Complementary Shaders is the perfect shader pack to improve Minecraft’s graphics and performance. If you ever played Minecraft for more than five minutes, you know the game is incredibly fun – but a little bit lackluster in the graphics department. Fortunately for all Minecraft lovers out there, this shader pack is here to change that. That’s not to say you should expect a complete, 3D graphics overhaul. When you’re playing Minecraft, you’re not exactly in it because of realistic textures. That’s not what Complementary Shaders is here to change. Instead, this shaders improves a little bit of everything, while still maintaining its essence. Complementary Shaders is an off-shoot of another popular shader pack called BSL Shader. If you liked that pack, you’re going to love this one. This shaders takes the best out of BSL Shader and improves the rest. You can install it if you want to experience better graphics, gameplay, compatibility, and more.
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It’ll help you improve an already-great game like Minecraft is. Although it improves a little bit of everything, it will not ruin your performance. This shader pack is specially designed to keep everything running smoothly. Simply put, it just works. Not only that, but it’ll also fix compatibility issues that you might have with other shader packs. This Complementary Shaders pack always has the player in mind. With Complementary Shaders, you’ll realize Minecraft will run rather fast and better than with most other shader packs. No matter what GPU or drivers you have, this shader pack will make your game smoother compared to other shaders. Keep in mind this is a one-of-a-kind shaderpack. You can’t install it like the other ones. Make sure you pay attention to the installation guide before you do anything. Check and double-check it. Then, enjoy everything that Complementary Shaders has in store for you!
Complementary Unbound should be compatible with all of these Minecraft versions: 1.21.11 - 1.21.10 - 1.21.9 - 1.21.8 - 1.21.7 - 1.21.6 - 1.21.5 - 1.21.4 - 1.21.3 - 1.21.2 - 1.21.1 - 1.21 - 1.20.6 - 1.20.5 - 1.20.4 - 1.20.3 - 1.20.2 - 1.20.1 - 1.20 - 1.19.4 - 1.19.3 - 1.19.2 - 1.19.1 - 1.19 - 1.18.2 - 1.18.1 - 1.18 - 1.17.1 - 1.17 - 1.16.5 - 1.16.4 - 1.16.3 - 1.16.2 - 1.16.1 - 1.16 - 1.15.2 - 1.15.1 - 1.15 - 1.14.4 - 1.14.3 - 1.14.2 - 1.14 - 1.13.2 - 1.13.1 - 1.13 - 1.12.2 - 1.12 - 1.11.2 - 1.11 - 1.10.2 - 1.10 - 1.9.4 - 1.9 - 1.8.9 - 1.8.8 - 1.8.6 - 1.8.1 - 1.8
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How to install Complementary Shaders:
- Download and install Minecraft.
- Open Minecraft launcher and setup your game profile for the Minecraft version you want to run. – in the top menu, select the “Installations” tab, click “New installation”, under the “Version” dropdown, select your preferred Minecraft version and click “Create”.
- Download and install Optifine or Iris. – we recommend Iris, it’s a bit more optimized;
- Open Minecraft launcher and select the newly created Optifine or Iris profile. – if in step 3 you chose to install optifine it will have an optifine profile, if iris it will have an iris profile;
- Download the Complementary shader pack from the download section below.
- Launch Minecraft.
- For Optifine: Go to
Options > Video Settings > Shadersand click “Shaders Folder” to open shaderpacks folder.
For Iris: Go toOptions > Video Settings > Shader packsand click “Open Shader Pack Folder” to open shaderpacks folder. - Put the Complementary shader pack (.zip file) downloaded in step 5 into the .minecraft\shaderpacks folder you opened in step 7.
- In the game, select Complementary Shaders from the list and click “Done”.
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Comparison slider #1 for those who want to compare vanilla Minecraft without any shaders installed (on the left) with Minecraft using this particular shader pack (on the right).
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Comparison slider #2 for those who want to compare vanilla Minecraft without any shaders installed (on the left) with Minecraft using this particular shader pack (on the right).
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Comparison slider #3 for those who want to compare vanilla Minecraft without any shaders installed (on the left) with Minecraft using this particular shader pack (on the right).
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Complementary Unbound Shader Pack Download
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Java Edition:
[1.21.x – 1.7.x] Download Complementary Unbound Shaders
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Ibutamoren
ashitemasu for these shaders <3 absolutely beatiful. With my RTX 5080, AMD ryzen 9 aswell as my 64GB DDR5 RAM and my 360 HZ AMOLED monitor i get 1000+ fps. Absolutely wonderous.
rowan
i cant see the shaders, even with optifine and java
nigidgi
my screen glitches when i put it on and only the bottom left part of the screen shows the game the rest in black
Admin
It’s either a modding issue not related to shaders, or a hardware issue—since shaders do require a decent amount of resources.
MXDNXGHT
the ocean move depending on how i look around. if i look up the ocean water texture moves down. if i look down it moves up. the skybox also seems to follow a similar theme
????
For me it never works???
Admin
What is the exact issue you are having? Just a reminder, this is a Java-only shader pack, it will not work in Bedrock Edition.
kaylin
Can you make one for bedrock! these look so good
mlg_dan
is there a way to remove the circular sun/moon?
Julia
My favorite shaders, they are simple and crispy which i really appreciate and the small details like glowing ores or mobs when it’s dark is such a small yet pleasing detail
Harpreet
Can you tell me how to use this shader and which version and type of minecraft to use
supergames_cz
and even in the dark the particles are extreamely bright
supergames_cz
Hey sometimes when i play there will be just a part of the world that is just black and i cant see nothing i just have to look away and then look back
GlGA NlGA
Can you add auto exposure to the shader?
nouf almousa
whati try
Mathew
Do you have to have some graphic card? nvidia or something ?
Admin
Of course, without it it would be simply terrible in terms of fps.
L
Hey, when I tried to instal the shaders on the Minecraft (I already have Optifine and Java) on the resource packs buton it says that the resource packs are invalid, what can I do?
kaisye
please make a 1.20.6 one :<
Splommy
Hi I just downloaded this shaderpack for 1.20 and love it! but it makes all the copper ore blocks glow, is there any way to fix that? very distracting while caving.
Traza
Hey admin please make for bedrock version I would like to enjoy.😡😡😡😡😡😡
Admin
You should ask the official authors of the pack about this. But we can tell you that this is technically impossible.
Beeet
Is there a Bedrock download?
Admin
No, this is a shader pack for the Java Edition only, like most other shaders.
Arian
I have a powerful PC . RTX 3070 , 16 ram , i5- 12 gen but it still lags alot
Godie
You kidding me. 3070. I use 4060 and AMD 7
7mney
stop flexing your gpu fan, some people dont want to upgrade or cant
boby
like me I am just using a school computer
gg
same
Dove
How do i fix regular (unstained) glass being invisible? i want to be able to see my glass
DeicticCelery86
ccd
Lisa
What do I do when a new version is out? Right now, 1.20.2? How do I update?
Admin
You don’t have to update it. Shaders usually work on older versions as well.
Lisa
But what if I want to play the newer version? My friend is playing on 1.20.2, can I do anything to join him?
phoenix
how do u zip the file pls help anyone?
Admin
Just place the downloaded file in your shader packs folder. You don’t need to zip or unzip anything.
phoenix
im trying to do step numb 8 but it wont work
Shirkhana
All entities that are sitting inside a boat are invisible, e.g. I can´t see my legs, and I can only see a cats head inside the boat. Even without a ressourcepack. How can I fix this? Can I edit this inside the .zip?
JakeLaMtn
I’ve noticed the same thing. Would love to see this fixed
Mithun
good