E-LITE shaders version 5.0

SPECIAL THANKS TO BETA TESTERS:

• tasxatzial
• avc1657

OVERVIEW

• This version is a major update, bringing several features and improving the appearance of the shader in several areas, such as fog and sky, in addition to a rebrand.

Rebrand: LITE is now E-LITE.

• "E-" stands for Entokito, my nickname :)

New feature - Block reflection.

• Makes blocks reflect light like water.
• Medium performance impact.
• Integrated with Material Gloss.

New feature - Pixel-locked shadows. (Inherited from MakeUp)

• Makes shadows pixel-locked in the world.
• Adjustable pixel size.
• Works with caustics.

New feature - Aurora Borealis.

• Optional feature.
• Fast and fancy!

New feature - Round sun.

• Optional feature.

New feature - Near fog.

• Adds a small fog near the player, increasing immersion.
• Optional feature.

New feature - Seasons.

• Adjustable season length.
• Fancy! Enable it at: Misc -> Seasons.

New tonemap - Uchimura.

• Better contrast and colors than Lottes. Now it is the default.

Color scheme changes:

• The following color schemes were removed in E-LITE: Ethereal, Shoka, Legacy (MakeUp), Captain, Psychedelic, Testigo, and Realistic (pollution).
• LITE Cursed, LITE Vanilla, and LITE Legacy are now: Cursed, Vanilla, and Legacy.
• New color scheme: Realistic (Simple), simulates Realistic+, but introducing a slight performance gain.

Lighting changes:

• Subsurface scattering of leaves has been modified, making trees look better at long distances.
• Grass lighting is improved. Now it is smoother.
• Main lighting is clearer during the day.

Fog change:

• Fog is now influenced by the sun, giving a more volumetric look to sunsets/rises.

General changes:

• Sugar cane does not wave anymore.
• Selection lines are now white by default. They can be RGB-like too (Misc -> Selection lines).
• Motion blur code has been restored to the same as in version 4.7.3, as this works better.
• Improved bloom quality.
• Sky now has a bit of noise to avoid color banding (Realistic+ and Cursed).
• PS1 effect does not render at 50% quality anymore due to some bugs and "blur".
• Small optimizations have been made to the code.
• Auto-exposure now avoids overly bright blocks when the player is in a cave or a dark place.
• Vanilla sun look was enhanced.
• Realistic+ sky now simulates sun glow, even in rain.
• Improved godrays during rain at sunsets.
• Reduced TAA ghosting.
• Added waving support to the Wilder Flowers mod (Thanks to Tas).
• Added support for the Aurora’s Lanterns mod (Inherited).
• AMD FSR 1.0 has been removed because it did not meet expectations and caused (MANY) problems.
• Some typos were fixed.
• Reduced noise on clouds.
• FXAA is now enabled by default.
• Cleaned up unused code.

Interface changes:

• New screen: Misc. Some options have been moved here.

Profile changes:

• Shadowless profiles are discontinued.
• "No effects" is now "Minimum".

Bugfixes:

• Fixed cherry and pale leaves not waving.
• Fixed a bug that made fire cast by entities almost black.
• Fixed a bug that made the bottom of trees / caves in the LITE Cursed color scheme too bright.
• Fixed a bug that made the screen zoom when enabling PS1-Like on Oculus 1.8.0. (#5 GitHub)
• Fixed some inconsistencies in glowing ores and materials.
• Fixed a bug that caused clouds to be stretched in older versions of Minecraft.
• Fixed a bug that caused vanilla clouds above 1.21.6 to appear in DH chunks.

Known issue:

• Colored glass is not visible through water when viewed from outside.