More & Better Shadows

More & Better Shadows is a lightweight Minecraft shader that only adds clean, pixel-style dynamic shadows.

It is designed to stay as close to vanilla as possible while giving the game proper sun and moon shadows.

Features

More & Better Shadows focuses only on shadows and keeps everything else vanilla-like:

Hard, pixelated / blocky shadows
Improved and clearer block shadows
Player, entity, block and object shadows
Colored shadows from translucent blocks (stained glass, etc.)
Shadow distortion for better quality near the player
No shadows on the first-person hand
Shadows appear on the water surface when above water
No object shadows visible on the seafloor
Clean underwater view with soft blue tint
Extremely lightweight

What it does not include

No bloom
No reflections
No PBR
No custom sky or atmosphere
No volumetric lighting
No heavy post-processing

Compatibility

Iris (recommended) — 1.16.5 and newer
OptiFine — most versions from 1.16+
Works best with Sodium + Iris

Installation

Install Iris (or OptiFine)
Download the .zip (do not extract it)
Place it in your shaderpacks folder
Enable it in Options → Video Settings → Shader Packs

Settings

You can adjust these options in the shader menu:

Shadow map resolution
Shadow bias
Shadow distortion strength
Shadow brightness

Credits

Created and developed by ItsLivex

LZS Studios
Mods • Shaders • Games • and more

This shader was invented and fully created by ItsLivex under LZS Studios.

License

This project is licensed under the LZS / ItsLivex License.

You may download and use this shader for personal gameplay.
Redistribution, modification, reuploading, or commercial use is not allowed without permission.

More & Better Shadows

More & Better Shadows is a lightweight Minecraft shader that only adds clean, pixel-style dynamic shadows.

It is designed to stay as close to vanilla as possible while giving the game proper sun and moon shadows.

Features

More & Better Shadows focuses only on shadows and keeps everything else vanilla-like:

Hard, pixelated / blocky shadows
Improved and clearer block shadows
Player, entity, block and object shadows
Colored shadows from translucent blocks (stained glass, etc.)
Shadow distortion for better quality near the player
No shadows on the first-person hand
Shadows appear on the water surface when above water
No object shadows visible on the seafloor
Clean underwater view with soft blue tint
Extremely lightweight

What it does not include

No bloom
No reflections
No PBR
No custom sky or atmosphere
No volumetric lighting
No heavy post-processing

Compatibility

Iris (recommended) — 1.16.5 and newer
OptiFine — most versions from 1.16+
Works best with Sodium + Iris

Installation

Install Iris (or OptiFine)
Download the .zip (do not extract it)
Place it in your shaderpacks folder
Enable it in Options → Video Settings → Shader Packs

Settings

You can adjust these options in the shader menu:

Shadow map resolution
Shadow bias
Shadow distortion strength
Shadow brightness

Credits

Created and developed by ItsLivex

LZS Studios
Mods • Shaders • Games • and more

This shader was invented and fully created by ItsLivex under LZS Studios.

License

This project is licensed under the LZS / ItsLivex License.

You may download and use this shader for personal gameplay.
Redistribution, modification, reuploading, or commercial use is not allowed without permission.

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More & Better Shadows

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Installation

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Credits

License