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Absolute Daybreak

Cinematic, physically based lighting that keeps Minecraft's look – written from scratch, with seamless ground transitions.
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Absolute-Daybreak-1.0.0.zip

File nameAbsolute-Daybreak-1.0.0.zip
Uploader
DelinkedDEDelinkedDE
Uploaded
Oct 25, 2026
Downloads
51
Size
322.3 KB
File ID
9326873
Type
R
Release
Supported game versions
  • 26.3
  • 26.2
  • 26.1
  • 1.21.11
  • 1.21.10
  • 1.21.9
  • 1.21.8
  • 1.21.7
  • 1.21.6
  • 1.21.5
  • 1.21.4
  • 1.21.3
  • 1.21.2
  • 1.21.1
  • 1.21
  • 1.20.6
  • 1.20.5
  • 1.20.4
  • 1.20.3
  • 1.20.2
  • 1.20.1
  • 1.19.4
  • 1.19.2
  • 1.19.1
  • 1.19
  • 1.18.2
  • Iris

What's new

First release of Absolute Daybreak.

### Lighting
- Soft real-time shadows with variable penumbras: sharp where objects touch the ground, softer further away.
- Coloured light through stained glass and sunlight through water, with moving caustics on the ground below.
- Leaves and grass light up when the sun is behind them.
- Ambient occlusion in corners, under overhangs and around plants.
- Warm block light from torches, lanterns and other light sources, with a gentle glow on the light sources themselves.
- Held light sources light up the area around you.
- Your own shadow is visible in first person.

### Sky and weather
- Physically based sky with real sunrises, sunsets and twilight.
- Starry night sky with a faint milky way and moonlit landscapes.
- Volumetric clouds that drift across the sky and cast shadows on the ground.
- Light shafts through trees and clouds, and low mist on early mornings.
- Rain darkens the sky, wets the ground and leaves puddles.

### Water
- Animated waves with reflections of the landscape and the clouds.
- Refraction, depth-based colour and clear shallows.
- Sun glints on the surface and a soft underwater fog.

### Surfaces
- Soft transitions between grass, dirt, sand, gravel, snow, moss, paths and stone at block edges, using the neighbouring block's own texture and biome colour.
- Subtle relief generated from every vanilla texture.
- LabPBR support for resource packs with normal and specular maps.

### Nature
- Grass, flowers, crops, leaves and vines sway in gusty wind, more strongly in the rain.

### Camera
- Temporal anti-aliasing with sharpening.
- Filmic AgX tonemapping, bloom, automatic exposure and vignette.

### Settings
- Low, Medium, High and Ultra profiles.
- Detailed options menu in English and German.

### Compatibility
- Requires Iris (with Sodium). Tested on Minecraft 1.20.1 with Iris 1.7.6.
- Separate look for the Nether and the End.

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