Overview
Boosted Brightness Remastered gives you full control over your Minecraft lighting. Whether you are exploring deep dark caves or want a moody atmosphere, this mod lets you adjust gamma settings far beyond the vanilla limits.
Key Features
🔆 Extended Brightness Slider
The main feature is the modified brightness slider in the video settings.
- Extended Range: Brightness from -100% (pitch black) to 1200% (Fullbright)
- Precise Adjustment: Slider interval of 5% for fine-tuning
- Night Vision: No more torches needed for caving
- Cinematic Dark: Lower the brightness for horror maps or screenshots
💾 Up to 5 Brightness Presets
Save different brightness levels and quickly switch between them.
- Preset System: Save up to 5 different brightness values
- Quick Access: Select presets via keybinds
- Auto-Save: Settings are saved to
boostedbrightness.json
⌨️ Comprehensive Keybindings
Full keyboard control for quick in-game adjustments.
- Next Brightness (
B): Switch to the next saved preset - Raise Brightness (
]): Increase brightness by 10% - Lower Brightness (
[): Decrease brightness by 10% - Select Preset 1-5: Jump directly to a specific preset
📊 HUD Overlay Display
An overlay is shown with every brightness change.
- Current Preset Number: Shows which preset is active (1-5)
- Percentage Display: Shows current brightness in percent
- Green Highlighting: Clearly visible without being intrusive
⚙️ ModMenu Integration
Full integration with ModMenu for easy configuration.
- Dedicated Settings Menu: Clear list of all presets
- Slider per Preset: Adjust each preset individually
- Add/Remove Presets: Dynamically manage 2-5 presets
🌐 Multilingual
The mod supports 7 languages.
- German, English, French, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Turkish
🔧 Compatibility
- Works seamlessly with Sodium and OptiFine
- Pure Client-Side mod - no server installation required
Configuration
The configuration file boostedbrightness.json contains:
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
min |
-1.0 | Minimum brightness (-100%) |
max |
12.0 | Maximum brightness (1200%) |
step |
0.1 | Step size for keybinds (10%) |
1 - 5 |
varies | Saved preset values |
selected |
1 | Currently active preset |
Gallery
Installation
- Install Fabric, Forge or NeoForge.
- (Fabric only) Install Fabric API.
- Recommended: Install Mod Menu for access to the preset configuration.
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