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Sunset Lake

A cinematic Minecraft shader featuring warm natural lighting, dynamic shadows, animated water, soft sun rays, and subtle foliage movement, optimized for lower-end GPUs.
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Description

**SunsetLake** SunsetLake is a lightweight cinematic shader for Minecraft Java Edition, designed to give the world a warmer and more natural atmosphere while staying friendly to lower-end hardware.

✨ Features
🌅 Warm, cinematic sunrise and sunset lighting

☀️ Softer, more natural-looking sunlight

🌙 Improved sun and moon appearance

🌊 Animated water with subtle reflections

🌿 Gentle foliage movement

🌤️ Soft volumetric sun rays

🌑 Dynamic shadows

🎨 Cinematic color grading

⚡ Optimized for lower-end GPUs

🖥️ Compatibility
Minecraft: Java Edition 1.21.11

Shader Loader: Iris

Recommended: Sodium + Iris

Mod Loader: Fabric

⚙️ Performance
SunsetLake is designed with lower-end hardware in mind, including Intel HD Graphics 620-class GPUs. The shader avoids heavy compute-shader and SSBO-based techniques to keep performance reasonable.

Performance will vary depending on render distance, resolution, Minecraft settings, and hardware.

📸 Visual Style
SunsetLake focuses on a warm cinematic look with natural contrast rather than extremely bright HDR lighting. Water, foliage, shadows, and sunlight are designed to work together for a more atmospheric Minecraft world.

📌 Notes
This is the first official release of SunsetLake. More visual improvements and performance optimizations may be added in future updates.

Latest Version: 1.0.0
Release Type: Release

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Minecraft creator focused on mods, resource packs, and shaders.