ToonLight

# Toonlight

A lightweight, stylised shader pack for Minecraft **1.16.5**, built to run on low-end PCs. It has banded toon lighting, coloured torch light, animated water and a warm sunset sky.

## Features

– **Toon lighting:** light is split into clear bands instead of a smooth gradient, for a cartoon look
– **Coloured held light:** a torch glows yellow, a redstone torch glows red, and a soul torch glows blue
– **Glowing light blocks:** torches, lanterns and campfires glow in their own colour
– **Animated water:** moving waves, sun sparkle, and a tint that gets darker with distance
– **Swaying foliage:** leaves and grass move gently in the wind
– **Distance fog:** soft fog that hides the edge of a low render distance
– **Sunset and sunrise sky:** an orange horizon glow fading into purple

## Requirements

– Minecraft **1.16.5**
– **OptiFine** (HD U G8 or newer for 1.16.5)

## Installation

1. Download the `.zip` file. Don’t unzip it.
2. Open Minecraft, then go to **Options → Video Settings → Shaders…**
3. Click **Shaders Folder** and put the `.zip` in it.
4. Select **Toonlight** in the list and click **Done**.

## Performance

Toonlight is designed to be light. It was developed and tested on a very old integrated GPU (Intel HD 3000). If your FPS is low:

– Lower your render distance
– Set Graphics to Fast and Smooth Lighting to OFF
– Close other programs while playing

## Known limitations

– Coloured light only applies to the **held** item and to the torch blocks themselves. The glow a placed torch casts on the ground stays warm yellow, because Minecraft doesn’t store a colour for block light.
– Water tint is based on distance from you, not on the real depth of the water.
– Tested on OptiFine 1.16.5 only. **Iris is untested**, so it may not work.

## Feedback

Found a bug or have an idea? Leave a comment on this page. Screenshots and your GPU model help a lot when reporting a problem.