

Now that you have that downloaded, instead of running the installer, we'll want to just drag and drop this.We start by first downloading the latest Optifine preview for our Modded Minecraft version, let's once again go the Optifine site but instead of downloading the latest normal version, first click at the top "Preview versions" and if your version is listed, download that, otherwise, download the latest non-preview version.Installing Optifine/Shaders on a modded Minecraft install. With installing to a modded install, the process changes slightly

If your version of Minecraft does not support Optifine you'll want to look at using the Shadersmod, but we will not be covering the installation of that due to it no longer being maintained. You've now installed Optifine and Shaders.


Click "Install" button in the installer, this will begin the installation process. (Required for Shaders)įirst, ensure you have java downloaded and installed on your system, get java here Next, we download Optifine, download the latest Optifine for your version here Upon running the Optifine installer you'll want to select your Minecraft install directory, it should have the correct default directory already entered, so don't modify this if you haven't changed yours. Shaders are a simple way to modify the way Minecraft renders its lighting and shadows to create any number of effects for the end user, typically used to improve the overall look of the game.Įnsure sure you have a powerful system before attempting to run Shaders as it will impact performance greatly.
