
Mods / Mod
Simply No Shading
by StartsMercury
Simply No Shading is an utility Minecraft mod from StartsMercury with 304.2K downloads on the Orca catalog. It runs on Fabric, so it slots into a matching Minecraft profile without hand-patching anything. Simply No Shading is free to download and free to host on Orca: press Play and Orca launches Minecraft with Simply No Shading already installed, or host it on a free server to play with 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 Simply No Shading along with the loader and Minecraft version it needs, then you and your friends are playing in minutes.
Removes darkening on sides of geometry, inspired by the old lighting from OptiFine's internal shaders, for in-game blocks, clouds, and (block) entities.
How to install Simply No Shading
Two ways to add Simply No Shading to Minecraft. One takes a click.
- Click Play below. Orca installs Simply No Shading with Fabric and the right Minecraft version, then launches straight into the game.
That’s it. Nothing to download or configure.
- Download the latest Simply No Shading file from Modrinth for your Minecraft version.
- Install Fabric 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 Simply No Shading depends on (the Modrinth page lists them) into the same folder, then start Minecraft on the Fabric profile.
Simply No Shading versions & compatibility
Simply No Shading targets Fabric. 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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