topic Minecraft shader Issues in Developing Games on Intel Graphics

Minecraft shader Issues

8BitTim — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 22:50:11 GMT

I am currently using Photon shaders which is compatible with intel arc graphics. I have a Intel arc a770 16gb Sparkle model. I am using the software directly from intels site and am currently on the latest driver. I noticed the shader model is on 6.6 . Currently there seems to be an issue specifically with ice or transparent blocks in general. The issue doesn't seem to be related to the shader itself but more or less with the GPU. I've already reached out to the creator of the shader pack and there is sadly nothing he can do on his end as this is really an issue with intels shader compatability. I am on driver version 32.0.101.6078. Everything is up to date.resource pack(texture pack which makes the ice blocks invisible)

Re:Minecraft shader Issues

Earl_Intel — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 06:38:29 GMT

HI 8BitTim,

Thank you for posting in the communities!

I am sorry to hear that you are having problems with your system. Please submit the following information so that we can better assist you and find the most appropriate solutions.

Is the shader working fine before?
Have you tried rolling back your graphics drivers?
Have you tried performing Display Driver Uninstaller?
What are the troubleshooting steps you have taken to try and resolve the issue?
What gaming platform did you download Minecraft? is it on Steam?

Best regards,

Earl E.

Intel Customer Support Technician.

Re: Re:Minecraft shader Issues

8BitTim — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 20:01:24 GMT

Hey there!

First time I've tried this shader out. There are other shaders that are completely unsupported and some that work completely fine.

I haven't tried rolling back the graphics driver. Being that this is up to date, I'd rather not mess with that.

I haven't tried the display driver uninstaller. What is that?

Minecraft is downloaded through the microsoft store but I'm using platforms like curseforge and modrinth to have the shaders work easily and smoothly.

Re: Re:Minecraft shader Issues

8BitTim — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 20:02:45 GMT

Also I have tried adjusting settings in game, tried installing different versions of said shader, reached out to the creator of the shader mod, tried different compatibility tricks to no avail

Re: Re:Minecraft shader Issues

8BitTim — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 06:46:28 GMT

Just as an update, I uninstalled and reinstalled to the latest driver that came out 10/3/24

.6083 . Issue was not fixed unfortunately with the update.

Re:Minecraft shader Issues

Earl_Intel — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 06:48:33 GMT

Hi 8bitTim,

Thank you for sharing this information with us, I wasn't able to find a troubleshooting guide for us to follow for the issue you described. I'll ask my team to take a look at your case and seek recommendations from them.

While waiting, Kindly run this on your system so that I can also gauge the following peripherals and the driver versions that you have:

Intel® System Support Utility for Windows*

Once finished downloading, open the tool, click on scan (leave the default items checked), click next, then save the system information to a .txt file. Please provide us the .txt file.

Best regards,

Earl E.

Intel Customer Support Technician.

Re: Re:Minecraft shader Issues

8BitTim — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:13:42 GMT

Gladly!! Here is the support utility file.

Re: Re:Minecraft shader Issues

8BitTim — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 05:07:02 GMT

Just wanted to provide some additional information regarding this shader. It doesn't use ray tracing, it uses path tracing.

Re:Minecraft shader Issues

Earl_Intel — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 04:57:48 GMT

Hi 8BitTim,

Thank you for providing the Intel SSU logs, I will further investigate on this issue.

I will provide an update on this thread as soon as possible.

Best regards,

Earl E.

Intel Customer Support Technician.

Re:Minecraft shader Issues

Earl_Intel — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:12:13 GMT

Hi 8BitTim,

Under further checking, it appears to be related to a MOD shader.

May I know if you're an End User that's trying out the shaders, part of the emulator or mod developer team?

Best regards,

Earl E.

Intel Customer Support Technician.

Re: Re:Minecraft shader Issues

8BitTim — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:17:03 GMT

I am an end user, but I can relay information to the mod developer as he is fairly active on his discord

Re: Minecraft shader Issues

Earl_Intel — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 03:26:56 GMT

Hello 8BitTim,

Thank you for sharing this information with us, I have checked your concern, and it seems like this falls to our Intel Gaming Program Forum.

Therefore, I will be moving this discussion to our Intel Gaming Forum. This will allow our knowledgeable community and experts to provide you with timely and accurate solutions.

Best regards,

Earl E.

Intel Customer Support Technician.

Re: Minecraft shader Issues

karen_intel — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 21:49:38 GMT

Hi @8BitTim thanks a lot for reporting this issue and welcome to the Intel Indie Game Dev Support forum

Could you address the mod developer to come help us in this post?

We'll need a fast way to reproduce the issue, if he can share a small homebrew code that shows the shader issue, that would be awesome. We also need mod download numbers, impact, etc.

Thanks a lot! Looking forward to any update you guys have

Karen