Transform Minecraft into a magical fantasy world featuring glowing night fireflies, shimmering Auroras, vibrant cinematic lighting, and dynamic weather.
Aurora Fantasy is a Minecraft shader pack designed to transform your world into a magical, dreamlike, and cinematic atmosphere. It focuses on vibrant fantasy lighting, glowing night fireflies, rich colors, and enchanting night skies featuring the Northern Lights (Auroras).
Bug Fixes & Compatibility
Player Underwater Visibility: Fixed a bug where players were invisible underwater when viewed by other players in Minecraft version 26.2.
Distant Horizons in The End: Fixed an issue where the shader did not work in The End dimension in Minecraft 26.2 when using the Distant Horizons mod.
Night Visibility & Rain: Improved night visibility and fixed rain display issues at night.
Aurora During Rain: Fixed a glitch where the Aurora sky effect remained visible during rain at night.
Features & Improvements
Glowing Night Fireflies: Magical fireflies that light up the environment at night (includes an option to disable them in settings).
Rain Puddles: Redesigned rain puddles with higher visual quality, along with an option to disable them completely.
Enhanced Rain Atmosphere: Improved rain drop visuals and overall atmospheric effects during day and night rain.
New Sun & Moon: Completely redesigned sun and moon for a much better fantasy look.
Simplified Profiles: Streamlined graphics settings into two main profiles: Balanced and Extreme.
General Tweaks: Various performance optimizations and minor bug fixes.
Ethereal Nights & Fireflies: Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis), realistic stars, and magical glowing fireflies transforming the night sky.
Atmospheric Clouds: Dynamic clouds and soft fog adding depth and life to the horizon.
Living Water & Refined Rain: Realistic waves, crisp water reflections, clear rain droplets, and dynamic rain puddles.
Modern Reflections: High-quality Screen Space Reflections (SSR) on water and wet surfaces for a polished visual style.
Immersive Weather: Realistic dust and sandstorms in desert biomes during rain.
Excellent Performance: Built to run efficiently across a wide variety of hardware setups.
Ultra-Distance Support: Compatibility with large-scale rendering mods such as Distant Horizons (toggleable in shader settings).
Simplified Graphics Profiles: Quick choice between Balanced and Extreme presets.
Balanced Profile
Minecraft 26.1.2 and Older:
- NVIDIA GTX 1050 (or equivalent): Runs significantly smoother, delivering 40 to 60 FPS (~50 FPS average).
Minecraft 26.2 (More Demanding)
NVIDIA GTX 1050 (or equivalent): Delivers approximately 30 to 40 FPS on average.
NVIDIA GTX 1660 (or equivalent): Delivers approximately 40 FPS on average.
Extreme Profile
Minecraft 26.2 (More Demanding)
NVIDIA GTX 1660 (or equivalent): Delivers approximately 35 FPS on average.
(Note: Higher-end GPUs are recommended to reach 60 FPS on Minecraft 26.2 under the Extreme profile).
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KDXavier: Original Creator of MakeUp - Ultra Fast shader
in2bubble: Shader Modifications for Aurora Fantasy
Entokito: Additional shader code (used under LGPL v3.0)
Simon Rodriguez: FXAA 3.11 anti-aliasing algorithm
License: GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 (LGPL v3.0)
Original GitHub (Unmodified Fork): MakeUpUltraFast
Modified GitHub Repository: Aurora-Fantasy
Support & Issues: Please report any issues or leave your feedback directly in the CurseForge Comments Section.
