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Faster Shadow Mapper FSM Mod (26.3, 1.20.1) – Keep Shaders Smooth in Sign-Heavy
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20–26.x. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
⬇ DownloadFaster Shadow Mapper FSM Mod speeds up the shadow pass in shader mods like Iris, Optifine, Oculus and Beryl. It is a light mod that stops useless things from rendering when shadows are drawn. You get a small FPS boost, and the boost is bigger when many signs and banners are on screen.
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Features:
- Lighter Shadow Pass: Stops things that do not matter for shadows from rendering during the shadow pass.
- Works With Popular Shader Mods: Works with Iris, Beryl, Oculus and Optifine. Iris has it built in since 1.11.2+.
- Skips sign text, banner patterns and the enchantment glint when the game draws shadows.
- Keeps your shadows looking the same. A solid model casts the same shadow no matter its color, so a blue car and a red car look identical in the shadow pass.
- Adds a speed boost only when signs, banners or glint are visible. If none are on screen, you will not see a change.
Performance Tests (Iris):
| Scene | With Mod (avg) | Without Mod (avg) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small base in a flat world | 100 FPS | 87 FPS | About +10% FPS |
| A lot of signs and banners | 15 FPS | 9 FPS | About +50% FPS |
- In the small base test, the 0.05% low is 63 FPS with the mod and 58 FPS without it.
- In the sign and banner test, the 0.05% low is 10 FPS with the mod and 1 FPS without it.
Faster Shadow Mapper FSM Mod Download Links
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 26.3, 1.20.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: In MC Java Mods, or directly above on this page.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
File checked by MCModsHub
- Downloads as 546124.mcaddon
- Download size: 22 KB
- Download link checked 12 Nov 2026 — working
- Mirrored on our own servers — the download does not depend on the original host
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.