CG Naturalism HD Shader Pack for Minecraft

Review CG Naturalism HD Shader Pack

CG Naturalism HD Shader Pack

We present to your attention a unique HD Minecraft shader that changes many aspects and adds a large number of various effects. It doesn’t have many settings, but its functionality is quite enough to get a colorful picture on your screen.

The main feature of this add-on is the revitalization of the entire environment in Minecraft. Most of the items are static. This concerns trees, grass, water, flowers, and other elements of flora and fauna. CG Naturalism HD Shader Pack helps you revive all the vegetation, which will look cool combined with all the newly added effects, literally reveal the potential of the game, and highlight its advantages.

And the most important thing is that this pack can be used on both weak and powerful computers. Even if your PC is old and it cannot handle Minecraft, this shader will allow you to increase the level of graphics and keep the FPS the same. Are you ready? Then let’s move on to our review.

Environment

Waving leaves . It is one of the few Minecraft shaders that make waving leaves look somehow realistic. In most cases, this kind of animation does not look colorful and is far from real life. Despite the cubic world, this pack adds waving animations for all types of trees and they look quite normal.

Swaying flowers. It is another important feature in terms of game customization. There are a few add-ons with flowers swaying in the wind since modders rarely pay attention to this element. And they’re missing all the fun! Flowers are an integral part of most biomes in Minecraft, so they should move in much the same way as the rest of the environment: leaves, grass, etc.

Swaying grass . Grass blades also sway depending on the wind flow and direction. Heavy rain and strong winds make the grass move faster. However, the swaying will be barely noticeable on a normal sunny day.

Shadows and lighting

Lighting . The pack also changes different sources of lighting. These are no longer static structures (excluding torches), but rather dynamic objects. Set up a torch or lantern and see how they scatter the light. This process will still depend on how the sun or the moon shines, what biome you are in, and other important lighting details. Lighting in Minecraft is often problematic. So, developers of third-party modifications have to come up with new lighting methods to improve the picture and bring the world closer to real life.

Shadows . CG Naturalism HD Shader Pack does not have the best shadows. In short: there are basic features, but there are no upgrades or detailed settings. So in general, there is no need to cover this point. Blocks do not give many shadows, although the dropped loot does.

Water effects

Perhaps one of the most exciting features added by this shader is the high-quality texture of water, which looks pretty cool and realistic. In general, the texture becomes darker, so underwater objects are less visible. But you can use different light sources to improve visibility, especially if you often explore the underwater world of Minecraft.

The author has also developed swaying animation for the underwater world. Having plunged to the bottom, you will see how all the algae and water plants sway in the waves. The lower you are, the less intensively the plants will move. It looks realistic and cool, for which special thanks to the author.

The water beautifully reflects particles and structures from nearby shores. In this process, not the least role is played by lighting, both from the sun and other light sources. So, this aspect is 100% improved. At the same time, the pack does not load your computer, so there is no need to worry that your performance will drop.

If you use a bucket of water or build an irrigation system for your beds, you will see the water sparkle. This is further evidence that the water looks like in real life and is affected by physics. For Minecraft, such visual effects are extremely important.

Other changes

According to the author, the pack redesigns lava effects and animations. This is barely noticeable at first glance, but the lava is different compared to the vanilla version of the game. And if you look closer, you will see that it is even brighter.

At night, you can clearly see mobs, especially creepers that explode quietly and quickly. By the way, this created a certain discomfort when you played on a server with no plugins and mods and had to go home on foot or fly on elytra.

This shader pack does not have many settings or any additional parameters. Every effect, such as swaying grass or realistic water, can be disabled in one click. You can do it yourself by going into the configuration of this shader. We hope that our review helps you understand what benefits this add-on provides and how much it changes the graphics of the game. Remember that CG Naturalism HD Shader Pack ensures good optimization and your FPS on any computer remains normal.