One of the most popular mods in Minecraft is to change the overall look and feel. BSL shaders are one of the best and top graphics mods in Minecraft. They are highly customizable in the Minecraft world and it is like a light package with loads of shaders, which is not going to affect the user’s PC’s performance. It is only available in the Java Edition and not in any other edition.

It is a shader pack in Java Edition with high levels of customization and optimization, and it features entity movements, built-in anti-aliasing, volumetric light, ambient occlusion, bloom, changes to water graphics with reflections, and customizable clouds and water. Among other things, depth of field, motion blur, specular normal mapping, and globe curvature There are further effects available.

How to install BSL Shaders in Minecraft

To install the BSL shader in Minecraft there are a few things to get prepared before we can start installing the BSL shader.

The first step is to update the version and the Minecraft launcher to ensure that there will be no problems when we install the Optifine and then the shader. It is advisable to run Minecraft at least once before the installation to be on the safer side. 

BSL Shaders mod is available in the present version and the previous version. To use a mod, we have a mod manager called Forge, but for shaders and texture packs, we want to use a tool called Optifine. 

Optifine can be used with the tool or without the tool Forge. Optifine introduces some fixes to Minecraft, like increasing its frame rate and it is also essential to allow shaders to work. To install Shaders, first, we have to install “OptiFine”.

The second step is to Download and install Optifine because the shaders are custom mods that are not from Mojang so the players need an application called Optifine to convert the vanilla version into a modded version. Even the players can get more graphical and performance settings.

Visit the Optifine website now to obtain the most recent version of this mod, which is compatible with our most recent version of Minecraft. Make sure the downloaded file should be in a ‘.jar’ format.

Note: BSL Shaders are now available for Optifine and Iris and the Older versions of the shader pack are only compatible with Optifine. 

After installing Optifine HD Mod on our device. Now go to the location, where our application files are stored on our PC. Search for the shader pack folder in Minecraft, most of the time it will not find it, try to create one in the same location. Take note of the below paths as per your device.

• Windows => %appdata%\.minecraft
• Mac OS X => ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft
• Linux => ~/.minecraft

The third step is downloading and installing BSL shaders. Go to the official website and download the BSL shaders. Make sure it is downloading in a .zip file.

Go to the Options section of our Optifine version of Minecraft game, then click Video settings > Shaders and set ‘old lightning’ as default > select the ‘shaders folder,’ which will open a file explorer window where shader packs are stored. This folder will be empty so paste the downloaded BSL shaders .zip file here. Remember that the zip folder should not be extracted and should be pasted into the ‘shaderpacks’ folder but sometimes you can even try to copy the extracted files from the BSL Shaders zip file and paste them into it.

Additions and Features of BSL Shaders

• Updated Optifine HD integration
• Edge Detect Occlusion
• Unique cel-shading
• Bright color boost and saturation
• Edge bump
• Modifiable-scaling SSAO
• Motion blur
• 2D Clouds
• Lighting tweaks
• Real-time shadow rendering
• Full-color customization
• Per-biome weather color
• Ambient occlusion
• Dual rainbow lens flare 
• Exclusive Nether and End shaders
• Built-in antialiasing (FXAA 3.11 and TAA)
• Sky customization

All of the above features and details are combined into a fantastic visual experience for the Minecraft player. To properly render shaders in the Minecraft game, we must have a compatible video card in our PC, and the main draw for BSL Shaders is their highly customizable settings.

It is best suitable for Low, Medium, High, and Ultra end players. Low-end computers can improve their game performance and a high-end computer can choose the Ultra profile and immerse themself in a breathtaking experience. 

Instead of these settings, even BSL Shaders is compatible with countless resource packs available so we need not worry about extra troubleshooting if the player is doing proper research! BSL Shaders are available in Minecraft 1.19 and earlier versions as far back as 1.7.8.

As we know that the BSL Shaders are available in English by default but the players can also download them in other languages like Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Japanese, Italian, and Russian. As of the update in April 2022, Capttatsu has released a BSL Shaders that is compatible with Minecraft 1.19’s screenshots. This is the first time the shader pack works with Iris.

Conclusion

One of the best and most popular graphics mods for Minecraft is BSL shading. BSL Shaders are incredibly customizable in the world of Minecraft and are basically a light package with a tonne of shaders that won’t slow down the user’s PC. You may easily install and use BSL shaders by following the above-mentioned instructions. Check out the most recent posts on the BrightCHAMPS blog page to learn more about BSL shaders and Minecraft.