
Some of the most popular ones are SEUS(Sonic Ether’s Unbelievable Shaders), although they tend to be for higher end system. When using Shaders, many graphical aspects of Minecraft will be changed dramatically, such as lighting, shadows, reflections and more.įirstly, you need to download some Shaders. One of the key things that you might want to do with Optifine is install Shaders. After a few seconds, the process will be complete and Optifine will be installed. When you’re ready, just hit the ‘Install’ button. If you have ever changed the location of Minecraft, then you may need to update this folder. In the application, it should have set the default installation for Minecraft already. The Optifine Installer application will open. If Optifine doesn’t open, then you might need to make sure you have Java installed. JAR file has downloaded, you will want to open it.

Now press the new download link, and a Java file will begin to download, specifically a. A new page will open, and after a few seconds, you can press the Skip button in the top right corner of the page. Simply click the ‘Download’ button next to any version. For newer versions of Minecraft, such as 1.15 and 1.16, you may need to click the ‘Preview Versions’ link at the top of the page. Here, you can see all of the available versions of Optifine.

Follow the steps below to install Optifine. Secondly, close Minecraft, and the Minecraft Launcher before starting.

First, make sure the version of Minecraft that you are installing it for has been run at least once. There are a few steps you should take before installing Optifine.
