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Resources / Shaders / Lumeau

Lumeau

A shader adding shadows, light and waves, while being lightweight to allow older hardware to run at a good number of fps.

ShadersFree1.16 – 26.x
by Neoz30 · listed from Modrinth
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What it does

Lumeau is a shader pack made by Neoz30. A shader adding shadows, light and waves, while being lightweight to allow older hardware to run at a good number of fps.

It supports Minecraft 1.16 – 26.x. It has been downloaded 15,423 times on Modrinth. The last update came out on Jun 13, 2026.

Supported versions

26.x1.211.201.191.181.171.16

Release history

Lumeau has had 3 releases on Modrinth since Dec 6, 2025. 3 of them came out in the past year. The newest is 1.2-beta, released on Jun 13, 2026. It is made for Minecraft 1.16.5 – 26.2. It runs on Iris. The download is 16 KB.

VersionReleasedMinecraftType
1.2-betaJun 13, 20261.16.5 – 26.2Beta
1.1-betaApr 22, 20261.16.5 – 26.1.2Beta
1.0-alphaDec 6, 20251.16.5 – 1.21.10Alpha

Latest release on GitHub

Lumeau is open source. Its newest release on GitHub is Beta 1.2, published on Jun 13, 2026.

Release addition:

  • Entity red flash when hit
  • Item light emission
  • New end portal shader
  • Shadow bias is more smart
  • Light tweaks
  • Fog tweaks

Before that: Beta 1.1 (Jun 13, 2026), Alpha 1.0 (Jun 13, 2026).

Description from the author on Modrinth

Description

Lumeau is lighweight shader built to have simple and good visual imitating minecraft color pallette and light color in general but in some cases I added some of my own choice to have a more pleasing look

Features

Lumeau additions:

  • Sunlight color will change depending on the sun angle in the sky, this will add red-orange color to blocks when the sun rise or set and more yellow-white color at noon
  • Moonlight color is subtle with a white color
  • Shadows are clear and crisp, no blur is added by default (can be change in settings menu)
  • Waves are simple (no reflexion for now)
  • Lighting calculation are a little different from vanilla minecraft with little highlight from the sun and moon
  • The end portal have shader changed to look 3D

Goal

Lumeau has been design to perform well on old hardware because I don't have a high end GPU (for curious person, I have a GTX 960)

I want Lumeau to be efficient in performance but also having the best looking I can give

Installation

Lumeau use Sodium and Iris loader to be run.
You can install this mod via modrinth.
Download the lastest version of Lumeau then you have to put Lumeau in the shaders folder in your .minecraft and select it in the Iris menu.

Written by Neoz30. Read it with pictures on Modrinth.

How to install Lumeau

  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 Lumeau 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
26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.17, 1.16
Edition
Java
Needs
Nothing else
License
MIT
Price
Free
Upkeep
Actively updated (Nov 11, 2026)

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Questions

Does Lumeau work on Minecraft 26.x?

Yes. Lumeau supports Minecraft 26.x. All supported versions: 26.x, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18, 1.17, 1.16.

Is Lumeau free?

Yes. Lumeau is free to download from Modrinth.

Is Lumeau still updated?

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

What are the best alternatives to Lumeau?

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