Hyper Realistic Sky

Optifine support is getting phased out!

The latest release (v2.2) is likely to be the last update that supports Optifine. FabricSkyboxes will be available on both Fabric and NeoForge in future, and the plan is to focus on those going forward. Doing so the pack will be able to be improved in lots of ways, without Optifine holding it back.

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Hyper Realistic Sky is the biggest, most versatile and feature rich sky pack you will ever find out there. The pack has 6 unique cloud sets that will change depending on the biome you're in. There are also unique skies for weather, including rain and thunder, where you will usually see dense rain clouds, but also sandstorms, if you're in a desert for example. Each sky has a day, night, sunset and sunrise variant, as well as a low and high altitude variant, making it a total of 64 cloud variants. On top of that, this pack also features a plethora of special events, such as Solar eclipses, shooting stars, lightning strikes, and even spinning tornadoes. There are many special rare cloud types featured in the pack as well, such as asperitas and mammatus clouds.

As you can see, this a very large and ambitious project, and the best part is, it's all free! If you like what you see, and would like to support me, you can donate through PayPal. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you!

README

Pick the correct version

Vanilla: Hyper Realistic Sky Vanilla version.
Fabric: Always check the dependencies when selecting a version.
OptiFine: Works with all OptiFine versions.
Forge: There is no official standalone skybox mod for Forge, so this is not supported.

FYI

To check out the many features of the pack, I've provided a text file in the pack that has instructions.
There's also a text file on how to remove each feature from the pack, if you want to customize it.
There's a survey for the pack, you can fill it out here.

OptiFine

The animated textures are disabled by default, because they are causing too much lag, and also interfering with some fabric modpacks. You can enable them by going to assets\minecraft\optifine or mcpatcher (mcpatcher is for minecraft 1.12 and below) and move the properties files you want to enable from the "anim_backup" folder to the "anim" folder.

v2.2 is the last version that supports Optifine.

Shaders

This pack does of course work with shaders, but since each shader works differently and has different settings, you will most likely need to tweak them to get a good look.

Sky features

Biome dependant skies Rain and Thunder clouds Lightning strikes High altitude clouds Anvil clouds Rainbow Seasonal Sun path Noctilucent clouds Asperitas clouds Mammatus clouds Fiery sunsets Sandstorms Tornado Total Solar Eclipse blood moon blue moon Gas giants Auroras Northern Star Shooting Stars Meteor shower Black hole Light pollution Outer Space Hurricane Custom End sky Unique End biome skies