BalancedBright

Original Minecraft Java Resource Pack
Smooth • Lightweight • Natural permanent brightness (Night-Vision style)

Version: 1.0.0
Target: Minecraft Java 1.21+ (including 26.x year-based versions)

What it does

Replaces the vanilla core lightmap shader so every light level becomes brighter in a controlled way.
Feels like a permanent, polished Night Vision effect that works in:

• Caves & abandoned mineshafts
• Nighttime surface
• Underwater
• Dense forests
• Mountains & interiors
• Deep Dark
• The Nether
• The End

Colors stay natural. No neon, no heavy wash-out.

Performance

• Zero FPS impact
• Zero extra memory
• Zero lag
• Only one shader file is overridden
• Fully compatible with Vanilla, Sodium, Iris (when no external shaderpack is loaded), and OptiFine

Installation

1. Download the zip
2. Put it in .minecraft/resourcepacks
3. Options → Resource Packs → move BalancedBright to Selected
4. Keep it above any other packs that touch shaders
5. Set in-game Brightness to Bright / 100% for maximum effect
6. Press F3+T to reload

Compatibility Notes

Technical

Overrides only assets/minecraft/shaders/core/lightmap.fsh.
Block textures, models, fog and UI remain 100% vanilla.

Credits

Completely original.
Shader logic derived from public vanilla lightmap.fsh and re-balanced for natural appearance.