What is the Vanilla Plus Shader?

This shaderpack aims to preserve the vanilla Minecraft aesthetic, while also giving it some graphical touchups that make it more interesting. This includes the addition of dynamic shadows and lighting colors, custom vanilla clouds (which also work with resourcepack cloud textures) and a few optional enhancements like custom water. In addition to that it also features color grading profiles that can mimic the color palette of Minecraft Alpha versions as well as the looks of some older, but still popular despite being horribly outdated and bugged, shaderpacks like SEUS v08 or Chocapic v3 and it's (largely unauthorized) edits.

Vanilla Plus Shader v2.3

Posted on December 20, 2020January 16, 2021

After some waiting and project-juggling, here is the promised Vanilla Plus update, featuring support for Minecraft 1.15+ and its additions and rendering quirks.

Development Update – December 2020

Posted on December 5, 2020December 5, 2020

An update on the development progress of my various shaderpacks, including Kappa Shader, Nostalgia Shader and Vanilla Plus as well as a small announcement of a pack that has not yet seen much public attention.

Vanilla Plus Shader v2.2

Posted on May 18, 2020October 24, 2020

An update introducing small additional features, settings and bugfixes.

Vanilla Plus Shader v2.1

Posted on February 5, 2020October 18, 2020

Changelog: added labPBR support improved screenspace reflections added option to disable TAA fixed disabling wind effects Downloads: By downloading you agree to the terms of use as detailed here. Curseforge downloads offer me support due to the Curseforge-Rewards program, so unless they are unreachable I’d encourage you to […]

Vanilla Plus Shader v2.0

Posted on December 5, 2019October 18, 2020

Changelog: overhauled various internals improved ambient colors merged different editions into one version with a color preset setting no need to download separate versions for Chocapic and Seus v08 colors anymore vastly improved perfomance in gpu limited scenes overhauled and optimized clouds reworked presets fixed […]

Vanilla Plus Shader v1.6

Posted on September 11, 2019October 18, 2020

Changelog improved cloud rendering and lighting added optional directional lighting for clouds fixed light trasition between sun and moon fixed shadow illumination slider behavior adjusted shadow brightness (SE) added a dedicated color profile for rudoplays shader (CE) Download: Vanilla Plus v1.6 SE CE By downloading you agree to the terms of use as […]

Vanilla Plus Shader v1.5

Posted on August 11, 2019October 18, 2020

Changelog added labPBR support added godrays added reflections added weather support added setting for torchlight color added profiles added the new “CE” Edition with Chocapic v3 matched colors fixed specular reflection behind colored glass improved translucency blending update framework various internal optimizations adjusted coloring a […]

Vanilla Plus Shader v1.4

Posted on June 21, 2019October 18, 2020

Changelog added nether added waving water added setting for shadow luminance fixed intel compatibility internal optimizations fixed translucency when above clouds improved sunrise/-set transition improved various colors on the soos edition to match seus v08 closer fixed coloring issue on day/night transition fixed wrong cloud […]

Vanilla Plus Shader v1.3

Posted on May 8, 2019October 18, 2020

Changelog fixed water on soos edition added option for cloud altitude Download: Vanilla Plus v1.3 Soos Edition By downloading you agree to the terms of use as detailed here. Make sure to visit my discord server for support, development progress and other information.

Vanilla Plus Shader v1.2

Posted on May 2, 2019October 18, 2020

Changelog added infinite shadow distances improved fog added proper settings screen new “Soos Edition” imitating the Look of Seus v08 (just for the sake of it) idk, i didn’t keep track of the changes this time Download: Vanilla Plus v1.2 Soos Edition By downloading you […]