Unified Realism

Unified Realism is a shaderpack focused on delivering a realistic and immersive Minecraft experience while preserving the atmosphere and identity of the original game.

The shader features enhanced lighting, atmospheric effects, realistic water, dynamic shadows, improved vegetation movement, weather effects and carefully tuned nighttime lighting.

Features
Realistic and immersive lighting
Dynamic light occlusion and shadows
Enhanced nighttime lighting
Realistic water and reflections
Improved rain and wet environments
Atmospheric clouds and fog
Enhanced vegetation and grass movement
Improved color and exposure processing
Custom Unified Realism shader settings
Multiple quality and performance options
Designed primarily for Iris Shaders
Compatibility
Unified Realism is primarily developed and tested with Iris Shaders.

Other shader loaders may work, but they are currently not officially supported.

Older Minecraft versions may also work due to compatibility code inherited from the shader base, but they have not all been individually tested.

Credits & Attribution
Unified Realism is based on Bliss, which itself is derived from Chocapic13’s Shaders.

Full credits and the original license information are included inside the shaderpack.

All original authors and contributors retain the rights to their respective work.

New code and original modifications developed specifically for the Unified Realism project are identified separately within the source files.

Special thanks to the original shader developers and contributors whose work made this project possible.

License
This project respects and preserves the licensing and attribution requirements of the shaderpacks from which it is derived.

Please refer to the license and credits files included with the download for the complete terms and attribution information.

Current Release
Unified Realism v0.5

This is the first stable public release of Unified Realism. Future versions will continue improving lighting, atmosphere, weather, water and visual realism while maintaining stability and performance.

Recommended shader loader: Iris Shaders, oculus and optfine