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CYBERPUNK SHADER

CYBERPUNK SHADER

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A breathtaking Minecraft shader that gives vibes of Cyberpunk inside Minecraft (note: this is made entirely by a single student)
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# ⚡ Cyberpunk / Neo-Night Shaders

> **Step into the dystopian rain-slicked metropolis.**  
> *Cyberpunk Neo-Night* transforms Minecraft into a gritty, cinematic neo-noir experience inspired by *Cyberpunk 2077* and *Blade Runner 2049*.

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## ✨ Features Overview

### 🌧️ Screen-Space Reflections (SSR) & Dynamic Rain Puddles
- **Dynamic Wet Surfaces**: Roads, rooftops, and sidewalks accumulate reflective puddles when it rains.
- **Fresnel Real-Time Reflections**: Neon signs, glowing lanterns, and towering buildings cast specular reflections across wet ground and bodies of water.

### 💡 Multi-Stage Neon Bloom & Glow
- Emissive blocks (glowstone, lanterns, sea lanterns, redstone, torches, and froglights) radiate deep, volumetric neon glow.
- Multi-tap Kawase blur algorithms create smooth, bleeding light halos without clipping or white blowout.

### 🕶️ Anamorphic Lens Flare Streaks
- High-intensity light sources produce iconic cinematic horizontal light streaks across your field of view, giving that authentic sci-fi camera lens look.

### 🎨 ACES Filmic Tonemapping & Cyberpunk Color Grading
- **High Dynamic Range (HDR) Palette**: Deep obsidian-teal shadows, clean cyan midtones, and electric magenta & hot amber highlights.
- Cinematic contrast curves tuned specifically for nighttime city exploration and dark adventures.

### 🤖 Cyber-Optic Post-Processing
- **Chromatic Aberration**: Optical edge diffraction simulating cybernetic eye implants.
- **Filmic Sensor Grain**: Subtle ISO grain adding texture and cinematic realism.
- **Cybernetic Scanlines**: Optional subtle HUD scanline overlay.
- **Cinematic Vignette**: Soft optical corner falloff.

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## ⚙️ Performance Profiles

Choose the right preset for your graphics hardware directly in **Shader Options**:

Profile Target Hardware Included Features
Low Laptops / Budget GPUs Fast bloom, tone grading, maximum FPS
Medium Mid-range GPUs Full bloom, rain puddles, balanced post-processing
High (Default) Dedicated Gaming GPUs Real-time SSR reflections, anamorphic flares, chromatic aberration, film grain
Ultra (Overdrive) Enthusiast Rigs Maximum bloom radius, dense screen-space raymarching, hyper-vibrant saturation

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## 📥 Installation

### Fabric / NeoForge (Recommended: Iris + Sodium)
1. Install Fabric or NeoForge for your Minecraft version (1.20 - 1.21+).
2. Install **Iris Shaders** and **Sodium**.
3. In Minecraft, navigate to:  
   `Options` ➔ `Video Settings` ➔ `Shader Packs` ➔ `Open Shader Pack Folder`.
4. Drop `Cyberpunk-NeoNight.zip` into the folder.
5. Select **Cyberpunk-NeoNight** and click **Apply**!

### OptiFine
1. Install OptiFine for your version.
2. In Minecraft, navigate to:  
   `Options` ➔ `Video Settings` ➔ `Shaders` ➔ `Shaders Folder`.
3. Drop `Cyberpunk-NeoNight.zip` into the folder and select it.

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## 🏙️ Best In-Game Experience Tips
- Try setting the time to night: `/time set midnight`
- Enable rain to activate reflective puddles: `/weather rain`
- Pairs amazingly with sci-fi, modern, or high-resolution texture packs!

Cyberpunk-NeoNight.zip
MC 1.21.2-Snapshot, 1.21, 1.21.6-snapshot, 1.21.1-Snapshot, 1.21.8, 1.21.5, 1.21.4, 1.21.5-Snapshot, OptiFine, 1.21.1, 1.21.6, 1.21.3, 1.21.7, 1.21-Snapshot, 1.21.4-Snapshot, 1.21.2
Beta 2026-09-03 Get

Requirements & install

How to use this shader in Minecraft
Shader loader
OptiFine
Minecraft
1.21.4-Snapshot – 1.21.8
Install folder
.minecraft/shaderpacks

Install with OptiFine

  1. Install OptiFine for your Minecraft version (optifine.net) and start it once.
  2. Download the shader pack .zip (do not extract it).
  3. Put the .zip into .minecraft/shaderpacks.
  4. In game open Options → Video Settings → Shaders and select the pack.
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