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# VulkShade – Shaders on Vulkan
\nA fork of the popular mod VulkanMod implementing performant shaders and features.<\/p>\n

![Preview v1.0.1](https:\/\/cdn.modrinth.com\/data\/cI42FcTE\/images\/e430ec82d6cd7b99c43e103c70fd02d011436150.png)<\/p>\n

## Features:
\n– Shader Support (Only pre-made for now, if mod gains traction, I’ll add more)
\n– FSR
\n– DLSS (With frame gen in v1.0.3)
\n– XeSS
\n– Various Shader Settings<\/p>\n

## Coming Soon:
\n– Built in LoD
\n– HDR (scRGB or HDR10)
\n– Auto Exposure
\n– Custom shaderpacks<\/p>\n

## Thanks to:
\n– The vulkanmod developers
\n– Gamingabdul for being my lab rat
\n– The creators of MakeUpUltraFast v9 (default shader is a port of this)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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