Colorwheel

NOTE: PATCHED SHADERPACKS ARE REQUIRED

Colorwheel is a mod that makes Flywheel and Iris compatible. This means that you can play with Create 6 while using shaders and still have good performance! This mod is similar to Iris Flywheel Compat.

Flywheel has changed a lot since Create 5 and is now much more complex. This means that shaderpacks need to be patched manually to be compatible.

Supported shaders

• BSL 10.0
• Bliss (Git version, f5f1e20)
• Complementary 5.5.1
• Euphoria Patches 1.6.3 / 1.6.4

Installation

Automatic

Install the Colorwheel Patcher mod that will automatically patch supported shaderpacks at launch.

Manual

1. Download the patch for the shaderpack you want to use
2. You can find patches for some popular shaderpacks attached to the latest major release on GitHub Releases.
3. Download the correct version of the shaderpack
   For Bliss, you must use the in-development version on the Bliss-Shader GitHub.
4. Extract the patch into the shaderpack
   For Euphoria, you should only apply the Colorwheel patch AFTER the Euphoria patch has been applied to Complementary.
5. Select the patched shaderpack in the Iris shaderpack list

Example with Complementary:

1. Install Colorwheel, Create and Iris
2. Download the patch for Complementary (= "Colorwheel Complementary 5.5.1")
3. Download the base shader with the matching version (= "Complementary Reimaginated 5.5.1")
4. Extract the shader into a ClrwlComplementary 5.5.1 folder, so you have a structure like:
   ClrwlComplementary 5.5.1/shaders/....
5. Extract the patch into the ClrwlComplementary 5.5.1 folder
6. Move the ClrwlComplementary 5.5.1 folder into your shaderpack folder
7. Launch the game, use the patched shaderpack

Compatibility

In theory, both Create Better FPS and Iris Flywheel Compat should be compatible. Colorwheel and Iris Flywheels Compat both implements a Flywheel backend, so when one is used the other one is inactive.
When a block is not rendered using Flywheel, Create Better FPS is involved and may improve performance. This may happen either because the flywheel:off backend is used or because some blocks, like the factory gauges, are not rendered using Flywheel.

That said, the latest version of Iris Flywheels Compat (2.0 at the time of writing) is invasive and broken, it results in issues even when the mod should be inactive.

Performances comparison

Steam Deck, BSL Low:

1089 waterwheels:

• Flywheel OFF: 2 fps
• Create Better FPS: 5 fps
• Colorwheel: 50 fps