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Frequently asked questions

1. "When will Photon be released for new Minecraft version?"

- Shader packs are generally not very dependent on MC versions; as long as Iris is available, Photon should just work.

Features

Fully revamped sky, lighting and water

Detailed clouds with several layers and many different cloud types

Immersive weather system providing different skies each day

Voxel-based colored lighting (enabled with Ultra profile, requires Iris)

Screen-space reflections

Volumetric fog

Soft shadows with variable-size penumbras

Detailed ambient occlusion (GTAO)

Camera effects: bloom, depth of field, motion blur

Much improved image quality with TAA, FXAA and CAS

Advanced temporal upscaling (disabled by default) for low end devices

Extensive settings menu allowing you to customize every aspect of the shader

Full labPBR resource pack support

Compatibility

Shader loaders

Iris (recommended)

Iris is a modern shader loader with far better performance, mod compatibility and developer features than OptiFine

Some features (Colored Lighting) will only work on Iris

OptiFine

GPU vendors

Nvidia

AMD

Intel

NOT compatible with Apple GPUs (Metal)

Mods

Voxy

Distant Horizons

Showcase videos

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Acknowledgments

Settings menu translations:

NakiriRuri and OrzMiku (Chinese)

Jmayk (Italian)

Timtaran (Russian)

Emin - Shadow bias method from Complementary Reimagined (fully fixes peter panning and light leaking…