Photonics: A Raytracing Engine Mod

An Iris extension mod that enhanced Iris Rendering with a fully custom Raytracing solution. With its focus on performance, Photonics is able to run 2-3 faster compared to similar projects.

Notice

This mod is in early Beta and bugs and compatibility issues are expected. This mod has been tested and validated on modern AMD GPU's. Compatiblity can vary from GPU vendor, GPU Driver Version and Operating System. Any mods that modify the behavior of Minecraft Rendering will affect compatibility.

Supported Shaderpacks

• BSL v8.2.09 (exact!)

Requirements

• Iris
• BSL v8.2.09
• ModMenu
• Fabric-API

Features

Photonics adds many visual effects that would not be possible without it's custom Raytracing engine:

• Shadow-casting Light Sources: Every block casts shadows from every light source, resulting in realistic scenes full of crispy shadows.

• Path Traced Block Lights: Enjoy the beautiful lighting of dozens of colored blocks

• Path Traced Global Illumination (PTGI): Thanks to the power of Raytracing, occluded spots are subject to realistic lighting.

• 3D Blocks: Since the Raytracing Engine is based on voxels, it fully supports any type of 16x16x16 block models. Custom Models can also be implemented using MagicaVoxel.

Development

Updates on the Development can be seen on my Twitter Account: EnginePhotonic