realistico tutorial

Realistico has an innovative approach to Minecraft: it has been created with the bump mapping in mind.
As a default, a standard, a normal thing.
By the default, Minecraft doesn't support bump mapping, so Realistico requires the Shaders mod to work properly.



This doesn't stop you from playing it without Shaders and bump mapping, but keep in mind that you need the Shaders mod along with a shaderpack to get the full experience.

Realistico combines three mapping techniques:
- parallax displacement
- normal maps
- specular maps

So you'll need a shaderpack which supports well all those maps. For now, as far as I know, the only one is the Continuum.


Some UNrecommended specifications

My unrecommended setup: (a laptop):
- Intel i7-4510U 2.0 - 2.6 GHz
- AMD Radeon R5 M230
- 4GB RAM
- FPS: I can't run it. lol


Some recommended specifications from the Community

Another set-up:
- Intel i7-4790K 4.0 - 4.4 GHz
- GTX 980 Ti
- 8GB RAM
- FPS: 40 - 90

Another set-up:
- Intel i7-4770K 3.5 - 3.9 GHz
- GTX 970 Gigabyte G1 OC Edition
- 16 GB RAM

- Continuum shaderpack
- - no volumetric clouds
- - shorter shadow distance
- - lower global illumination setting

- Realistico Full

- Optifine 1.8.9 HD H5 / Optifine 1.9 HD B1 / Optifine 1.9.2 HD B2 pre

- allocated Minecraft RAM: 3 GB

- Minecraft settings
- - Graphics: Fancy
- - Smooth Lighting: Maximum
- - Smooth Lighting Level: 100%
- - Fog: OFF
- - VBOs set to ON (Helps a good bit)
- - Mipmap Level: 4 (helps a lot!)
- - Render distance: 7
- - Natural Textures: OFF
- - Better Grass: OFF
- - Connected Textures: Fast

- Shaders settings
- - No Antialiasing
- - Normal Map: ON
- - Specular Map: ON
- - Render Quality: 1x
- - Shadow Quality: 0.5x
- - Old Lighting: OFF

- FPS: 50 - 70


Submit your specs to help everyone check if they can run it, thanks : )


How to get the best from Realistico by installing it correctly

This is basically what we're going to see here. Let's start.
PS: Screenshots will be added soon

1. Follow this tutorial to install the Shaders mod with no hassle
2. Download the Continuum shader pack here (make sure you have the latest version: 1.2 at the moment)
3. Download the Realistico pack
4. Load the pack in the game
5. Load the shader pack
5.1 Set it up like in the following screenshots:














5.2 Fix incorrect tiling with this option






6. Enjoy!


Optimize the Render quality

In the Shaders... Settings, tweak the Render and Shadow quality options.

Some examples:
- Render Quality: 1x
- Shadow Quality: 0.5x

It can double your framerate


Run it with the GPU

If you have Intel HD graphics (unsupported by Continuum), or for any other reason, just follow this trick:





Why the Continuum shader pack

No shader pack is the same. That's obvious.
What's less obvious, is that few shader packs feature decent mapping support.
Continuum is one of the best, as far as I know, but you can also try Robobo, or anything you like.
Just keep in mind that if you don't display the pack as in the pictures, it's because of the shader. Or your settings. Don't blame me, a poor texture pack maker who tries to do his best. Sigh sigh.


Common problems

- "When I try to load the pack, it glitches out and the resource pack isn't on! "
- "When I load the pack, all block are black / transparent /somethingelse
That's common. It means the game can't handle the pack.
Try to optimize the game with Optifine, and give Minecraft more RAM.


Troubleshooting

Follow this before asking for help:

- download a clean installation of Minecraft 1.8.9
- convert the pack to 1.8 (revert this tutorial)
- open the game, and load the pack from the main menu (don't load a world)
Let me know what happens, then:
- unload the pack, and close the game
- install Optifine 1.8.9 (here)
- download the Continuum 1.2 preview (for Minecraft 1.8.9) (here)
- open the game, and from the main menu load JUST the Continuum 1.2
Let me know what happens, then:
- unload the Continuum, and load the pack from the main menu
Let me know what happens, then:
- load both the pack and the Continuum from the main menu (just to be sure)