OptiFine HD is an interesting mod that helps you to adjust Minecraft effectively. It makes Minecraft run more smoothly and use fewer resources. Besides, it enables you to run resource (texture) pack HD without installing more other mods.
A perfect choice for personal computers runs Mincracraft more smoothly. This is an indispensible mod for those playing Minecraft 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 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
- 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
- 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
Screenshots:
Editions:
How to install:
- Download OptiFine HD.
- Go to %appdata%.
- Go to .minecraft/mods folder.
- If the “mods” folder does not exist you can create one.
- Drag and drop the downloaded jar file into that.
- Enjoy.
Download Links:
Older version:
For 1.5.2
OptiFine HD D5 Ultra:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=1e5522a46a531874bc319d38db020e76
OptiFine HD D5 Standard:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=2a1ca57b50a902a31d01c802892259fd
OptiFine HD D2 Light:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=c3c1242e8a81e5f11e59ea40bd0fce16
For 1.6.2
OptiFine HD C4 Ultra:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=77de89fff22e3e7c6fe0c0a0fb54573b
OptiFine HD C4 Standard:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=1e5522a46a531874bc319d38db020e76
OptiFine HD C4 Light:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=0ca4afa5ed1f6d060d1d24f395febf76
For 1.6.4
OptiFine HD C8 Ultra:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=ed26247711028090f3669f809f37d04b
OptiFine HD C8 Standard:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=7eac40ee8c3333a887997c020280a24e
OptiFine HD C7 Light:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=e7493381c4037e7fa4e9587d35da928e
OptiFine HD + Forge + Shaders:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=74cd6e5696d92bb3a2f2e262b8cc1acf
For 1.7.2
OptiFine HD C2 Ultra:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=7c91389d5147aae4f3b0602e409f5dab
OptiFine HD C2 Standard:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=7f5dcdcb20a9bb9abcc718ef5cd6face
For 1.7.4
OptiFine HD D1 Ultra:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=23a575b4b7b132958326ed3bae599440
OptiFine HD D1 Standard:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=5980ab53b75e2dfc1f480fe859dfc147
OptiFine HD C7 Light:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=5f54c0aa6aad885c2934e1d349a93165
For 1.7.5
OptiFine HD D1 Ultra:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=17966cc59de79331f86fda84e9d9416a
For 1.7.9
OptiFine HD D2 Ultra:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=03edffcad7f9bd0fa2ed83b7315f1c16
For Minecraft 1.7.10
For Minecraft 1.8
OptiFine HD U C7:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=56f4026fbafbe4e79a2b075c5699d9be
For Minecraft 1.8.1
OptiFine HD U C7:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=4d24ec84cab2e4ec31606441605b4c5f
For Minecraft 1.8.3
OptiFine HD U A3:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=a839c1ad2fcecc27c5e0d0c1f2005c5d
For Minecraft 1.8.4
OptiFine HD U D4:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=dbb9bc59a889170a685361d18c5e060c
For Minecraft 1.8.7
OptifineHD U D6:
http://dl2.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=681f06126e00bf0dd9b9e3f3b9a8b919
For Minecraft 1.8.8
OptiFine HD U F3:
http://dl2.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=2021eee8bf7147cca1041c1d2d013fd7
For Minecraft 1.8.9
OptiFine HD Ultra G9:
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=a2559398d84705cbf2cac2f778d0ecac
For Minecraft 1.9
OptiFine HD Ultra B1
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=2dd2e110936a9cee6a2f0b424bfc3962
For Minecraft 1.9.2
OptiFine HD Ultra B1
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=88e2d691a38631da9291d91b52d40df2
For Minecraft 1.9.4
OptiFine HD Ultra B4
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=041f370588d2534608d199d5447ccbb4
For Minecraft 1.10
OptiFine 1.10.0 HD U B7
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=b5559b17ced8e0bb1b71956c23fab208
For Minecraft 1.10.2
OptiFine 1.10.2 HD U C1
http://dl.mod-minecraft.net/download.php?file=df4b049379df3ba1950c18561a47add7
Credits: sp614x