticaly to the water.

Fixes: Grass // No more flickering and wind-movements as the whole plant. Oversaturation // Saturation and brightness of the shader got decreased.

## **Water:** _Imporved Godrays_ // Godrays stand out stronger than bevor and can be seen now when not facing towards the Sun _Water depth_ // Water appears a bit deeper now and is slightly more Transparent _Water Effects_ // Marien-Snow, Chromatic-Abboration and Total-Reflektions were added. ### _**Shadows:**_ _Clipping and sharp edges_ // Now fixed for plants. Shadows look smoother now on the Surface Plains ### _Performance:_ _Raymarching and Cloud-Buffer Resulution_ // Decresed because it was to high and to mutch wich is causing massiv Performance consumption. ### _Fixes:_ _Plant ripping_ // Most plants dont rip apart now whilest moving in the wind. _Shadow Reflections_ // Shadows arent reflecting the Renderdistance Fog anymore from some angles.

- _**Complete water overhaul with god rays, Coustiucs, and more!**_ - _Cloud overhaul // No gray edges around clouds and whiter clouds._ - Night sky // Many fine, small stars in the sky instead of a few large ones

Modrinth Launch Alpha Skybox Update // The transition between the ShaderSky and the standard sky has been smoothed out and will be fully merged in the future Reduced Contrast at Noon // The contrast is lower