How to Configure Video Settings and Lighting for AK X-Ray Definitive

Applying the AK X-Ray Definitive resource pack is only the first step. Because of how Minecraft handles underground shadows, your blocks may appear completely black until you adjust your in-game video settings and lighting.

Disabling Smooth Lighting

For the transparency effect to work properly on both Mobile and Windows editions, you must adjust your graphics menu.

1. Open the Minecraft pause menu and select Settings.

2. Scroll down the left sidebar and click on Video.

3. Locate the Smooth Lighting toggle and turn it Off.

4. Return to your game. Standard terrain blocks will now render transparently without casting heavy shadow gradients over the hidden ores.

Fixing Dark Blocks with Night Vision

Even with smooth lighting disabled, deep caves and buried blocks lack a light source, making ores look like dark silhouettes—especially on Windows setups.

To see the true colors of the ores clearly, brew or pull a Potion of Night Vision from the Creative inventory and drink it. The status effect illuminates every rendered block through the transparent terrain, allowing you to instantly distinguish between coal, iron, and diamonds from a distance.