The breathtaking texture pack in question is Sonic Ether’s Unbelievable Shaders, or SEUS as it’s commonly called. The developer, Sonic Ether, has completely revamped how Minecraft looks. While mods have the ability to change or add things to the game, like the disturbing Momo Suicide Game mod, this texture pack simply adds new rendering systems and textures to make the game unbelievably beautiful. Unfortunately, to run Minecraft on PC with this texture pack installed, it would require some powerful hardware. One fan on Twitter reported a framerate ranging from 25-40 FPS on the highest settings using an i9-9900k and a GTX 1070 Ti.
Beefy hardware aside, fans can download the latest build of SEUS at Sonic Ether’s Patreon page, where he posts regular updates on how the texture pack is coming along. To say that this texture pack is a cut above the rest is perhaps a bit of an understatement. HD texture packs have been around for Minecraft since its inception, but the path tracing and lighting techniques used in this one are unparalleled.
Minecraft mods and texture packs have become a staple to the Minecraft experience, especially on PC. From Pokemon recreated in Minecraft to sending Steve to Space, modders can do a lot to make Minecraft an entirely different game. Texture packs go a long way to change the experience for some, and Sonic Ether’s texture pack makes Minecraft look like it was rendered in the Unreal Engine. Hopefully SEUS will keep thriving so more players can make their copy of Minecraft look this good.
Minecraft is out now for numerous platforms.
Source: Sonic Ether
