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Resources / Shaders / TAA-Distant Horizons port

TAA-Distant Horizons port

fork of TAA project that adds Distant Horizons support

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

TAA-Distant Horizons port is a shader pack made by hello_there. fork of TAA project that adds Distant Horizons support.

It supports Minecraft 1.20 – 1.21. It has been downloaded 17,174 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Jul 3, 2026.

Supported versions

1.211.20

Release history

TAA-Distant Horizons port has had 37 releases on Modrinth since Dec 1, 2025. 37 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 3.7.6, released on Jun 30, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.20 – 1.21.1. It runs on Iris. The download is 26 KB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
3.7.6Jun 30, 20261.20 – 1.21.1Release
3.7.5Jun 20, 20261.20 – 1.21.1Release
3.7.4Jun 14, 20261.20 – 1.20.6Release
3.7.3May 15, 20261.20 – 1.20.6Release
3.7.2May 14, 20261.20 – 1.20.6Release

Latest release on GitHub

TAA-Distant Horizons port is open source. Its newest release on GitHub is 3.7.3, published on Jun 3, 2026.

just to match with modrinth

Before that: 3.5 (Mar 15, 2026), 3.0 (Feb 20, 2026).

Description from the author on Modrinth

DH has native taa support, but only on LODs so eh

Fork of modrinth.com/shader/taa to add distant horizons support. Only tested 1.20.1. Has almost 1:1 vanilla AO parity.

for the voxy port go to: https://modrinth.com/shader/taa-voxy-port

approximately a 5% performance impact(at 4 samples—at highest configuration(12 samples) expect around 13% performance impact)

Features:

  • Works with Iris and Colorwheel(enable fallbackmode in colorwheel)
  • TAA: Core feature, smooths edges AND gets rid of flickering/noise on distant terrain
  • Sharpening:
  • Unsharp Mask: Leaves trails behind fast moving objects.
  • CAS (Contrast Adaptive Sharpening): More stable, but still has some downsides to it.
  • ### FIXED THE WATER BORDER: gets rid of the ugly water borders between DH and vanilla, check gallery for examples.
  • Fog Start Distance:
  • Configurable fog start for distant horizons, as a ratio of the render distance.
  • Vanilla-like Ambient Occlusion:
  • Configurable Ambient Occlusion samples, higher looks better but runs slower. (diminishing returns after 6 imo)
  • Configurable Radius and Intensity: Preference based, feel free to play around with these, default values should look the same as vanila(or at least close enough).

if patches of your DH terrain are darker set LOD shading to Disabled or reload the world

if particles look weird against water(ex. Particle rain) revert to ver 3.6.2

Written by hello_there. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.

How to install TAA-Distant Horizons port

  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 TAA-Distant Horizons port 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.

Full guide: How to install Minecraft shaders

Compatibility

Minecraft versions
1.21, 1.20
Edition
Java
Needs
Nothing else
License
Free to use
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 14, 2026)

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Questions

Does TAA-Distant Horizons port work on Minecraft 26.x?

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

Is TAA-Distant Horizons port free?

Yes. TAA-Distant Horizons port is free to download from Modrinth.

Is TAA-Distant Horizons port still updated?

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

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