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Kappa Shader

Kappa Shader

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A high-quality realistic, yet also stylized shaderpack.

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What is the Kappa Shader?

A shaderpack that aims towards a realistic, but also authentic look. So it is not plainly using physically accurate vales and equations like many other packs do. Instead, while still using many accurate calculations, it is tweaked to reproduce what you could observe in nature, which usually goes beyond just having equations to describe most phenomenons.

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Where can I download it?

Either here or via my website (link below).

What features does it offer?
  • Dynamic soft shadows
  • Screen-space path-tracing (SSPT)
  • Temporal Anti-Aliasing and Upscaling (TAAU)
  • Procedural realistic skybox with multiple cloud layers
  • Screen-space reflections and optional offscreen environment reflections (when enabling the reflection capture)
  • Volumetric fog
  • Random per-day and daytime driven weather parameters controlling clouds and fog
  • labPBR resourcepack support
  • Various optional lens effects such as depth of field, lens flares and vignette

and many, many more.

Any Requirements?
  • Optifine for 1.16 or newer
  • alternatively Iris 1.5.0 or newer
  • GTX 1050/RX 560 or similar/better (has to support OpenGL 4.0, something faster than those is recommended though)
  • Windows/Linux
  • DUE TO REPEATED ISSUE-REPORTS: Intel HD 5000 Graphics and older are NOT supported!
External Links:
  • The Offical Website of this Project: Link
  • The Discord Server: Link
  • The Shaderlabs Discord: Link

Versions

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Kappa Shader v5.3
1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.19.3 · 17mo ago
331.9k
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Kappa Shader v5.2
1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.19.3 · 38mo ago
1.7M
Release
Kappa Shader v5.1
1.17.1, 1.16.3, 1.19.3 · 39mo ago
78.0k
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Kappa Shader v5.0a
1.17.1, 1.19.3, 1.16.5 · 45mo ago
295.5k
Release
Kappa Shader v5.0
1.17.1, 1.16.5, 1.18.2 · 46mo ago
73.0k
Release
Kappa Shader v4.2
1.17.1, 1.16.5, 1.18.2 · 53mo ago
297.9k
Release
Kappa Shader v4.1
1.17.1, 1.16.5, 1.16.4 · 59mo ago
176.2k
Release
Kappa Shader v4.0
1.16.5, 1.16.4 · 64mo ago
145.1k
Release
Kappa Shader v3.1a
1.14.4, 1.16.5, 1.15.2 · 66mo ago
74.7k
Beta
Kappa Shader v3.1 Lite
1.14.4, 1.15.2, 1.12.2 · 66mo ago
15.6k
Release
Kappa Shader v3.1
1.14.4, 1.16.5, 1.15.2 · 66mo ago
3.3k
Release
Kappa Shader v3.0a
1.14.4, 1.16.5, 1.15.2 · 67mo ago
18.8k

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FAQ

How do I install Kappa Shader?

Download the file for your Minecraft version and loader from this page, then drop the .jar into your mods (or plugins) folder and launch the game.

Is Kappa Shader free?

Kappa Shader is free to download on Modgrid — we link straight to the official source, no paywall or bundled installer.

Which Minecraft versions does Kappa Shader support?

See the download section on this page for the full list of supported versions and loaders.

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