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Optimism-shader

A shader to make Minecraft more Horror-ish

ShadersFree1.20 – 1.21
by Nachtwind1 · listed from Modrinth
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What it does

A shader to make Minecraft more Horror-ish

Optimism-shader is a shader pack made by Nachtwind1. It supports Minecraft 1.20 – 1.21. It has been downloaded 35,206 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Nov 12, 2024.

Supported versions

1.211.20

Release history

Optimism-shader has had 3 releases on Modrinth since Oct 5, 2024. None of them came out in the past year. The newest is 1.0.2, released on Nov 12, 2024. It is made for Minecraft 1.20 – 1.21.3. It runs on Iris and Optifine. The download is 4 KB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
1.0.2Nov 12, 20241.20 – 1.21.3Release
1.0.1Oct 8, 20241.20 – 1.21.1Release
1.0Oct 5, 20241.20 – 1.21.1Release
Description from the author on Modrinth

This is a little Shader which makes Minecraft at night more Horror-ish.

  1. It adds an dark fog at night, if you aren't around a lightsource,
  2. It adds red eyes that can randomly* appear and if the light level is 0 the shader makes that spot completely dark, instead of the vanilla darkness where you can still see pretty much everything if you put your brightness up.
  3. At night-time the light can for a short period of time go out.

this is my first Shader and I made this in two days so don't expect much!

*(almost random there isn't a proper way to do complete randomness in a shader)

Curseforge

Written by Nachtwind1. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.

How to install Optimism-shader

  1. Install Iris (with Sodium) or OptiFine for your Minecraft version: shaders need one of them.

  2. Download the .zip file from Modrinth. Do not unzip it.

  3. In Minecraft, open Options, then Video Settings, then Shader Packs, and click Open Shader Pack Folder.

  4. Drop the .zip file into that folder, pick Optimism-shader in the list and click Done.

  5. Shaders are heavy on the graphics card. If the game gets slow, pick a lower profile in the shader settings.

Compatibility

Minecraft versions
1.21, 1.20
Edition
Java
Needs
Nothing else
License
MIT
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 10, 2026)

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Questions

Does Optimism-shader work on Minecraft 26.x?

Not yet. The newest version it supports is Minecraft 1.21.

Is Optimism-shader free?

Yes. Optimism-shader is free to download from Modrinth.

Is Optimism-shader still updated?

Yes. The last update came out in the past day.

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