Solace V Shader FAQ

Solace V comes with three presets: a cozy warm style, a gloomy eerie mode, and a natural realistic look. Select the one you want in the pack's options where you activated the shader, then load into a world to see it. If the look doesn't change, back out to the menu and re-enter the world so the new preset is applied.

Use Warm for golden, inviting light that suits builds and cherry grove sunsets. Use Eerie for a darker, moodier world that fits caves and survival horror vibes. Use Natural if you want realistic lighting that stays closest to how daylight actually looks.

This is intended. Each dimension has its own lighting, fog and color grading tuned specifically for it, so a change in atmosphere when you go through a portal means the shader is working correctly.

The shader uses 128x normal maps and 128x hand-crafted texture ambient occlusion, so stone, wood and other blocks should show surface detail and shading in crevices. If they look flat, another resource pack is probably placed above Solace V and overriding its textures. Move Solace V to the top of your active packs, or disable the other pack, to check.

Look at the floor of shallow, sunlit water, like a beach or a small pond on a clear day. You should see moving light patterns rippling across the blocks underneath. They were made from a path-traced simulated ocean, so they are easiest to spot in bright daylight with clear water.

Yes. Solace V supports customizable atmosphere, fog and water color settings, so you can fine-tune the look beyond the three presets. Switching presets also changes the overall color grading.

You can stack it with other packs. However, any pack placed above it that replaces block textures can override the shader's normal maps and texture AO. For the full effect, keep Solace V on top or use it with packs that don't touch block textures.

High-resolution normal maps, texture AO and the fog and lighting effects cost more than vanilla, so weaker devices may see lower frame rates. If it stutters, try lowering your render distance first. Also close other apps and turn off any extra resource packs running alongside the shader.

The texture AO adds deep shading in enclosed spaces, and the Eerie preset is deliberately gloomy, so unlit caves look much darker than in vanilla. Place light sources like candles or torches, which the shader renders with a warm glow. You can also switch to the Warm or Natural preset if you want brighter underground areas.

No. The shader only changes how the game looks on your own screen, so other players don't need it and won't see your visuals. Anyone who wants the same look has to activate it on their own device.