Optifine HD 1.16 / 1.15

September 18, 2019

While Minecraft is an ever-expansive and fun game to play in its original variant, a lot more can be added to it by installing mods and resource packs. One of the most effective and useful tools (mods) you can install – whether you want to keep the original flavor or add some uniqueness to your game – is the Optifine mod. Optifine is not a resource pack in itself. It does not change any textures in the game. It is, instead, a tool that allows you to adjust Minecraft to increase performance or visuals to your liking. For instance, it provides new settings in the menus that allow you to more freely adjust rendering distance and other factors that might affect how well your computer can run the game. It also allows you to use various resource packs with custom features. If you use HD resource packs and have seen major frame rate drops, see serious lag spikes in your system, or otherwise just need an FPS boost, Optifine HD will provide exactly what you are looking for.

Optifine can be used in both single player games and multiplayer servers. Be warned, though, Optifine HD only works in multiplayer games if the server’s host also has Optifine HD installed on the server. If this is not the case, Optifine will be disabled and you will not be able to use it. Another warning that comes with this is that some of the steps you can take to increase your frame rate will also make Minecraft less visually appealing to look at. You can disable clouds, the sky, stars, fog, and a number of other functions that make the game more visually appealing. All in all, Optifine HD is probably the best way to take more complete control of your Minecraft experience. You can adjust how textured and detailed everything is, from bare bones to top of the line graphics, based on what your personal computer can handle.

OptiFine HD - Screenshots

OptiFine HD - YouTube Video

Features:

• FPS boost
  – doubling the FPS is common
  – decreases lag spikes and smooths gameplay
• 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
• Support for Shaders
  – based on the Shaders Mod by Karyonix
• Dynamic Lights
  – allows handheld and dropped light emitting items to illuminate the objects around them
  – similar, but not related to the Dynamic Lights
• Variable Render Distance
  – from Tiny to Extreme (2 x Far) in 16m steps
  – moon and stars are visible in Tiny and Short distance
• 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
• 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.
• 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
  – Smooth Biomes – ON, OFF
  – Custom Fonts – ON, OFF
  – Custom Colors – ON, OFF
  – Show Capes – ON, OFF (supports HD capes)
• Configurable animations
  – Water Animated – OFF, Dynamic, ON
  – Lava Animated – OFF, Dynamic, ON
  – Fire Animated – OFF, ON
  – Portal Animated – OFF, ON
  – Redstone Animated – OFF, ON
  – Explosion Animated – OFF, ON
  – Flame Animated – OFF, ON
  – Smoke Animated – OFF, ON
  – Void Particles – OFF, ON
  – Water Particles – OFF, ON
  – Rain Splash – OFF, ON
  – Portal Particles – OFF, ON
  – Dripping Water/Lava – OFF, ON
  – Terrain Animated – OFF, ON
  – Items Animated – OFF, ON
• Fast Texturepack Switching
  – Switch the current Texturepack without leaving the world
• Fullscreen Resolution
  – Configurable fullscreen resolution
• Debug
  – Fast Debug Info – removes lagometer from debug screen
  – Debug Profiler – removes profiler from debug screen
• Time Control
  – Default, Day Only or Night Only – works in only in Creative mode
• Autosave
  – Configurable Autosave interval
  – A fix for the famous Lag Spike of Death

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