Kappa ShaderShaders · 1.16 – 1.21A high-quality realistic, yet also somewhat stylized shaderpack.
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A Minecraft shader meant for taking high quality, photorealistic screenshots.
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A Minecraft shader meant for taking high quality, photorealistic screenshots.
MCPT is a shader pack made by justjohn. It supports Minecraft 1.20. It has been downloaded 31,117 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Jul 13, 2025.
MCPT has had 2 releases on Modrinth since Jun 30, 2025. None of them came out in the past year. The newest is preview-2, released on Jul 13, 2025. It is made for Minecraft 1.20.1. It runs on Iris. The download is 49 KB.
| Version | Released | Minecraft | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
preview-2 | Jul 13, 2025 | 1.20.1 | Alpha |
preview-1 | Jun 30, 2025 | 1.20.1 | Alpha |
What is MCPT?
MCPT is a Minecraft shader meant for taking high quality, photorealistic screenshots. It is a brute-force spectral volumetric path tracer that makes use of hardware raytracing through Vulkanite. These shaders are not meant for gameplay as they require you to stand still and wait for the image to render.
Features
MCPT requires Vulkanite, which is currently in a very unstable and buggy state, so there is no gaurantee that these shaders will work on your system (specifically AMD cards). For the best chances of getting these shaders to run, follow these requirements exactly:
Requirements
How to Use
Press F1 to begin a render, and F2 to take a screenshot.
Feedback
As Vulkanite is very unstable, you'll find a lot of bugs in the shader. There's a 99% chance that a bug you find is due to Vulkanite and not the shaders. For reporting non-Vulkanite issues and requesting features, feel free to DM me on discord: johnpayne.
Written by justjohn. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.
Install Iris (with Sodium) or OptiFine for your Minecraft version: shaders need one of them.
Download the .zip file from Modrinth. Do not unzip it.
In Minecraft, open Options, then Video Settings, then Shader Packs, and click Open Shader Pack Folder.
Drop the .zip file into that folder, pick MCPT in the list and click Done.
Shaders are heavy on the graphics card. If the game gets slow, pick a lower profile in the shader settings.
| Resource | Downloads | Versions | Last update | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCPTthe one you looked at | 31K | 1.20 | Jul 13, 2025 | Free |
| Kappa ShaderRRe36 | 3.4M | 1.16 – 1.21 | Feb 28, 2025 | Free |
 Vanilla AdvancedThePlaneGuy45 | 58K | 1.20 | Oct 19, 2023 | Free |
 Etherea ShaderFoZy-STYLE | 12K | 1.16 – 26.x | Aug 16, 2026 | Free |
Not yet. The newest version it supports is Minecraft 1.20.
Yes. MCPT is free to download from Modrinth.
Yes: Iris Shaders, Sodium, Vulkanite. Install it before MCPT.
Yes. The last update came out in the past day.
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