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3rd party shader support for render dragon

Prior to Render Dragon, the new graphics engine, release on Bedrock, we had the ability to have/use custom shaders. Not only did these shaders provide the capability for better quality and immersive graphics for the game, but they provided a ton of utility as well. Since Render Dragon has released, we have lost the following (and more)

- Chunk Border packs
- Light Level packs
- Hit Box and Sight line packs
- Redstone power indicator packs
- Packs to remove fog effect
-  Packs to remove enchantment glint, particle effects, and the Vignette effect down in caves

With the new capabilities the Render Dragon graphics engine has, it would be a HUGE benefit to the community to allow for 3rd party support to not only take advantage of the things listed above, but to also give the community the ability to create some really amazing looking shaders that rival what Java Edition has, and help draw more people over the the Bedrock Edition of Minecraft.


Render Dragon's shaders currently come pre-compiled, so for 3rd party shaders to become possible, we would need Mojang to share their compiler or work flow. Not only would it be great for this to be made available, but for Mojang to actively develop and promote ways for 3rd party creators to make the game more customized and more beautiful for everyone.

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    4 Years on and microsoft still ignores the most popular community suggestion not for something that difficult to add, but to give back what they took away in the first place. Out of these 4 years the only thing I've seen happen to bedrock is further backsliding into oblivion and irrelevance. This is the final straw for me. Goodbye bedrock, hate to see you fall so far, love to be rid of you now that Mojang has gone to slop. 

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    Minecraft Has become succesful java and bedrock, i got some worst feedbacks when i try to introduce modding, java is flexible with fabrics and stuffs, but mojang pls make parity equal make bedrocks combat better, ability to tweaks some settings while inside a world or server, and specially why bedrock is so favoritism, atp we only have Java, and bedrock but high end devices, mojang pls, many mod creators tried to add mods like shader possible for low end phones, but it has to be stripped off by ur way of enabling shader, Respect for those low end phone user that bought original mc but didnt make it bc of its modding system, i thought minecraft is everything is possible limits ur imagination, but now its"minecraft everything is possible if u had 800 bucks or insanely rich like bro, i just wanna make my game look like the trailers, and i habe 2/3 missing u cannot put shaders with low end like bro i just wanna make thing less dull and have what it takes to be able to feel nostalgia again

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    Please bring back proper third-party shader support for Bedrock Edition.

    Vibrant Visuals looks beautiful, but not every device can run it well. Some of us can comfortably run lightweight community shaders, yet we're still unable to use them because of the current rendering restrictions.

    Please give us the choice. Let players who prefer vanilla keep vanilla, while others can choose lightweight or powerful shaders depending on what their device can handle and what they prefer

    Minecraft has always been about creativity and freedom. We build our own worlds, create our own stories, and make the game our own. Why shouldn't we be able to choose how those worlds look?

    For many of us, our worlds aren't just blocks. They're places we've spent months or even years building. Being able to watch the sunset over something we created and think, “Damn, I made this.” is part of what makes Minecraft special.

    Please give Bedrock players that freedom again.