OptiFine HD mod 1.17.1/1.16.5 (FPS Boost, Shaders) is a Minecraft optimization mod. That helps you to adjust Minecraft effectively. It makes Minecraft run more smoothly and use less resources. Usually it can double or triple your FPS.

The most popular edition is OptiFine Ultra, which is rather important.

  • For the most part, OptiFine Ultra contains the most optimizations and options that can boost FPS.
  • OptiFine’s Standard version, in particular, is in a subtle way more compatible with other mods.
  • Although OptiFine Light may be more useful for weak laptops and notebooks, it lacks sophisticated capabilities and is incompatible with ModLoader and Forge, or so they believed.

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It allows Minecraft to run quicker and look considerably better, thanks to complete support for HD textures and a plethora of setting choices, which is fundamentally quite significant. For all intents and purposes, the Minecraft Optifine HD Mod will allow you to run a package of HD resources (textures pack) without having to install any other substantial modifications. It will also essentially allow your pretty personal computer to for all intents and purposes run the game in a more fluid manner, allowing you to enjoy your Minecraft in a more enjoyable manner.

A great option for personal PCs that, for all intents and purposes, desire to run Mincracraft more smoothly. This is a must-have mod for anybody playing Minecraft, with features like FPS increase, HD Texture support, Render Distance Variable, Antialiasing, and Connected Textures, to name a few.

Screenshots:

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Features:

  • FPS boost
    – Doubling the FPS is common
    – Decreases lag spikes and smooths gameplay
  • Support for HD Textures
    – HD textures and HD fonts (MCPatcher not needed)
  • Support for Shaders
    – Based on the Shaders Mod by Karyonix
  • Dynamic Lights
    – Allows handheld and dropped light emitting items to illuminate the objects around them
  • Variable Render Distance
    – From Tiny to Extreme (2 x Far) in 16m steps
    – Sun, moon and stars are visible in Tiny and Short distance
  • Configurable Smooth Lighting
    – 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
    – Fancy – slower, avoids visual artifacts
  • Mipmaps (
    – 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
    – Restores details in mipmapped textures
    – AF level – OFF, 2, 4, 8, 16 (depends on hardware support)
  • Antialiasing
    – 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
    Fixes transparent blocks textures to match surrounding snow terrain
  • Clear Water
    Clear, transparent water with good visibility underwater
  • Random Mobs
    Use random mob textures if available in the texture pack
  • Connected Textures
    Connects textures for glass, glass panes, sandstone and bookshelf blocks which are next to each other.
  • Natural Textures
    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
    – 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
    – Chunk Updates per Frame – allows for faster world loading
  • 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

How to install OptiFine with Forge?:

  1. Download the mod jar file from below.
  2. Download & Install Minecraft Forge API.
  3. Copy the mod jar file in %appdata%/.minecraft/mods (run Minecraft with Forge profile one time to get mods folder or just created a simple folder with “mods” name).

OptiFine HD Ultra Download Links:

OptiFine_1.16.5_HD_U_G7.jar (5.76 MB) – OptiFine_1.17.1_HD_U_G9.jar (6.01 MB)