Troubleshooting Missing Blur and Vanilla Lighting Behavior

Why Colors and Lighting Look Unchanged

Players turning on DepthField Shaders for the first time sometimes wonder why caves, torches, and skies still look like plain Minecraft. This is normal behavior rather than a loading error. DepthField Shaders adds a camera focus effect while keeping the original colors and lighting of the base game untouched. A helpful side effect is full visual consistency with vanilla resource packs: any custom textures you load will keep their exact intended colors without an extra shader tint darkening interiors or altering block palettes.

Fixing a Missing Background Blur

If you never see the background soften, first check your distance from what you are looking at. The camera focus only blurs the background when you look at an object up close, so aiming at distant hills or open sky keeps everything clear. Walk directly up to a solid block and center your crosshair on its surface. If the distant background remains completely sharp during a close-up, open Options, go to Video Settings, and open your Shaders or Shader Packs screen in Iris or OptiFine to verify that DepthField Shaders is actively selected rather than set to off or internal rendering.