Euphoria Patches in FTB StoneBlock 4

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

Euphoria Patches is an add-on for Complementary Shaders, covering both the Reimagined and Unbound versions. It adds more optional features and settings on top of the shader. It is developed by SpacEagle17.^[1]

It is a visual add-on, so it is for you if you run Complementary and like to tweak how it looks. If you don't use those shaders, there is nothing here for you to set up.^[1]

How it works

Every option the add-on adds is disabled by default, so nothing changes until you turn a feature on. You can enable options one at a time. There is also a Popular Settings tab and a preset profile that apply the commonly used options quickly.^[1]

In this pack

The pack includes Euphoria Patches 1.9.3-r5.8.1 for NeoForge, shipped as the file EuphoriaPatcher-1.9.3-r5.8.1-neoforge.jar. It was first included in version 2.25 or earlier of the pack.^[2]

Unverified The sources do not show any pack quests, progression gates or ATM Star path steps involving this mod, so it is not confirmed to play any part in the pack's progression. The sources also don't say whether the pack ships a Complementary shader pack for you, so check that you have one installed.

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

Good news: Euphoria Patches isn't a mod where you craft a starter tool or build a machine first. It's an add-on for Complementary Shaders, so your first steps happen in the shader settings, not in the crafting grid.^[1]

It works with the Reimagined and Unbound versions of Complementary Shaders. It adds optional handcrafted features and settings on top of them.^[1]

Your first steps

1. Make sure you're using one of the Complementary Shaders, either Reimagined or Unbound. Euphoria Patches extends those shaders.^[1]
2. Open the shader settings and look for the Euphoria Patches options. Every option is disabled by default, so nothing changes until you turn something on.^[1]
3. Start with the Popular Settings tab. It collects the commonly used options in one place.^[1]
4. If you'd rather not toggle things one by one, apply the preset profile. It switches on a set of commonly used options for you.^[1]
5. Turn on other options individually as you find ones you like, since each can be enabled on its own.^[1]

Unverified I couldn't confirm any in-pack recipes, items or quests for Euphoria Patches, so there are no recipe blocks here. The exact setting names and where they sit in this pack's shader menu are also unconfirmed.

Same as in the All the Mods 10 8.1 guide

This one is different from most mods you'll see on the channel. Euphoria Patches has no machines, multiblocks, power, fluids or item automation. It's an add-on for Complementary Shaders (the Reimagined and Unbound versions), so everything it does is about how your shader looks and which shader options you can turn on.^[1]

How the add-on works

Euphoria Patches expands Complementary Shaders with optional handcrafted features. You get extra settings on top of the ones the shader already has.^[1]

Every option is disabled by default. Nothing changes in your game until you switch on the features you want, and you can enable them one at a time.^[1]

Modded block support and translations

The project page says modded blocks and translation files can be added to Euphoria Patches. It points to the project's own website for how to do that, so check there if a modded block doesn't look right with the shader.^[1]

Unverified The sources don't say which Euphoria Patches options this pack enables, or whether it ships a preset. They also don't describe the individual settings in detail. Check the in-game shader settings screen to see what's available in your version.

Good news: Euphoria Patches has a small config, and the pack leaves every option in its settings file at the default value printed in that file's own comments. Nothing here was visibly changed by the pack, so you can leave it alone unless one of these options bugs you.^[3]

Options you're most likely to touch

• updates.doUpdateChecking is set to "important". That means the update checker only reports critical or big updates. The other modes are "all" and "none", and the checker uses the Modrinth API.^[3]
• display.doDisplayShaderInGameMessage is true. It shows in-game shader messages, such as an update message from the shader itself, and only works on Iris or Oculus.^[3]
• display.doPopUpLogging is true. This controls the Sodium message popup logging.^[3]
• advanced.doEmbedShaderSettingsInScreenshots is "enabled". Your screenshots carry the shaderpack's settings invisibly, so you can drop a screenshot onto the Iris/Oculus shader options screen to import those settings. The other modes are "disabled" and "debug".^[3]
• advanced.alternativeShaderNames is an empty string, so no extra shader names are generated. If you want several settings profiles to switch between, you can list names separated by commas.^[3]

Housekeeping and debugging

• maintenance.doRenameOldShaderFiles is true. Outdated Euphoria Patches folders and config files get renamed, which makes it easier to spot the old ones.^[3]
• maintenance.doDeleteOldShaderFiles is false. Outdated folders and config files are not deleted automatically.^[3]
• advanced.autoMergeBlockProperties is false. If you turn it on, the fragmented properties files are merged into the main block.properties file. That's mainly useful if you edit those files yourself.^[3]
• debug.doDebugLogging is false. The JVM argument -DebugEP=true/false takes priority over this setting if you ever need debug logs.^[3]

The .data.json file

The pack also ships a small data file that records EPVersion as 1.9.3, with styleReimagined and styleUnbound both set to false. There is also a shaderHash value.^[4]

Unverified What the .data.json values are used for internally is not documented in the available sources, so treat that file as bookkeeping and avoid editing it.

FTB StoneBlock 4 1.21.0 ships Euphoria Patches 1.10.0-r5.9-neoforge. The mod was first included in pack version 1.14.2 or earlier. The notes below come from the mod's own changelogs.^[5][6][7]

1.10.0 (the version in this pack)

This update brings the mod to Complementary Shaders r5.9 with Euphoria Patches 1.10.0. These are the shader changes:^[5]

• A Black Hole was added to the End, with fully customizable parameters.^[5]
• An End Nebula was added with many options you can tweak. It is based on the one from Supplemental Patches.^[5]
• A new "Improved LabPBR" option makes reflections and metals behave as the resource pack creator intended. Refraction, porosity and texture AO support were added too.^[5]
• WindLink support was added. It syncs foliage, weather, particles and more to a single wind system.^[5]

And these are the mod-side changes:^[5]

• Uniform uploading is now supported. It works on Iris/Oculus and even OptiFine.^[5]
• Screenshot steganography was added. Your shader settings are embedded invisibly in the PNG pixels of your screenshots. You can drag and drop a screenshot in-game inside an Iris GUI to import those settings.^[5]
• Support was added for the dragon_death_rays entity ID via the Euphoria Patcher mod.^[5]

1.9.0 and 1.9.3

Version 1.9.3 (Complementary Shaders r5.8.1) is described as a small bugfix update, and it points back to the 1.9.0 changes for the main features. Those were:^[6]

• Photonics support, enabling real-time blocklight shadows and global illumination. It requires Photonics 0.3+.^[6]
• A new Pixelated Unbound Clouds setting that pixelates the clouds.^[6]
• Much better custom skybox support, including skyboxes from mods and resource packs.^[6]
• A lot more End customization.^[6]
• Guaranteed 32+ colortex support on all Iris/Oculus versions.^[6]
• A new second profile button added to Iris/Oculus through a Mixin. It makes the popular settings more user-friendly and keeps them separate from the performance profile.^[6]