mcpelauncher-shadersmod-helper

A helper script for mcpelauncher shadermod that symlinks materials based on top global pack for mcpelauncher-shadersmod shaders folder

Requirements

• Have jq and mcpelauncher-shadersmod installed

Limitations

• Only tested on Ubuntu 22.04 (apt installation)
• JQ can't process JSONC (json with comments)
• Can't find marketplace packs

Features

• Symlinks *.material.bin files from top most activated global pack to shaders folder
• Subpacks are also supported
• Development packs are supported
• Empties shaders folder when top pack is not a shader

Planned features

• Add flag/argument for launching mcpelauncher automatically
• Workaround for JQ jsonc issue
• Use material-updater to update shaders
• Make an infinite loop that will keep scanning for resource pack changes and apply changes

Usage

[!IMPORTANT]
Make sure to change $mcpelauncher_root (line 4) and $mcpelauncher_data (line 8) according to your installations before using.

By default, those are set for apt installation in $HOME/.local/share/mcpelauncher

curl -L -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/faizul726/mcpelauncher-shadersmod-helper/main/shadersmod-helper.sh

chmod +x shadersmod-helper.sh

./shadersmod-helper.sh

Or one liner if you prefer...

sudo apt install jq -y && curl -L -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/faizul726/mcpelauncher-shadersmod-helper/main/shadersmod-helper.sh && chmod +x shadersmod-helper.sh && ./shadersmod-helper.sh

[!TIP]
You can modify the script to automatically launch the game after symlinking is done.