Dev Builds Native Metal Renderer for Minecraft With Claude's Help, Hits 60fps With Shaders on Old MacBook
EddyVGG · x · 2026-10-04
Developer riccqi built a native Metal renderer for Minecraft plus a custom shader pack with volumetric fog, dynamic lighting, and water reflections. It runs at 60fps at full retina resolution on a 5-year-old MacBook, finally fixing Minecraft's notorious shader lag. The author credits Claude Opus as a core collaborator on the project.
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