Options screen¶

Shader options are parsed from the .fsh and .vsh files located in the folder shaders. The line comment located after the option is shown as a tooltip.

Tooltip lines are split on sentence end ". " (period space). Tooltip lines ending with ! are automatically shown red.

One option can be present in several shader files and it will be switched simultaneously in all of them. Ambiguous options (different default values found) are disabled and can not be changed.

• Left-clicking on an option button selects the next value,

• Right-clicking selects the previous value,

• Shift-clicking resets the option to default value

Boolean, default ON:

#define SSAO       // Screen space ambient occlusion. High performance impact.

Boolean, default OFF:

// #define SSAO    // Screen space ambient occlusion. High performance impact.

The boolean variables are recognized only if the matching "#ifdef" or "#ifndef" is also found in the same file.

List:

#define SHADOW_DARKNESS 0.10   // Shadow darkness levels [0.05 0.10 0.20]

The allowed values are given as a list [v1 v2 v3] in the comment. The default value is automatically added if not present in the list.

Some const variables are also recognized (for backwards compatibility with the Shaders Mod). They use a structure similar to the macro variables, for example:

const int shadowMapResolution  1572;  // Shadowmap resolution [1024 1572 2048]
const float shadowDistance     64.0;  // Draw distance of shadows [32.0 64.0 128.0 256.0]

Const variables without allowed values are, by default, not visible, unless used in a profile or configured on a screen.

The recognized const variables are:

shadowMapResolution
shadowDistance
shadowDistanceRenderMul
shadowIntervalSize
generateShadowMipmap
generateShadowColorMipmap
shadowHardwareFiltering
shadowHardwareFiltering0
shadowHardwareFiltering1
shadowtex0Mipmap
shadowtexMipmap
shadowtex1Mipmap
shadowcolor0Mipmap
shadowColor0Mipmap
shadowcolor1Mipmap
shadowColor1Mipmap
shadowtex0Nearest
shadowtexNearest
shadow0MinMagNearest
shadowtex1Nearest
shadow1MinMagNearest
shadowcolor0Nearest
shadowColor0Nearest
shadowColor0MinMagNearest
shadowcolor1Nearest
shadowColor1Nearest
shadowColor1MinMagNearest
wetnessHalflife
drynessHalflife
eyeBrightnessHalflife
centerDepthHalflife
sunPathRotation
ambientOcclusionLevel
superSamplingLevel
noiseTextureResolution

Labels and tooltips¶

User friendly option labels can be loaded from language files in /shaders/lang/. Example from "/shaders/lang/en_us.lang":

option.SHADOW_FILTER=Shadow Filter
option.SHADOW_FILTER.comment=Smooth out edges of shadows. Very small performance hit.

User friendly value labels can be loaded from language files in /shaders/lang/. Example from "/shaders/lang/en_us.lang":

value.SHADOW_FILTER.0.4f=Normal
value.SHADOW_FILTER.0.9f=Soft

Value formatting can be added with:

prefix.SHADOW_FILTER=(
suffix.SHADOW_FILTER=)

Profile tooltips can be loaded from language files in /shaders/lang/. Example from "/shaders/lang/en_us.lang":

profile.comment=Low - low. Medium - medium. Standard - standard. High - high. Ultra - ultra.

Profiles¶

Profiles allow a set of options to be switched together The current profile is detected based on the selected option values If no profile matches the current option values, the profile "Custom" is selected

It is recommended that all profiles use the same list of options and only the values differ. Disabled programs are special options and only disabling (prefix !) is recognized for them.

Format: # profile.<name>=<list of options>

Profile options¶

• OPTION:value: set value

• OPTION: set boolean option ON

• !OPTION: set boolean option OFF

• profile.NAME: copy all options from another profile

• !program.name: disable program name. The program name may include dimension: world-1/gbuffers_water

The following program names are recognized:

gbuffers_basic
gbuffers_textured
gbuffers_textured_lit
gbuffers_skybasic
gbuffers_skytextured
gbuffers_clouds
gbuffers_terrain
gbuffers_terrain_solid
gbuffers_terrain_cutout_mip
gbuffers_terrain_cutout
gbuffers_damagedblock
gbuffers_water
gbuffers_block
gbuffers_beaconbeam
gbuffers_item
gbuffers_entities
gbuffers_armor_glint
gbuffers_spidereyes
gbuffers_hand
gbuffers_weather
composite
composite1
composite2
composite3
composite4
composite5
composite6
composite7
final
shadow
shadow_solid
shadow_cutout
deferred
deferred1
deferred2
deferred3
deferred4
deferred5
deferred6
deferred7
gbuffers_hand_water

Profile examples¶

profile.LOW=SSAO:false GOD_RAYS:false SHADOW_DIST:40 !program.composite1
profile.MED=profile.LOW GOD_RAYS SHADOW_DIST:80
profile.HIGH=SSAO GOD_RAYS SHADOW_DIST:120

User friendly profile labels can be loaded from language files in "/shaders/lang" Example from "/shaders/lang/en_us.lang":

profile.LOW=Low
profile.LOW.comment=Low quality. Intel and Mac compatible. No God Rays and SSAO
profile.MED=Medium
profile.MED.comment=Medium quality. Nvidia or AMD graphics card recommended
profile.HIGH=High
profile.HIGH.comment=High quality. Modern Nvidia or AMD graphics card required

Screen¶

• Main screen: screen=<list of options>

• Sub-screen: screen.<NAME>=<list of options>

Screen options¶

Screen columns¶

By default the options are shown in two columns:

When more than 18 options are present, the screen switches to 3 or more columns. The option names are automatically shortened to avoid text overflow outside the button.

• Main screen: screen.columns=2

• Sub-screen: screen.<NAME>.columns=2

Example¶

screen=<empty> <empty> <profile> ABOUT <empty> <empty> [VISUAL] [POST_PROCESS] [SHADOWS] [COLOR] [SKY] [WATER] [TERRAIN] [WORLD]
screen.VISUAL=<empty> <empty> AO AO_STRENGTH LIGHT_SHAFT LIGHT_SHAFT_STRENGTH DESATURATION DESATURATION_FACTOR REFLECTION REFLECTION_TRANSLUCENT ADVANCED_MATERIALS [ADVANCED_MATERIALS] BLACK_OUTLINE PROMO_OUTLINE TOON_LIGHTMAP WHITE_WORLD
screen.ADVANCED_MATERIALS=<empty> <empty> MATERIAL_FORMAT REFLECTION_SPECULAR REFLECTION_RAIN REFLECTION_ROUGH REFLECTION_PREVIOUS ALBEDO_METAL <empty> <empty> PARALLAX PARALLAX_DEPTH SELF_SHADOW SELF_SHADOW_ANGLE PARALLAX_QUALITY PARALLAX_DISTANCE DIRECTIONAL_LIGHTMAP DIRECTIONAL_LIGHTMAP_STRENGTH
screen.SUN_EFFECTS=SUN_EFFECTS GOD_RAYS LENS_FLARE RAINDROPS
screen.WAVING_GRASS=WAVING_GRASS WAVING_LEAVES WAVING_VINES
screen.MISC=*

User friendly screen labels can be loaded from language files in /shaders/lang/. Example from "/shaders/lang/en_us.lang":

screen.DOF=Depth of field
screen.DOF.comment=Depth of field effect. Adds blur to out of focus objects.
screen.WAVING=Waving grass and leaves
screen.WAVING.comment=Waving grass, leaves, fire and entities