Change settings in the video performance tab in settings to see what it could be. As others have mentioned you can get the same effects from other, far better mods now like Iris, FoamFix, Rubidium, Sodium, Phosphor, VanillaFix, and a host of others. Sodium vs Optifine is up to you, but the support between each is inconsistent and a frustrating experience! Here's a list of my Sodium mods, as of 2022. Forge: A programming interface. 1. ago. I've never seen anyone do a comparison of Sodium vs. r/Optifine. There isn't a singular mod that can replace OptiFine, but you can use the following mods: Performance improvements - Sodium, Sodium Extra, Lithium, Starlight, LazyDFU, FerriteCore, Enhanced Block Entities, Krypton, Alternate Current, Advancements Debug. For example, the original commenter said sodium + iris was better for performance, but for me optifine is better. r/Minecraft •. 6 comments. sodium is on 1. panchoviux. TLDR: Follow the below instructions for more frames, and slightly more rendering glitches, enjoy! So in short, add sodium-forge-2. 1. That's not going to be buttery smooth. If that doesn't work, try Fabulously Optimized, I just tested it and it worked fine. Optifine/Sodium+Iris alternatives for Forge 1. 20 released. Imagine a machine that can't handle 60fps in vanilla and only manages 20. 1) It provides an FPS boost. However, ever since installing the aforementioned, I've experienced strange issues with CPU and GPU usage when running minecraft worlds. However, in terms of features, it's not quite there yet. Optifabric allows you to use Optifine with Fabric. My sister is playing in an older laptop and the game was barely working (around 5 FPS top). ago. The official OptiFine description is on the Minecraft Forums. I only tried Sodium to see how much FPS I could get out of vanilla vanilla Minecraft. If you're playing vanilla, then there's really no issue with using fabric vs. ago. Ayo, don’t necro. If you have a good pc then optifine. As of now, only Sodium 0. Optifine supports shaders, which adds stuff like different lightings, far better shadows and dynamic darkness and waving water, leaves and fire. ago. 20. Yes, I also prefer using Only Fans. neptune-orbits • 2 yr. This is purely my speculation, therefore it is not accurate. 1. The Iris . You won’t believe this but OptiFine actually outperformed Sodium and I put the settings to have better fps on Sodium (I mainly use OptiFine) but I use higher settings on OptiFine which lowers my fps a bit and it performed better even though Sodium is supposed to be better. 14. The performance in the current state is worse than just sodium with opengl (on linux; maybe a nvidia problem). 1 but it is pretty cool on the former version when you set it to canvas basic mode Reply reply32 Chunks Default ~37fps. With optifine and the same shaders it never goes over 60% like it's being throttled. I'm getting java for Christmas and I'm wondering which one to get I've seen videos of optifine and there is alot of settings to thru but I also heard sodium is better for fps which one should I use. I am comparing 1. 17. ago. Optifine to Chime. You also should consider switching to MultiMC if you haven't already as it is lighter than the twitch launcher and open source. Hello there! I'm the author of Phosphor and Lithium, which focus on optimizing the lighting engine and server components respectively so you can run the game on lower-end hardware. 1. The subreddit for all things related to Modded Minecraft for Minecraft Java Edition --- This subreddit was originally created for discussion around the FTB launcher and its modpacks but has since grown to encompass all aspects of modding the Java edition of Minecraft. Zhaunlouk. But I also want to use the distant horizons mod. Although these are some mods that will work with sodium and help performance increase more. But Sodium has came out and it is far superior to OptiFine in many ways. If the player enjoys trying different mods, Optifine is a better choice. KilleDragon well optifine mess with. Sodium reduced pretty much all the stuttering and it had the highest FPS, bravo sodium. sodium and magnesium are effectively the same for different platforms. 19 (Image via @OptiFineNews Twitter/CurseForge) OptiFine and Sodium are two of the. It's also very poorly optimized and likes to chug ram hard, but you don't need a beefy system to run it (unless you play with 200 mods). 11. 20 released. 26 Chunks Optifine ~382fps. 1 my brother got an m2 macbook pro and rubidium works well with shaders (it slows down with. 3 and 1. With optifine 1. The end goal is having less bikeshedding (like the fluid api, that has been in limbo for the past forever and is just now getting approved) and a few other reasons. Optifine is the "easiest" way, but it's a client only optimisation which is not really compatibility friendly. Natzival 3 yr. 1 but it fails, as expected. Ahhh i see. 19. The only advantage optifine has is that it's one mod while the others are not but it doesn't take. It has awful support on Fabric/Quilt. Maybe there just won’t be a release for 1. ago. I'll tell everyone i found the secret between this state and mojang! Better idea: Use Ok Zoomer, 30 FOV, and this. Phosphor is more popular because it's written by the same author as Lithium and Sodium, but Starlight is better. ) and supports the same features as OptiFine. Added Lithium and Phosphor to the benchmark. If you have a positive experience with Optifine, that's because lots of devs have had to go out of their way to put up with it - it's not usable because it's inherently good, it's usable because it rightfully has an unpleasant reputation compared to its alternatives. In fact, Sodium also outperforms Optifine in pretty much all scenarios without any of the drawbacks. I'm not an expert, but I heard that 1. 9. Forge is for mods Then use optifine and that's it. As an added note, OptiFine itself isn't even Fabric compatible without. The Forge ports are alright, but Forge itself is a bit heavy. Why not OptiFine, and Iris?If you are looking to use to shaders though, I actually haven't noticed a huge performance difference between OptiFine and Sodium, but your mileage may vary. with Sodium, it stays around 200, and with Sildur's shaders I get 120 fps. Yeah but iris includes a version of sodium modified to work with it, so if. For people with high end PC's, sodium is better as it fully utilised the cpu, gpu and does make a major difference (100fps to ~400fps). Solid 100 ish fps (1440p, 32 render distance, on Linux with. Como va la Banda? todo bien? todo. the difference vs the original list is that it encompasses more versions (e. Go to your %appdata% folder and then the . I honestly didn't even know it was possible for an optimization mod to well optimize so well, i went from 20-30 fps with optifine (i have a garbage computer) to 20-80 E-I-G-H-T-Y FPS with sodium and its sooo good honestly yeah it sucks that you cant zoom in or use shaders with sodium but still i soo. Fabric and forge are Minecraft instances that will run mods and stuff like that, for more frames just use optifine or lunar. [deleted] 3 yr. It is what I use, and a beta for 1. Optifine for stability and shaders, Sodium + Lithium + Starlight (maybe even iris) for more fps than optifine. s. 20. Nope. (Optifine zoom is useless with Ok Zoomer) Optifine zoom + Spyglass + Max Slowness + 30 FOV + Bow in off-hand + f1 = I can see the smallest thing that ever existed. Or if you want more performance and parity with optifine, use the fabric mod loader and download Fabulously Optimized. 2 soon. With Optifine I usually get 100+ fps with lag spikes rarely happening, but with sodium reforged I rarely exceed 80 fps and get lag spikes happening extremely often, and increased lag when looking at oceans. Join. Note that all might not happen when you install it, but at any time while playing. Instead, you could use Iris Shaders. that's better. So, considering these factors and other. 10, Sodium performed slightly better than Optifine in terms of FPS. If you are using a shaderpack and the sky starts flickering, I recommend setting PlanetSkyOverride to false inside config/advancedRocketry. OptiFabric OptiFine VS Sodium & Iris Shaders 1. 2. Drag0n_TamerAK • 10 mo. 13+ in Vanilla Minecraft, i don't mess with Optifine that much in newer Versions. 17? 1. Windows - Iris (Sodium) + ComplementaryShaders (RT): 115 fps. Optifine As far my testing went, Optifine seems to be compatible with the mods in this pack. 2. For FPS, magnesium would probably be the best. Join. Optifine can increase your fps by loading less chunks (bug) but Sodium can generally get better preformance unless the system is old enough that Sodium cant do much. The amount of fps that Sodium gets over Optifine depends on how old the system is. Iris vs Optifine. 1. I would use Sodium and Iris like most people, but the server in question has resource packs that use Optifine pack features like custom entity models and emissive textures. MikemkPK. • 22 days ago. • 3 mo. 20, including OptiFine, Sodium, Vulkan, and many more. 2. winter_charm. Sodium for Minecraft 1. Sodium aims to be a zero-compromise rendering engine replacement that doesn't interfere with vanilla features. In theory, OptiFine should work better due to having more optimizations. 1. OptiFine is closed-source, that in itself makes it difficult. • 8 mo. Du kannst sogar deinen eigenen kostenlosen Umhang bekommen! Kleinere Optimierungen qShad_ said: *cough* *cough* Optifine also removing game code making mods such as twilight forest unstable and even crash the game. Are there any alternatives I could use? I'm obviously playing forge, which means Iris isn't an option either. 2. Never use OptiFine in modded Minecraft as it’s known to cause heaps of issues, from bugs to crashing to rendering glitches. toml. Minecraft version 1. 7. 2 is not yet available. So you should always test it yourself. Also if you use sodium, which vastly improves FPS, you might be sad to find that sodium’s magic lies in optimising OpenGL, which means it would be useless for Vulkan (and also will crash). Then, today I read that Sodium was better than OptiFine and that it could help gaining more FPS. We'll be looking at how they both perform and decide which one is better. My main concern is fps rather than visual fidelity, though I hope to be able to turn my render distance up higher with sodium. Optifine is a mod. I like custom textures but so many of them require OptiFine. Will these mods also increase performance worth optifine? Optifine is easier to install, have built-in support for shaders, zoom key, connected textures and other stuff. com. Sodium is better only in perfomance, but Optifine adds more customizations for the game. You don’t have precise control over what features you do and don’t get. r/Minecraft •. Don't use it though, it's abandoned. You can use Essential, it’s a mod that improves the game with a lot of quality of life features, like zoom, inviting your friends to your single player world, cosméticas, emotes and more! And it updated like 2 hours after 1. For anyone who's still interested, as I look into it, it is not. 20. While exploring the new cherry groves biome in Minecraft version 1. According to Sildur's Shader Pack site, they mention the pack uses GLSL Shaders mod as a base and directly specify GLSL is "now part of Optifine". Optifine is a mod that pretty much everyone has used for years that allows you to fine-tune the settings and increases performance. jar to your mods folder will cause it to not work. 2. In this video, we're comparing Sodium VS Optifine for Minecraft on the Lunar Client. Attlaan said: optifine is on 1. ago. and i personally won't recommend the fabric modloader as it's quite unsable. Related Topics Meme Internet Culture and Memes comments. Umm. Firstly it requires fabric to run and secondly i'll just copy the description from the mod's page : Sodium is a free and open-source rendering engine replacement for the Minecraft client that greatly improves frame rates, reduces micro-stutter, and fixes graphical issues in Minecraft. *Less lag with tnt than all. 17 is released. 6 through 1. All Sources and Dowloads are down below. TL;DR: If you only want performance, use Simply Optimized. However, the difference was not noticeable. With a combo of Sodium (and Iris if using shaders) + Lithium + Starlight, I get more fps than OptiFine. 16 does not meet its former glory. 18. 2 Fabric VS Forge FPS comparison for vs OptiFine and OptiFabric vs Sodium and Iris Shaders 1. When it comes to graphical and performance enhancements, these two mods are at the very top and are used by millions of. 17 as well I tried loading Sodium 1. I'm using an amd card and an amd CPU as well, and so far I've gotten much better performance with Magnesium. · 11 mo. Optifine finally gets some worthy competition and the competitor is called Sodium. If you just have a low spec system, I'd just bite the bullet and use Sodium, it's a lot better than what I had when I had a low spec system. Sodium is better in terms of performance but also use lithium and starlight. After you zoom out, the performance gain compared to Sodium. OptiFine does not improve FPS as much as Sodium but does add features like zooming, dynamic lights, resource pack additions, and so on, some of which can be replaced with other mods, with the notable exception of shaders. Sodium: to ask questions? Join the JellySquid discord! info about this I u. FreeSync Premium - This does reduce FPS but offers adaptive synchronization to eliminate visual tearing and more. I do not recommend FastCraft, as it is the source of many crashes and bugs. But since Optifine isn’t the great mod it was many years ago, it’s worth getting that suite of mods. Oh man, so I'm actually already playing on a multilayer server hosted on my home server. 1 yr. gordonche. Sodium + Lithium + Starlight + Iris have been always completely open source, allowing for more to contribute than 1 person, and issues and bugs to be caught and fixed faster. fine03 • 10 mo. Fabric is the new kid on the block, that seems to be quite popular now and prefered when it comes to. I haven't really modded my game further than optifine, so im wondering if compatibility will be an issue? And what the best way would be to even download the mod. Actronix. Iris is spefifically designed to improve your frames while running shaders. x). Pineapplepansy. 17. Also, Phosphor isn't really developed by the same people as Sodium and Lithium, since the original creator (jellysquid3_) stopped developing them and PhilPro95 took over Phosphor. Depends what do you want optifine for I guess. In terms of performance, Sodium & co. Optifine for stability and shaders, Sodium + Lithium + Starlight (maybe even iris) for more fps than optifine. 19. 6. Edit. dualboileronly. ago. 19. 19. this reminds me of the good ol days waiting for 1. 20. Iris was designed to make shaders work with Fabric only because Optifine doesn’t play nice. Rubidium (Fabric: Sodium) – The alternative to OptiFine. sodium does not support shaders. ago. Resources: translation, documentation, issue tracker. Not just "it doesn't work". 1 not . Not in all though. Played a fair bit of MC, but not so much with mods. 2 with PneumaticCraft heat system in Minecraft after I recreated it vanilla first. Minecraft Sandbox game Open world Action-adventure game Gaming. The only difference between these two styles is the default settings. With a combo of Sodium (and Iris if using shaders) + Lithium + Starlight, I get more fps than OptiFine. I tested Optifine in 1. You're right, though. If you want to use OptiFine with Forge, see the Forge information thread. В общей массе существует такое мнение, что содиум это такая волшебная штучка в оптимизации. BetterFps has versions for 1. Try adding in vanillafix and optifine (same with phosphor, foamfix, and betterfps but some packs include these already). When comparing optifine shaders vs Iris shaders the performance gain is massive more than twice the. Are there any mods i can use to replicate what optifine does (connected glass, grass sides, shaders, etc. At the same time, Optifine starts causing compatibility problems much more frequently. S+I are great but only available in fabric and mods like create are not available. I haven't tested to see if this works, but in theory it should. View community ranking In the Top 5% of largest communities on Reddit Is it worth using OptiFine 1. It boasts wide compatibility with the Fabric mod ecosystem when compared to. But there are. (and. Simply Optimized is a purely performance enhancing pack, with the only additional mod being Iris Shaders. Optifine. If you use either rubidium or magnesium, make sure that you use Magnesium/Rubidium Extras as it has an additional performance fix. Orders of magnitude faster and I've never had a lighting glitch with it. If you are using a shaderpack and the sky starts flickering, I recommend setting PlanetSkyOverride to false inside config/advancedRocketry. ago. Sodium is not over hyped at ALL. ago. Magnesium or optifine or chlorine for 1. Iris on the other hand will have to integrate the features from optifine into their system. Sodium has a bigger fps boost but doesn’t work with forge and also it can have steep fps drops occasionally and animations. 16. So at this moment, it's only a matter of time for both Optifine and Iris to have their. Sodium is a more stable mod, that offers a better interface, ACTUAL performance gains even on high end hardware, however, the modular nature of the Fabric API means that collecting all the mods for full functionality (lithium, phosphor, etc) is a pain, and the straight competitor to Optifine, Fabulously Optimized can really only be installed if. ago. In my experience Sodium+ mods are very hardware dependent. jar to your mods folder, disable performant, then exit, and add the following line to your configsodium-mixins. ago. I want to use Sodium (or rather its Forge port, Rubidium) because Optifine pretty much doesn't improve performance at all on my PC, whereas Sodium is a dramatic improvement I want to use the gained performance to run a fancy texture pack that uses Optifine features for connected textures and cannot exist/work without themManaged to add foods to the origins:meat tag using kubejs, here's a file to fix a lot of stuff with origins (and also some other stuff) make sure to put it in the kubejs/server_scripts folder as a . . Sodium + Lithium + Starlight + Iris have been always completely open source, allowing for more to contribute than 1 person, and issues and bugs to be caught and fixed faster. 16+ runs because it messes with the game's behavior. Join. People says sodium lithium phosphor is better than optifine but i get 60 fps on optifine and 30 fps with sodium lithium and phosphor. Optifine CEM (Custom entity models) Optifine Emissive Textures. This comes at the cost of stability, as Optifine is finicky about graphics drivers, and prefers the latest version of Java vs. dev. Scrap_King. It works on both the client and server, and can be installed on servers without requiring clients to also have the mod. I average 60 fps, so. Step 1: Choosing the right shadersmod Most people choose OptiFine to use shaders, but it's the worst option if you want to use shaders. 16+ runs because it messes with the game's behavior. Hbop_5009. Adds some features to Sodium C2ME. In practice however, Sodium is significantly better than OptiFine. 9. 19 not quite released yet I decided to try iris with fabric because I missed my shaders. 4. 16. So 2 days ago I finally made the choice and downloaded sodium hydrogen lithium and phosphor to get better fps. Sodium is available at most a few days after a new Minecraft release, while OptiFine has (for the most part) taken roughly a month. apparently OSX stops supporting openGL at 4. Normally I use: Sodium (optimized OpenGL renderer mod, what people use instead of Optifine these days) . OptiFine, Sodium. Ginbriel • 2 yr. The Unbound style is designed for people looking for a more realistic experience, while the Reimagined style is made to reimagine Minecraft while preserving its unique visual elements. 4M. The subreddit for all things related to Modded Minecraft for Minecraft Java Edition --- This subreddit was originally created for discussion around the FTB launcher and its modpacks but has since grown to encompass all aspects of modding the Java edition of Minecraft. Though a lot of people are using sodium and other performance mods, because of better results. here is a list of replacement mods for various optifine features. Minecraft version I used is 1. Before I realised sodium is so awesome, optifine + shaders had been a novelty and never really playable always landing in the 20-30 fps area. Wi16099. My main concern is fps rather than visual fidelity, though I hope to be able to turn my render distance up higher with sodium. lordlucario_ • 1 yr. However, OptiFine in 1. 1. Optifine and Lithium will most likely be getting updates or new versions that work with 1. With these two mods, you can also install Canvas. Sodium Vs. Minecraft community on reddit. Mods must respect the Minecraft's EULA. Sodium is client side only, doesn't work on servers. p. CurseForge is a plattform for mods for different games, including Minecraft. Same thing here on m1 macbook air. Do you guys know of any mods that allow for OptiFine textures but work with my. Optifine is banned for 1. Fabulously Optimized which includes some of the best performance enhancing mods as well as mods which add support for some of the features OptiFine is known for (dynamic lights, zoom, resource. Final Thoughts The choice between Optifine and Sodium depends on the player’s needs. Sodium is better only in perfomance, but Optifine adds more customizations for. 1 update. properties file: Then, re-enable Performant, and enjoy pretty good performance!The subreddit for all things related to Modded Minecraft for Minecraft Java Edition --- This subreddit was originally created for discussion around the FTB launcher and its modpacks but has since grown to encompass all aspects of modding the Java edition of Minecraft. x, 1. - Looking at North Max: 300 fps. So from what I heard online, Sodium was significantly better than Optifine, so I switched. Radplay Apprentice • 1 mo. Forge, is one of the oldest mod loaders, but falling out of style, when it's not easy to push out new updates with it. ago. Note Optifine and default handle chunks differently, I had to bump up chunks to get it to render the same details on the sides, but even then 40 chunks Optifine gave the same as 32 default (and probably more. 16. you can use canvas if you really need shaders but it won't increase your fps a lot :) There are other mods you should consider. 19. Most videos on it and even the mod page itself show that pretty much any pc with get at least a 50fps boost from it, but that's not happening for me. Increible_Subnormal. A large portion of Fabric/Quilt mods are incompatible with OptiFine. 4M subscribers in the Minecraft community. Now later I find out that my first laptop had its ram burned, but on the second laptop, while it may have low specs, isn’t the point of sodium that it increases FPS on low-end. I'm not trying to start a "which is better" debate. With 6-8 is more than enough. ago. Optifine gives many visual advantages that only one man has secretly been able to recreate with sodium ( the man’s Bdubs ) OptiFine's mindshare is enormous. s. I personally use an i5 3320m with the iGPU (intel hd 4000). Zealousideal_Zone_69 • 1 yr. 19. OptiFine was one of the best mods, if not the best mod, in Minecraft versions 1. Magnesium is a Forge port of Sodium. Not sure about sodium but recommend to stick to optifine as the fps boost settings are in optifine you just want to play with each settings and see which one boosts your fps. I have a decent rig (R53600+3060 12gb+16gb ram) but when I play with 25-50 mod playthroughs, my fps dips to as low as. most modpacks keep lithium and phosphor, but not sodium, since sodium can have incompatibilities. PiBombbb • 1 yr. 7. The crash report. On this machine they might be, because this machine can run vanilla at smooth frame rates. You can add it as an improvement to the in-game framerate at the cost of a much longer startup time. ago. 3 and then install Fabric Loader. OptiFine and Iris. I currently use optifine but am considering switching to sodium. . ago. Optifine is incredibly old. Sodium using the power of gpu isn't something special. Continue this thread. ago.