Volcanic

Volcanic is a modern Vulkan rendering engine for Minecraft NeoForge, developed as a fork of VulkanMod and redesigned to provide greater compatibility, better performance, and a graphics platform built for the future.

The goal of Volcanic is not just to increase FPS. It is designed to become a rendering solution that works seamlessly with as many mods, resource packs, and future graphics technologies as possible, while remaining easy to install and use.

Volcanic is specifically built to continuously improve compatibility with the most popular Minecraft mods, including Create and its ecosystem of addons, as well as many other mods that rely on advanced rendering features.

The same philosophy applies to resource packs. Volcanic natively supports CIT and CTM, allowing an ever growing number of resource packs to work without requiring additional compatibility mods.

Features

• High performance Vulkan renderer
• Built as a NeoForge fork of VulkanMod
• Native support for CIT and CTM resource pack features
• Designed for maximum compatibility with major mods such as Create and its addons
• Built in shader included
• Modernized rendering pipeline
• Architecture designed for future graphics technologies and features

Installation

Volcanic already includes several features that would normally require additional mods.

Do not install the following mods alongside Volcanic:

• Sodium Core Shader
• CIT
• CTM

These features are already built into Volcanic. Installing them separately is unnecessary and may lead to conflicts or unexpected behavior.

Built in Shader

Volcanic ships with a built in shader, providing an enhanced visual experience right out of the box.

Please note that this shader is still under active development and does not represent its final quality or feature set. It will continue to receive visual improvements, optimizations, and new rendering features over time.

In the future, the shader system will become fully extensible, allowing creators to develop, share, and distribute their own shaders specifically for Volcanic.

Wiki

An official wiki is currently under construction.

It will include:

• Installation guides
• Mod compatibility documentation
• Resource pack compatibility
• Shader documentation
• Developer documentation
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Performance tuning guides

Early Alpha

Volcanic is currently in Early Alpha.

The project is under active development, and many systems are still evolving. Bugs, missing features, and breaking changes should be expected between releases.

The rendering engine, built in shader, mod compatibility, and resource pack support will continue to improve with every update.

Our long term vision is to make Volcanic a modern graphics platform for Minecraft, delivering excellent performance, broad compatibility with mods and resource packs, and a fully extensible shader ecosystem.

Thank you for supporting Volcanic during its early development.

Credits

Volcanic is built upon the work of several open-source projects and would not exist without their contributions.

VulkanMod

Volcanic ultimately traces its roots back to VulkanMod, the original Vulkan renderer for Minecraft created by XCollateral. Their work laid the foundation for bringing Vulkan rendering to Minecraft.

Author

• XCollateral

Links

• GitHub: https://github.com/xCollateral/VulkanMod
• Modrinth: https://modrinth.com/mod/vulkanmod

VulkanMod Reforged

Volcanic is directly based on VulkanMod Reforged, the NeoForge port created and maintained by rindw. This project served as the starting point for Volcanic's development.

Author

• rindw

Links

• CurseForge: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/vulkanmod-reforged
• Github: https://github.com/TrulyRin/VulkanMod-Reforged

About Volcanic

While Volcanic builds upon these projects, it introduces extensive changes focused on compatibility, rendering architecture, built-in resource pack support, integrated shaders, and long-term extensibility.

Special thanks to XCollateral, rindw, and everyone who has contributed to the Minecraft modding community.