Advanced Shadows

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Advanced Shadows

By KCLucasOwner

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This project add´s an overlay for shadows in the Overworld.

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Description

AdvancedShadows

See shadows. Find skybases.

AdvancedShadows is a lightweight clientside mod that overlays colored carpets on the ground showing sky light levels — like a light level overlay, but for skylight. Perfect for hunting down skybase locations on survival or PvP servers.

How it works

Press F7 to toggle the overlay. Colored quads appear on all walkable surfaces around you:

  • 🔴 Red — completely hidden from the sky (skylight 0)
  • 🟠 Orange — heavily shadowed (skylight 1–7)
  • 🟡 Yellow — partially shadowed (skylight 8–14)
  • No overlay — full sky exposure

The overlay also renders on tree leaves and water surfaces, so you can walk through a forest canopy or across a lake and immediately see which areas are shadowed enough to hide a skybase.

Features

  • Toggle with F7 (rebindable in Controls)
  • Solid blocks + leaves + water surface support
  • Overworld only (Nether/End auto-disabled)
  • Configurable render radius (1–256) and vertical range (1–64) via commands
  • Pure clientside — no mod needed on the server

Commands

Command Description
/advancedshadows radius <1-256> Set horizontal render radius
/advancedshadows yradius <1-64> Set vertical render range
/advancedshadows status Show current settings

Settings are saved automatically and persist across sessions.

Installation

Requires Fabric Loader + Fabric API for Minecraft 1.21.11.

  1. Download the .jar
  2. Place it in .minecraft/mods/
  3. Launch → press F7

Compatibility

Works alongside Sodium, Iris, and other rendering mods. Multiplayer-safe (clientside only).