Search results for: shader mods

Do the standard lighting effects in Minecraft leave something to be desired? For most people, they do. Even with smooth lighting and graphics settings maxed out, everything still looks, well, blocky. Sildur’s Shaders mod is just one of many different shader mods which focus on...

Robobo1221’s Shaders mod is one of many different repacks for the original Shadermod, also known as GLSL Shader Mod. As many of the other shader mod repacks out there, it can be difficult to tell just what is actually unique about this mod when comparing...

Ziipzaap’s Shader Pack mod is one of a few different shader packs based off of Chocapic13’s Shader mod. The good news is it works just fine with the latest drivers from Nvidia, a series of graphics cards which are known to have issues with some...

Some mods will make no sense to a player who hasn’t in the past tried the source materials the mod was based upon. For instance, the Continuum Shader mod is actually an addition for another mod, Cody Darr’s Shaderpack, or SEUS. If you haven’t tried...

Some shader mods just improve the look of lighting in Minecraft, and inherently, that’s what shaders ought to do; that’s why people download them. Other shaders though, like MrMeep_x3’s Shaders mod, actually brighten up the game considerably, or change the color of the light, in...

Sonic Ether’s Unbelievable Shaders is a mod that adds a great deal of depth to Minecraft by implementing 3D lighting and visuals. While the world will remain blocky as always, light will curve around corners, objects will cast more realistic shadows and water effects will be...

The GLSL Shaders mod is a simple thing. For people who become bored with the flat and unrealistic shades, shadows and other lighting effects in Minecraft, a mod like this is the perfect addition to the game. Not only does it allow for truly smooth...

Stazza’s Super Shaders mod brings richer colors, better contrast and other new visual effects to the world of Minecraft. In addition to enhanced lighting effects and even new colors of light (torches are brilliant and much brighter, for instance) you can also look forward to...

Naelego’s Cel Shaders mod is another shaders package for the original GLSL Shaders Mod, which was the first major Minecraft mod to add better shadows, color filtering and antialiasing to Minecraft. Like the name suggests, this shader pack makes Minecraft look even more like a...

Many shader mods for Minecraft focus on brightening up the world or making it more colorful, thereby changing the appearance of familiar objects and terrain, sometimes drastically so. Hoo00’s Shaders Pack B mod seems to focus more on the fog aspect and to be honest,...

RRe36’s Shaders mod is a derivation of Chocapic13’s Shaders, which is itself a derivation of the original GLSL Shaders Mod which seems to inspire many people to create their own shader mods. Sun spots, lens flares, realistic shadows and more are all hallmarks of this...

The Withoutmods is without a doubt one of the most creative and well thought you resource packs available for Minecraft. Much like most traditional Minecraft resource packs, this one’s been designed to make the in-game visuals more appealing. However, the problem with a lot of...

If you’ve ever seen some of the videos or gameplay for other shaders mods then you know how they can significantly improve the appearance of Minecraft. The only problem with this is, those mods tend to gobble up graphics resources and demand more oomph than...

There are lots of resource packs which totally change the way Minecraft looks. By replacing every texture and image in the game, they can make it into something different. Then you have resource packs like GravyCraft, which exist just to provide a change in scenery,...

Even though the Woodpecker resource pack sounds like something that would have a lot to do with birds, that’s just not the case. If you were to put it into any single genre, it would actually be a rustic pack more than anything else. One...

Teramia [Mod Edition] is an exceptional open-world style adventure map that’s definitely going to have you completely immersed from the moment you start playing to the moment you’ve seen everything it has to offer. This is an absolutely loaded map that is filled to the...

The Legend of Zelda: The Star Crystal is an exceptional Minecraft map that’ll surely be adored by fans of the Zelda franchise. There have definitely been Zelda inspired maps before but The Legend of Zelda: The Star Crystal is unique in the sense that it...

Fans of Valve’s Portal game series will definitely love the Portal Gun mod for Minecraft. Those who have played the games before will know exactly what it does, but for the rest of you, the gun will allow you to make semi-permanent links between two...

Shaders are great for improving the look of Minecraft and making lighting effects look more realistic, which in turn makes the rest of the world look like something you might see when venturing outside, rather than an artificial creation made in a video game. However,...

Winthor Medieval is a resource pack that, at first glance, may seem like all the other standard medieval themed resource packs available for Minecraft but, once you actually look into it, you’ll see that it’s actually one of the best mods of this particular kind....

Equilibrium is a resource pack that was designed by BagelBoi after a fairly long hiatus from making texture packs and, all things considered, it’s absolutely spectacular. BagelBoi, the person behind this pack, has also been behind an array of other creative Minecraft resource packs such...

Chroma Hills is a rare resource pack because it takes RPG elements and runs them in a totally different direction. Whereas most resource packs of the RPG type tend to be darker and give the game’s world and monsters a more menacing look, Chroma Hills...

The Contemporary 64x resource pack is a simple and elegant pack that aims to provide its users with a realistic and engaging Minecraft experience. Unlike most other modern day packs, it doesn’t try to change the traditional look of the game in any significant way...

Minecraft isn’t exactly a bad looking game in its vanilla state. It’s blocky, sure, kind of full of cubes and all, but that doesn’t mean the game looks bad. Many players feel the same way – they just wish there was more detail in the...