Distant Horizons shader compatibility info

distant_horizons_shader_compatibility_information.md

Distant Horizons shader compatibility information

Distant Horizons v2.0.0 (and up) shader compatibility information.

v2

Prerequisites

• Iris v1.7.0 or higher, or Oculus v1.6.15aDH or higher
• Distant Horizons v2.0.2a or higher
• A compatible shaderpack, see the shaderpacks section below

Install guide

Visit the Iris Discord server for an install guide, see the #dh-compatibility-faq channel.

Keep in mind that no support will be provided for the install process of Iris + DH shader compatibility v2.
You're expected to know how to install this.

Shaderpacks

• Aurora's Shaders by CrafterAurora
  
• Bliss by X0nk
  
• Bloop by espen96
  
• Body Camera by LoLip_p
  
• BrighterAccessibility by Eren
  
• BSL by Capt. Tatsu
  
• Complementary by Emin
  
• CTMPOMFIX by timetravelbeard
  
• Daybreak by Samuel Gerkin
  
• Hysteria by Nicole
  
• Mellow by TheCMK
  
• Noble by Belmu
  
• Photon by sixthsurge
  
• Pixel Perfect by kolgushev
  
• PSX by serbernus
  
• Shrimple by Null
  
• Simply Upscaled by timetravelbeard
  

Known issues

• Sky rendering breaks
  • Go to Distant Horizons settings
  • Change Advanced->Advanced Graphics Settings->Transparency to "Complete"
  • Change Advanced->Advanced Graphics Settings->Render Quality to "Medium"
  • Restart Minecraft

v1/Legacy

Open dropdown for v1/legacy shader compatibility information

THIS IS FOR LEGACY SHADER COMPAT. THIS IS NOT FOR IRIS + DH SHADER COMPAT v2.
For Iris + DH shader compat v2, see the section under the heading v2 above.

Known issues

• LODs don't have proper shading applied to them when using shaders, so at night the LODs may look too bright and not match MC's terrain
  • Can be fixed by disabling shaders in the main menu, and reactivating them when in a world (thanks Maybike (Distant Horizons Discord server))
• LODs don't have (correct) lighting
  • Can be improved by switching DH Settings->Advanced->Graphics Settings->General->LOD Shading to Old Lighting/Forced

Compatible shader mods

Fabric/Quilt

• Iris by IMS
  • You need a version of Iris with legacy (v1) DH2 compatibility, available from Iris v1.6.11-v1.6.17.

Forge/NeoForge

• OptiFine
• Oculus by Asek3
  • For 1.19.2, there's a branch on Teqed's fork
  • For 1.16.5, there's a branch on P1xelBuilder's fork

Compatible shaderpacks

• Complementary fork by EminGT, edited by me (Steveplays28)
  • v1/Legacy Iris + DH shader compat
  • Iris + DH shader compat v2 is in the works by Emin, in-development builds available on Patreon (emingt), see the first section of this document
  • Has DH blending
  • Has DH compatibility config
• Rethinking Voxels fork by EminGT, edited by me (Steveplays28)
  • Legacy Iris + DH shader compat
  • Has DH blending (out of the box, settings aren't ported from Complementary yet)
• Potato Shaders by RRe36
  • v1/Legacy Iris + DH shader compat
• Reflective Vanilla Shaders by Rin
  • v1/Legacy Iris + DH shader compat
• VanillAA by leo60228
  • v1/Legacy Iris + DH shader compat
• BSL by capttatsu
  • v1/Legacy Iris + DH shader compat requires a version below v8.2.0
  • The more recent versions (v8.2.0 and up) are for Iris + DH shader compat v2, see the first section of this document
• Shrimple by Null
  • v1/Legacy Iris + DH shader compat requires this specific version
  • The more recent versions (after commit 79d7d1f3) are for Iris + DH shader compat v2, see the first section of this document

Incompatible shaderpacks

• Nostalgia Shader by RRe36
  • LODs don't render (neither on OptiFine nor Iris)
  • Default TAAU percentage (75%) has issues, make sure to set TAAU to 100%
• Sildur's Vibrant Shaders by Sildur
  • LODs don't render (neither on OptiFine nor Iris)

Game displays an error when using Iris with the DH support selected (1.7.0-snapshot+mc1.20.4-5983468) with the Complementary fork.

Error says the pack doesn't support DH and then it blocks the LOD chunks from displaying.

Hello, is there a compatibility version for Oculus 1.18.2? DH works smoothly when disabling the shaders, but nothing is displayed with them

Hi @Hirune30, I don't think there is. You'd have to cherrypick the changes to the 1.18.2 branch yourself and make it work.

Hi @derram, you need to downgrade to release Iris (<=v1.6.17) to use any shaderpack with legacy DH support.

Hi @Iceninni, I'm not sure why that's happening, I can't access your upload.
Try searching through the DH Discord server, and/or asking for help in the help forum.

@Steveplays28 I'll try to send new pictures and see if that works but I've also started to experience a bug where all shadows on the ground from the shader gets "burned" into the camera. (Not actually burned but it stays there until i exit the world) (Also that might be one of the incompatibilities you mentioned before idk)

• Complementary Fork doesn't work

With the Complementary fork, the tall grass and I guess all semi-transparent blocks let me see through them down to the skybox and even underground caves

• BSL doesn't work with Distant Horizons

@Iceninni Not sure why that is, haven't had that happen.

Hi @NatoBoram, the Complementary fork is known to work, so that's most likely an issue with your setup/modpack.
And the leaves/transparency issues is a known issue.

Hi, @Steveplays28 is there a way to fix the ambient occlusion of the lods with shaders? (the shadow effect of distant blocks to make depth), i use complementary fork, the oculus forge fork of taqed for 1.19.2, and the distant horizons shadow fix. here i put screenshot comparison of the problem. Thanks :D

With Shaders v

Without Shaders v

Hi @Baffero, not at the moment. Best you can do with release Iris is set DH LOD shading to Old Lighting.
Otherwise see the Iris Discord server for an in-dev version of Iris (v1.7.0) with DH support v2, and Emin's Patreon for an in-dev version of Complementary that's compatible with it, but be aware that no support will be provided for setting it up.

I will add that to the list once everything's released as stable.

How can i download the patch for oculus?

Please help me why on the left his ugly

i use this :

How can i download the patch for oculus?
@Enterprise12nx01
I don't know if i'm allowed to share the .jar here, i have the 1.19.2 file, but is easy to build it with git

Please help me why on the left his ugly i use this :

@Lucasbigbox i think you have to disable the near fog from the mod and disable the vanilla fog too, explore the terrain to render the lods

this is optifine beeing optfine

i am now on 1.18.2, after load the world instantly looks like this, on 1.16.5 the LODs after 5 minutes breaks like this, but before they are beautiful giving some hope :(

@Enterprise12nx01 There used to be a download link but since it pointed to Discord it expired after the recent CDN changes.
@Baffero I'd much prefer listing build steps in the document, would appreciate if you could write that out for those who want them, and I'll link to it in the Gist.

@Jonhline Hi, for OptiFine issues please make a post on the support forum in the Distant Horizons Discord server.

@Lucasbigbox You need to use the fork of Complementary for blending. It also disables the border fog if DH Compat is enabled in the shaderpack's settings.

Hello @Steveplays28 wondering if there is a fix for this almost artifacting issue that happens frequently with BSL. Clean install with no modifications other than turning on BSL. Only happens when fps is allowed higher than 60. Thanks!

Hi, @Steveplays28. When I use DrDestens Shader, the LOD chunks turn white as shown in the image. Is there a possible fix on the client side?
So far, I have tried useing Old Lighting and disabling Ambience Occlusion with no change.
Here are the mods I'm using:

Name	Version
Minecraft	1.19.2
Forge	43.3.9
Oculus	1.6.9(Teqed's fork)
DH	2.0.2-a(nightly build)

@Lenatus hi, you could try turning down the brightness of the LODs in DH's config.
If that doesn't help you'd have to modify the shaderpack.

Hey o/
Could you put the info that this is for legacy support on the README so it is the first thing people see when they visit your fork? We have been getting bug reports on the Complementary discord regarding your fork even though Emin already made a DH-compatible version with the new iris 1.7 system.

Hi @SpacEagle17, I added that info to the readme, description, and PR of the fork.
I also closed the PR.

Is that looking alright?
Also, do you want me to add a note to Complementary's section on this Gist as well?

Thank you very much for doing this! Also, this was much quicker than expected :)
It's looking alright, thanks for the work you put into this before a propper way of doing it existed!
Sure, why not also add it to the gist part. Very Appreciated <3
Once r5.2 releases I suppose you will again update the README :p

Thanks for the kind words, SpacEagle!
I've added it to the Gist for all the listed shaderpacks. Hope that'll clear up the confusion!

Yeah, once r5.2 releases I'll update it. I'll also revise the document layout to add a clear separation between legacy and v2 Iris + DH compat once Iris v1.7.0 is released as stable.

How can i download the patch for oculus?
@Enterprise12nx01
I don't know if i'm allowed to share the .jar here, i have the 1.19.2 file, but is easy to build it with git

would there be a way to send it? i have no idea how to build

Wonderful results. I'm still getting some artifacting with your edit Rethink Voxels, and the clouds seem to be rendering in front of everything. But I also have a few other performance mods, so it's highly likely something else is borking things:

Borked clouds

I've also ran into the transparency issues, but apparently that's par for the course. You can also see some of the artifacting here, in the skybox.

I didn't find anything about the clouds, so I'll post something here if I find anything.

Quick mod list, maybe it matches on a google search for anyone.

Clumps-forge-1.20.1-12.0.0.3
CullLessLeaves-Reforged-1.20.1-1.0.5
DistantHorizons-2.0.1-a-1.20.1
FastFurnace-1.20.1-8.0.2
FastWorkbench-1.20.1-8.0.4
Fastload-Reforged-mc1.20.1-3.4.0
ImmediatelyFast-Forge-1.2.11+1.20.4
Placebo-1.20.1-8.6.1
Terralith_1.20.4_v2.4.11
alternate_current-mc1.20-1.7.0
betterchunkloading-1.20.1-3.3
betterfpsdist-1.20.1-4.3
chunksending-1.20.1-2.8
clientcrafting-1.20.1-1.8
connectivity-1.20.1-5.5
cupboard-1.20.1-2.6
dynview-1.20.1-3.9
embeddium-0.3.11+mc1.20.1
fastasyncworldsave-1.20.1-2.0
fastpaintings-1.20-1.2.5
ferritecore-6.0.1-forge
gpumemleakfix-1.20.1-1.8
memoryleakfix-forge-1.17+-1.1.5
modelfix-1.15
modernfix-forge-5.15.0+mc1.20.1
moonlight-1.20-2.11.9-forge
oculus-mc1.20.1-1.6.15a
radium-mc1.20.1-0.12.2+git.5f80f74
recipeessentials-1.20.1-3.3
redirector-5.0.0

Hi @Angelin01, the clouds being broken is just a limitation of the legacy Iris + DH compatibility. Same with the transparency issues.

@Steveplays28 trying to build your 1.19.2 oculus build for DH, i cloned it using git, got java 16 and used terminal to ./gradlew build, it said build succesful. i think i found the jars in build/libs folder but they are only 1.16.5?

Im trying to build a modpack for me and my friends on forge with oculus, embeddium and distant horizons. It keeps crashing so i came here. In the compatibility requirement it says: "Distant Horizons v2.0.2a or higher" i can't find any version higher than 2.0.1a... Am i missing something?

@Enterprise12nx01 You need to switch the branch via Git (git checkout 1.19.2) before compiling.

@Dinnerconsumer84 Hi, v2.0.2-a-dev or higher can be found on GitLab, in the jobs section (CI/CD pipeline), and this section is linked to in the Distant Horizons Discord server.
Currently the version has been bumped up to v2.1.0-rc1, and may be released soon if there are no more issues, see #announcements in the Distant Horizons Discord server.

@Enterprise12nx01 You need to switch the branch via Git (git checkout 1.19.2) before compiling.

new to this but managed to figure it out in the git console after cloning and using that command, thanks!

@Steveplays28 got it working, one thing i notice with plants/leaves is i can see through the ground and see caves

Will there be any way to fix dynamic trees with distant horizons?

Hi guys. Please tell me, is it possible to install DH on Minecraft 1.20.1 forge so that it will work with shaders? Thanks in advance for your answer

@Enterprise12nx01 There's no way to fix Dynamic Trees compat without adding compat code to DH currently.

@Dinotanker Hi, yes. There are versions of Oculus that have DH support merged in from upstream (Iris).

@Enterprise12nx01 There's no way to fix Dynamic Trees compat without adding compat code to DH currently.

Ok got it! What about the shader problem with plants with the screenshot? Im using the complementary shaders fix with the oculus fix I built

Thanks for making this, wouldn't have known to check Iris for the install guide.

@Enterprise12nx01 You should use one of the supported DH + Iris compat v2 shaders with the new version of Oculus to fix that, if the commit for v2 shader compat is available on 1.19.2.
That's an issue with the legacy/v1 version of DH + Iris shader compat.

@MarvNC No problem, have fun playing!

Hey everyone! I`m the developer of Distantly Optimized on Modrinth. Would any of you care to try the modpack and give me suggestions to improve it?

Distantly Optimized: https://modrinth.com/modpack/distantly-optimized

@imheavi Hi imheavi, cool stuff! Pack looks good.
If you want to improve performance further you'd have to dig into the code and write more optimisations haha

Other than that though, performance seems good. I usually push my render/simulation distance to 12 and barely maintain 50-80fps on a similar setup, with medium DH quality and balanced DH CPU load, on a huge modpack. Mentioning for refererence.
Good luck with further refining your modpack!

@imheavi Hi imheavi, cool stuff! Pack looks good. If you want to improve performance further you'd have to dig into the code and write more optimisations haha

Other than that though, performance seems good. I usually push my render/simulation distance to 12 and barely maintain 50-80fps on a similar setup, with medium DH quality and balanced DH CPU load, on a huge modpack. Mentioning for refererence. Good luck with further refining your modpack!

Thank you for the advice!

Im using the shaders linked, tried several, using the beta DH-2.0.4a and the custom oculus build for 1.19.2
none of these shaders work, only the V1 custom complementary shaders do, but the clouds dont work for fantasy style

@Enterprise12nx01 Hi, the Oculus build for 1.19.2 most likely isn't up to date with Iris v1.7.0, which is required for shader compat v2.

composite2: composite2: WARNING: Could not find vertex shader attribute 'at_tangent' to match BindAttributeLocation request.
WARNING: Could not find vertex shader attribute 'mc_midTexCoord' to match BindAttributeLocation request.
WARNING: Could not find vertex shader attribute 'UV0' to match BindAttributeLocation request.
WARNING: Could not find vertex shader attribute 'iris_Entity' to match BindAttributeLocation request.
WARNING: Could not find vertex shader attribute 'at_midBlock' to match BindAttributeLocation request.
WARNING: Could not find vertex shader attribute 'mc_Entity' to match BindAttributeLocation request.
WARNING: Output of vertex shader 'iris_FogFragCoord' not read by fragment shader
WARNING: Output of vertex shader 'zMults' not read by fragment shader
ERROR: Implementation limit of 16 active fragment shader samplers (e.g., maximum number of supported image units) exceeded, fragment shader uses 19 samplers

@iamberhamla Hi, seems like you're trying to use Bliss on Mac. Bliss currently doesn't compile on Mac with DH and Iris v1.7.0.
Not sure if any shaders work with DH + Iris v1.7.0 at all on Mac, you'll have to try and see.

@Teqed Hello, the updated version of oculus works fine with shaders, thanks. But there is an incompatibility when using your oculus build and iris flywheel compat, I wanted to know if there is any way to fix this?

I am looking for a fix to this as well. Not sure why Teqed's fork breaks the compat. Create mod + shaders is just unbearable without it.

Bit hard to follow the progress through the comments here. Is there a 1.19.2-compatible version of Oculus that supports Photon shaders with Distant Horizons?

@Khaeops As far as I know, there is not.

Darn, that's a shame.

Hey @Steveplays28, Mellow by TheCMK is missing from the shaders list

https://modrinth.com/shader/mellow

Hi @imheavi, thank you. I've added Mellow to the list.

Help, I have tried all supported shaders and it still doesn't work, in fact even without shaders, Distant Horizons doesn't work for me.
I use the following mods:

• Forge 47.3.0
• Embeddium 0.3.20
• Oculus 1.7.0
• Distant Horizons 2.1.0-a

@CrossBanaha Hi, I'd recommend posting in the support channel in the Distant Horizons Discord server.

this new shader also support DH https://modrinth.com/shader/daybreak-shader

Thank you @zaldhyx77, I've added Daybreak to the list.

A new shader called Bloop has released with DH support
https://modrinth.com/shader/bloop-shaders

@imheavi Hi, I've already added Bloop to the list 3 hours ago. Thanks though!
https://gist.github.com/Steveplays28/52db568f297ded527da56dbe6deeec0e/revisions#diff-0245cd254dd93bfa275219de79d3eeeccc6797613051a402b3865932aef38457

PSX shader added DH support
https://modrinth.com/shader/psx-shader

is there a way to use shaders with distant horizons on forge minecraft version 1.19.2? the 1.19.2 version of oculus doesn't support v2 shaders and I have had no luck getting any of the v1 shaders to shade the LODs with the 1.19.2 v1 oculus fork on the most recent version of distant horizons on curseforge, and all other versions fail to render any LODs with or without shaders.

is there a way to use shaders with distant horizons on forge minecraft version 1.19.2? the 1.19.2 version of oculus doesn't support v2 shaders and I have had no luck getting any of the v1 shaders to shade the LODs with the 1.19.2 v1 oculus fork on the most recent version of distant horizons on curseforge, and all other versions fail to render any LODs with or without shaders.

i havent had any luck sadly, all we can do is wait in hopes he updated the fork

@lazycalm9 The fork has to be updated, as Enterprise12nx01 said.

Thanks @imheavi, I've added PSX to the list.

Hey there, I'm really sorry to ask, I've been trying incredibly hard to figure this out. I've read many of your recent responses (dating back to this February) to figure out how to get the Complementary Reimagined shader working with DH (Forge 1.20.1, Oculus 1.7.0, DH 2.1.0, and CS 5.2.1).

I finally no longer see the message telling me that the shader pack is incompatible with DH, but the clouds disappear/reappear as I move my cursor. I also haven't observed DH actually working for me yet, but I thought that was a symptom of the shader issue. I've read that there's a fork being worked on several times from a few months ago, but is that still being done/exclusive to their patreon? No matter where I look I can't seem to find it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! The gf and I really like Complementary Reimagined's style and what DH adds to atmosphere so we didn't want to just change shaders if it could supplemented. Thank you in advance.

Hi @TheCrazedPixel, no worries on asking. The fork that has been mentioned in this thread is out of date (it's for the legacy/v1 shader compat).
Complementary r5.2.1 should work with Distant Horizons. I'd recommend troubleshooting in the Distant Horizons Discord server.

Simply Upscaled by timetravelbeard on Modrinth added DH support.

Thank you @imheavi, I've added Simply Upscaled.

hi @PlxelBuilder,
am testing actually ur version but it seems to not work, i mean, shaders works perfectly, but Distant Horizons is not working tho, can i have some contacts to check this thing out? or atleast some tips or sum

P.S. i'm on a server

Hysteria Shaders released with DH support https://modrinth.com/shader/hysteria-shaders

@imheavi Thank you Heavi, I've added Hysteria to the list.
I appreciate your consistent comments!

@Steveplays28 Thanks!

Auroras Shaders by CrafterAurora has added DH support https://modrinth.com/shader/auroras-shaders

Thanks @imheavi, I've added Aurora's Shaders to the list.

Hey Guys

i have this bug, it's like a glitch in the sky

I have already activated Transparency in full
and I also did other procedures, has anyone gone through something similar?

1.16.5 Shaders Complementary fork compatible

Hi @Meidde, that's a bug with Oculus/legacy shader compatibility.
You'd have to debug Oculus, as 1.16.5 is not supported anymore.

Hi @Meidde, that's a bug with Oculus/legacy shader compatibility. You'd have to debug Oculus, as 1.16.5 is not supported anymore.

I downloaded the version that is in your post from Oculus, but if it is no longer supported, I imagine that one day it was already supported, could you perhaps help me look for a version of distant horizons and oculus that would work in Forge 1.16.5 ?

I own an RPG server and would really like to record videos based on the distant

Brighter Accessibility by Erin9166 has released with DH support

https://modrinth.com/shader/brighteraccessibility

@Meidde Apologies, I misspoke, 1.16.5 was never officially supported by the Oculus nor Iris authors.
You could try asking the person that made the backport fork if they're able to update their fork or you could try making your own backport.

@imheavi Thanks, I've added BrighterAccesibility to the list.

Body Cam Shader by LoLip now supports DH

https://modrinth.com/shader/body-camera-shader

Thank you @imheavi, I've added Body Camera to the list.

For those passing by, I'd appreciate upvotes on modrinth/knossos#1740, which is an issue that suggests adding a Distant Horizons filter for shaderpacks on Modrinth. Having a Distant Horizons filter on Modrinth would make this list easier to maintain.

BVS by LoLip added DH support

https://modrinth.com/shader/bvs