
How to Increase FPS with Complementary Shaders
The FPS fixes that actually move the needle with Complementary Shaders, ordered by impact: presets, shadow settings, render distance and resolution.
Read the guide →Honest ways to raise frame rates with Complementary Shaders: presets, render distance, and the settings that cost the most.

The FPS fixes that actually move the needle with Complementary Shaders, ordered by impact: presets, shadow settings, render distance and resolution.
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A realistic low-end configuration for Complementary Shaders: the Potato profile as a base, the few effects worth keeping, and what to turn off first.
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A systematic method for tuning Complementary Shaders performance: test in one scene, change one setting at a time, and keep the results you can repeat.
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What you actually see, and what you lose, at each end of the Complementary Shaders profile range, so you can pick a preset with open eyes.
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Render distance is the single heaviest dial for Complementary Shaders. How it interacts with shadows and simulation distance, and how to find your balance.
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Average FPS fine but the game stutters? Causes and fixes for frame-time spikes with Complementary Shaders, from chunk loading to background tasks.
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