OptiFine 1.16.5 for Minecraft 1.16.5
For reasonable and logical features
Versions: HD U G8, G7, G6
Minecraft: 1.16.5
Downloads: 5.2M+
Minecraft version 1.16.5 comes with a significant milestone in the game’s development cycle, introducing complex demands that can challenge even well-equipped systems. OptiFine 1.16.5 serves as the best solution for players seeking both enhanced performance and visual integrity, transforming the blocky landscapes of Minecraft into a more responsive and visually modified experience.
Performance of OptiFine Integration
Update (1.16.5) introduced big graphical improvements and world generation algorithms that, while impressive, place massive demands on system resources. OptiFine addresses these limitations through proper optimization techniques:
OptiFine 1.16.5 fundamentally restructures the whole experience, reducing computational frame during gameplay. This restructuring includes refined memory allocation protocols, streamlined texture management, and better chunk loading mechanisms. The result is a marked improvement in frame rate stability, particularly beneficial during exploration of complex biomes or densely built environments. Also check Optifine 1.18.2 if you are playing minecraft 1.18.2.
OptiFine HD U G8
The current benchmark release for 1.16.5 environments combines advanced optimizations with exceptional stability.
- Enhanced dynamic lighting algorithms with reduced computational cost.
- Refined chunk loading processes resulting in measurable RAM utilization reduction.
- Comprehensive shader compatibility with expanded customization parameters.
- updated ChunkLayerSet to implement Set interface
- separated memory allocation and GC rate
- optimized render states
- restored Forge particle culling, disabled for guardian effect (#4994)
- fixed breaking animation with shaders uniform renderStage
- fixed shaders macro for Mesa drivers (#5515)
- added CEM for llama decor
- fixed enchantment screen to use CEM book model
- fixed top-level CEM texture for non-living entities
- added CEM for conduit, lectern_book and llama spit
- fixed conduit wind animation with smart animations
- fixed CEM documentation for husk and illagers
- disable selection outline for CEM block entities
- fixed CEM for enchanted trident
- added CEM for bell and trident
- added CEM for all minecarts (chest, command block, furnace and hopper)
- added CEM for wandering_trader and trader_llama
- added CEM for bee, elder_guardian, hoglin, zoglin and strider
- fixed emissive enchanted items, emissive bed (#4222)
- fixed custom colors: map, dye, banners, cat collar (#2777)
- fixed shaders transform matrices lagging one frame in prepared pass
- fixed shaders projection matrix lagging in shadow pass (#5134)
- fixed shaders velocity map crash
- fixed custom colors: water particle, potion, spawn egg, boss (#4173)
- fixed CIT name matching (#4909)
- fixed geometry shaders for Mac M1 (#5442)
- fixed stained glass with anisotropic filtering (#5181)
- fixed shaders with Forge (#5433)
- fixed dragging of option sliders (#5423)
- fixed input lag with lazy chunk loading (#5348)
- added shaders attribute at_midBlock
- added relative shaders buffer size
- added shaders options shadowTerrain, shadowEntities and shadowBlockEntities
- added shaders velocity map
- fixed shaders vertex format switching
- added entity vertex format for shaders
- added option macros when parsing shaders.properties
- fixed integer texture types
- added mipmap generation for compute shaders
- updated shaders layout parsing
- compatible with Forge 36.1.0
(15.05.2021)
OptiFine 1.16.5_HD_U_G7
- added shaders render stages
- fixed underwater overlay with shaders
- changed shaders buffer numbering from hex to decimal
- added draw buffers configuration /* RENDERTARGETS: X,Y,Z */
- added shader compute programs and imageLoad/Store (#791)
- fixed memory allocation on chunk borders
- added Lazy Chunk Loading for 1.16
- fixed invisible mobs (#5016)
- fixed Forge particle culling (#4994)
- fixed TAA with Sildurs shaders (#5294)
- fixed shaders normal/specular animation with AF (#5279)
- fixed crash on circular reference in shaders options
- added shaders blend mode per buffer (#5263)
- fixed shaders custom textures breaking on resources reloaded
- added shaders macro MC_ANISOTROPIC_FILTERING and uniform spriteBounds
- fixed crash when reloading shaders
- fixed modded blocks, items and entities mapping with shaders (#3816)
- added shaders buffers with fixed size
- reorganized shaders framebuffers
- added shaders prepare programs
- added shadow composite programs
- added 8 and 16 bit integer texture types
- fixed screenshot with antialiasing (#5228)
- added shaders macro MC_GL_VENDOR_AMD
- added OpenGL debug groups and ignored errors
- added clear color and skip clear for shadow color buffers (#2780)
- added configurable shadow buffer format (#5221)
- fixed antialiasing with Forge
- increased shaders color buffers to 16, added draw buffers mapping (#2103)
- updated to 1.16.5
- compatible with Forge 36.0.42
(19.02.2021)
OptiFine 1.16.4_HD_U_G6
- added system property "frame.time" to show frame time instead of FPS
- fixed cape downloads blocking skin and terrain downloads (#4976)
- added support for shaders texture format LabPBR (#5182)
- fixed custom uniforms using biomes
- optimized antialiasing and anisotropic filtering (prepare)
- optimized antialiasing and anisotropic filtering (multidraw)
- fixed shaders normal/specular textures with anisotropic filtering
- fixed item rendering with shaders and anisotropic filtering
- fixed banners, enchanted items, fire and hand outline with AA/AF
- disabled antialiasing with fabulous graphics
- enabled anisotropic filtering with shaders
- fixed item frames with AA/AF
- fixed antialiasing and anisotropic filtering (#5153)
- fixed crash when when swamp biome isn't registered (#5088)
- fixed player items (santa hat) showing on invisible players (#5150)
- fixed shaders breaking biome mods (#4880)
- fixed custom gui chest type (#5100)
- compatible with Forge 35.1.36
(12.01.2021)
OptiFine 1.16.4_HD_U_G5
- not working: antialiasing and anisotropic filtering
- fixed chunk forced loading (#4832)
- updated to 1.16.4
- compatible with Forge 35.0.1
(06.11.2020)
OptiFine 1.16.3_HD_U_G4
- not working: antialiasing and anisotropic filtering
- fixed shadow bug with sildurs shaders and campfire (#4372)
- added support for Forge modlauncher Target.PRE_CLASS (#4515)
- fixed MineColonies GUI, fixed AT invokespecial/virtual (#4582)
- added particle culling
- updated to 1.16.3
- compatible with Forge 34.0.0
(02.11.2020)
OptiFine 1.16.2_HD_U_G3
- not working: antialiasing and anisotropic filtering
- fixed smart animations with glowing entities on fire
- fixed glowing entities with shaders (#4700)
- added loading screen blend mode (#4712)
- fixed custom mooshroom mushrooms (#3481)
- right click selects previous value in shader options (#4706)
- fixed Mojang logo smoothing (#4337)
- fixed banner with emissive textures (#4707)
- added CEM for piglin, piglin_brute and zombified_piglin (#4600)
- fixed chunks not loading with render distance > 36 (#4261)
- added more steps for shaders render quality (#4556)
- fixed dolphin CEM (#3051)
- fixed server connection with java 9+ (#3773, #3959, #4656, #4667)
- added Forge license (#4654)
- fixed biome handling with shaders (#4687)
- fixed biome handling (#4681, #4658, #4668)
- fixed leaking resource on startup (#4678)
- fixed option VSync (#4680)
- fixed soul flame particles (#4642)
- added shaders uniform playerMood (#4650)
- fixed white/black screen with shaders (#4640)
- updated to 1.16.2
- compatible with Forge 33.0.20
(28.08.2020)
OptiFine 1.16.1_HD_U_G2
- not working: antialiasing and anisotropic filtering
- fixed OpenGL errors with Render Regions
- removed inactive option Use VBOs, reorganized performance settings
- updated Forge compatibility 32.0.98 (#4515)
- fixed missing fullscreen resolutions (#4510)
- fixed enchanted items with shaders (#4512)
- fixed broken textures with some shaders
- added wrap and filter modes for raw shader textures (#2905)
- fixed translucent blocks with Render Regions (#4504)
- fixed CEM with custom emissive textures (#4467)
- fixed shaders and custom sky in custom server dimensions (#4287)
- fixed CIT custom models (#4223)
- optimized chunk rendering when player is above Y=128
- fixed Fast Render with shaders (#4442)
- optimized Render Regions grouping
- fixed zoom to not reset cinematic camera
- reimplemented Fast Render, compatible with shaders
- fixed Fabulous warning (#4367)
- fixed CEM with spider eyes
- fixed emissive textures (#4404)
- fixed invisible entities on respawn (#4414)
- fixed Render Regions
- fixed geometry shaders with AMD (#4250)
- optimized text rendering
- optimized chunk loading
- optimized chunk rendering
- optimized entity rendering
- fixed debug info chunk updates
- fixed soul fire and soul campfire animation option (#4328)
- fixed CTM for logs (#4320)
- fixed clouds with fabulous graphics (#4251)
- fixed crimson forest and warped forest particles (#4253)
- fixed fast render with fabulous graphics (#4289)
- fixed CEM for skeleton horse and zombie horse (#4274)
- fixed crash when killing parrot (#4214)
- added Entity Distance in performance options (#4206)
- fixed white hotbar with shaders and FXAA (#4201)
- updated to 1.16.1
- compatible with Forge 32.0.98
(01.08.2020)
OptiFine 1.15.2_HD_U_G1
- not working: antialiasing, anisotropic filtering and render regions
- fixed shaders to render world border with program textured_lit (#3979)
- fixed shaders rendering of hurt mobs and flashing creepers (#3598)
- fixed CIT relative texture paths (#4046)
- fixed alpha for CUTOUT rendering (#4120)
- fixed custom player models
- optimized underwater particles
- fixed block selection with chunk borders visible (#4119)
- fixed lag spikes when breaking blocks near water (#3912)
- fixed emissive textures for rails and brewing stand (#4094)
- fixed CEM animations (#4093)
- fixed emissive crash with enchanted trident (#4092)
- fixed emissive textures (#3437)
- fixed shaders programs and extended attributes for block breaking animation (#3600)
- fixed shaders entity and block entity programs
- fixed shaders block selection, hitboxes and chunk borders (#3601, #3818)
- fixed shaders block breaking texture (#3880)
- fixed shaders option separateAO (#4047)
- fixed rescaling of shaders normal/specular textures (#3761)
- fixed void rendering with shaders (#3673)
- fixed shaders light shining in caves (#3593)
- fixed shaders rendering of invisible glowing entities (#3996)
- fixed cape stuttering when flying around (#3384)
- fixed player shadow with shaders in spectator mode (#4022)
- fixed CEM bed model (#4035)
- fixed Random Entities with CEM (#4025)
- fixed CEM animation parameters pos_y, pos_z (#4033)
- fixed CIT handheld items and armor (#3276, #3318)
- fixed CEM custom texture (#4010)
- added CEM donkey and mule chest models
- fixed CEM model textures
- added CEM for head_creeper, head_wither_skeleton and head_zombie
- fixed resetting CEM for heads when changing resource pack
- fixed CEM for banner, bed, chests, ender crystal, ghast, illagers, phantom, dragon
- fixed CEM for sheep, wolf, dolphin, salmon, puffer fish, tropical fish, boat
- fixed CEM for skeleton horse and zombie horse (#3965)
- fixed rain rendering over blocks when picking items (#3956)
- fixed shaders rendering of banners, spider eyes and enchantment glint
- fixed shaders depthtex2 (#3646)
- fixed profiler smoothing
- fixed dark GUI items when running with Forge (#3830)
- fixed resizing of texture atlas sprites
- fixed loading of custom normal/specular textures
- fixed smart animations
- added support for shaders
- added shortcut key for shader options "F3+O"
- fixed Dynamic Lights with Smooth Lighting ON
- fixed custom sky and fog colormaps
- fixed Dynamic Lights not illuminating player
- fixed Dynamic Lights with Smooth Lighting OFF
- fixed connected glass panes
- fixed CTM overlays
- fixed Smart Animations for GUI overlay
- fixed custom lightmap affecting the GUI
- fixed disabled fog to affect all entities and block entities
- fixed option sliders registering outside clicks
- fixed CEM for baby horse and llama
- fixed chunks not loading due to configured shaders
- fixed Random Entities depending on view distance
- fixed Custom Sky
- fixed fog in the Nether
- fixed Smart Animations for entities on fire
- fixed option Graphics depending on Dropped Items
- fixed Natural Textures and Better Snow
- fixed visual artifacts when manually placing blocks
- fixed buttons in Chat Settings screen
- fixed render distance above 32
- fixed lighting of magma blocks
- fixed handheld item flicker with dynamic lights
- fixed dynamic lights for block entities and particles
- updated to 1.15.2
- compatible with Forge 31.2.21
(24.06.2020)
OptiFine 1.14.4_HD_U_F6
- fixed flickering of min. FPS
- fixed debug profiler sections in 1.14.4 (MC-158870)
- compatible with Forge 28.1.56
(05.12.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.4_HD_U_F5
- fixed crash when reloading textures (#3125)
- fixed invisible mobs around the player
- fixed shaders integer texture formats (#3109)
- compatible with Forge 28.1.56
(04.12.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.4_HD_U_F4
- fixed crash with Java 9+ (#2964)
- fixed shaders to stop chunk updates on shader pack reload (#3001)
- added CEM for cat, fox, panda, phantom, pillager, ravager, turtle and giant (#1822)
- fixed Emissive Textures with Astral Sorcery (#1581)
- added loading screen bar outline color (#2558)
- fixed clock in quick bar not animated with Forge (#2889)
- added CEM for fish (cod, salmon, puffer fish, tropical fish)
- fixed CEM for witch
- fixed CTM corners with innerSeams
- updated installer to set OptiFine profile logo
- added Random Entities check for moon phase, day time and weather (#2931)
- added Random Entities check for health (#2958)
- fixed Cape Editor screen to allow copy link to clipboard on error
- fixed Forge access transformers for inner classes
- fixed Forge access transformers removing final
- added Random Entities check for baby mobs (#2832)
- fixed Smart Animations for blocks in minecarts (#2731)
- fixed Forge access transformers (#2737)
- added shaders program "gbuffers_entities_glowing" (#2328)
- added compatibility with Forge ModLauncher (#2148)
- compatible with Forge 28.1.56
(23.10.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.4_HD_U_F3
- fixed CEM handling of attached models (#2323)
- fixed slider options tooltips (#2718)
- added connected textures for resource pack "Programmer Art"
- fixed renderType for legacy (pre-1.13) shaders
- added shaders instancing for composite programs
- added shaders instancing as alternative to geometry shaders
- fixed shaders #include on first line
- internally compatible with Forge 28.0.23 (can't be installed yet)
(06.08.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.4_HD_U_F2
- updated to 1.14.4
- not compatible with Forge
(20.07.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.3_HD_U_F2
- fixed crash in CIT (#2624)
- added support for raw shader textures (#2631)
- fixed geometry shaders on Intel/AMD (#2359)
- updated Forge patches
- fixed leashed horse GUI with shaders (#2545)
- internally compatible with Forge 27.0.51 (can't be installed yet)
(16.07.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.3_HD_U_F1
- fixed shaders horizon rendering
- restored void rendering, needed by shaders sky (#2522)
- fixed launchwrapper to allow patching of "com.mojang.blaze3d"
- updated to 1.14.3
- not compatible with Forge
(27.06.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.2_HD_U_F1_pre15
- fixed compatibility with Java 9+
- catch exceptions while generating a crash report
- fixed crash when reloading resources (missing texture sprite)
- fixed mipmap levels and mipmap type
- fixed block aliases without shader pack
- fixed crash in ItemRenderer
- fixed flickering chests (#2467)
- fixed sign edit screen in multiplayer (#2422, #2091)
- fixed crash in sprite resize (#2481)
- fixed crash when reloading resources
- fixed maximum mipmap level detection
- fixed villager CEM
- fixed tile entity names (#2472)
- fixed custom GUI names
- fixed villager professions
- fixed load visible chunks
- fixed particle collision (#2408)
- added Random Entities check for wolf/cat collar colors (#2447)
- fixed Emissive Textures on blocks/items (#2461)
- fixed Custom Fonts crash (#2443)
- fixed CTM compact to use vanilla UV corrections (#2460)
- fixed Mipmap Levels to reload resources
- fixed titles of settings screens
- fixed CTM overlay crash (#2436)
- fixed crossbow CIT models (#2404)
- fixed CTM compact for glass panes (#2423)
- added custom loading screen colors
- fixed double click sound on Video Settings
- disabled void rendering when the player is above Y=64
- fixed sky fog
- fixed shader option sliders
- added compatibility block mapping for legacy (pre-1.13) shaders
- updated to 1.14.2
- not compatible with Forge
(23.06.2019)
OptiFine 1.14_HD_U_F1_pre6
- not all features working, not all optimizations added, may crash
- fixed crash with animated paintings (#2393)
- fixed mooshroom, parrot on shoulder, smooth world, save/load VBOS
- fixed CIT armor
- fixed lagometer and profiler
- fixed cape and player items position
- fixed shaders camera position to include eye height (#2390)
- fixed parsing of shaders macro: #if 0
- fixed font memory allocation
- fixed player shadow in first-person view
- fixed shaders entity shadows and isEyeInWater
- fixed Max Framerate: VSync
- fixed configurable animations
- fixed ghost dynamic lights from dead mobs
- fixed slab model rendering
- optimized memory allocation
- enabled server lagometer
- fixed default CTM to use 1.14 textures
- fixed texture atlas sprite loading
- fixed double click sound in options
- fixed main menu panorama
- fixed mojang logo
- fixed option tooltips
- fixed option GUI Scale
- fixed crash in shaders options
- updated to 1.14
- not compatible with ForgeOptiFine HD U G7
It established several foundational improvements that remain relevant:
- Accelerated frame delivery through restructured queues
- Superior water mechanics with improved transparency handling
- Extended resource pack compatibility through standardized interface protocols
- added shaders render stages
- fixed underwater overlay with shaders
- changed shaders buffer numbering from hex to decimal
- added draw buffers configuration /* RENDERTARGETS: X,Y,Z */
- added shader compute programs and imageLoad/Store (#791)
- fixed memory allocation on chunk borders
- added Lazy Chunk Loading for 1.16
- fixed invisible mobs (#5016)
- fixed Forge particle culling (#4994)
- fixed TAA with Sildurs shaders (#5294)
- fixed shaders normal/specular animation with AF (#5279)
- fixed crash on circular reference in shaders options
- added shaders blend mode per buffer (#5263)
- fixed shaders custom textures breaking on resources reloaded
- added shaders macro MC_ANISOTROPIC_FILTERING and uniform spriteBounds
- fixed crash when reloading shaders
- fixed modded blocks, items and entities mapping with shaders (#3816)
- added shaders buffers with fixed size
- reorganized shaders framebuffers
- added shaders prepare programs
- added shadow composite programs
- added 8 and 16 bit integer texture types
- fixed screenshot with antialiasing (#5228)
- added shaders macro MC_GL_VENDOR_AMD
- added OpenGL debug groups and ignored errors
- added clear color and skip clear for shadow color buffers (#2780)
- added configurable shadow buffer format (#5221)
- fixed antialiasing with Forge
- increased shaders color buffers to 16, added draw buffers mapping (#2103)
- updated to 1.16.5
- compatible with Forge 36.0.42
(19.02.2021)
OptiFine 1.16.4_HD_U_G6
- added system property "frame.time" to show frame time instead of FPS
- fixed cape downloads blocking skin and terrain downloads (#4976)
- added support for shaders texture format LabPBR (#5182)
- fixed custom uniforms using biomes
- optimized antialiasing and anisotropic filtering (prepare)
- optimized antialiasing and anisotropic filtering (multidraw)
- fixed shaders normal/specular textures with anisotropic filtering
- fixed item rendering with shaders and anisotropic filtering
- fixed banners, enchanted items, fire and hand outline with AA/AF
- disabled antialiasing with fabulous graphics
- enabled anisotropic filtering with shaders
- fixed item frames with AA/AF
- fixed antialiasing and anisotropic filtering (#5153)
- fixed crash when when swamp biome isn't registered (#5088)
- fixed player items (santa hat) showing on invisible players (#5150)
- fixed shaders breaking biome mods (#4880)
- fixed custom gui chest type (#5100)
- compatible with Forge 35.1.36
(12.01.2021)
OptiFine 1.16.4_HD_U_G5
- not working: antialiasing and anisotropic filtering
- fixed chunk forced loading (#4832)
- updated to 1.16.4
- compatible with Forge 35.0.1
(06.11.2020)
OptiFine 1.16.3_HD_U_G4
- not working: antialiasing and anisotropic filtering
- fixed shadow bug with sildurs shaders and campfire (#4372)
- added support for Forge modlauncher Target.PRE_CLASS (#4515)
- fixed MineColonies GUI, fixed AT invokespecial/virtual (#4582)
- added particle culling
- updated to 1.16.3
- compatible with Forge 34.0.0
(02.11.2020)
OptiFine 1.16.2_HD_U_G3
- not working: antialiasing and anisotropic filtering
- fixed smart animations with glowing entities on fire
- fixed glowing entities with shaders (#4700)
- added loading screen blend mode (#4712)
- fixed custom mooshroom mushrooms (#3481)
- right click selects previous value in shader options (#4706)
- fixed Mojang logo smoothing (#4337)
- fixed banner with emissive textures (#4707)
- added CEM for piglin, piglin_brute and zombified_piglin (#4600)
- fixed chunks not loading with render distance > 36 (#4261)
- added more steps for shaders render quality (#4556)
- fixed dolphin CEM (#3051)
- fixed server connection with java 9+ (#3773, #3959, #4656, #4667)
- added Forge license (#4654)
- fixed biome handling with shaders (#4687)
- fixed biome handling (#4681, #4658, #4668)
- fixed leaking resource on startup (#4678)
- fixed option VSync (#4680)
- fixed soul flame particles (#4642)
- added shaders uniform playerMood (#4650)
- fixed white/black screen with shaders (#4640)
- updated to 1.16.2
- compatible with Forge 33.0.20
(28.08.2020)
OptiFine 1.16.1_HD_U_G2
- not working: antialiasing and anisotropic filtering
- fixed OpenGL errors with Render Regions
- removed inactive option Use VBOs, reorganized performance settings
- updated Forge compatibility 32.0.98 (#4515)
- fixed missing fullscreen resolutions (#4510)
- fixed enchanted items with shaders (#4512)
- fixed broken textures with some shaders
- added wrap and filter modes for raw shader textures (#2905)
- fixed translucent blocks with Render Regions (#4504)
- fixed CEM with custom emissive textures (#4467)
- fixed shaders and custom sky in custom server dimensions (#4287)
- fixed CIT custom models (#4223)
- optimized chunk rendering when player is above Y=128
- fixed Fast Render with shaders (#4442)
- optimized Render Regions grouping
- fixed zoom to not reset cinematic camera
- reimplemented Fast Render, compatible with shaders
- fixed Fabulous warning (#4367)
- fixed CEM with spider eyes
- fixed emissive textures (#4404)
- fixed invisible entities on respawn (#4414)
- fixed Render Regions
- fixed geometry shaders with AMD (#4250)
- optimized text rendering
- optimized chunk loading
- optimized chunk rendering
- optimized entity rendering
- fixed debug info chunk updates
- fixed soul fire and soul campfire animation option (#4328)
- fixed CTM for logs (#4320)
- fixed clouds with fabulous graphics (#4251)
- fixed crimson forest and warped forest particles (#4253)
- fixed fast render with fabulous graphics (#4289)
- fixed CEM for skeleton horse and zombie horse (#4274)
- fixed crash when killing parrot (#4214)
- added Entity Distance in performance options (#4206)
- fixed white hotbar with shaders and FXAA (#4201)
- updated to 1.16.1
- compatible with Forge 32.0.98
(01.08.2020)
OptiFine 1.15.2_HD_U_G1
- not working: antialiasing, anisotropic filtering and render regions
- fixed shaders to render world border with program textured_lit (#3979)
- fixed shaders rendering of hurt mobs and flashing creepers (#3598)
- fixed CIT relative texture paths (#4046)
- fixed alpha for CUTOUT rendering (#4120)
- fixed custom player models
- optimized underwater particles
- fixed block selection with chunk borders visible (#4119)
- fixed lag spikes when breaking blocks near water (#3912)
- fixed emissive textures for rails and brewing stand (#4094)
- fixed CEM animations (#4093)
- fixed emissive crash with enchanted trident (#4092)
- fixed emissive textures (#3437)
- fixed shaders programs and extended attributes for block breaking animation (#3600)
- fixed shaders entity and block entity programs
- fixed shaders block selection, hitboxes and chunk borders (#3601, #3818)
- fixed shaders block breaking texture (#3880)
- fixed shaders option separateAO (#4047)
- fixed rescaling of shaders normal/specular textures (#3761)
- fixed void rendering with shaders (#3673)
- fixed shaders light shining in caves (#3593)
- fixed shaders rendering of invisible glowing entities (#3996)
- fixed cape stuttering when flying around (#3384)
- fixed player shadow with shaders in spectator mode (#4022)
- fixed CEM bed model (#4035)
- fixed Random Entities with CEM (#4025)
- fixed CEM animation parameters pos_y, pos_z (#4033)
- fixed CIT handheld items and armor (#3276, #3318)
- fixed CEM custom texture (#4010)
- added CEM donkey and mule chest models
- fixed CEM model textures
- added CEM for head_creeper, head_wither_skeleton and head_zombie
- fixed resetting CEM for heads when changing resource pack
- fixed CEM for banner, bed, chests, ender crystal, ghast, illagers, phantom, dragon
- fixed CEM for sheep, wolf, dolphin, salmon, puffer fish, tropical fish, boat
- fixed CEM for skeleton horse and zombie horse (#3965)
- fixed rain rendering over blocks when picking items (#3956)
- fixed shaders rendering of banners, spider eyes and enchantment glint
- fixed shaders depthtex2 (#3646)
- fixed profiler smoothing
- fixed dark GUI items when running with Forge (#3830)
- fixed resizing of texture atlas sprites
- fixed loading of custom normal/specular textures
- fixed smart animations
- added support for shaders
- added shortcut key for shader options "F3+O"
- fixed Dynamic Lights with Smooth Lighting ON
- fixed custom sky and fog colormaps
- fixed Dynamic Lights not illuminating player
- fixed Dynamic Lights with Smooth Lighting OFF
- fixed connected glass panes
- fixed CTM overlays
- fixed Smart Animations for GUI overlay
- fixed custom lightmap affecting the GUI
- fixed disabled fog to affect all entities and block entities
- fixed option sliders registering outside clicks
- fixed CEM for baby horse and llama
- fixed chunks not loading due to configured shaders
- fixed Random Entities depending on view distance
- fixed Custom Sky
- fixed fog in the Nether
- fixed Smart Animations for entities on fire
- fixed option Graphics depending on Dropped Items
- fixed Natural Textures and Better Snow
- fixed visual artifacts when manually placing blocks
- fixed buttons in Chat Settings screen
- fixed render distance above 32
- fixed lighting of magma blocks
- fixed handheld item flicker with dynamic lights
- fixed dynamic lights for block entities and particles
- updated to 1.15.2
- compatible with Forge 31.2.21
(24.06.2020)
OptiFine 1.14.4_HD_U_F6
- fixed flickering of min. FPS
- fixed debug profiler sections in 1.14.4 (MC-158870)
- compatible with Forge 28.1.56
(05.12.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.4_HD_U_F5
- fixed crash when reloading textures (#3125)
- fixed invisible mobs around the player
- fixed shaders integer texture formats (#3109)
- compatible with Forge 28.1.56
(04.12.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.4_HD_U_F4
- fixed crash with Java 9+ (#2964)
- fixed shaders to stop chunk updates on shader pack reload (#3001)
- added CEM for cat, fox, panda, phantom, pillager, ravager, turtle and giant (#1822)
- fixed Emissive Textures with Astral Sorcery (#1581)
- added loading screen bar outline color (#2558)
- fixed clock in quick bar not animated with Forge (#2889)
- added CEM for fish (cod, salmon, puffer fish, tropical fish)
- fixed CEM for witch
- fixed CTM corners with innerSeams
- updated installer to set OptiFine profile logo
- added Random Entities check for moon phase, day time and weather (#2931)
- added Random Entities check for health (#2958)
- fixed Cape Editor screen to allow copy link to clipboard on error
- fixed Forge access transformers for inner classes
- fixed Forge access transformers removing final
- added Random Entities check for baby mobs (#2832)
- fixed Smart Animations for blocks in minecarts (#2731)
- fixed Forge access transformers (#2737)
- added shaders program "gbuffers_entities_glowing" (#2328)
- added compatibility with Forge ModLauncher (#2148)
- compatible with Forge 28.1.56
(23.10.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.4_HD_U_F3
- fixed CEM handling of attached models (#2323)
- fixed slider options tooltips (#2718)
- added connected textures for resource pack "Programmer Art"
- fixed renderType for legacy (pre-1.13) shaders
- added shaders instancing for composite programs
- added shaders instancing as alternative to geometry shaders
- fixed shaders #include on first line
- internally compatible with Forge 28.0.23 (can't be installed yet)
(06.08.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.4_HD_U_F2
- updated to 1.14.4
- not compatible with Forge
(20.07.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.3_HD_U_F2
- fixed crash in CIT (#2624)
- added support for raw shader textures (#2631)
- fixed geometry shaders on Intel/AMD (#2359)
- updated Forge patches
- fixed leashed horse GUI with shaders (#2545)
- internally compatible with Forge 27.0.51 (can't be installed yet)
(16.07.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.3_HD_U_F1
- fixed shaders horizon rendering
- restored void rendering, needed by shaders sky (#2522)
- fixed launchwrapper to allow patching of "com.mojang.blaze3d"
- updated to 1.14.3
- not compatible with Forge
(27.06.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.2_HD_U_F1_pre15
- fixed compatibility with Java 9+
- catch exceptions while generating a crash report
- fixed crash when reloading resources (missing texture sprite)
- fixed mipmap levels and mipmap type
- fixed block aliases without shader pack
- fixed crash in ItemRenderer
- fixed flickering chests (#2467)
- fixed sign edit screen in multiplayer (#2422, #2091)
- fixed crash in sprite resize (#2481)
- fixed crash when reloading resources
- fixed maximum mipmap level detection
- fixed villager CEM
- fixed tile entity names (#2472)
- fixed custom GUI names
- fixed villager professions
- fixed load visible chunks
- fixed particle collision (#2408)
- added Random Entities check for wolf/cat collar colors (#2447)
- fixed Emissive Textures on blocks/items (#2461)
- fixed Custom Fonts crash (#2443)
- fixed CTM compact to use vanilla UV corrections (#2460)
- fixed Mipmap Levels to reload resources
- fixed titles of settings screens
- fixed CTM overlay crash (#2436)
- fixed crossbow CIT models (#2404)
- fixed CTM compact for glass panes (#2423)
- added custom loading screen colors
- fixed double click sound on Video Settings
- disabled void rendering when the player is above Y=64
- fixed sky fog
- fixed shader option sliders
- added compatibility block mapping for legacy (pre-1.13) shaders
- updated to 1.14.2
- not compatible with Forge
(23.06.2019)
OptiFine 1.14_HD_U_F1_pre6
- not all features working, not all optimizations added, may crash
- fixed crash with animated paintings (#2393)
- fixed mooshroom, parrot on shoulder, smooth world, save/load VBOS
- fixed CIT armor
- fixed lagometer and profiler
- fixed cape and player items position
- fixed shaders camera position to include eye height (#2390)
- fixed parsing of shaders macro: #if 0
- fixed font memory allocation
- fixed player shadow in first-person view
- fixed shaders entity shadows and isEyeInWater
- fixed Max Framerate: VSync
- fixed configurable animations
- fixed ghost dynamic lights from dead mobs
- fixed slab model rendering
- optimized memory allocation
- enabled server lagometer
- fixed default CTM to use 1.14 textures
- fixed texture atlas sprite loading
- fixed double click sound in options
- fixed main menu panorama
- fixed mojang logo
- fixed option tooltips
- fixed option GUI Scale
- fixed crash in shaders options
- updated to 1.14
- not compatible with ForgeOptiFine HD U G6
The initial stable release for 1.16.5 provides essential optimizations while minimizing potential risks that can occur:
- Core performance enhancements focused on giving efficiency
- Balanced visual improvements requiring minimal additional resources
- Fundamental shader support with standard implementation options
- added system property "frame.time" to show frame time instead of FPS
- fixed cape downloads blocking skin and terrain downloads (#4976)
- added support for shaders texture format LabPBR (#5182)
- fixed custom uniforms using biomes
- optimized antialiasing and anisotropic filtering (prepare)
- optimized antialiasing and anisotropic filtering (multidraw)
- fixed shaders normal/specular textures with anisotropic filtering
- fixed item rendering with shaders and anisotropic filtering
- fixed banners, enchanted items, fire and hand outline with AA/AF
- disabled antialiasing with fabulous graphics
- enabled anisotropic filtering with shaders
- fixed item frames with AA/AF
- fixed antialiasing and anisotropic filtering (#5153)
- fixed crash when when swamp biome isn't registered (#5088)
- fixed player items (santa hat) showing on invisible players (#5150)
- fixed shaders breaking biome mods (#4880)
- fixed custom gui chest type (#5100)
- compatible with Forge 35.1.36
(12.01.2021)
OptiFine 1.16.4_HD_U_G5
- not working: antialiasing and anisotropic filtering
- fixed chunk forced loading (#4832)
- updated to 1.16.4
- compatible with Forge 35.0.1
(06.11.2020)
OptiFine 1.16.3_HD_U_G4
- not working: antialiasing and anisotropic filtering
- fixed shadow bug with sildurs shaders and campfire (#4372)
- added support for Forge modlauncher Target.PRE_CLASS (#4515)
- fixed MineColonies GUI, fixed AT invokespecial/virtual (#4582)
- added particle culling
- updated to 1.16.3
- compatible with Forge 34.0.0
(02.11.2020)
OptiFine 1.16.2_HD_U_G3
- not working: antialiasing and anisotropic filtering
- fixed smart animations with glowing entities on fire
- fixed glowing entities with shaders (#4700)
- added loading screen blend mode (#4712)
- fixed custom mooshroom mushrooms (#3481)
- right click selects previous value in shader options (#4706)
- fixed Mojang logo smoothing (#4337)
- fixed banner with emissive textures (#4707)
- added CEM for piglin, piglin_brute and zombified_piglin (#4600)
- fixed chunks not loading with render distance > 36 (#4261)
- added more steps for shaders render quality (#4556)
- fixed dolphin CEM (#3051)
- fixed server connection with java 9+ (#3773, #3959, #4656, #4667)
- added Forge license (#4654)
- fixed biome handling with shaders (#4687)
- fixed biome handling (#4681, #4658, #4668)
- fixed leaking resource on startup (#4678)
- fixed option VSync (#4680)
- fixed soul flame particles (#4642)
- added shaders uniform playerMood (#4650)
- fixed white/black screen with shaders (#4640)
- updated to 1.16.2
- compatible with Forge 33.0.20
(28.08.2020)
OptiFine 1.16.1_HD_U_G2
- not working: antialiasing and anisotropic filtering
- fixed OpenGL errors with Render Regions
- removed inactive option Use VBOs, reorganized performance settings
- updated Forge compatibility 32.0.98 (#4515)
- fixed missing fullscreen resolutions (#4510)
- fixed enchanted items with shaders (#4512)
- fixed broken textures with some shaders
- added wrap and filter modes for raw shader textures (#2905)
- fixed translucent blocks with Render Regions (#4504)
- fixed CEM with custom emissive textures (#4467)
- fixed shaders and custom sky in custom server dimensions (#4287)
- fixed CIT custom models (#4223)
- optimized chunk rendering when player is above Y=128
- fixed Fast Render with shaders (#4442)
- optimized Render Regions grouping
- fixed zoom to not reset cinematic camera
- reimplemented Fast Render, compatible with shaders
- fixed Fabulous warning (#4367)
- fixed CEM with spider eyes
- fixed emissive textures (#4404)
- fixed invisible entities on respawn (#4414)
- fixed Render Regions
- fixed geometry shaders with AMD (#4250)
- optimized text rendering
- optimized chunk loading
- optimized chunk rendering
- optimized entity rendering
- fixed debug info chunk updates
- fixed soul fire and soul campfire animation option (#4328)
- fixed CTM for logs (#4320)
- fixed clouds with fabulous graphics (#4251)
- fixed crimson forest and warped forest particles (#4253)
- fixed fast render with fabulous graphics (#4289)
- fixed CEM for skeleton horse and zombie horse (#4274)
- fixed crash when killing parrot (#4214)
- added Entity Distance in performance options (#4206)
- fixed white hotbar with shaders and FXAA (#4201)
- updated to 1.16.1
- compatible with Forge 32.0.98
(01.08.2020)
OptiFine 1.15.2_HD_U_G1
- not working: antialiasing, anisotropic filtering and render regions
- fixed shaders to render world border with program textured_lit (#3979)
- fixed shaders rendering of hurt mobs and flashing creepers (#3598)
- fixed CIT relative texture paths (#4046)
- fixed alpha for CUTOUT rendering (#4120)
- fixed custom player models
- optimized underwater particles
- fixed block selection with chunk borders visible (#4119)
- fixed lag spikes when breaking blocks near water (#3912)
- fixed emissive textures for rails and brewing stand (#4094)
- fixed CEM animations (#4093)
- fixed emissive crash with enchanted trident (#4092)
- fixed emissive textures (#3437)
- fixed shaders programs and extended attributes for block breaking animation (#3600)
- fixed shaders entity and block entity programs
- fixed shaders block selection, hitboxes and chunk borders (#3601, #3818)
- fixed shaders block breaking texture (#3880)
- fixed shaders option separateAO (#4047)
- fixed rescaling of shaders normal/specular textures (#3761)
- fixed void rendering with shaders (#3673)
- fixed shaders light shining in caves (#3593)
- fixed shaders rendering of invisible glowing entities (#3996)
- fixed cape stuttering when flying around (#3384)
- fixed player shadow with shaders in spectator mode (#4022)
- fixed CEM bed model (#4035)
- fixed Random Entities with CEM (#4025)
- fixed CEM animation parameters pos_y, pos_z (#4033)
- fixed CIT handheld items and armor (#3276, #3318)
- fixed CEM custom texture (#4010)
- added CEM donkey and mule chest models
- fixed CEM model textures
- added CEM for head_creeper, head_wither_skeleton and head_zombie
- fixed resetting CEM for heads when changing resource pack
- fixed CEM for banner, bed, chests, ender crystal, ghast, illagers, phantom, dragon
- fixed CEM for sheep, wolf, dolphin, salmon, puffer fish, tropical fish, boat
- fixed CEM for skeleton horse and zombie horse (#3965)
- fixed rain rendering over blocks when picking items (#3956)
- fixed shaders rendering of banners, spider eyes and enchantment glint
- fixed shaders depthtex2 (#3646)
- fixed profiler smoothing
- fixed dark GUI items when running with Forge (#3830)
- fixed resizing of texture atlas sprites
- fixed loading of custom normal/specular textures
- fixed smart animations
- added support for shaders
- added shortcut key for shader options "F3+O"
- fixed Dynamic Lights with Smooth Lighting ON
- fixed custom sky and fog colormaps
- fixed Dynamic Lights not illuminating player
- fixed Dynamic Lights with Smooth Lighting OFF
- fixed connected glass panes
- fixed CTM overlays
- fixed Smart Animations for GUI overlay
- fixed custom lightmap affecting the GUI
- fixed disabled fog to affect all entities and block entities
- fixed option sliders registering outside clicks
- fixed CEM for baby horse and llama
- fixed chunks not loading due to configured shaders
- fixed Random Entities depending on view distance
- fixed Custom Sky
- fixed fog in the Nether
- fixed Smart Animations for entities on fire
- fixed option Graphics depending on Dropped Items
- fixed Natural Textures and Better Snow
- fixed visual artifacts when manually placing blocks
- fixed buttons in Chat Settings screen
- fixed render distance above 32
- fixed lighting of magma blocks
- fixed handheld item flicker with dynamic lights
- fixed dynamic lights for block entities and particles
- updated to 1.15.2
- compatible with Forge 31.2.21
(24.06.2020)
OptiFine 1.14.4_HD_U_F6
- fixed flickering of min. FPS
- fixed debug profiler sections in 1.14.4 (MC-158870)
- compatible with Forge 28.1.56
(05.12.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.4_HD_U_F5
- fixed crash when reloading textures (#3125)
- fixed invisible mobs around the player
- fixed shaders integer texture formats (#3109)
- compatible with Forge 28.1.56
(04.12.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.4_HD_U_F4
- fixed crash with Java 9+ (#2964)
- fixed shaders to stop chunk updates on shader pack reload (#3001)
- added CEM for cat, fox, panda, phantom, pillager, ravager, turtle and giant (#1822)
- fixed Emissive Textures with Astral Sorcery (#1581)
- added loading screen bar outline color (#2558)
- fixed clock in quick bar not animated with Forge (#2889)
- added CEM for fish (cod, salmon, puffer fish, tropical fish)
- fixed CEM for witch
- fixed CTM corners with innerSeams
- updated installer to set OptiFine profile logo
- added Random Entities check for moon phase, day time and weather (#2931)
- added Random Entities check for health (#2958)
- fixed Cape Editor screen to allow copy link to clipboard on error
- fixed Forge access transformers for inner classes
- fixed Forge access transformers removing final
- added Random Entities check for baby mobs (#2832)
- fixed Smart Animations for blocks in minecarts (#2731)
- fixed Forge access transformers (#2737)
- added shaders program "gbuffers_entities_glowing" (#2328)
- added compatibility with Forge ModLauncher (#2148)
- compatible with Forge 28.1.56
(23.10.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.4_HD_U_F3
- fixed CEM handling of attached models (#2323)
- fixed slider options tooltips (#2718)
- added connected textures for resource pack "Programmer Art"
- fixed renderType for legacy (pre-1.13) shaders
- added shaders instancing for composite programs
- added shaders instancing as alternative to geometry shaders
- fixed shaders #include on first line
- internally compatible with Forge 28.0.23 (can't be installed yet)
(06.08.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.4_HD_U_F2
- updated to 1.14.4
- not compatible with Forge
(20.07.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.3_HD_U_F2
- fixed crash in CIT (#2624)
- added support for raw shader textures (#2631)
- fixed geometry shaders on Intel/AMD (#2359)
- updated Forge patches
- fixed leashed horse GUI with shaders (#2545)
- internally compatible with Forge 27.0.51 (can't be installed yet)
(16.07.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.3_HD_U_F1
- fixed shaders horizon rendering
- restored void rendering, needed by shaders sky (#2522)
- fixed launchwrapper to allow patching of "com.mojang.blaze3d"
- updated to 1.14.3
- not compatible with Forge
(27.06.2019)
OptiFine 1.14.2_HD_U_F1_pre15
- fixed compatibility with Java 9+
- catch exceptions while generating a crash report
- fixed crash when reloading resources (missing texture sprite)
- fixed mipmap levels and mipmap type
- fixed block aliases without shader pack
- fixed crash in ItemRenderer
- fixed flickering chests (#2467)
- fixed sign edit screen in multiplayer (#2422, #2091)
- fixed crash in sprite resize (#2481)
- fixed crash when reloading resources
- fixed maximum mipmap level detection
- fixed villager CEM
- fixed tile entity names (#2472)
- fixed custom GUI names
- fixed villager professions
- fixed load visible chunks
- fixed particle collision (#2408)
- added Random Entities check for wolf/cat collar colors (#2447)
- fixed Emissive Textures on blocks/items (#2461)
- fixed Custom Fonts crash (#2443)
- fixed CTM compact to use vanilla UV corrections (#2460)
- fixed Mipmap Levels to reload resources
- fixed titles of settings screens
- fixed CTM overlay crash (#2436)
- fixed crossbow CIT models (#2404)
- fixed CTM compact for glass panes (#2423)
- added custom loading screen colors
- fixed double click sound on Video Settings
- disabled void rendering when the player is above Y=64
- fixed sky fog
- fixed shader option sliders
- added compatibility block mapping for legacy (pre-1.13) shaders
- updated to 1.14.2
- not compatible with Forge
(23.06.2019)
OptiFine 1.14_HD_U_F1_pre6
- not all features working, not all optimizations added, may crash
- fixed crash with animated paintings (#2393)
- fixed mooshroom, parrot on shoulder, smooth world, save/load VBOS
- fixed CIT armor
- fixed lagometer and profiler
- fixed cape and player items position
- fixed shaders camera position to include eye height (#2390)
- fixed parsing of shaders macro: #if 0
- fixed font memory allocation
- fixed player shadow in first-person view
- fixed shaders entity shadows and isEyeInWater
- fixed Max Framerate: VSync
- fixed configurable animations
- fixed ghost dynamic lights from dead mobs
- fixed slab model rendering
- optimized memory allocation
- enabled server lagometer
- fixed default CTM to use 1.14 textures
- fixed texture atlas sprite loading
- fixed double click sound in options
- fixed main menu panorama
- fixed mojang logo
- fixed option tooltips
- fixed option GUI Scale
- fixed crash in shaders options
- updated to 1.14
- not compatible with ForgeDownload OptiFine 1.16.5
Version Details
| Version | HD U G8 |
| Minecraft | 1.16.5 |
| File size | 4.8 MB |
| Updated | February 15, 2021 |
| Downloads | 5.2M+ |
Compatibility
- Minecraft 1.16.5.
- Forge 36.1.0 Mod Loader.
- All major shader packs.
System Requirements
- Intel Core i3 or AMD equivalent.
- 4GB RAM minimum.
- Integrated graphics or dedicated GPU.
- Java 8 or newer.
How to Download & Install OptiFine for Minecraft 1.16.5
To maintain system integrity during installation:
Access the website for downloading
Visit the official OptiFine website to find the correct version for Minecraft 1.16.5.
Verify file when available before installation packages
Ensure you have downloaded the correct file by checking its name and size.
Store the installation file in a directory for potential future reinstallation
Keep the file in a known location that you can easily access later if needed.
Installation process requires attention to these steps:
Java should be installed for OptiFine 1.16.5
Ensure you have the latest version of Java installed on your system.
Press the Jar appropriate system protocols
Run the downloaded .jar file and follow the installation instructions.
Confirm successful integration through the installation interface
Verify that the installation completed successfully.
For users requiring additional technical assistance or seeking advanced configuration guidance, go to Optifine Download official which provides comprehensive reference materials addressing specific implementation scenarios.
Technical Capabilities in OptiFine 1.16.5
Performance Architecture
OptiFine implements sophisticated resource management algorithms that substantially reduce computational overhead during gameplay. This optimization extends to modded environments where resource contention typically presents significant challenges. The multi-threaded approach to certain rendering operations allows for more efficient utilization of modern processor architectures.
Visual Enhancement Framework
The visual pipeline receives comprehensive refinements, including improved lighting models, texture interpolation, and animation smoothing. These enhancements preserve the distinctive aesthetic of Minecraft while eliminating common visual artifacts and inconsistencies.
Customization Parameters
OptiFine provides granular control over rendering mechanisms through an expanded settings interface. This allows for precise calibration of the performance-to-visual-quality relationship according to specific system capabilities and user preferences. Critical settings include:
Dynamic rendering distance adjustment
Particle effect density control
Animation frequency management
Advanced lighting model selection
Technical Considerations
Version Selection Criteria
OptiFine HD U G8 gives the optimal implementation for most environments, offering the most refined balance of performance enhancement and feature support. The wide testing cycle of this version has eliminated most insecurities present in early releases.
Shader Implementation
The shader framework within OptiFine provides a great deal of support for external shader packages across various complexity levels. This integration allows for transformative visual experiences ranging from subtle lighting improvements to complete visual graphics without requiring direct modification of core game files.
Mod Environment Integration
While OptiFine maintains compatibility with Forge modification frameworks, optimal implementation requires careful attention to installation sequence. Installing OptiFine after establishing the Forge environment ensures proper API registration and minimizes possible risks between competing modification systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
OptiFine 1.16.5 employs advanced memory allocation strategies and multi-threaded techniques, which reduce CPU and RAM overhead to improve system resource management.
OptiFine 1.16.5 offers precise control over settings such as dynamic rendering distance, particle effect density, animation frequency, and texture quality scaling. These parameters allow users to balance system performance with visual quality based on their specific hardware capabilities.
Crashes can occur for several reasons: incompatible mods, outdated Java version, incorrect installation, or insufficient memory allocation. Try launching Minecraft with OptiFine alone first, then gradually add your other mods to identify any conflicts.
Start with the “Balanced” preset and adjust individual settings as needed. Lower settings for Render Distance, Particles, and Smooth Lighting for better performance. Disable animated textures and entities if you experience lag. Use the built-in performance profiler (F3) to identify performance bottlenecks.
