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Pintonium Shaders & Performance
A shaderpack loader and performance mod for 1.12.2.
Quick answer
Which Pintonium Shaders & Performance release should I use?
Pintonium Shaders & Performance pintonium-1.12.2-2.5.1 targets 1.12.2 with Forge. The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both. No extra mods listed for this file.
Where it goes
Is Pintonium Shaders & Performance required on the client, server, or both?
The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.
The source does not explicitly classify this release as client-only or server-only.
What else does Pintonium Shaders & Performance pintonium-1.12.2-2.5.1 need?
pintonium-1.12.2-2.5.1. Change the file and its required mods may change too.
This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.
This file does not list any required or optional mods.
Before you install it
Add Pintonium Shaders & Performance without breaking your instance.
Built for Pintonium Shaders & Performance pintonium-1.12.2-2.5.1. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.
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Stick to this file
Use pintonium-1.12.2-2.5.1. It targets 1.12.2 with Forge; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.
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Bring the mods it needs
This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.
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Put it on the correct side
The project page does not say whether this file belongs on the client, dedicated server, or both.
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Pick the file you checked
Use the “Get this file” button beside pintonium-1.12.2-2.5.1. It opens that exact file at the source.
About this project
What does Pintonium Shaders & Performance add?
NOTICE: DO NOT REPORT ANY ISSUES TO THE CELERITAS TEAM OR TAU MC. REDIRECT ALL ISSUES WITH THIS SPECIFIC MOD TO XPLODIN ON GITHUB ISSUES.
CLEANROOM REQUIRED
State is better and need bug reports.
Current bugs: TAA/Bloom/FAA/Chromatic Aberration can cause strange blurring or lighting effects on some shaders. (Needs more testing)
Distant Horizons bugs out (Vintage Horizons) with shaders on.
Electrobobs wizardry vfx can be a bit wonky
M1 Mac incompatible likely. (needs further testing)
Update: I see theres new variants of shader mods for 1.12.2 now, I say if one doesnt work for your needs, try em all!
Actinium (non celeritas but works with it), AUSM, etc. Give em all a try if one doesnt work, if theres a bug make sure to report it. :)
Me when no other shader mod exists for 1.12.2 besides Optifine:
Say hello to Pintonium! An unoffical fork of Celeritas with shaderpack support.
This mod is HEAVILY WIP and has been largely assisted by AI, and some shaderpacks wont work correctly or not at all.
The following shaderpacks are confirmed to work with current settings:
- Complementary Unbound - Turn off fog related things and bloom, if you use integrated PBR. TURN ON PBR COMPATIBILITY IN THE SHADER OPTIONS
- Lumina Event Horizon - Also turn off fog related things as well as bloom along with enabling integrated pbr compatibility (fixed white lava)
- Solas Shaders - Turn off TAA/FAA/Bloom and Chromatic Aberration (bug: entities and tile entities can appear to be brighter than other mobs/blocks/entities)
Not compatible with some Celeritas addons (soon it will be), Vintagium, Nothirium, Optifine, if it crashes, its likely a conflict between some performance mods.

Experience the performance of Celeritas mod with added shaders!
Project description from CurseForge.
Pick your setup
Pintonium Shaders & Performance by Minecraft version and loader
Choose the version and loader you play, then open the matching release.
Check the dependencies, then try the file in a copied instance before changing a world you care about.
Recent files
Pintonium Shaders & Performance versions and loaders
pintonium-1.12.2-2.5.1
pintonium-forge-1.12.2-2.5.1.jar
7 Nov 2026
pintonium-2.5.0
pintonium-forge-1.12.2-2.5.0.jar
27 Oct 2026
pintonium-cleanroom-2.4.12
pintonium-cleanroom-1.12.2-2.4.12.jar
3 Oct 2026
pintonium-cleanroom-1.12.2-2.4.11
pintonium-forge-1.12.2-2.4.11-dev.jar
28 Sept 2026
pintonium-cleanroom-1.12.2-2.4.10
pintonium-forge-1.12.2-ironchest-fix-v4.jar
27 Sept 2026
Pintonium-cleanroom-1.12.2-2.4.9
pintonium-forge-1.12.2-2.4.9-dev.jar
26 Sept 2026
Pintonium-Cleanroom-1.12.2-2.4.8.jar
pintonium-forge-1.12.2-2.4.8.jar
26 Sept 2026
pintonium-cleanroom-1.12.2-2.4.7
pintonium-forge-1.12.2-2.4.7-dev.jar
23 Sept 2026
Looking for an older file? The official CurseForge project page is in Resources.