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Lucent

A client-side dynamic lighting mod and API
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A client-side dynamic lighting API mod.


💡 What is Lucent?

Lucent is a dynamic lighting mod and API designed with configurability in mind. This mod will impact your FPS, but many steps have been taken to reduce the performance cost without overhauling Minecraft's rendering engine.

If the mod reduces your FPS too heavily, check the config file for its many settings. The most impactful options are to reduce the lightRefreshRate and to disable smoothBlending.

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Mod Conflicts

  • Optifine: It will work, although some dynamic lighting will behave strangely if Optifine's dynamic lighting is enabled.
  • Sodium: Many parts of Lucent will break with Sodium installed, and it is not recommended.

Mod Support

Dynamic Lighting:

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🤷 FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

Doesn’t Optifine do this already?

There is dynamic lighting in Optifine, however it is NOT open-source. Lucent’s dynamic lighting has been completely written from scratch and is open-source, aimed for modpacks and developers that want to work with Lucent’s API for smooth dynamic lighting. Optifine CANNOT be distributed on CurseForge, so for those creating modpacks, who want dynamic lighting right out of the box, Lucent is great for modpack creators.


🌐 Translate Lucent - Help break the language barrier!

All translators are credited here. Thank you to everyone who helps make this mod accessible!

Flag for Deutsch Deutsch translations by: m.strongamov, Tigerentenclan, A1403, leodesta6
Flag for English (New Zealand) English (New Zealand) translations by: Jesterguy
Flag for Español (México) Español (México) translations by: Vamacher0n
Flag for 日本語 (Nihongo) 日本語 (Nihongo) translations by: ろむちん/Romuchin, poyoyotyan
Flag for Português (Brasil) Português (Brasil) translations by: Antoniowmattos
Flag for Русский (Russkiy) Русский (Russkiy) translations by: MrPomidorchik, tchepelkin2017
Flag for Türkçe (Türkiye) Türkçe (Türkiye) translations by: ygzbys, gux


🤚 Support: If you have questions or any issues with our mods, read the FAQ! You can also either submit an issue on the issue tracker, or come into our Discord server where we can help you!

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