Soft Memory
Shaderby IslandAggravating
A shader that tries to recreate childhood nostalgia!
Type
Shader
CurseForge Downloads
164,863
CurseForge ID
1414000
Last Updated
Sep 26, 2026
Description
Soft Memory
Recover what they took from us!
Miss those memories where things were more colorful, brigther and there were no problems?, well… I have studied hundreds and hundreds of nostalogic images and tried several patterns to create something that feels safe… something that can resemble a childhood memory! I trully recommend you to check the gallery and experience for your self!
This is an edit from Mellow Shader by The CMK. I challanged myself to edit it on an intel igpu and it had to run so I am sure that you can run the shader in any device. Special thanks to The CMK, you are the GOAT.
Update 1.15
This update improved a lot of issues present on previous versions of Soft Memory! The main ones are:
Realistic Atmospheric Fog

Improved lightning system

Volumetric Clouds Reflection
Childhood Summer mode :
How it looks like:
This mode tries to resemble summer nostalogic memories. It hits its peak at sunrise and sunset. The combination of saturated and vibrant colors, bloom uneven grain and a tiny bit of color chanel splitting can bring what I call home.
VHS mode :
How it looks like:

This brings the "Mom said it is my turn on the xbox" memory. It oposed to Childhood summer in terms of colors as it is desaturaated and with less contrast. You can see most of the classic artifacts that VHS tapes caused. If you enjoy how VHS cameras worked this mode is the best for you
Quality Presets:
- Fast - it is the most cut down version of all 4, I don't recomend playing with this preset unless you want very simple effects and maximize your FPS;
- Fancy (recomended for high FPS normal gameplay) - has more effects than fast but not all of the effects that the shader packs. It is a perfect balance between quality and performance;
- Fabulous (recomended for normal gameplay) - this preset has all of the effects enabled at a reasonable quality,not as fast as fancy)
- Ultra (recomended only for screenshots or renders) - it doesn't add more effects than fabulous. It only sets the quality to the max ensuring a crisp and detailed image.It takes a lot of your FPS so BE CAREFUL
Features that this Shader brings:
- Very great performance as it was tested on an igpu;
- Nostalogic color grading;
- Shooting stars;
- Shadows;
- PBR and specular support;
- Realistic moon;
- Reflections;
- Godrays;
- VHS effects;
- Bloom;
- 2016 Clouds without frying your pc;
- Great end ambience;
- much more things it is worth giving a try :)
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