Icarus Shaders -October 2025 (early access updates)
Added 2025-10-03 21:43:38 +0000 UTCWhat's New This Week (Quick):
More Progress on New Water, and its menu defaults set to actually work
Sun on shiny things reworked: https://youtu.be/9Vnj8KHxo00?si=PM78NiJGmhxjNtAI
LOTS of bug fixes
unfortunately, 'Classic Presets' are broken on this week's version
Full change logs are below ...
Info:
Developed for iris, tested in minecraft 1.20.1 (and 1.21.10) If you get bugs in other mc versions let me know!
Version Numbers:
version numbers are the date I made them, the newest is usually the best. (It's Year-month-day format)
for example 'Icarus v 2025 -3-29' is the version of the shader I uploaded on March 29th 2025
Extra Attachments:
Inside of the shader.zip file is a folder called 'Extras' which has Extra stuff in it that you can use for extra features, including config files and resource packs.
Modpack / Test Environment:
this is my main test environment: https://modrinth.com/modpack/timetravelbeards-1.20.1-modpack
I also usually test newer mc versions with the 'Fabulously Optimized' modpack or just plain Iris & Sodium
Version Change logs:
2025-10-17
Important Note:
'Classic' presets are broken on this version, I'll fix them next week
Lighting:
Changed default Specular from the Sun to be brighter
Added extra controls in Lighting/Light Sources/Sun
Lower Moon brightness by default
re-did night time lighting
bugs in ray traced screenspace shadows removed
colored ss shadows defaulted ON
soft colored shadow fixes defaulted ON, and added to relevant menus
fixed bugs related to modded world time that were affecting lighting
Water
changed default
updated all defaults and settings in 'Testing/New Water' so that you can try out all the new stuff by just hitting the 5 labeled switches in its main menu, all the rest is pre-configured to just work now
added the 'dirty water' changes to also be used when under water, not just above water
defaulted 'dynamic ray count per material' off for water to help with foam/noise in waves
defaulted TA to be allowed on water for foamy areas and where in the distance it uses pbr roughness to reduce noise from waves
To use the new water, go to 'Testing/New Water' and hit those top 5 things. Note: it only does mob ripples & wakes at sea level currently, i will change this later
Misc
untangled world time from almost all code for better modded behavior
removed buggy 'fast forwarding' in lava, clouds, waves etc at start/end of storms / rain
new abstracted game timer for all nature stuff
quite a few little bugs i found along the way
What's Planned to be Next
More bug fixes
Optimizations for better fps
'New Water' stuff to be better & faster
More-dynamic ray tracing for less noise when things are new on screen
Clouds / fog that interacts with mountains, valleys, etc
mud / sand foot steps
2025-10-11:
WATER
lots of work on the new water & waves, use the included configs to test - see here: https://youtu.be/We09TL2_B5Q?si=W-Mw_gkjnrcfH9P9
Water ripples and wakes from mobs -1st test
Improved refraction
fixed glowing holes under water
PLANTS / WIND
plants no longer warp funny in the wind when bending - sunflowers are a great example of this
I-PBR
ipbr improved
sss improved
ipbr glowing for dim things like sculk, with adjustable levels, in 'Textures/Generated Textures/Generated PBR/Generated Glowing Stuff'
MISC
rain fog on glass no longer collects in air between iron bars, just on the actual metal & glass
2025-10-3:
Water Stuff: see this video: https://youtu.be/LJM7QauCTCM?si=3ojMW_W5-tDGW6dn
it's very much WIP, the last September version is included below because of that.
Physics Mod Oceans are temporarily not supported in this version
Use the Configs downloadable below to try out the New Water stuff, there are extra options that things are currently dependent on
2025-9-22:
this version might be half broken on some stuff, I am in the middle of changing a lot. But I won't get any better done this week, I am in the middle of a big mess getting waves to go as far as you can see
fixed soft shadows from colored glass (but option might need to be turned on)
Option to disable all Screen Space Reflection Data (per request)
Water Stuff I am redoing as seen here: https://youtu.be/qqs34ZhdQ9s?si=n-beYBfSNLyLDclz
Downloads are below for Supporters
What's New This Week (Quick):
More Progress on New Water, including wakes n ripples from mobs - see here: https://youtu.be/We09TL2_B5Q?si=W-Mw_gkjnrcfH9P9
Use the included config to test this - IT IS NOT OPTIMIZED YET
sculk now emits dim light
fixed plants blowing in wind to not deform badly
better ipbr & bug fixes about it
fixed rain fog on glass/metal to not appear between iron bars etc, just on the actual stuff
Full change logs are below ...
Info:
Developed for iris, tested in minecraft 1.20.1 (and 1.21.8) If you get bugs in other mc versions let me know!
Version Numbers:
version numbers are the date I made them, the newest is usually the best. (It's Year-month-day format)
for example 'Icarus v 2025 -3-29' is the version of the shader I uploaded on March 29th 2025
Extra Attachments:
Inside of the shader.zip file is a folder called 'Extras' which has Extra stuff in it that you can use for extra features, including config files and resource packs.
Modpack / Test Environment:
this is my main test environment: https://modrinth.com/modpack/timetravelbeards-1.20.1-modpack
I also usually test newer mc versions with the 'Fabulously Optimized' modpack or just plain Iris & Sodium
Versions Change logs:
2025-10-11:
WATER
lots of work on the new water & waves, use the included configs to test - see here: https://youtu.be/We09TL2_B5Q?si=W-Mw_gkjnrcfH9P9
Water ripples and wakes from mobs -1st test
Improved refraction
fixed glowing holes under water
PLANTS / WIND
plants no longer warp funny in the wind when bending - sunflowers are a great example of this
I-PBR
ipbr improved
sss improved
ipbr glowing for dim things like sculk, with adjustable levels, in 'Textures/Generated Textures/Generated PBR/Generated Glowing Stuff'
MISC
rain fog on glass no longer collects in air between iron bars, just on the actual metal & glass
2025-10-3:
Water Stuff: see this video: https://youtu.be/LJM7QauCTCM?si=3ojMW_W5-tDGW6dn
it's very much WIP, the last September version is included below because of that.
Physics Mod Oceans are temporarily not supported in this version
Use the Configs downloadable below to try out the New Water stuff, there are extra options that things are currently dependent on
2025-9-22:
this version might be half broken on some stuff, I am in the middle of changing a lot. But I won't get any better done this week, I am in the middle of a big mess getting waves to go as far as you can see
fixed soft shadows from colored glass (but option might need to be turned on)
Option to disable all Screen Space Reflection Data (per request)
Water Stuff I am redoing as seen here: https://youtu.be/qqs34ZhdQ9s?si=n-beYBfSNLyLDclz
Downloads are below for Supporters
