Light Your Base to Show Off Torch Bloom and Colorful Interiors

This shader adds torch bloom that imitates an RTX-style glow. It also adds colorful static lighting for interiors and exteriors. A little planning when you place light sources makes your builds look much better.

Lighting interiors

1. Build a room with a roof and walls so outside light is limited. The shader's lighting is easiest to see in dimmer spaces.

2. Place torches at eye level on the walls instead of on the floor. This lets the bloom spread across the room.

3. Leave some dark corners. The shader makes nights and low-light areas darker and more balanced, so contrast between lit and unlit spots looks good.

4. Add tinted glass windows. Yellow tinted glass catches and reflects sunlight nicely during the day.

Lighting exteriors and paths

• Line paths through forests with torches. A birch forest lit by torches at night looks especially good.
• Space torches apart instead of clustering them. Too many in one spot can wash out the colors and hide the bloom.
• Place a few torches near water. The light pairs well with the shader's lighter water.

Check your work at night

Then walk through your base. Night lighting is darker with this shader, so any unlit spot will stand out. Fill those spots with more light, both for looks and so mobs don't spawn there.