OptiFine HD Mod for Minecraft

OptiFine HD (FPS Boost, Shaders) is a mod that helps you to adjust Minecraft effectively. It makes Minecraft run more smoothly and use less resources. Besides, it enables you to run resource (texture) pack HD without installing more other mods. Usually it can double or triple your FPS. All in all the mod is a performance related tool that can provide a large FPS boost.

A perfect choice for personal computers that want to run Mincracraft more smoothly. This an indispensible mod for those playing Minec raft with features like FPS boost, Support HD Textures, Variable Render Distance, Antialiasing, Connected Textures…

Features:

FPS boost

Doubling the FPS is common

Decreases lag spikes and smooths gameplay

Support for Shaders – Based on the Shaders Mod by Karyonix

Support for HD Textures

HD textures and HD fonts (MCPatcher not needed)

Custom terrain and item textures

Animated terrain and item textures

Custom HD Font character widths

Custom colors

Custom block color palettes

Custom lighting

Unlimited texture size

Variable Render Distance

From Tiny to Extreme (2 x Far) in 16m steps

Sun, moon and stars are visible in Tiny and Short distance

Dynamic Lights – allows handheld and dropped light emitting items to illuminate the objects around them. It is similar, but not related to the Dynamic Lights mod

Configurable Smooth Lighting

From 1% – smooth lighting without shadows

To 100% – smooth lighting with full shadows

Performance: VSync

Synchronizes framerate with monitor refresh rate to remove split frames and smooth gameplay

Smart Advanced OpenGL

More efficient, less artifacts

Fast – faster, some artifacts still visible

Fancy – slower, avoids visual artifacts

Fog control

Fog: Fancy, Fast, OFF

Fog start: Near, Far

Mipmaps

Visual effect which makes distant objects look better by smoothing the texture details

Mipmap level – OFF, 1, 2, 3, Max

Mipmap type – Nearest, Linear

Anisotropic Filtering

Restores details in mipmapped textures

AF level – OFF, 2, 4, 8, 16 (depends on hardware support)

Antialiasing

Smooths jagged lines and sharp color transitions

AA level – OFF, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16 (depends on hardware support)

Better Grass

Fixes grass blocks side texture to match surrounding grass terrain

Better Snow

Fixes transparent blocks textures to match surrounding snow terrain

Clear Water

Clear, transparent water with good visibility underwater

Custom Sky

Use custom textures for the day and night skies. Multiple layers, blending options, time configuration.

Random Mobs

Use random mob textures if available in the texture pack

Connected Textures

Connects textures for glass, glass panes, sandstone and bookshelf blocks which are next to each other.

Natural Textures

Removes the gridlike pattern created by repeating blocks of the same type. Uses rotated and flipped variants of the base block texture.

Faster Math

Uses smaller lookup table which fits better in the L1 CPU cache

FPS control

Smooth FPS – stabilizes FPS by flushing the graphics driver buffers

Smooth Input – fixes stuck keys, slow input and sound lag by setting correct thread priorities

Chunk Loading Control

Load Far – loads the world chunks at distance Far, allows fast render distance switching

Preloaded Chunks – defines an area in which no new chunks will be loaded

Chunk Updates per Frame – allows for faster world loading

Dynamic Updates – loads more chunks per frame when the player is standing still

Configurable Details

Clouds – Default, Fast, Fancy

Cloud Height – from 0% to 100%

Trees – Default, Fast, Fancy

Grass – Default, Fast, Fancy

Water – Default, Fast, Fancy

Rain and Snow – Default, Fast, Fancy

Sky – ON, OFF

Stars – ON, OFF

Sun & Moon – ON, OFF

Depth Fog – ON, OFF

Weather – ON, OFF

Swamp Colors – ON, OFF

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