Aurora Fantasy is a Minecraft shader pack designed to transform your world into a magical, dreamlike, and cinematic atmosphere. It focuses on vibrant fantasy lighting, glowing night fireflies, rich colors, and enchanting night skies featuring the Northern Lights (Auroras).
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Aurora Visual Variety & Enhancements: Added more dynamic variations to the Northern Lights movement and improved overall aurora visuals.
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Rain Atmosphere Improvements: Enhanced rainy weather aesthetics and atmospheric effects.
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Render Distance Horizon Fix: Resolved the white glare artifact at the edge of the render distance.
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Sun Visuals & Interaction Overhaul: Added interactive lighting effects and improved the sun's appearance.
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Glass Lighting Interaction: Improved light pass-through and realistic reflections on glass blocks.
This project offers two distinct visual style options:
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Aurora Fantasy: Designed for a classic fantasy aesthetic with vibrant color palettes and a magical aurora vibe.
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Aurora Astral: Focused on a deep cosmic experience with celestial bodies, galactic skies, and animated astral rifts.
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Ethereal Nights & Fireflies: Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis), realistic stars, and magical glowing fireflies transforming the night sky.
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Atmospheric Clouds: Dynamic clouds and soft fog adding depth and life to the horizon.
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Living Water & Refined Rain: Realistic waves, crisp water reflections, clear rain droplets, and dynamic rain puddles.
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Modern Reflections: High-quality Screen Space Reflections (SSR) on water and wet surfaces.
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Immersive Weather: Realistic dust and sandstorms in desert biomes during rain.
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Excellent Performance: Built to run efficiently across a wide variety of hardware setups.
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Ultra-Distance Support: Compatible with large-scale rendering mods like Distant Horizons (toggleable).
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Simplified Profiles: Quick choice between Balanced and Extreme presets.
Balanced Profile (Smooth & Efficient)
- Minimum GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1660 (or equivalent)
Extreme Profile (Maximum Visuals)
- Recommended GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3060 (or equivalent)
Note: Hardware requirements are estimates. If you experience performance drops, open Shader Options and switch to the Balanced profile.
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Based On: MakeUp - Ultra Fast by KDXavier
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Modified By: in2bubble (Aurora Fantasy)
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Extra Code & Credits: Entokito | FXAA 3.11 by Simon Rodriguez
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Source Code: Original GitHub | Aurora Fantasy GitHub
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Support & Feedback: Have questions, ideas, or issues? Drop a comment in the CurseForge Comments Section
NOT AN OFFICIAL MINECRAFT SERVICE. NOT APPROVED BY OR ASSOCIATED WITH MOJANG OR MICROSOFT.
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#### Added
- Vegetation Options Category:** Added a dedicated Vegetation section in the Shader Options to customize world foliage:
- Toggle foliage and tree animations on/off.
- Adjust animation intensity/strength sliders.
#### Fixed
- OptiFine Support & Rendering:** Fixed issues on OptiFine where the shader would not work or displayed severe visual glitches and distortions.
- Fixed sunlight leaking into caves and closed structures when using Distant Horizons.
- What's New in Version 5.5**
- Aurora Visual Variety & Enhancements:** Added more dynamic variations to the Northern Lights movement and improved overall aurora visuals.
- Rain Atmosphere Improvements:** Enhanced rainy weather aesthetics and atmospheric effects.
- Render Distance Horizon Fix:** Resolved the white glare artifact at the edge of the render distance.
- Sun Visuals & Interaction Overhaul:** Added interactive lighting effects and improved the sun's appearance.
- What's New in Version 5.4.2**
- Weather & Atmosphere Improvements:** Enhanced water puddle visuals and fixed rain rendering issues.
- Night Rain Lighting Fix:** Fixed nighttime rain looking overly bright like daytime.
- Rain Camera Effect Toggle:** Added a new option in Shader Settings to turn on/off rain droplets on the camera lens.
- What's New in Version 5.4.1**
- Color Saturation Fix**: Resolved over-saturated and overly bright colors across all times of day, night, and weather conditions.
- Night Rain Lighting Fix**: Fixed an issue where nighttime rain appeared excessively bright, resembling daytime.
- Night Vision Fix**: Fixed visual glitches and rendering issues when using the Night Vision potion effect.
- Aurora Enhancements**: Applied minor visual tweaks and refinements to the night Aurora sky effect.
- Default Profile Adjustment**: The default graphics profile is now set to Extreme. If you experience lower performance, you can easily switch to a lower profile in the shader settings.
- Bug Fixes & Compatibility**
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> - **Distant Horizons in The End**: Fixed an issue where the shader did not work in The End dimension in Minecraft 26.2 when using the Distant Horizons mod.
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> - **Night Visibility & Rain**: Improved night visibility and fixed rain display issues at night.
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> - **Aurora During Rain**: Fixed a glitch where the Aurora sky effect remained visible during rain at night.
- Features & Improvements**
> - **Glowing Night Fireflies**: Magical fireflies that light up the environment at night (includes an option to disable them in settings).
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> - **Rain Puddles**: Redesigned rain puddles with higher visual quality, along with an option to disable them completely.
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> - **Enhanced Rain Atmosphere**: Improved rain drop visuals and overall atmospheric effects during day and night rain.
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> - **New Sun & Moon**: Completely redesigned sun and moon for a much better fantasy look.
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> - **Simplified Profiles**: Streamlined graphics settings into two main profiles: Balanced and Extreme.
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> - **General Tweaks**: Various performance optimizations and minor bug fixes.
👁️ **DoF Upgrade**: Improved Depth of Field for better visuals and usability.
- Bug Fixes in 5.2**
- 🛠️ **Profiles Fix:** Resolved internal issues within HIGH and EXTREME presets.
- ☁️ **Cloud Rendering:** Fixed a bug where clouds were not appearing when using HIGH or EXTREME profiles.
- ☀️ **Solar Layering:** Fixed the visual glitch where the sun would incorrectly appear above the clouds.
- 🌐 **Distant Render Fix:** Corrected an issue in the Distant Render Mod where stars could appear on the ground.
- What's New in Version 5.1**
✅ **Added**
- EXTREME Profile**: New preset for the ultimate graphics experience.
- Distant Horizons Support**: Compatibility for high render distance mods (Enable manually from settings).
🔄** Changed**
- Profiles Redesign**: Re-balanced settings for Extreme, High, and Medium profiles.
✨** And More**
- Technical Cleanup**: General bug fixes and internal optimizations.
- Settings Menu**: Improved and cleaned up the shader options.
📝 For more info, check the full project description!
- What's New in Version 5.0**
✅ **Added**
- Rain Puddles**: New puddles on the ground with animated ripples.
- SSR**: New screen-space reflections for wet surfaces and water.
- Water Foam**: Added white foam effects to shorelines.
- Atmosphere**: Redesigned color and atmosphere processing.
- Player Shadows**: Your character now casts a shadow on the ground.
🔄 **Changed**
- New Profile System**: Simplified the menu into 4 easy-to-use profiles.
- Horizon Fix**: Sun and Moon stay locked to the sky with better fading.
✨ **And More**
Various minor tweaks and improvements across the shader.
