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I'm making this topic because I feel that GSL shaders shouldn't be banned. They do nothing but make the game prettier for a small group of people who can run them. They don't affect the game in any way. That said, I wanna drum up support for this, this is NOT a topic to post about mods you want to use, it is simply to support the suggestion of GSL shaders.

I also don't understand the concept of "you want to make your game look better, no" as an answer.  The only way I've seen this defended was saying it would be a gateway for other mods to be allowed, but Optifine and Shaders aren't all that different in the way that they slightly increase the playability of this game. 

I mean, honestly, how does shaders give you an advtantage? I think this should be allowed.

I do understand why they arent allowed (kind of), but I dont think it would be a big deal to allow at least a one mod with shaders. And they'd be so nice D:

Shaders are harmless. And they are resource demanding so the amount of people who can run gsl is pretty limited

Gateway Mod

Shaders are only not allowed because there are many mods and making changes to the rules by allowing an additional mod would make people want to look at other mods and try to justify them as well.  It's basically to keep the rule "no mods" as simple as possible. (I can confirm this)

With that said, shaders are always requested in any server and I think it goes with opti fine nicely.  Is there one shaders mod that everyone can use or are there many different versions of these types of mods?  I wouldn't use shaders myself but I support this thread due to high player demand for a single mod that doesn't give any play advantage.

I mean you could just do it and not say anything. No way for anyone to find out, right? Unless you're smart enough to take screenshots and post em.

Quote from: Chipaton on February 28, 2014, 11:37:31 PM
I mean you could just do it and not say anything. No way for anyone to find out, right? Unless you're smart enough to take screenshots and post em.

there are ways to check if someone is using mods, if I am not mistaken

QuoteI mean you could just do it and not say anything. No way for anyone to find out, right? Unless you're smart enough to take screenshots and post em.
there are ways to check if someone is using mods, if I am not mistaken*

Let's not divert from the point of this post please.  The suggestion is to make them allowed, not whether or not we can bypass rules.

+1
Shaders are awesome to use, and I find it a pain to have to de-activate them every time I log on to OptiCraft.

by the way, are there any low resource-demanding shaders out there for low-spec PCs?

Quote from: Wone on March 01, 2014, 01:35:18 AM
by the way, are there any low resource-demanding shaders out there for low-spec PCs?

I doubt it. Sonic Either's new shader pack is insanely amazing though. I vote this gets approved, I'd love to use shaders on opticraft.

i'd love to see this mod approved! i used to use it all the time in single player and building modern builds in creative but every time i wanted to log onto opticraft i had to close and re-launch minecraft without the mod installed. (before you could change users). +1

Quote from: Mr_Mr_Mr on March 01, 2014, 03:39:28 AM

Quote from: Wone on March 01, 2014, 01:35:18 AM
by the way, are there any low resource-demanding shaders out there for low-spec PCs?

I doubt it. Sonic Either's new shader pack is insanely amazing though. I vote this gets approved, I'd love to use shaders on opticraft.

did some googling, found one that is less demanding than Sonic Ether's with a little bit of sacrifice in the sugarcoated graphics.

bottom line is, +1

This topic is to the point where there isn't much more to add.

You have my support.