• Voxel Colored Lighting (Beta)

• Added real colored block light torches, glowstone, soul fire, sea lanterns, end rods and more tint their surroundings with true position and falloff

  • Added light that spreads around corners and keeps glowing even when the source is off-screen
  • Added smooth color mixing where different light sources meet (torch orange blending into soul-fire teal)
    • Changed the old Multicolored Blocklight into the fallback system (voxel mode replaces it when enabled)
    • enable it under Lighting > Voxel Colored Light (Beta)

• Clouds

• Added a completely rebuilt cloud system. clouds now billow, bulge and overhang like real clouds instead of being flat.

  • Added a realistic cumulus profile: flat bases, full-bodied middles, and rounded billowing tops
  • Added an optional second high-altitude cirrus cloud layer for sky depth (Beta - off by default, enable it under Clouds)
    • Added cloud shadows on the ground (default on), god rays that break through cloud gaps, and lens flare that fades when the sun goes behind a cloud
    • Changed clouds to properly block what is behind them - sunlight and stars no longer shine through solid cloud
    • Changed backlit clouds to silhouette dark against the sun instead of washing out and disappearing
    • Changed cloud movement so shapes hold together and evolve slowly like real clouds, with brighter sunlit tops and shaded bases

• Water

• Added the Glitter Path sun, moon, and star reflections now stretch

  • Added micro-ripples that catch sun glints without making the surface busy
  • Added optional refraction dispersion (subtle color fringes) and gradual rain wetness on surfaces
    • Changed depth coloring to true light absorption - water grades from clear shallows to deep opaque blue and reads properly deep from above
    • Changed waves to calmer, larger swells that move more naturally

• Sky & Atmosphere

• Added the New Atmosphere (default on) physically inspired scattering with richer sunrises and sunsets, natural horizon haze, and a proper glow around the sun

  • Added Daily Weather Variety: every Minecraft day gets its own sky mood like clear days, streaky cirrus days, overcast days with morning fog banks
  • Added optional Volumetric Fog: rolling fog banks that sunbeams cut through
    • Changed fog and sunlight to always match the sky - distance haze blends into the horizon it fades into
    • Changed sunlight to warm realistically as the sun gets low

• Customize Skybox

• Added the new Customize Skybox settings screen collecting all sky appearance options in one place

  • Added Sky Presets: Zayko, Golden, Violet Twilight, and Deep Night moods that shift sky, fog, and night lighting together
  • Added a much wider and finer Skybox Intensity range (0.05 to 4.00)
    • Changed Skybox Intensity and Skybox Opacity to actually work - resource-pack custom skies now show correctly instead of being overwritten
    • Changed vanilla sun/moon handling so they also display properly when shader sun/moon is disabled

• Night Sky

• Added brighter, denser stars

  • Added smaller, faster shooting stars with tighter incandescent heads
    • Changed stars to render as crisp points - no more glow halos
    • Changed star visibility to respond to moonlight and weather

• Color & Post-processing

• Added selectable Tonemap Operators: Zayko (classic), AgX, AgX Punchy, ACES, and Reinhard

  • Added the optional Purkinje night-vision effect and CAS sharpening
    • Changed bloom to a modern 13-tap filter - torch and star glow is visibly steadier and the pass is cheaper
    • Changed TAA with an anti-flicker refinement for specular sparkle

• Lighting & Performance

• Added GTAO: an optional higher-accuracy ambient occlusion mode

  • Added AO Resolution and Light Shaft Resolution options (default Half - about 4x cheaper with near-identical visuals)
  • Added quality-profile coverage for all new features (Minimum through Ultra)
    • Changed the entire pack from 2006-era GLSL 120 to modern GLSL 330
    • Changed many internal passes to cost less (fewer texture fetches in bloom, cheaper volumetrics)

• Fixes

• Fixed shader failing to load on Mac (two separate crashes: Distant Horizons with AO off, and the Overworld outline setup)
  • Fixed the washed-out white daytime sky from early V8 builds
  • Fixed Skybox Intensity/Opacity having no effect
    • Fixed clouds almost disappearing when in front of the sun
    • Fixed profile descriptions claiming features that were never enabled

- Bugfixes
+ Fixed Issue with sky color
+ Fixed Issue with Distant Horizons Ambient Occlusion
+ Fixed shared Issue with all three dimensions
+ Fixed Issue with Moon Visibility

• Reworked Shader Pack
    + More Detail sacrificing Preformance. (Recommended to stay on V7.2 if you want good preformance or wait for V2 of Zayko Lite)

• Added new Shooting stars

• Added more WIP Features
   + Please report Issues that could have been caused by the addition of these features.

• Fixed Reported Issues from V7.2

• Overhauled the End Atmosphere
• Watcher's Eye

• Dragon's End Aurora

  • End Nebula
  • Void Particles

• Added Rainbow (Appearing Opposite the sun after rain)

• Added Froglight

• Fixed Soul Fire color correction to MCBL

• Overhauled Settings Menu

• Overhauled Water

• Gerstner Waves = realistic ocean-style waves with horizontal displacement

• Shore Foam = white foam where water meets terrain

  • Depth-Based Colouring = deeper water appears darker/more saturated
  • Rain Ripples = circular ripple distortion on water surface during rain

• Overall Code Improvements to Increase FPS (exp. Removed Unnecessary duplicate code 40 or so lines)

• Added New Auroras along with rarities

• Teal/Green/Yellow = 60% Chance of Appearing

• Red/Crimson = 20% Chance of Appearing

  • Golden = 12% Chance of Appearing
  • White/Silver = 8% Chance of Appearing

• Added Nebula with Rarity System

• Always (every night)

• Common 75% Chance of Appearing

  • Uncommon 37% Chance of Appearing
  • Rare = 25% Chance of Appearing

• Added Multiple Aurora Visual Improvements

• Dual-ribbon curtain = creates separation with vertical fold distortion

• Temporal pulsation = slow breathing that varies

  • lit depth falloff = Brighter at base fading upwards like irl

• Added Partial Screen-Space Contact Shadows (WIP - Disabled by Default)

• Added Fun Effects (Replacing Extra Category in Settings)

• Negative World = inverts all colors like a photo negative

• Psychedelic = continuously shifts all hues over time with adjustable speed

  • Earthquake = terrain shakes with sinusoidal waves, adjustable strength
  • Hologram Entities = sci-fi holograms with blue tint, scanlines, and glow
  • Glitch Effect = RGB splitting, scanline displacement, and block artifacts
  • Old Film = 1920s cinema look with sepia, scratches, flicker, and vignette
    • Thermal Vision = thermal heat palette based on brightness
    • Thermal Vision = thermal heat palette based on brightness
    • CRT Monitor = old CRT display with scanlines, barrel distortion

• Added Rain on Lens (WIP - Disabled by Default)

• Added More Settings that trigger depending on specific preset

• Added Adaptive Shadow Sampling

• Added Blood Moon

• Red tinted lighting during moon phase 4

• Red fog tint at night during blood moon

  • Activates only at night, blends out at sunrise

• Added Adaptive Raytrace Stepping

• Added full PCSS Shadows (Ultra Only)

• Added Mirror Mode (WIP - Disabled by Default)

• Glass blocks become full mirrors

• Stained glass becomes tinted mirrors

  • Uses existing reflection system (SSR)

• Changed File Name Layout from "Zayko Shaders V7.1" to "Zayko V7.1"

• Changed Enhanced Light Shaft Colouring

• Changed Screen-Space Global Illumination (SSGI)

• Changed Clouds base style

• Base Shape: Perlin

• Density: Low

  • Amount: Few

• Improved Setting Screen

• SHADOW-QUALITY and CONTACT-SHADOWS to Shadow Config

• SSGI to Lighting Config

• Improved Temporal Dither as well as TAA Dither

• Improved Volumetric light Sample Scaling

• Improved Cloud Sample Scaling

• Removed Old Nebulas to implement our new one!

• Removed Certain Effects in the End for V7.2 Update

• Added Shooting Stars that appear time to time (Randomized Chance of appearing at night, Higher chance when further from light sources)

• Added a preset for the Original water

• Added loading improvements when using Distent Horizons

• Changed Stars to flicker? twinkle? whatever you want to call it.

• Updated Water loading (Should load chunks with water faster at the possible cost of FPS)

• Changed Water Design to be more clear when its less dence

• Changed Water Colors

• Changed Distent Horizons Water to match water preset

• Changed underwater blurriness

• Fixed Bugs reported in B-6.3 and V6.3

• Fixed Water darkening too early

• Fixed Sun not appearing when ajusting certain cloud settings

• Fixed Stars not animating when faced with certain mods

• Fixed End sky color being White when attempting to use Voxy (Still not Supported!)

• Fixed Glass breaking or turning to water with certain mods

• Fixed issue for newer mods not working due to incompatabilities

• Fixed issue with Shader not working on Nividia Graphics cards (20 Series & Below)

• Fixed Modded blocks not working with Shaders (all mods should work perfect now)

• Improved Preformance if using Sodium

• Fixed Glass breaking or turning to water with certain mods

• Fixed issue for newer mods not working due to incompatabilities

• Fixed issue with Shader not working on Nividia Graphics cards (20 Series & Below)

• Changed Shader Settings Layout to be more simple and understandable

• Made it possible to turn off glowing flowers and keep glowing ores on (and to turn off both)

• Cloud base 2 fixed

• Fixed Distent Horizons Support (tell me if you run into any issues.)

• Fixed 4 Errors with loading Shader

• "Ray" Tracing Option added (Path Tracing)

• Improved Lighting

• Improved Lighting loading for better prefromance (at least +1 FPS compared to 5.2)

• Everything in Vb5.2

• Fixed Issues from Vb5.2

• Fixed 1.15 infinate loading screen from Vb5.2

• fixed 1.11 infinate loading screen from Vb5.2

• fixed loading issue with "Low" Preset from Vb5.2

• the B series of versions is small Beta updates before the next bigger update. this normally changes the content drastrically or minmally.

• Fixed End Portal Frame

• added support for Optifine & Iris down to 1.7

• other small changes

• added better Iris compatability

• Small Bug Fixes

• Fix a major issue with Ultra Preset

• Big Optimization Boost for Higher presets

• Fixes 1.16 & 1.19 Crashes

• Small Bug Fixes

• Fixes certain issues with lower Optifine versions

• Fixed Issue with 1.21.8 loading

• Fixed 1.17 and below crashes

• Optifine Support readded only down to 1.18

• Removed Optifine Support

• Optimized Preformance for High Presets

• Fixes Error with loading V2.1

• Added Older Version Support

• Optimization

• More Customization Features

• Bug Fixes

• Moderate Optimization

• Slight improvements to lighting

• little bug fixes for lower end PCs

• added compatibility with newer versions

• And then there was one 👽

• The Shader may have issues as its the first build and was put together by somebody who couldnt pay attention to youtube tutorials.