Enabling Handheld Lighting with Additional Mods

Handheld Torch Behavior

By default, holding a torch or light-emitting block in your hand while Dark Extreme Shaders is active will not illuminate the surrounding terrain. The shader only renders light from blocks that have been physically placed into the world.

Because of this design, the shader forces you to install an extra mod if you want dynamic, handheld lighting.

Setting Up Handheld Illumination

To illuminate your immediate path without placing torches every few blocks, follow these steps:

1. Select and install an external dynamic lighting mod that works alongside Iris or Oculus.

2. Launch the game and verify in your controls or mod options that dynamic lights are enabled.

3. Equip a torch, lantern, or other light source in your main hand or off-hand.

4. Walk through pitch-black caves or across dark nighttime landscapes. The extra mod will cast a mobile radius of light around your player model, cutting through the shader's deep black shadows as you travel.