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Hi gang!
Well... the other day I finally came around to scratching off an item of my Minecraft "bucket list": installing a Forge server to see how well that would work. Well, so far I'm very pleased with the results. If you're interested; here's more on that. Because of this I figured that I should also look into the visuals of my Minecraft setup; I've been using Depixel as my main resourcepack for quite a while now but... it only supports 1.20. It works on 1.20.1 but it's not ideal. So I went looking for something else.
After I sorted that out I decided to look into shaders; don't laugh but I've been playing Minecraft for a very long time now yet never messed with shaders so far. I ended up with this:
What you see here is the CreatorPack resourcepack with the Sildur vibrant shader active. Each to their own, but I'm very satisfied with the results so far. I definitely need to get used to actually seeing shadows appear in my world ;)
So then I wondered how things would look on my favorite public server, but suddeny I ran into a problem... See, I was still using 1.20.1 while this server had already moved onto 1.20.2 so I couldn't log on! So now I had a dilemma: OptiFine, it only supports 1.20.1 so far, not 1.20.2. Which isn't too big of a deal for me but... I really don't want to play Minecraft without dynamic lights anymore.
You know: if you hold a lightsource such as a torch then the area around you will light up a bit, so that you can use that as a bit of a flashlight.
I started looking around and lo and behold... suddenly I came across Iris Shaders; a shader mod which relies on Fabric as its main modloader, as well as Sodium for shader support. Because I had a recent backup of my computer I saw no harm in trying their installer and... holy moly: they didn't merely support 1.20.2, which is the version I was looking for. Naah, they also support 1.20.4 (!!), this is what you're looking at above. I mean, what. the. heck. you guys: it only got released 1 week ago! With all due respect to OptiFine but... the release of 1.20.1 is already several months behind us.
Figured I'd share, but this also begs the question.... what would you guys be using.
Soooo......
Well... the other day I finally came around to scratching off an item of my Minecraft "bucket list": installing a Forge server to see how well that would work. Well, so far I'm very pleased with the results. If you're interested; here's more on that. Because of this I figured that I should also look into the visuals of my Minecraft setup; I've been using Depixel as my main resourcepack for quite a while now but... it only supports 1.20. It works on 1.20.1 but it's not ideal. So I went looking for something else.
After I sorted that out I decided to look into shaders; don't laugh but I've been playing Minecraft for a very long time now yet never messed with shaders so far. I ended up with this:
My Redstone world...
What you see here is the CreatorPack resourcepack with the Sildur vibrant shader active. Each to their own, but I'm very satisfied with the results so far. I definitely need to get used to actually seeing shadows appear in my world ;)
So then I wondered how things would look on my favorite public server, but suddeny I ran into a problem... See, I was still using 1.20.1 while this server had already moved onto 1.20.2 so I couldn't log on! So now I had a dilemma: OptiFine, it only supports 1.20.1 so far, not 1.20.2. Which isn't too big of a deal for me but... I really don't want to play Minecraft without dynamic lights anymore.
You know: if you hold a lightsource such as a torch then the area around you will light up a bit, so that you can use that as a bit of a flashlight.
I started looking around and lo and behold... suddenly I came across Iris Shaders; a shader mod which relies on Fabric as its main modloader, as well as Sodium for shader support. Because I had a recent backup of my computer I saw no harm in trying their installer and... holy moly: they didn't merely support 1.20.2, which is the version I was looking for. Naah, they also support 1.20.4 (!!), this is what you're looking at above. I mean, what. the. heck. you guys: it only got released 1 week ago! With all due respect to OptiFine but... the release of 1.20.1 is already several months behind us.
Figured I'd share, but this also begs the question.... what would you guys be using.
Soooo......
What graphics enhancement system do you use for Minecraft Java edition?
Poll ended 12/27/2023 9:36 pm.
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I'm still sticking with Optifine, at least until Sodium gets those rendering issues with water behind stained glass fixed. Since my house has a ton of aquariums and terrariums, this is a big issue for me! Optifine also has almost all of the features I download other mods for (connected glass, zoom, etc.) in one package, so it's much more convenient to me, though I haven't actually looked into Fabulously Optimized or any other modpacks.
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I still use optifine after all these years with the vanilla game, but I would like to use fabric/sodium/iris in the future when I get around to it. I haven't had the energy to get into it after trying it out and failing a couple years ago I think. So I just have ol' (un)reliable, optifine.
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The shaders I like to use are KUDA, LUMA, and SEUS PTGI. They all have their benefits and drawbacks, KUDA is the lightest on performance, LUMA is the least complete but is still pretty, and SEUS PTGI is the most complete but has boxy clouds even with the setting turned off.
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I better use Embeddium or Rubidium instead of OptiFine because OptiFine is crashing with many mods, including the enermous and epic Create Mod.
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I was playing on forge and mods that im using wasnt compatibile with optifine, i was using optifine alternatives, most of them was on fabric, so i moved to fabric
Some of optifine alternatives that are im using has more features than optifine
I am using ETF, EMF, CIT resewn, Continuity, FabricSkyBoxes, LambDynamicLights, MoreMcmeta, Zoomify
Some of optifine alternatives that are im using has more features than optifine
I am using ETF, EMF, CIT resewn, Continuity, FabricSkyBoxes, LambDynamicLights, MoreMcmeta, Zoomify
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I use Create mod and so i dont use fucking OptiFine.
Also i cannot reply to Index-1's comments and also it says that it does not exists
Also i cannot reply to Index-1's comments and also it says that it does not exists
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Always Stay With Optifine. there is nothing to move onto anyway thankfully.
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Give me a mod like Entity Model Features that's actually on feature parity with OptiFine CEM, and I'll likely switch over to Fabric altogether.
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Optifine Is Based God. Who cares if it crashes with some mod
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For me OptiFine is the worst
I better use Embeddium for performance and Oculus for shaders
I better use Embeddium for performance and Oculus for shaders
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You're Not really a minecraft player. are you?
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And my poll finally closed! I figured I'd give it some time so that we all had a chance to see it.
Thank you very much to everyone who voted, I think this is a really interesting result.
In the mean time we have some new developments since the people behind OptiFine recently added new updates: there are now preview versions for Minecraft 1.20.4 and 1.20.3, and the version for 1.20.1 also got a new release. We plan on leaving things as they are for now... we're happily using OptiFine on our 1.18 modded endeavours and so far Iris/Sodium works just fine for me on vanilla.
Thanks again for voting everyone!
Thank you very much to everyone who voted, I think this is a really interesting result.
In the mean time we have some new developments since the people behind OptiFine recently added new updates: there are now preview versions for Minecraft 1.20.4 and 1.20.3, and the version for 1.20.1 also got a new release. We plan on leaving things as they are for now... we're happily using OptiFine on our 1.18 modded endeavours and so far Iris/Sodium works just fine for me on vanilla.
Thanks again for voting everyone!
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"…this is a really interesting result."
Very much so. Good poll & thabks for setting it up 👍
Very much so. Good poll & thabks for setting it up 👍
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I usually liked optifine and its cape feature, but it belongs in the past. I liked the convenience of having everything in one mod but the performance with my favorite shaders being abysmal on it I had to move to iris, where the shaders have way better performance, mind you this is on an enthusiast build.
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So, despite the fact that I'm plain out impressed with Iris / Sodium I'm not using it for everything. Iris relies on Fabric which is another modloader whereas I rely on Forge as soon as I want to enjoy "modded Minecraft". So while I am really enjoying Iris on my recent vanilla'ish profiles (1.20.2 & 1.20.4) I still rely on OptiFine for my modded endeavours (1.18.2).
With all those available choices I think it's a good time to be a Minecraft player!
With all those available choices I think it's a good time to be a Minecraft player!
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You might be interested in Rubidium
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Sodium/Iris works well for me and seems to provide better performance, at least with my new shaderpack.
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I have used optifine it didn't work very well at all now I use sodium
and a lot of other mods to
and a lot of other mods to
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me too
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If you’re looking for client mod suggestions, I’ve found a list of mods for fabric/quilt that adds back the features of optifine. https://optifine.alternatives.lambdaurora.dev/
For dynamic lighting I recommend LambDynamicLights, and for zoom I recommend CameraUtils
For dynamic lighting I recommend LambDynamicLights, and for zoom I recommend CameraUtils
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I use Embeddium while on forge with Rubidium Extra, TexTrue's Embeddium Options and Embeddium++ instead of OptiFine, but if with shaders then i use the Oculus, too. On Fabric (less often due to me using Create mod nearly always and Create on fabric for me just endlessly crashes.) i use the Iris with Sodium, Sodium Extra, Reese's Sodium Options, Lithium and Phosphor.
Also if create still runs on fabric then i would also install an Iris/Oculus+Flywheel compat mod to have better perfomance with shaders with the Create Mod
Also if create still runs on fabric then i would also install an Iris/Oculus+Flywheel compat mod to have better perfomance with shaders with the Create Mod
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I use more or less what they have in Fabulously Optimized just to get decent FPS, minus Iris, some minor optifine feature recreations I don't like, and a couple technical things I don't use like e4mc. I also sometimes switch out Farsight for Bobby depending on the version, they both do more or less the same thing.
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I'll use OptiFine when I want shaders since Sodium+Iris with shaders doesn't run so well for me
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since there is no all option i just chose other because i have all mostly
also nice picture you put up there
also nice picture you put up there
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Quite the traditionalist [Op[tifine] although I have been reading about Lithium/Sodium
