Vanilla stops the brightness slider at 100%, which on most monitors is still not enough to see the far wall of a cave. This one runs from -100%, properly pitch black, up to 1200% fullbright, in small enough steps that you can actually land where you want. A remaster of Boosted Brightness by adamviola.
Brightness presets
Save up to 5 brightness values and switch between them with keybinds. Presets are stored in boostedbrightness.json and persist across sessions.
- Next brightness (
B): cycles to the next saved preset - Raise/lower (
]/[): adjusts by 10% steps - Preset 1-5: jump straight to that preset. Press the same key again to toggle back to the one you came from
A small HUD overlay shows the current preset number and percentage after each change.
ModMenu integration
If you have ModMenu installed, all presets are listed in a dedicated settings screen. You can add or remove presets 2 to 5 and drag a slider for each one instead of editing the JSON by hand.
Configuration
boostedbrightness.json in the config folder:
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
min |
-1.0 | Minimum brightness (-100%) |
max |
12.0 | Maximum brightness (1200%) |
step |
0.1 | Step size per keybind press (10%) |
1 to 5 |
varies | Saved preset values |
selected |
1 | Currently active preset |
Compatibility
Client-side only, so the server needs nothing. Works with Sodium and OptiFine. Available in German, English, French, Polish, Portuguese (BR), Russian, and Turkish.
Gallery
Installation
- Install Fabric, Forge or NeoForge.
- (Fabric only) Install Fabric API.
Note: This wiki is the documentation. Questions and bug reports are faster on the Discord server.
