Rethinking Voxels
Modrinth[WIP] A gameplay shaderpack based on complementary reimagined that has coloured block light with sharp shadows
r0.1-beta9 · MC 1.21.10 · Iris
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r0.1-beta9
betar0.1-beta9
1.21.101.21.91.21.81.21.7+8iris2025-06-19 · 5.7M downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1-beta9.zip · 7.9 MB
r0.1-beta8
betar0.1-beta8
1.21.51.21.41.21.11.21+3iris2025-05-12 · 1.2M downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1-beta8.zip · 7.9 MB
r0.1-beta7b
betar0.1-beta7b
1.21.51.21.41.21.11.21+1iris2025-04-12 · 219.3K downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1-beta7b.zip · 7.9 MB
aprilfools_2025
alphaapril fools version 2025
1.21.51.21.41.21.11.20.4iris2025-04-01 · 61.9K downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1.zip · 11 KB
r0.1-beta7a
betar0.1-beta7a
1.21.51.21.41.21.11.21+1iris2025-03-23 · 103.5K downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1-beta7a.zip · 7.9 MB
r0.1-beta7
betar0.1-beta7
1.21.41.21.11.211.20.4iris2025-03-22 · 9.3K downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1-beta7.zip · 7.9 MB
r0.1-beta6a
betar0.1-beta6a
1.21.41.21.11.20.4iris2025-01-23 · 351.4K downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1-beta6a.zip · 7.9 MB
r0.1-beta6
betar0.1-beta6
1.21.41.21.11.20.4iris2025-01-23 · 4.1K downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1-beta6.zip · 7.9 MB
r0.1-beta5
betar0.1-beta5
1.211.20.61.20.51.20.4+1iris2024-07-14 · 2.6M downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1-beta5.zip · 544 KB
r0.1-beta4-fix2
betar0.1-beta4-fix2
1.211.20.61.20.51.20.4+2iris2024-06-15 · 434.1K downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1-beta4-fix2.zip · 539 KB
r0.1-beta4-fix1
betar0.1-beta4-fix1
1.211.20.61.20.51.20.4+2iris2024-06-13 · 14.2K downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1-beta4-fix1.zip · 537 KB
r0.1-beta4
betar0.1-beta4
1.20.61.20.51.20.41.20.1+1iris2024-06-12 · 6K downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1-beta4.zip · 537 KB
r0.1-beta3
betar0.1-beta3-fix1
1.20.41.20.31.20.21.20.1+1iris2024-03-31 · 394.8K downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1-beta3-fix1.zip · 482 KB
r0.1-beta2
betar0.1-beta2
1.20.21.20.11.201.19.4iris2023-11-27 · 1.6M downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1_beta2.zip · 593 KB
r0.1-beta1
betar0.1-beta1
1.20.21.20.11.201.19.4iris2023-11-06 · 63.8K downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1_beta1.zip · 572 KB
r0.1-alpha10
alphar0.1-alpha10
1.20.21.20.11.201.19.4iris2023-10-27 · 44.5K downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1_alpha10.zip · 609 KB
r0.1-alpha9c
alphar0.1-alpha9c
1.20.21.20.11.201.19.4iris2023-10-22 · 10.4K downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1_alpha9c.zip · 605 KB
r0.1-alpha9b
alphar0.1-alpha9b
1.20.21.20.11.201.19.4iris2023-10-14 · 41.1K downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1_alpha9b.zip · 652 KB
r0.1-alpha9a
alphar0.1-alpha9a
1.20.21.20.11.201.19.4iris2023-10-13 · 3.4K downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1_alpha9a.zip · 605 KB
r0.1-alpha9
alphar0.1-alpha9
1.20.21.20.11.201.19.4iris2023-10-12 · 2.4K downloads
rethinking-voxels_r0.1_alpha9.zip · 605 KB
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About
Rethinking Voxels
This shader is an edit of Complementary Reimagined that aims to be decently fast (when compared to path tracing shaders) while having block lights cast sharp shadows.
Notes
The lighting system is not perfect. Occasional sudden brightness changes are a side-effect of the way it works and cannot be completely removed without hurting performance or removing sharp shadows from light sources. To do the latter, disable Per-Pixel Lighting in the Rethinking Voxels Settings.
This shader is developed on Iris, using an AMD graphics card on linux, and it is also tested on an NVidia graphics card on linux. While it usually works on other platforms, bugs that appear only there are not caught by my testing and hence they take longer to fix. To use this shader pack, the Iris shader loader is required. Beta 18d and older versions also work on OptiFine.
Contact
If you need support, please join the shaderLabs discord server, where this shader has a channel (#rethinking-voxels-gri573).
Partnership
I have entered a partnership with Ember, a Minecraft server hosting provider. This is because Ember hosts the complementary SMP server and has provided a better hosting experience / customer support than the previous hosting service, and because they reached out asking about it. If you need to host a Minecraft server and wish to support Rethinking Voxels' development at the same time, do check them out! Using the promotional code RETHINKING in a first-time purchase will redirect 70% of the first month's fee to me as well as give you a 10% discount.
Media
Video by youtube user iambeen that showcases rethinking voxels beta 18d (with custom settings), compared to the original reimagined: