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What is the Kappa Shader?

A Minecraft 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. A version of this pack with path-traced lighting also exists in the shape of KappaPT.
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Kappa Shader v0.7

New Features and Additions new approximated atmospheric sky added option for atmosphere simulation for sky rendering (implementation based on Lee’s approach) rewrote volumetric fog overhauled volumetric fog coloring to match new sky overhauled water volume added global illumination reworked shading pass bilateral filtering on GI […]

Kappa Shader v0.6

New Features and Additions added option for 2 samples on volumetric fog added parallax mapping reworked water normals added cheap lighting mode for layered clouds slightly decreased sun disk size added lens flares chapman lens flare anamorphic lens flare extended supported pbr formats added subtile […]

Kappa Shader v0.5

New Features and Additions overhauled shadow projection improved edge behavior very small shadow bias due to improvements higher quality shadowing on translucency new shadow filtering including soft and sharp shadows much faster and better quality three selectable quality presets PCSS shadowing overhauled volumetric clouds new, […]

Kappa Shader v0.4

New Features and Additions added basic sky reflections also reflecting 2d clouds added screen space reflections added rain effects affecting clouds, fog and wind added wind occlusion added support for nether and end dimensions including special effects for these dimensions added procedural bokeh depth of […]

Kappa Shader v0.3

New Features and Additions REWROTE THE WHOLE THING, AGAIN… new shadow projection method new diffuse shading Oren-Nayar with calculated pseudo-roughness for terrain Burley diffuse on water and translucency improved cave darkness calculation atmospheric sunlight using the implementation from Lee added direct dithering to set screen […]