projectLUMA Shaders 1.19 / 1.18

When you look at photos or videos of different resource packs, you cannot ignore that they simply look gorgeous. These promotional materials are deliberately made to impress but the moment you install the resource pack, you may notice that it does not look as pretty. This happens because all those stunning visuals are achieved by having something extra on top. Shader packs are the missing element that makes Minecraft look great. One such notable example is ProjectLUMA. ProjectLUMA shader pack can be seen as a passion project. The development team behind the shader pack took inspiration from KUDA shaders and wanted to make a spiritual successor. Built from scratch using new and original code, the shader pack aims to tackle some core problems that most other shader packs struggle with. One of the main focuses of the team behind ProjectLUMA is performance. Shader packs are known to be resource hogs. If you are running Minecraft on an older system, the moment you install some new shaders, you will see a drastic performance drop. This does not happen with ProjectLUMA or at least, the performance drop is not as drastic. The ProjectLUMA shader pack was released in late 2019 and since then it has not received any free updates. At the moment of release, the developers already finished work on the shader pack and made it available for multiple versions of Minecraft. But you can still get newer versions of this shader pack by supporting authors on their official patron page.

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Being a spiritual successor to KUDA shader, ProjectLUMA follows a similar visual style. It introduces several improvements that considerably improve Minecraft. It works with most resource packs but even when installed on vanilla Minecraft, it makes a considerable impact. The shader pack brings several new features. They introduce new reflections which will be easy to notice when looking at the water. It also improves ambient occlusion and adds motion blur. The shader pack also alters the way water looks by adding realistic water waves. Additionally, the developers added dirty lens, auto bump, POM, and a few other features. One of the most note-worthy improvements is made to the way the sky looks in Minecraft. The Godrays feature in ProjectLUMA adds better lighting effects, light rays and changes the way the Sun looks. It also affects how shadows are projected on the ground. At the same time, the clouds look photorealistic. These improvements can also be observed during the nighttime. All the improvements and features present in the ProjectLUMA shaders also affect the textures in the game. Even when using it with an x16 or x32 resource pack, ProjectLUMA makes textures look cleaner. Details are easier to observe and colors are brighter. The ProjectLUMA shader pack needs to be installed with a tool such as OptiFine. Because it alters the sky and water, it needs access to the special features that this tool offer. Because ProjectLUMA adds many new features and effects to Minecraft, it may negatively impact your framerate. Sadly, there is no possibility to turn on or off certain features. For optimal performance, the shader pack is recommended to be installed with resource packs that use texture resolutions no higher than x64.

projectLUMA should be compatible with all of these Minecraft versions: 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

projectLUMA — Screenshots

How to install projectLUMA Shaders:

  1. Download and install Minecraft.
  2. 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”.
  3. Download and install Optifine.
  4. Open Minecraft launcher and select the newly created Optifine.
  5. Download the projectLUMA shader pack from the download section below.
  6. Launch Minecraft.
  7. Go to Options > Video Settings > Shaders and click “Shaders Folder” to open shaderpacks folder.
  8. Put the projectLUMA shader pack (.zip file) downloaded in step 5 into the .minecraft\shaderpacks folder you opened in step 7.
  9. In the game, select projectLUMA Shaders from the list and click “Done”.

Features:

  • Photorealistic skyboxes
  • Godrays
  • Reflections
  • PBR Support
  • Ambient Occlusion
  • Native Motionblur
  • Realistic water waves
  • Dirty Lens
  • Auto Bump
  • POM

projectLUMA - Comparison Slider #1 day

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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projectLUMA - Comparison Slider #2 night

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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projectLUMA Shader Pack Download

  • Credit for the creation of projectLUMA goes to dedelner.
  • We never modify or edit resource packs in any way. None of the resource packs, shader mods or tools you see on this website are hosted on our servers. We use only official download links provided by official authors. Therefore, they are completely safe and secure.
  • Since the links are official and we update them manually - the links may stop working with each new update. We make every effort to update links as quickly as possible and usually we update everything on time and users have no problems, but if suddenly any link stops working - let us know through the comments below.
  • Don't forget to leave a comment below and vote for the pack. By doing this, you help the author(s) keep improving the project. If you want to support the author(s), be sure to check the author links just below the download links.
DOWNLOAD LINKS

Java Edition:

[1.19.x – 1.14.x] Download projectLUMA Shaders

Download instructions:

Curseforge: download starts automatically after a few seconds;

Mediafire: click the big blue button with the text "DOWNLOAD";

Google Drive: in the top right corner you will see a small download icon (down arrow), click it and the download should start;

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Author: dedelner
Last updated: 8 May 2023
Category: Shaders
Compatibility: Java

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  1. nikola

    hello how to install this shader

    1. Admin

      We have installation instructions on this page. Quite detailed, so be sure to read carefully, step by step, if you have never installed shaders before))

  2. Martin

    i cannot download it it says cannot copy or something is there help with that?

    1. Admin

      Make sure you finish downloading first. It must be a .zip archive file format. Don’t unpack it, just move it directly to your shaderpack folder.

    2. HolierEel790853

      The way you want your mom said that they are all the time you need to get the best👍💯 for you to join me

  3. Jake

    Is there a way to make it so that the torch light when in hand is smooth? When I move with a torch the light just jumps around instead of smoothly following me.

    1. Suryaveer

      Go to video settings then set lightning to fancy

  4. samiul

    nice dear