Aetherial Shaders 1.0.0 Beta 1

First Public Beta

Welcome to the first public release of Aetherial Shaders! This version introduces the core rendering pipeline and establishes the foundation for future updates. While already capable of producing vibrant, cinematic visuals, this build is still in beta and contains a number of known issues.

Added

• Initial public beta release
• Vibrant color grading
• Cinematic lighting
• Enhanced water rendering
• Water reflections
• Improved underwater visuals
• Atmospheric fog
• Bloom
• Dynamic sky rendering
• Aurora effects
• Shadow system
• Ambient occlusion
• Handheld lighting
• Shader settings menu
• Multiple graphics quality profiles
• Performance optimizations for Iris

Changed

• Default shadow resolution set to 4096
• Default volumetric quality set to 4
• Default volumetric strength reduced to 0.25
• Aurora strength increased to 2.0
• Depth of Field disabled by default
• Film Grain disabled by default
• Handheld lighting strength increased to 1.5
• Default profile tuned for higher visual quality

Known Issues

• The Nether does not render correctly.
• The End is currently broken and does not render properly.
• Some blocks may fail to render or appear black.
• Occasional lighting inconsistencies.
• Visual artifacts may occur in certain situations.
• Performance optimization is still a work in progress.

Notes

This is an early beta release intended to gather feedback and identify rendering issues across different hardware configurations. Many planned features and improvements are still in development and will arrive in future beta updates.