Pixel Reality - Luminance
Resource packRealistic(ish) light effects without shaders! Use it on top of vanilla or your chosen pack.
- Security
- Passed
- Privacy
- Nothing sent
- Minecraft versions
- Up to 1.19.2
Why gradeE
How grades workStrengths
Points lost
- No release in 4.2 years−26 points
- Many modpacks removed it−3 points
All 10 criteria
Maintenance
18 points lost9 / 27Last releaseHow long ago the newest file came out, or an existing file was marked as working on a new Minecraft version.4.2 years ago (15 Aug 2022) 0 / 12Supports popular versionsWhether the project has a file for a Minecraft version that 15% or more of the popular mods updated in the last 6 months also support. A version many modpacks use, like 1.20.1 or 1.21.1, also counts after a release in the last 12 months.Newest supported: 1.19.2. 19% of the 170 popular Quilt mods updated in the last 6 months also have files for 1.19.2. Latest Minecraft: 26.3. 9 / 9Regular releasesIn how many of the last 24 months a new file came out. Full points at 3 months.No release in the last 24 months 0 / 6Stability
3 points lost7 / 10Removed from modpacksHow many modpacks removed it in a later version of the pack. We can only see this in modpacks with two or more versions. A pack that swaps it for another edition of the same project, or that is rebuilt from scratch, does not count.11 of the 44 modpacks with two or more versions removed it in a later one (25%) See the 11 modpacks2 / 5Quick fixesHow often a release needed a quick fix: a new release within 3 days to fix a problem in it.Not measured yet.Known conflictsHow many projects say they do not work with it, compared with how widely it is used. Packs, small projects, forks, ports, add-ons, alternatives and old versions do not count.None 5 / 5Transparency
Does not apply. A resource pack's files can be read in the download. Not counted for resource packs.Source codeWhether the project page links to its source code, so anyone can read what it does.Does not apply.Place to report problemsWhether the project page links to a place where players can report problems: an issue tracker.Does not apply.Popularity
Full points4 / 4DownloadsDownloads on Modrinth and CurseForge. Full points from 500,000.305,611 4 / 4Track record
8 points lost0 / 8AgeHow long the project has existed. It counts less when no new file came out recently.13.1 years, 16 releases 0 / 8
20.3 of the 49 points that apply = 41 out of 100. The points above are rounded to whole numbers.
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About
Pixel Reality Luminance is a resource pack that changes Minecraft’s lighting and shading to create a more realistic look without shaders, and it can be layered over vanilla or another resource pack; it requires OptiFine for its changes to appear. It offers four variants: Full uses realistic shading and colors with weaker light sources, darker shadows, and pitch-black areas at light level 0, while strong light and heat sources can make night vision less effective, including in daytime and the Nether. Pale follows Full’s approach but keeps artificial lights in the Overworld closer to vanilla white, while retaining fire-red lights in the Nether and dim, yellowish lights in the End. Bright adds realistic shading and light colors while retaining vanilla brightness, and Light changes shading alone, keeping vanilla colors and brightness for a subtler visual change. The pack’s lighting and shadow effects are shown across the day, night, desert, Nether, and End, with comparisons between vanilla and several Luminance variants.
Written from CurseForge . How we write it
In-game changes
It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.6.1 to 1.19.2.
Keeps all of vanilla Minecraft's textures, models and sounds.
In OptiFine's formats: custom colors.
Details
- Creator
- Wedhro
- License
- Not known
- Downloads
- 306K
- Created
- 2 Sep 2013
- Official page
- CurseForge
Security
No harmful code found
It has no file for a recent Minecraft version. This is about its files for Minecraft 1.6.1 to 1.19.2.
We checked what is inside its files, without opening them in the game.
Why we show this: a resource pack cannot run programs, but its file can hide one. Our checks look for known signs of harm. They cannot prove that a file is harmless. In the grade: malware means no grade.
How we checked
- FilesWe download the files from Modrinth or CurseForge and look at what is inside them and what their code can do, without running them. Fixed rules tell what is harmful.9 latest files: the newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. None is for a recent Minecraft version, so the answer above is about all of them. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks. See each file in Releases
Privacy
Sends nothing
A resource pack has no code that can connect to the internet, so it cannot send anything about you.
AI
No sign so far that AI was used to make it
We looked for AI tools in its description, files and images and found none.
We have not read its changelogs yet.
Why we show this: some players and servers avoid projects made with AI. Not in the grade: using AI does not tell whether a project works well or is kept up to date.
How we checked
- Author on ModrinthThe disclosure form on Modrinth. Since 13 Aug 2026, Modrinth's rules require it when a substantial part of the code is AI output, when an asset is mainly AI output, or when the project or its page relies on generative AI.Not on Modrinth.
- Description and changelogsThe description, project page and newest changelogs: sentences saying an AI tool was used, and text pasted from an AI chat.Nothing found in the descriptionChangelogs not read yet
- Its filesFiles that AI coding tools leave behind (like AGENTS.md), and the texts inside the files you download.Nothing found
- Images in its filesHidden data in the images of the files you download, where AI image tools write their name and settings.Nothing found4 images read
Compatibility
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Modpacks using this project
50 modpacks include Pixel Reality - Luminance in at least one of their versions. Here are the 30 most downloaded.
Enigmatica 2: Expert - Extended315K downloadslast version with it 18 Mar 2024
Pathways.jar44K downloadslast version with it 23 Jul 2025
Poetica25K downloadslast version with it 2 Jan 2022
FnafCraft13K downloadslast version with it 3 Mar 2022
Realistic Insanity12K downloadslast version with it 17 Mar 2018
Cosmic Legacy 1.16.4 - Warped Roots8.8K downloadslast version with it 20 Nov 2020
fate modpack7.6K downloadslast version with it 4 Jan 2021
Beautiful World4.8K downloadslast version with it 24 Dec 2017
Fabric Of Life (FOL)4.7K downloadslast version with it 30 Sep 2020
Retro Magitek4.5K downloadslast version with it 19 Jul 2019Often in the same modpacks
Mods that modpacks often add together with Pixel Reality - Luminance. Share: how many of the modpacks with Pixel Reality - Luminance also have that mod.
BetterFpsCModin 50% of the modpacks with Pixel Reality - Luminance
Inventory Tweaks [1.12 only]-Modin 48% of the modpacks with Pixel Reality - Luminance
BiblioCraftDModin 42% of the modpacks with Pixel Reality - Luminance
ChiselCModin 42% of the modpacks with Pixel Reality - Luminance
Dynamic SurroundingsAModin 40% of the modpacks with Pixel Reality - Luminance
SwingThroughGrassCModin 36% of the modpacks with Pixel Reality - Luminance
Pams HarvestCraftDModin 36% of the modpacks with Pixel Reality - Luminance
NetherPortalFixAModin 34% of the modpacks with Pixel Reality - Luminance
Thermal FoundationCModin 34% of the modpacks with Pixel Reality - Luminance
BotaniaAModin 34% of the modpacks with Pixel Reality - LuminanceLatest files
The newest file for each Minecraft version and loader. None is for a recent Minecraft version. Recent versions: those released in the last 2 years, plus 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, among the most played in modpacks.