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Tuning Custom Shadows and Colored Lighting for Builds

Adjusting Custom Shadow Settings

Clean shadows add depth to structures and terrain, and FESGlow Shaders includes custom shadow settings so you can control how prominent they look in your world.

1. Pause the game and open Options > Video Settings > Shaders.

2. With FESGlow Shaders active, open the shader pack settings screen.

3. Locate the custom shadow settings section and adjust the options until rooflines, trees, and cliff faces have clean separation without obscuring block details.

4. Apply your changes and inspect both sunlit areas and overhangs in your world.

Building with Cartoon Tones and Colored Light

Because the shader applies bright cartoon visuals and fantasy tones to the environment, block palettes appear more vivid than they do under default lighting.

  • Choose and test your building materials while the shader is active so the colors work together under the fantasy palette.
  • Combine different vanilla light sources inside interiors and underground rooms to bring out the pack's colored lighting.
  • Keep vanilla Smooth Lighting turned on in Video Settings so light transitions evenly across block faces.