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Photon Shaders
by sixthsurge
14.5M downloads3.1K followers
Photon Shaders is an atmosphere, colored-lighting and semi-realistic Minecraft shader from sixthsurge with 14.5M downloads on the Orca catalog. It runs on Iris and Optifine, so it slots into a matching Minecraft profile without hand-patching anything. Photon Shaders is free to download and free to host on Orca: host it on a free Orca server and invite your friends. There is no control panel and no config files to edit, and no command line to learn. Describe what you want in plain English and Orca installs Photon Shaders along with the loader and Minecraft version it needs, then you and your friends are playing in minutes.
A gameplay-focused shader pack with a semi-realistic style
How to install Photon Shaders
Two ways to add Photon Shaders to Minecraft. One takes a click.
The Orca way
- Click Host below. Orca spins up a free server with Photon Shaders already installed, ready for you and your friends.
That’s it. Nothing to download or configure.
The manual way
- Download the latest Photon Shaders file from Modrinth for your Minecraft version.
- Install Iris and Optifine and launch Minecraft once so the loader profile is created.
- Drop the downloaded .jar into your mods folder (the mods folder inside .minecraft, or your server's mods folder).
- Add any libraries Photon Shaders depends on (the Modrinth page lists them) into the same folder, then start Minecraft on the Iris and Optifine profile.
Photon Shadersversions & compatibility
Photon Shaders targets Iris and Optifine. Orca matches the right loader and Minecraft version for you when you host or play it, so you never have to line them up by hand. For the full list of supported Minecraft versions and required dependencies, check the Modrinth page.
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Do more with Photon Shaders
- Run Photon Shaders on free 8 GB Minecraft server hosting and play it with friends.
- Want a mod like this? Make your own with the AI Minecraft mod maker, no coding needed.
- Not sure Iris and Optifine is the right fit? Read Fabric vs Forge vs NeoForge before you pick a loader.