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Hyper Realistic Sky

Hyper Realistic Sky

The biggest, most versatile and feature rich sky pack you will ever find out there.

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Minecraft: Java Edition

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1.16.5

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Licensed ARR
Published 2 years ago
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Hyper realistic sky v3.0

by UsernameGeri on Jun 16, 2025
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  • Added support for Nuit 1.0
  • Works on 1.21.4 Fabric/Quilt/NeoForge
  • Solar eclipse will once again occur much less frequently (properly implemented this time)
  • The sky will now turn off if you go underwater
  • Updated features texts
  • Updated debug hud toggle text hint

Hyper realistic sky v2.9

by UsernameGeri on May 30, 2025
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  • a small update to fix the flickering snow clouds

Hyper realistic sky v2.8

by UsernameGeri on May 17, 2025
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  • Redone the 4 old biome dependant cloud sets to be more consistent with the newer ones
  • Overcast and desert clouds have been completely overhauled
  • Anvil cloud will now only appear in the desert, and be visible throughout the whole day
  • Adjusted anvil cloud iridescence look and fade times
  • Adjusted sunflare fade times
  • Updated features texts

Hyper realistic sky Vanilla

by UsernameGeri on May 17, 2025
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  • Added sunflare to the sun texture
  • Removed the shader file that was removing the fog
FYI

This pack will work with the vanilla game, no mods required.

Does work with Sodium too, just ignore the incompatibility warning.

Works from Minecraft version 25w10a and above.

Thanks to Csala Bálint for providing the template pack. https://github.com/BalintCsala/minecraft-vanilla-skybox

Hyper realistic sky v2.7

by UsernameGeri on Apr 23, 2025
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  • Added unique clouds for snowy weather
  • Added iridescent clouds
  • High altitude tornado event now has a unique sky
  • Removed rain clouds from before and after the tornado event
  • Tornadoes will now occur during thunder too
  • Added less obstructive snow texture
  • Reduced Black hole spinning speed by 50%
  • Fixed visible rainbow behind the sandstorm
  • Fixed a banding artifact in the rainbow texture
  • Finally completely fixed all visible celestial objects during the day-night transition
  • Moon mask now fits the Moon perfectly
  • Updated features texts

Hyper realistic sky Vanilla

by UsernameGeri on Apr 10, 2025
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  • Fixed disappearing sky below Y62
  • Fixed chunk border debug mesh visual error
FYI

This pack will work with the vanilla game, no mods required.

Does work with Sodium too, just ignore the incompatibility warning.

Works from Minecraft version 25w10a and above.

Thanks to Csala Bálint for providing the template pack. https://github.com/BalintCsala/minecraft-vanilla-skybox

Hyper realistic sky Vanilla

by UsernameGeri on Mar 22, 2025
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  • Updated to 1.21.5 (25w10a and above)
  • Added a sunset and sunrise skybox
  • Added less obstructive snow, rain and splashes textures
  • Fabulous graphics setting is no longer required
FYI

This pack will work with the vanilla game, no mods required.

Does work with Sodium too, just ignore the incompatibility warning.

Works from Minecraft version 25w10a and above.

Thanks to Csala Bálint for providing the template pack. https://github.com/BalintCsala/minecraft-vanilla-skybox

Hyper realistic sky v2.6

by UsernameGeri on Feb 22, 2025
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  • Added 3 new skies to the Nether that will change depending on the biome. These skies will only show up above the bedrock ceiling.
  • The outer space hurricane is now animated
  • Large lightning strikes will now occur much more frequently during the night
  • Updated features texts

Hyper realistic sky v2.5

by UsernameGeri on Feb 2, 2025
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A hotfix update before I start working on new features.

  • Fixed the view bobbing issue with Celestial
  • Updated features texts

Hyper realistic sky v2.4

by UsernameGeri on Jan 19, 2025
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  • The pack now supports any and all biome mods, both Overworld and End ones
  • Improved all the End biome skies
  • End biome skies will now fade smoothly between each other
  • Added a giant black hole in the outer End biomes
  • Added an animated sunflare
  • Light pollution will now only occur when the Moon is visible
  • Updated the timing of all the animated sky elements
  • Improved sunset sky layering
  • Fixed Anvil clouds fading
  • High altitude skies will now change over the span of 10 blocks of elevation, rather than 20
  • Re-added the rainbow during the Solar eclipse (forgot to add it in v2.3)

Hyper realistic sky v2.3

by UsernameGeri on Dec 31, 2024
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  • Added support for Celestial 2.0
  • Optifine is no longer supported
  • FabricSkyboxes / Nuit is currently not supported. Support will be added back as soon as the mod updates.
  • Updated features texts
  • Removed seasonal Sun because it broke the outer space sunsets, and also the config for it became unreasonable with the new format. So the Solar Eclipse will once again happen every 5 days.
  • Removed all unnecessary duplicate textures and config files
  • Added the Andromeda galaxy to the night sky
  • Blood Moon and Blue Moon will now only occour at low altitudes
  • Sandstorms will now get darker during thunder
  • Rainbow will now show in all biomes
  • Moon glow strength will now change depending on the Moon phase
  • Light pollution will now affect the visiblity of the celestial objects
  • Increased the resolution of the gas giants
  • The Moon will now be hidden by the clouds during sunset and sunrise too
  • High altitude clouds in this version will fade in based on player elevation, rather than a fixed timer
  • Fixed WWEE biome IDs
  • Added support for Oh The Biomes We've Gone

Hyper realistic sky Vanilla

by UsernameGeri on Sep 15, 2024
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  • Works from 1.20.5 to 1.21.1, thanks to Csala Bálint
FYI

This version of the pack doesn't require any mods to work, but it's limited to a day and night sky only.

Works from Minecraft version 1.20.5 to 1.21.1. Be sure to enable Fabulous! graphics, otherwise the pack won't work.

Thanks to Csala Bálint for providing the template pack. https://github.com/BalintCsala/minecraft-vanilla-skybox

Hyper realistic sky v2.2

by UsernameGeri on Jun 22, 2024
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  • Improved Auroras
  • Fixed Aurora biome condition
  • Added noctilucent clouds
  • Completely redone the tornado skybox
  • Tornadoes will now appear further away
  • Tornadoes will now spin slower and have smoother animations
  • Tornado skybox will now rotate slower

Hyper realistic sky v2.1

by UsernameGeri on May 18, 2024
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  • Added a rare fiery sunset event
  • Implemented a seasonal Sun rotation path (fabric only)
  • Solar eclipses will now occur less often
  • Cumulonimbus clouds will now be visible during the Solar eclipse
  • Adjusted the high altitude cumulonimbus clouds to work better with the Solar eclipse
  • Reduced the Moon's size to be the same as the Sun
  • Fixed a lighting artifact in one of the night clouds
  • The clouds for hills and mountains will now show in snowy hills and mountain biomes too
  • Added a text file in the pack, explaining how to remove each feature from the pack
  • Discontinued lite version
  • Removed shader settings

Hyper realistic sky Vanilla

by UsernameGeri on May 18, 2024
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  • Updated clouds for the 2.1 version of the main pack
  • Updated day sky
  • Mirrored Moon texture to be accurate to reality
  • Reduced the Moon's size to be the same as the Sun
  • Added a custom menu panorama
  • Added custom splashes
FYI

This version of the pack doesn't require any mods to work, but it's limited to a day and night sky only.

Works from Minecraft version 1.17 to 1.20.4. Be sure to enable Fabulous! graphics, otherwise the pack won't work.

Thanks to Csala Bálint for providing the template pack. https://github.com/BalintCsala/minecraft-vanilla-skybox

Hyper realistic sky v2.0

by UsernameGeri on Apr 28, 2024
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  • Added 2 new biome dependant cloud sets
  • Mirrored Moon texture to be accurate to reality
  • Added Neptune and Uranus
  • Tweaked fade times of the celestial objects
  • Added distant lightning strikes during thunder, that will appear more frequently
  • Fixed missing lightning strikes in the cherry grove biome
  • Mangrove swamps will no longer have sandstorms in fabric, but regular rain clouds (same as optifine)
  • Changed aurora resolution back for optifine, so it doesn't melt your pc if you enable animations
  • Updated mcmeta, readme, and pack icon

Hyper realistic sky v1.17

by UsernameGeri on Mar 16, 2024
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  • Added support for Promenade, Terrestria, Wythers (WWEE), Nyctophobia and Fantasy Trees
  • Made special cloud types appear less often
  • Upped the opacity of the overcast clouds, because at night, the stars were visible through them
  • Changed the day time rain cloud's fog color
  • The sun will now disappear below the horizon during sunset/rise (fabric only)
  • Reduced the sizes of the celestial objects
  • Increased the resolution of the stars
  • Upped the resolution of the auroras to be the same as all the other skyboxes
  • Updated the menu panorama
  • Updated readme and features texts

Hyper realistic sky v1.16

by UsernameGeri on Feb 26, 2024
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  • Added mammatus clouds
  • Added a meteor shower event
  • Added another tornado
  • Improved the color of the daytime sky
  • Fixed a missing texture error with the solar eclipse
  • Added a text prompt to fabric on how to turn the debug hud off

Hyper realistic sky v1.15

by UsernameGeri on Jan 23, 2024
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  • Implemented an animated black hole
  • Added low and high altitude hurricane
  • Overhauled the low altitude sunsets/sunrises too
  • Celestial bodies will now only be visible on a starry sky
  • Sandstorms will now also be visible during rain in deserts/badlands/mangrove
  • Updated mcmeta and readme

Hyper realistic sky v1.14

by UsernameGeri on Dec 16, 2023
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  • Added uniqe skies for each of the outer End biomes
  • Added support for "Oh The Biomes You'll Go", "Traverse", "Regions Unexplored" and "ExplorerCraft"
  • Slightly slowed down tornado spin speed for fabric
  • Slowed down tornado skybox rotation speed, for a more natural parallax effect
  • Removed biome condition from tornado
  • Some biome condition fixes for fabric
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