Balancing Performance and Raytracing Mode

Dercode Shaders is built to keep frame rates fast even on older graphics cards, while also offering heavy visual upgrades like a dedicated raytracing mode for players with stronger hardware.

Optimizing for Older Graphics Cards

If your frame rate drops during heavy weather or in dense forests, you can scale back the heavier visual features without losing the pack's core style.

1. Open Options, go to Video Settings, and select Shader Packs.

2. Open the Shader Pack Settings menu for Dercode Shaders.

3. Look for the lighting and reflection categories to lower or disable Volumetric Lighting (the light rays shining through trees and clouds) and Advanced Reflections (specular shine on water and wet blocks during rain).

4. Apply your changes and return to your world to test your frame rate during a daytime storm, when wet ground reflections and natural rain effects are most active.

Enabling Raytracing Mode

If you have headroom to spare and want realistic shadows and upgraded lighting across your world, you can switch on raytracing.

1. Return to the Shader Pack Settings screen inside your shader loader.

2. Locate the lighting or raytracing options and toggle the Raytracing Mode on.

3. Click Done to reload the shader pack and check how sunlight and block shadows fall across nearby terrain. If your frames dip too low, switch the mode back off to return to the standard optimized profile.