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## New (and Old) Features Update en_US.lang * Volumetric Light is back! * The new algorithm utilizes the low discrepancy of [Interleaved Gradient Noise](https://blog.demofox.org/2022/01/01/interleaved-gradient-noise-a-different-kind-of-low-discrepancy-sequence/) to account for wide depth ranges using very few samples by sharing and interpolating values between pixels in 9x9 neighborhoods * Hand Light is back! * and colored, and much more realistic! It's now also completely separate from the Indexed Block Light system * Texture normals can now be set to completely flat (requested by [Warlord Wossman](https://www.planetminecraft.com/member/warlord_wossman/)) * A Screenshot profile has been added * This configures some options to values normally not accessible that may severely impact performance. It's only recommended for actually taking screenshots * A new ARB Subgroup Ballot Compatibility option has been added * When enabled, this enables some operations that allow data to be processed accross entire subgroups instead of for every invocation, possibly improving performance ## Improvements * Tuned shadow clipping planes to be as close as possible * This caps Sun Path Rotation at 25° * Improved RP Normal Maps support by reconstructing the `z` component instead of relying on it being provided by textures * Made BRDF and roughness-related calculations more physically accurate * Significantly improved order and scheduling of various operations * This reduces the amount of global memory barriers issued every frame, and might reduce memory traffic * Allowed 8-bit integers to fall back to 16-bit when unsupported, if possible * In previous versions, 8-bit integers would fall back to 32-bit immediately * Refined extension assumption logic based on extension support trends * **Please let me know if the shader pack doesn't work or you're experiencing issues after this update** ## Other Changes * Waves are now disabled by default * Indexed Block Light is now permanently enabled, to reduce complexity * Water now has reduced roughness when auto-generated roughness values are used ## Fixed Issues * sRGB-space and linear colors are sometimes used together without conversion, causing incorrect results * Waves on lava are broken * Waves appear to have very low precision * Indexed Block Light uses incorrect depth values for the hand and held items * The shader pack fails to compile on some Intel graphics drivers when Indexed Block Light is enabled (reported by [sniffercraft34](https://www.planetminecraft.com/member/sniffercraft34/), [lynlyn1814](https://www.planetminecraft.com/member/lynlyn1814/) and [BLVCKxSVND](https://www.planetminecraft.com/member/blvckxsvnd/)) * A workaround is now applied when the `MC_GL_VENDOR_INTEL` macro is defined by Iris, which may very slightly reduce performance