Eclipse Shaders

The Eclipse shader pack introduces a collection of features that will help make your game look realistic and visually aesthetic. This pack is an edit of the very popular shader pack called Bliss. The pack stands unique for its unique lighting effects, water realism and nighttime effects.

Volumetry

Volumetric clouds and lighting

The shader adds volumetry to both clouds and lighting. Volumetry is a shader effect that allows the clouds and light to behave in a three-dimensional manner, making them look realistic and much better than those by regular shaders.

Light Effects

Elevated realism in light behavior

Volumetry aside, the behavior of light with the shader pack installed is very notable from the moment you install this shader. While other shader packs focus on making the lighting bright and vibrant, this pack gives more focus to realism. While they may appear non-appealing at times, they are excellent for capturing breathtaking screenshots.

Realistic Water

Detailing to the maximum

The water added by the Eclipse shader pack behaves in a very realistic manner. As seen in the image above, the flowing water reflects the sun-rays close to how it should be in real life. When it rains, the water rain drops falling on the water surface actually creates puddles, adding more detail to the element of realism.

Reactive Water Surface

Water reacts to entities

The water surface reacts well to entities coming in contact with them. When players jump into water, puddles will be produced on the water surface. When players stride over the water, or ride in boats, a train of puddles is created likewise.

Reactive Shadows

Shadows are well detailed

With realistic lighting, one can expect realistic shadows too. The shadow effects introduced by this pack are well reactive. They respond to changes in player behavior very well. In the image above, it can be seen that a shadow has been rendered of the sword in the player's hand.

Intense Rain Effects

Darker atmosphere with fog

When the weather shifts to rain, the entire atmosphere reacts to it. The clods become denser, the lighting becomes dark, and the ground becomes wet. Every detailing element that can add to the realism is well implemented. The above screenshots were taken during a regular rain during the day time. The atmosphere can get much darker during thunderstorms.

Thunder / Lightning

Bright, sharp and intense!

Speaking of thunderstorms, they come with a lot of lightning. The weather already makes the atmosphere very dark, and when lightning strikes, it does so with an intense glowing strike. In the image above, it can be seen how lighting reacts with the dark atmosphere.

With the name of this shader pack being Eclipse, you can eclipse real eclipses with this shader pack installed. As noted by the developer, you can expect at least one eclipse per in-game year. The surface texture of the moon has been updated to make it look more realistic.

Eclipse comes under the collection of very few shader packs that are compatible with LoD mods like Distant Horizons and Voxy. If you have Distant Horizons or Voxy installed, you can use this mod alongside them to make even the LoD chunks have shader effects applied on them.

The Nether

Classic Bliss - Nothing special!

When it comes to the Nether, it is not much different from the classic Bliss shader pack. While the atmosphere looks intense with dense Nether fog and other lighting effects, these are pretty similar to what Bliss offers.

When it comes to the End dimension, there is a thick fog that surrounds the main End island. The lighting in this dimension has been overhauled too, especially on the main island.