Mods/OptiFine

OptiFine is a mod introduced by the Magic Launcher to smooth out the Minecraft's graphics performance. You can download OptiFine for Minecraft to improve your gaming ability. It comes with a variety of tricks and techniques to make Minecraft run fast on your computer. It is highly recommended by the experts to install the OptiFine for Minecraft. OptiFine offers a significant boost to FPS for any player playing with Minecraft. It's great for playing with complex or detailed Minecraft maps. It does not matter whether you are playing offline or online or with any number of the players; the mod always has better graphics and improved performance.

How to configure OptiFine
If you are a beginner and know little about technology, you might find it a bit tricky to configure the mod. It’s easy to get lost in the configuration menu. Make it easy by following the developer hover-tips that will appear when you click any button. You will have different buttons for different types of the settings, including animation, video setting general, performance, quality, and other features. You just need to visit the submenu section to find out which changes you will need to have a better experience.

While the performance setting focuses on the FPS, rendering, and chunk updates, the quality setting focuses on the custom textures, colors, and biomes. The animations settings will have three buttons, which you can manage many settings with. In addition, you can toggle 17 different in-game animations. You need to go through all of the buttons for all of the settings to get the right combination.

You can use the settings to maximize the benefits. By using these settings, you can set graphics to fast, turn off smooth lighting, turn off the fog, turn off clouds, turn off animations, set render distance to short, set performance to max FPS, and set AdvancedOpenGel to fast. After the changes, you will enjoy the Minecraft than ever.

How to Install OptiFine
The installation will be easy and less time-consuming. You will have to go through the following for the installation.
 * You will have to dowload the latest OptiFine for your Minecraft version (link below). For example, if you have Minecraft 1.7.10, scroll down to Minecraft 1.7.10 and download the latest release for it.
 * Once you download it, go to the folder where you downloaded (usually  on Windows) and open the .jar file you just downloaded.
 * Click the Install button and open the Minecraft launcher
 * The OptiFine profile should be already selected; if not, click the arrow next to the play button and select "OptiFine", and then click Play.

Link: OptiFine official downloads

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