OptiFine HD for Minecraft 1.7.4/1.7.2/1.6.4/1.6.2

• FPS boost (examples)
  • 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 (example)
  • from Tiny to Extreme (2 x Far) in 16m steps
  • sun, moon and stars are visible in Tiny and Short distance
• Configurable Smooth Lighting (examples)
  • 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 (examples)
  • 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 (examples)
  • Restores details in mipmapped textures
  • AF level OFF, 2, 4, 8, 16 (depends on hardware support)
• Antialiasing (examples)
  • 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 (examples)
  • Fixes transparent blocks textures to match surrounding snow terrain
• Clear Water (examples)
  • Clear, transparent water with good visibility underwater
• Random Mobs
  • Use random mob textures if available in the texture pack
• Connected Textures (examples)
  • Connects textures for glass, glass panes, sandstone and bookshelf blocks which are next to each other.
• Natural Textures (examples)
  • 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 (examples)
  • 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

A. Easy Installation

• 1) Download and start the Magic Launcher
• 2) Click Setup, click Add, select the downloaded zip file
• 3) Click OK, login and play Minecraft

B. Manual Installation

Windows/Linux Instructions:

• 1) Locate your minecraft.jar file. On Windows, it’s in %APPDATA%/.minecraft/bin
• 2) Create a backup of minecraft.jar
• 3) Open minecraft.jar in an archive editor (WinRar/7-Zip/etc)
• 4) Delete the META-INF folder.
• 5) Copy (drag and drop) the .class files from the downloaded zip file into the jar file, replacing previous files.
• 6) Run Minecraft and test!

Mac Instructions:

• 1) Locate your minecraft.jar file. On Mac, it’s in <home>/Library/Application Support/minecraft/bin
• 2) Create a backup of minecraft.jar
• 3) Rename minecraft.jar to minecraft.zip and double-click it to extract the contents
• 4) Rename the resulting folder to minecraft.jar and open it
• 5) Copy the .class files from the downloaded zip into the minecraft.jar folder, replacing previous files
• 6) Run Minecraft and test