

Quick tip: OptiFine requires Java, so download and install it before launching OptiFine installer.

If not, choose version 1.19.3, press “Play”. You will see a dropdown menu in the lower-left corner that says “Latest Release”, check if it says 1.19.3. You will mostly need OptiFine does all the magic behind the codes the second requirement is the Shader Packs themselves. Once Minecraft loads, we can go into "Options." -> "Video Settings." -> "Shaders.The Shaders function doesn’t come by default in Minecraft Java Edition, which requires the external installation and download processes, but the whole process is quite simple. Now we can select Optifine as well as all the shader pack/s we added in the right hand side and then hit "Enable Selected" to enable them:Īnd that's it. Then we can add the shader pack the same way we added Optifine to the instance, but instead of adding to the "Mods Folder" we add it as a "Shader Pack: If you don't already have a shader pack downloaded, you can browser some at. Next we'll need to add in our shader pack/s. Now we'll need to add Optifine to the instance by clicking "Edit Mods", then adding in the downloaded jar file for Optifine to the mods folder:

Once installed, we can then download Optifine by visiting making sure to download the correct one for your Minecraft version: This is easiest using a Forge instance, so we'll install Vanilla Minecraft version 1.16.5 (latest at the time of writing) and select the Forge modloader: Second you'll need to add your shader pack/s to the instance.įirst we need to install Optifine.

Adding in shader packs to your Minecraft instance is fairly simple. Shaders can make Minecraft look great, if you have a powerful enough computer to run them.
