StarLite Cosmic — Changelog

Current / Unreleased

Day & Night Beauty Pass

• Improved overall daytime atmosphere and color balance.

• Added warmer, richer golden-hour lighting.

• Added peach and lavender tones to sunsets and sunrises.

• Improved cloud shading so cloud edges have more depth instead of appearing flat.

• Clouds can now naturally dim the sun and moon when passing in front of them.

• Improved nighttime lighting while keeping nights visible and playable.

• Added more detail to the moon surface.

• Further refined moonlight, sky colors, and nighttime atmosphere.

• Continued balancing lighting so bright scenes stay beautiful without becoming washed out.

v0.5.3 — Water, Moonlight & Dimension Upgrade

Water

• Reworked water appearance.

• Added a clearer turquoise tint.

• Improved water transparency and depth.

• Improved reflections.

• Made reflection strength adjustable.

• Added smoother, more natural-looking multidirectional ripples.

• Added rain-driven water ripples.

• Improved reflected sky lighting.

• Added nighttime moonlight sparkle/reflection effects.

• Improved reflections of stars and atmospheric effects.

Night

• Significantly strengthened moonlight.

• Added blue-silver moon illumination.

• Improved moonlit terrain visibility.

• Added moonlight highlights to water.

• Brightened nighttime skies without turning night into daytime.

• Improved overall nighttime color balance and atmosphere.

Nether

• Reduced excessive Nether fog.

• Improved visibility while keeping the volcanic atmosphere.

• Refined warm Nether lighting.

• Improved lava and luminous-block glow.

End

• Improved violet/cosmic lighting.

• Added richer layered atmospheric mist.

• Improved cosmic reflections.

• Improved the overall depth and atmosphere of the End sky.

v0.5.2 — Daylight & Water Refinement

Overworld Lighting

• Made sunlight brighter.

• Shifted sunlight toward a warmer, more natural tone.

• Reduced excessive daytime haze.

• Improved daytime visibility.

• Improved overall daylight balance so scenes feel brighter without becoming completely washed out.

Water

• Improved water movement.

• Replaced overly uniform waves with softer multidirectional ripples.

• Improved reflections.

• Made water interact more naturally with the surrounding lighting.

v0.5.1 — Shader Compilation & Stability Fix

composite.fsh

• Fixed shader compilation failure caused by undefined RGBA16F.

• Removed/replaced invalid RGBA16F usage.

• Fixed GLSL syntax errors around the affected composite shader code.

• Fixed a variable-name conflict with GLSL/reserved syntax.

• Fixed resulting undefined density errors.

• Cleaned up the affected fog/density calculations.

Testing

• Shader compilation passed after the fixes.

• Low, Balanced, and Ultra presets compile-checked.

• Offscreen rendering checks completed for day/night conditions.

• Actual Minecraft visual verification was still separate from those compile checks.

v0.5.x — Nether & End Expansion

Nether

• Added a dedicated volcanic atmosphere.

• Added warm red/orange lighting.

• Added biome-influenced fog.

• Added volcanic haze.

• Increased lava brightness.

• Increased the apparent glow of luminous blocks.

• Gave the Nether its own visual identity rather than reusing Overworld lighting.

End

• Added a large cosmic black-hole/accretion-disk effect.

• Added nebula effects.

• Added auroras.

• Added an optional visible planet.

• Added violet-toned End lighting.

• Added cosmic reflections.

• Added atmospheric effects designed specifically for the End dimension.

v0.5.x — Cosmic Sky / Volumetric Expansion

Sky

• Added auroras.

• Added nebula effects.

• Added optional planet rendering.

• Added more complex high-altitude clouds.

• Expanded the procedural cosmic sky.

Reflections

• Added star reflections to water.

• Added aurora reflections to water.

Volumetrics

• Added volumetric shadow-map fog.

• Added volumetric light shafts.

• Improved god-ray behavior.

• Added adjustable fog-quality controls.

Testing / Presets

• Tested shader compilation across:

  • Low

  • Balanced

  • Ultra

• Performed offscreen day and night rendering checks.

v0.5 — Initial Standalone Release

Core Conversion

• Converted the project into a standalone shader pack.

• Built the shader so it no longer depended on the original mod implementation.

• Designed for the Oculus + Embeddium shader setup used during development.

Overworld Sky

• Added procedural stars.

• Added a procedural galaxy/cosmic sky.

• Added atmospheric sky effects.

• Added sun rays / god rays.

Lighting

• Added improved sunlight.

• Added softer shadows.

• Added atmospheric lighting.

• Improved scene depth using fog and light scattering.

Water

• Added animated water.

• Added reflective water.

• Added environmental reflections.

• Added smoother water movement.

Post Processing

• Added bloom.

• Added fog.

• Added basic edge smoothing.

• Improved highlight handling.

• Improved cave fog/highlight behavior.

Quality Presets

Added three performance presets:

• Low — reduced effects for better performance.

• Balanced — intended balance between visuals and FPS.

• Ultra — maximum visual effects and quality.

Major Features Added So Far

• Procedural galaxy and star sky

• Nebulae

• Auroras

• Optional planets

• Detailed moon

• Blue-silver moonlight

• Golden-hour lighting

• Peach/lavender sunsets

• Volumetric fog

• Volumetric god rays/light shafts

• Soft shadows

• Improved cloud shading

• Cloud sun/moon occlusion

• Animated reflective water

• Turquoise clear water

• Multidirectional water ripples

• Rain ripples

• Star reflections

• Aurora reflections

• Moonlight water sparkles

• Bloom

• Improved daytime lighting

• Improved nighttime lighting

• Reduced daytime haze

• Dedicated Nether atmosphere

• Brighter lava and emissive blocks

• Reduced Nether fog

• Dedicated End atmosphere

• End black hole/accretion disk

• End nebulae and auroras

• End cosmic planet

• Violet End lighting

• Layered End mist

• Low / Balanced / Ultra presets

• Multiple GLSL compilation and compatibility fixes

Current Goal

Continue pushing daytime, nighttime, water, and dimension-specific lighting toward a much more cinematic/high-end shader look while keeping the shader playable and avoiding the flat, hazy appearance from the earlier versions.