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Release list
Community Shaders 1.8.0 PR #2677
Contributors
jiayev
Assets 3
Community Shaders 1.8.0 PR #2673
Contributors
shaunren
Assets 3
Community Shaders 1.8.0 PR #2659
- feat(snow): add Snow Deformation feature scaffolding by @josefplyr1
- feat(snow): add persistent deformation map resources by @josefplyr1
- feat(snow): gather stamps from Havok collision shapes by @josefplyr1
- feat(snow): dispatch the deformation update compute pass by @josefplyr1
- feat(snow): plumb deformation data to the shaders by @josefplyr1
- feat(snow): integrate deformation into the lighting shader by @josefplyr1
- feat(snow): loose props carve trenches by @josefplyr1
- feat(snow): trench render distance slider by @josefplyr1
- feat(snow): refill only while snowing by @josefplyr1
- style(snow): tighten comments by @josefplyr1
Contributors
josefplyr1
Assets 3
Community Shaders 1.8.0 PR #2648
- fix(hooks): vtable fallback when Detours fails by @wilcoschoneveld
- refactor(hooks): isolate vtable fallback in Utils by @wilcoschoneveld
- fix(hooks): harden vtable clone fallback by @wilcoschoneveld
- style(hooks): trim forward declaration comment by @wilcoschoneveld
- refactor(hooks): unify vtable fallback naming by @wilcoschoneveld
- fix(hooks): handle DetourTransactionBegin failure by @wilcoschoneveld
Contributors
wilcoschoneveld
Assets 3
Community Shaders 1.8.0 PR #2617
- fix(shadows) refresh lighting and shadows after time skips by @SkrubbySkrubInAShrub
- fix: AI comments by @SkrubbySkrubInAShrub
- Merge branch 'dev' into OS-7 by @SkrubbySkrubInAShrub
- fix: prevent stalled transitions (#396) by @isoprovophlex
- chore: remove VR leftovers by @SkrubbySkrubInAShrub
- fix: various issues. by @SkrubbySkrubInAShrub
- fix: compile by @SkrubbySkrubInAShrub
- chore: make terrain shadows more responsive by @SkrubbySkrubInAShrub
- revert: wrong fix by @SkrubbySkrubInAShrub
- fix: AI comment by @SkrubbySkrubInAShrub
Contributors
SkrubbySkrubInAShrub and isoprovophlex
Assets 2
Community Shaders v1.8.3
1.8.3 (2026-08-07)
Bug Fixes
Feature Version Audit
Compared to base: v1.8.3
Base commit date: 2026-08-07T18:16:34Z (Friday, August 07, 2026 06:16 PM)
Generated: 2026-08-07 18:17:36
| Feature | Prior Ver | Proposed Ver | Needs Bump | Change Types | Note | Commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Limit Fix | 3-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Interior Sun | 1-0-2 | - | False | |||
| Sky Sync | 1-3-0 | - | False | |||
| Volumetric Shadows | 2-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Shadows | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Extended Translucency | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Remote Control | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| CS Editor | 2-0-2 | - | False | |||
| Exponential Height Fog | 1-3-1 | - | False | |||
| Unified Water | 0-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Variation | 1-1-0 | - | False | |||
| RenderDoc | 1-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Skylighting | 1-5-1 | - | False | |||
| Screen Space GI | 4-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Hair Specular | 1-1-2 | - | False | |||
| Linear Lighting | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Subsurface Scattering | 3-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Skin | 0-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Performance Overlay | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Dynamic Cubemaps | 2-4-1 | - | False | |||
| Screen-Space Shadows | 2-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Blending | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Screenshot | 1-1-0 | - | False | |||
| IBL | 1-3-0 | - | False | |||
| Volumetric Lighting | 1-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Grass Collision | 3-1-0 | - | False | |||
| HDR Display | 1-2-1 | - | False | |||
| LOD Blending | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Water Effects | 1-2-1 | - | False | |||
| HorizonFix | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Extended Materials | 1-3-0 | - | False | |||
| Effects11 | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Cloud Shadows | 1-5-0 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Shadows - Heightmaps | - | - | False | |||
| Upscaling | 1-4-0 | - | False | |||
| TruePBR | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Inverse Square Lighting | 1-3-0 | - | False | |||
| Wetness Effects | 3-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Grass Lighting | 2-0-3 | - | False |
Critical Information Summary
Feature Metadata Summary
| Feature | Is Core | Mod Link | Description | Key Features |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSEditor | True | |||
| CloudShadows | False | Nexus | ||
| DynamicCubemaps | True | |||
| Effects11 | False | Nexus | ||
| ExponentialHeightFog | False | Nexus | ||
| ExtendedMaterials | True | |||
| ExtendedTranslucency | True | |||
| GrassCollision | False | |||
| GrassLighting | False | |||
| HDRDisplay | False | Nexus | ||
| HairSpecular | False | Nexus | ||
| HorizonFix | True | Enables water rendering beyond the far clip plane in support of the HorizonFix p... | Active only while the HorizonFix SKSE plugin is installed., Without HorizonFix, water keeps exact vanilla far clip behavior. | |
| IBL | True | |||
| InteriorSun | True | |||
| InverseSquareLighting | True | |||
| LODBlending | True | |||
| LightLimitFix | True | |||
| LinearLighting | True | |||
| PerformanceOverlay | True | |||
| RemoteControl | False | Expose Community Shaders to AI assistants through the external devbench host. | Registers feature, inspect, shadercache, ... | |
| RenderDoc | True | |||
| ScreenSpaceGI | False | Nexus | ||
| ScreenSpaceShadows | False | |||
| Skin | False | |||
| SkySync | True | |||
| Skylighting | False | Nexus | ||
| SubsurfaceScattering | False | |||
| TerrainBlending | False | Nexus | ||
| TerrainHelper | False | Nexus | ||
| TerrainShadows | True | |||
| TerrainVariation | False | Nexus | ||
| UnifiedWater | True | |||
| Upscaling | False | Nexus | ||
| VolumetricLighting | True | |||
| VolumetricShadows | True | |||
| WaterEffects | True | |||
| WetnessEffects | False | Nexus |
Actionable Suggestions
- CSEditor: Update INI: add description, key features
- CloudShadows: Update INI: add description, key features
- DynamicCubemaps: Update INI: add description, key features
- Effects11: Update INI: add description, key features
- ExponentialHeightFog: Update INI: add description, key features
- ExtendedMaterials: Update INI: add description, key features
- ExtendedTranslucency: Update INI: add description, key features
- GrassCollision: Update INI: add mod link, description, key features
- GrassLighting: Update INI: add mod link, description, key features
- HDRDisplay: Update INI: add description, key features
- HairSpecular: Update INI: add description, key features
- IBL: Update INI: add description, key features
- InteriorSun: Update INI: add description, key features
- InverseSquareLighting: Update INI: add description, key features
- LODBlending: Update INI: add description, key features
- LightLimitFix: Update INI: add description, key features
- LinearLighting: Update INI: add description, key features
- PerformanceOverlay: Update INI: add description, key features
- RemoteControl: Update INI: add mod link
- RenderDoc: Update INI: add description, key features
- ScreenSpaceGI: Update INI: add description, key features
- ScreenSpaceShadows: Update INI: add mod link, description, key features
- Skin: Update INI: add mod link, description, key features
- SkySync: Update INI: add description, key features
- Skylighting: Update INI: add description, key features
- SubsurfaceScattering: Update INI: add mod link, description, key features
- TerrainBlending: Update INI: add description, key features
- TerrainHelper: Update INI: add description, key features
- TerrainShadows: Update INI: add description, key features
- TerrainVariation: Update INI: add description, key features
- UnifiedWater: Update INI: add description, key features
- Upscaling: Update INI: add description, key features
- VolumetricLighting: Update INI: add description, key features
- VolumetricShadows: Update INI: add description, key features
- WaterEffects: Update INI: add description, key features
- WetnessEffects: Update INI: add description, key features
Community Shaders v1.8.2
1.8.2 (2026-08-06)
Bug Fixes
- build: delete stale feature folders from dist (#2609) (609771b)
- effect11: handling when no preset (5ce698c)
- effects11: robust preset loading (#2625) (c655b92)
- features: enable NvAPI passthrough for RenderDoc captures (#2621) (03be785)
- fix discarded dynamic res (#2605) (e07d1cb)
- hdr: gate AutoHDR to the Effects11 tonemap path (#2611) (98baba8)
- ibl: IBL mode 3 specular darkening (#2623) (b49acd3)
- SSGI: flash after loading screens (#2624) (5339cff)
- terrain-helper: guard null material in hook (#2616) (1e00565)
- unified-water: guard hooks against null cache (#2612) (8f27451)
- water: remove water lights specular when llf on (#2403) (1a654fa)
- weather-editor: weather lock guards (#2615) (7810fb4)
Performance Improvements
Feature Version Audit
Compared to base: v1.8.2
Base commit date: 2026-08-06T11:24:55Z (Thursday, August 06, 2026 11:24 AM)
Generated: 2026-08-06 11:25:51
| Feature | Prior Ver | Proposed Ver | Needs Bump | Change Types | Note | Commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Limit Fix | 3-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Interior Sun | 1-0-2 | - | False | |||
| Sky Sync | 1-3-0 | - | False | |||
| Volumetric Shadows | 2-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Shadows | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Extended Translucency | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Remote Control | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| CS Editor | 2-0-2 | - | False | |||
| Exponential Height Fog | 1-3-1 | - | False | |||
| Unified Water | 0-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Variation | 1-1-0 | - | False | |||
| RenderDoc | 1-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Skylighting | 1-5-1 | - | False | |||
| Screen Space GI | 4-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Hair Specular | 1-1-2 | - | False | |||
| Linear Lighting | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Subsurface Scattering | 3-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Skin | 0-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Performance Overlay | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Dynamic Cubemaps | 2-4-1 | - | False | |||
| Screen-Space Shadows | 2-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Blending | 1-2-0 | - | False | |||
| Screenshot | 1-1-0 | - | False | |||
| IBL | 1-3-0 | - | False | |||
| Volumetric Lighting | 1-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Grass Collision | 3-1-0 | - | False | |||
| HDR Display | 1-2-1 | - | False | |||
| LOD Blending | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Water Effects | 1-2-1 | - | False | |||
| HorizonFix | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Extended Materials | 1-3-0 | - | False | |||
| Effects11 | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Cloud Shadows | 1-5-0 | - | False | |||
| Terrain Shadows - Heightmaps | - | - | False | |||
| Upscaling | 1-4-0 | - | False | |||
| TruePBR | 1-0-0 | - | False | |||
| Inverse Square Lighting | 1-3-0 | - | False | |||
| Wetness Effects | 3-1-0 | - | False | |||
| Grass Lighting | 2-0-3 | - | False |
Critical Information Summary
Feature Metadata Summary
| Feature | Is Core | Mod Link | Description | Key Features |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSEditor | True | |||
| CloudShadows | False | Nexus | ||
| DynamicCubemaps | True | |||
| Effects11 | False | Nexus | ||
| ExponentialHeightFog | False | Nexus | ||
| ExtendedMaterials | True | |||
| ExtendedTranslucency | True | |||
| GrassCollision | False | |||
| GrassLighting | False | |||
| HDRDisplay | False | Nexus | ||
| HairSpecular | False | Nexus | ||
| HorizonFix | True | Enables water rendering beyond the far clip plane in support of the HorizonFix p... | Active only while the HorizonFix SKSE plugin is installed., Without HorizonFix, water keeps exact vanilla far clip behavior. | |
| IBL | True | |||
| InteriorSun | True | |||
| InverseSquareLighting | True | |||
| LODBlending | True | |||
| LightLimitFix | True | |||
| LinearLighting | True | |||
| PerformanceOverlay | True | |||
| RemoteControl | False | Expose Community Shaders to AI assistants through the external devbench host. | Registers feature, inspect, shadercache, ... | |
| RenderDoc | True | |||
| ScreenSpaceGI | False | Nexus | ||
| ScreenSpaceShadows | False | |||
| Skin | False | |||
| SkySync | True | |||
| Skylighting | False | Nexus | ||
| SubsurfaceScattering | False | |||
| TerrainBlending | False | Nexus | ||
| TerrainHelper | False | Nexus | ||
| TerrainShadows | True | |||
| TerrainVariation | False | Nexus | ||
| UnifiedWater | True | |||
| Upscaling | False | Nexus | ||
| VolumetricLighting | True | |||
| VolumetricShadows | True | |||
| WaterEffects | True | |||
| WetnessEffects | False | Nexus |
Actionable Suggestions
- CSEditor: Update INI: add description, key features
- CloudShadows: Update INI: add description, key features
- DynamicCubemaps: Update INI: add description, key features
- Effects11: Update INI: add description, key features
- ExponentialHeightFog: Update INI: add description, key features
- ExtendedMaterials: Update INI: add description, key features
- ExtendedTranslucency: Update INI: add description, key features
- GrassCollision: Update INI: add mod link, description, key features
- GrassLighting: Update INI: add mod link, description, key features
- HDRDisplay: Update INI: add description, key features
- HairSpecular: Update INI: add description, key features
- IBL: Update INI: add description, key features
- InteriorSun: Update INI: add description, key features
- InverseSquareLighting: Update INI: add description, key features
- LODBlending: Update INI: add description, key features
- LightLimitFix: Update INI: add description, key features
- LinearLighting: Update INI: add description, key features
- PerformanceOverlay: Update INI: add description, key features
- RemoteControl: Update INI: add mod link
- RenderDoc: Update INI: add description, key features
- ScreenSpaceGI: Update INI: add description, key features
- ScreenSpaceShadows: Update INI: add mod link, description, key features
- Skin: Update INI: add mod link, description, key ...
Community Shaders 1.8.0 PR #2564
Contributors
ArcEarth
Assets 3
Community Shaders 1.8.0 PR #2332
- squash merge by @jiayev
- fix flickering by @jiayev
- fix complex material by @jiayev
- add dynamic cubemaps for nondeferred by @jiayev
- fix complex material by @jiayev
- fix define by @jiayev
- fix vanilla/cm reflectance by @jiayev
- fix vanilla/cm env, add dynamic cubemap for envmask shader by @jiayev
- fix eye color by @jiayev
- remove basecolor lerp by @jiayev
- vanilla fresnel as feature by @jiayev
- add ini by @jiayev
- add more control by @jiayev
- fix cubemap conversion by @jiayev
- more on cm by @jiayev
- fix error by @jiayev
- fix error by @jiayev
- some tweaks by @jiayev
- add spec lod fade by @jiayev
- tweak f0 for cm by @jiayev
- indirect energy conserve for vanilla fresnel by @jiayev
- fix grass by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- fix vf by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- feat(VanillaFresnel): add eye special handling and specular roughness blend settings by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'community-shaders:dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- Reorder feature settings in FeatureBuffer.cpp by @jiayev
- Update F0 calculation to use SkyrimGammaToLinear by @jiayev
- move to core by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- fix(VanillaFresnel): remove deprecated GetFeatureModLink method by @jiayev
- affect base color for cubemap conversion by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- fix wrong applying to other stuff by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- forbid cubemap conversion when not ggx by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- feat: add IsEye flag and update eye material handling in VanillaFresnel by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- chore: update GrassLighting.ini version to 2-1-0 by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @davo0411
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @doodlum
- fix rungrass by @jiayev
- fix compile by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
- Merge branch 'dev' into vanilla-fresnel-2 by @jiayev
Contributors
jiayev, doodlum, and davo0411
Assets 2
Community Shaders 1.8.0 PR #2614
- Backup current version by @DwemerEngineer
- Mostly Working - Extended Not by @DwemerEngineer
- Fixed disappearing grass by @DwemerEngineer
- Fully Functional by @DwemerEngineer
- cleanup with optimizations by @DwemerEngineer
- Upload optimized version by @DwemerEngineer
- hiz Test by @DwemerEngineer
- Revert "hiz Test" by @DwemerEngineer
- CPU/GPU Optimizations + better fade by @DwemerEngineer
- Depth Pass optimizations by @DwemerEngineer
- cleanup and switch to per CS fade + wind by @DwemerEngineer
- Attempt to optimize draw overhead and depth + far cost by @DwemerEngineer
- Fix Grass flickering by @DwemerEngineer
- Fix disappearing instances by @DwemerEngineer
- cleanup old buffers and reduce ini overhead by @DwemerEngineer
- Pixel Size Culling, fast HiZ, improved perf by @DwemerEngineer
- Split up files and fix duplicated draws by @DwemerEngineer
- Update CommonLibSSE-NG by @DwemerEngineer
- Address AI Comments and fix build by @DwemerEngineer
- Remove phantom shader by @DwemerEngineer
- Address more comments by @DwemerEngineer
- Add LOD suffix and clean comments by @DwemerEngineer
- Address potential overrun and buffer failure by @DwemerEngineer
- Cleanup commit history by @DwemerEngineer
- Mostly Working - Extended Not by @DwemerEngineer
- Fixed disappearing grass by @DwemerEngineer
- Fully Functional by @DwemerEngineer
- cleanup with optimizations by @DwemerEngineer
- Upload optimized version by @DwemerEngineer
- hiz Test by @DwemerEngineer
- Revert "hiz Test" by @DwemerEngineer
- CPU/GPU Optimizations + better fade by @DwemerEngineer
- Depth Pass optimizations by @DwemerEngineer
- cleanup and switch to per CS fade + wind by @DwemerEngineer
- Attempt to optimize draw overhead and depth + far cost by @DwemerEngineer
- Fix Grass flickering by @DwemerEngineer
- Fix disappearing instances by @DwemerEngineer
- cleanup old buffers and reduce ini overhead by @DwemerEngineer
- Pixel Size Culling, fast HiZ, improved perf by @DwemerEngineer
- Split up files and fix duplicated draws by @DwemerEngineer
- Update CommonLibSSE-NG by @DwemerEngineer
- Address AI Comments and fix build by @DwemerEngineer
- Remove phantom shader by @DwemerEngineer
- Address more comments by @DwemerEngineer
- Add LOD suffix and clean comments by @DwemerEngineer
- Address potential overrun and buffer failure by @DwemerEngineer
- Merge branch 'grass-optimizations' of https://github.com/DwemerEngineer/skyrim-community-shaders into grass-optimizations by @DwemerEngineer
- Resolve removal stutter and improve comment quality and code readibility by @DwemerEngineer
- Fix missing AE Offsets by @DwemerEngineer
- Address more AI comments by @DwemerEngineer
- Pin Commonlib to the 6.0.0 release by @DwemerEngineer
- Optimize Mips with SPD and add safety checks and clarifications by @DwemerEngineer
- Finish rename and culling scale for unequal dr by @DwemerEngineer
- Further code safety and clarify improvements by @DwemerEngineer
- Clarify lock usage by @DwemerEngineer
- Merge branch 'dev' into grass-optimizations by @DwemerEngineer
- Get stride from mesh to avoid garbage vertices by @DwemerEngineer
- Switch capture rejection to debug to avoid spamming zero count captures by @DwemerEngineer
- Address AI Comments, fix Complex Detection, reduce Hi-Z aggressiveness by @DwemerEngineer
- Merge branch 'dev' into grass-optimizations by @DwemerEngineer
- Fix grass collision, heavy meshes being culled too early, and LODs not working by @DwemerEngineer
- Address latest AI comments by @DwemerEngineer
- Add new cost start distance and fix occlusion culling with upscaling by @DwemerEngineer
- feat: add brightness setting for new LOD grass by @DwemerEngineer
- feat: split LOD into middle and far LOD tiers by @DwemerEngineer
- chore: Add auto upload reqs by @DwemerEngineer
Contributors
DwemerEngineer