Project Red Illumination
by MrTJP
Project Red Illumination adds decorative redstone-controlled lighting with its own blooming shaders, and is one module of the wider Project Red collection.
What it does
The Illumination module supplies lamps that respond to redstone signals and render with a soft glow from custom shaders. Builders can use them as accent lights, signs and room lighting that switch with a circuit rather than with a manual toggle. The module is part of the Project Red family, which is built around improved redstone wiring, logic gates and integrated circuits.
The mod requires CB Multipart, CodeChicken Lib and Project Red Core, so all three must be installed alongside it on Forge or NeoForge. Project Red Illumination runs on client and server, meaning both the server and every player need it. It is open source under the MIT License and has files for 1.19.2, 1.20.1, 1.20.4 and 1.21.1, with the latest NeoForge file being 4.23.0 for 1.21.1.
Key features
Redstone-controlled lamps
Lighting blocks switch on and off from redstone signals, so a lamp can follow a circuit or a machine's state.
Blooming shader glow
The lamps use their own bloom shader to produce a glowing halo that stands out in dark builds.
Decorative lighting
The blocks are intended for accent and room lighting, not only for functional circuits.
Part of Project Red
The module sits alongside the other Project Red modules, which share a common core library.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 3
Use cases
Lit builds
Lamps placed along walls, signs or tunnels can switch on as a group from one redstone line.
Automated lighting
A lamp can be wired to a sensor or timer circuit so it turns on only when a machine is running.
Who it’s for: Builders who want glowing, redstone-controlled decoration, and players already using the Project Red collection who want lighting that fits its circuit system.
Questions
Does Project Red Illumination need CodeChicken Lib?
Does the server need Project Red Illumination?
Which game versions have files?
In the catalog
Project Red Illumination is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,122 Technology mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Project Red is a collection of mods that aim to vastly improved Redstone circuitry with wiring, logic gates, integrated circuits, and more. Heavily inspired by Red Power by Eloraam. This is the Illumination module. It adds visually appealing redstone-controlled lighting with their own special blooming shaders.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/project-red-illumination
- Owner
- MrTJP
- Published
- 2024-12-24
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-25
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15