🗂️ ZenXveda Shader: Feature Catalog

This catalog provides a comprehensive, itemized list of every block, item, and system that has been customized, enhanced, or overhauled in the ZenXveda Shadder. You can use this as a reference or post it on your CurseForge page so users know exactly what is included!

🌌 1. Environment & Atmospherics

These changes affect the global feel of the world.

• Custom Panorama: 360-degree custom main menu background (Background.png).
• Deep Blue Skies: Vivid, deep blue sky colors (#275A97) applied globally to all overworld biomes.
• Vibrant Distance Fog: Horizon fog color adjusted to a vibrant sky-blue (#3B72E5) to prevent white wash-outs.
• Pitch-Black Caves: Ambient cave lighting and underground sky intensity reduced to exactly 0.0.
• Dark Nights: Moonlight illuminance drastically reduced for terrifyingly dark survival nights.
• Bright Point Lights: High-intensity lighting curves for Torches, Lanterns, and Campfires to pierce through the dark.

🧱 2. Terrain & Blocks

• Smoothed Grass: Custom Gaussian blur applied to grass_top, grass_side, and grass_side_carried to remove noisy pixelation and create soft, clean terrain.
• Vibrant Blocks (Default/Fake RTX Tiers): +20% Saturation and +10% Contrast applied to all terrain blocks for a Complementary Unbound style.
• Soft & Realistic Blocks (Mobile Tier): -45% Saturation and -20% Contrast applied to all terrain blocks for a faded, highly realistic, eye-friendly mobile experience.
• Untouched Water: water_flow and water_still perfectly preserved in their vanilla state for maximum visibility.

✨ 3. PBR (Physically Based Rendering) Support

Only available when using the Real Ray Tracing (PBR) subpack with the Bedrock Deferred Technical Preview enabled.

🟢 Glowing Emissive Ores

These blocks have custom MER maps that cause them to physically emit light in dark caves:

• Diamond Ore & Deepslate Diamond Ore
• Gold Ore & Deepslate Gold Ore
• Iron Ore & Deepslate Iron Ore
• Emerald Ore & Deepslate Emerald Ore
• Redstone Ore & Deepslate Redstone Ore
• Lapis Lazuli Ore & Deepslate Lapis Ore
• Coal Ore & Deepslate Coal Ore
• Nether Quartz Ore
• Copper Ore & Deepslate Copper Ore

🪞 Reflective Metallic Blocks

These blocks will naturally reflect sunlight and nearby light sources:

• Block of Diamond
• Block of Gold
• Block of Iron
• Block of Netherite

⚔️ 4. Items & Armor

• High-Definition Colors: All items and weapons have been color-boosted (Default) or softened (Mobile).
• Metallic Armor (Glare-Fixed): Diamond, Iron, Gold, and Netherite armor sets have been specifically tuned to look beautiful without blinding you in direct sunlight.
• Shiny Tools & Weapons: Custom metallic mapping applied to the metal heads of:
  • Swords (Diamond, Iron, Gold, Netherite)
  • Pickaxes
  • Axes
  • Shovels
  • Hoes
  • (Note: The wooden handles of these tools are correctly mapped to remain matte and non-reflective!)

Catalog generated for ZenXveda Shadder (v1.8.0)